| Designation | Scientist/Engineer - SE |
|---|---|
| Department | Agriculture & Soils Department |
| Field of Expertise | Soil Resource Mapping, Digital Soil Mapping, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Soils |
| Mail Address | Agriculture & Soils Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO, Govt. of India, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun- 248001 India. |
Field of Specialization
- Digital Soil Mapping
- Soil Quality and Soil Resource Mapping
- Soil Erosion Modelling
- Land Degradation
- Watershed Management
- Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
- The Indian Science Congress Association
- Clay Minerals Society of India
- Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists
- Indian Association of Agricultural Information Technology
Positions held in Professional Societies
- Treasurer, Indian Society of Remote Sensing-Dehradun Chapter (2020-2022)
- M.Sc: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, IARI, New Delhi (2010)
- B.Sc: Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Vellanikkara (2007)
- Scientist/Engineer–SE, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2023 – Till Date
- Scientist/Engineer–SD, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2018 – December 2022
- Scientist/Engineer–SC, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2014 – December 2017
- UGC JRF (IARI, New Delhi) - August, 2010 – January, 2014
- Best Paper Award during Global Soils Conference 2024 at New Delhi, india (19-22 November, 2024)
- Best poster award in XVII Agricultural Science Congress (20-22 February 2025) at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (India)
- Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by ASRB, ICAR in September 2010
- Secured 3rd rank in the All India entrance for Ph.D at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi in 2010
- Qualified the Joint CSIR-UGC-JRF (NET) in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences for Ph.D conducted in December 2009
- Secured 5th rank in the All India ICAR - JRF examination for admission to P.G courses in 2008
- Received Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) merit scholarship for three years (2004,2005,2006)
Reviewer of the following journals
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
- Geocarto International
- Journal of Agricultural Physics
- Remote Sensing of Land
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology
- Secured ‘Best Seminar Presentation Certificate’ in the Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, IARI during academic session 2011-2012
- Kalambukattu, J.G., Johns, B., Kumar, S. et al. (2023). Temporal remote sensing based soil salinity mapping in Indo-Gangetic plain employing machine-learning techniques. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. 89, 290–305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43538-023-00157-x
- Rengma, N. S., Yadav, M., Kalambukattu, J.G., & Kumar, S. (2023). Machine learning-based digital mapping of soil organic carbon and texture in the mid-Himalayan terrain. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(8), 994.
- Kumar, S., Murugan, N., David Raj, A., & George Kalambukattu, J. (2023). Hillslope elements and soil–landscape analysis in Himalayas for characterizing soil quality parameters using digital terrain model and remote-sensing data. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82(20), 469.
- Raj, A. D., Kumar, S., Mariappan, S., Sooryamol, K. R., & Kalambukattu, J.G. (2024). Potential of pine forest in controlling soil erosion in Himalayan region-Investigation using fallout radionuclide (137Cs) measurements. Evolving Earth, 2, 100031.
- David Raj, A., Kumar, S., Sooryamol, K. R., Mariappan, S., & Kalambukattu, J.G. (2024). 137Cs radiotracer in investigating influence of hillslope positions and land use on soil erosion and soil organic carbon stock—A case study in the Himalayan region. Soil Use and Management, 40(3), e13099.
- Kumar, S., David Raj, A., Mariappan, S., Kalambukattu, J.G., Sooryamol, K. R., Singh, R. P., ... & Karunakara, N. (2024). Application of fallout radionuclide—137Cs for estimating soil erosion in steep hillslopes with diverse land use of North-western Indian Himalayas. Discover Environment, 2(1), 105.
- David Raj, A., Kumar, S., Sooryamol, K. R., & Kalambukattu, J.G. (2024). Soil erodibility mapping using remote sensing and in situ soil data with random forest model in a mountainous catchment of Indian Himalayas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(11), 1032.
- David Raj, A., Kumar, S., Sooryamol, K. R., Kalambukattu, J.G., & Kumara, S. (2024). Soil redistribution rates along the forested and cultivated steep hillslope in the mid‐Himalayas using fallout—137Cs and RUSLE model. Land Degradation & Development, 35(16), 4795-4813.
- Kalambukattu, J.G. and Kumar, S., (2024). Applicability of Ground Penetrating Radar for Soil Profile Studies -An Investigation in Piedmont Plain in Parts of Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh. Remote Sensing of Land, 8(1), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.21523/gcj1.2024080102
- Das, P., Kumar, S., Kalambukattu, J.G. et al. (2025). A Comparative Study on the Predictive Ability of Machine Learning Techniques for Spatial Mapping of Soil Properties in Indian Himalayan Region. JABES (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13253-025-00685-7
- David Raj, A., Kumar, S., Sooryamol, K.R. et al. (2025). Assessment of soil erosion rates, carbon stocks, and erosion-induced carbon loss in dominant forest types of the Himalayan region using fallout-137Cs. Sci Rep 15, 14950. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-94953-8
- Akanksha Singh, Justin George K, Suresh Kumar (2025). Assessing Soil Erosion and Sediment Dynamics in the Balganga Watershed, Uttarakhand: Integration of InVEST-SDR and Fallout Radionuclide (FRN) 137Cs Method. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 53(1), 01-16. https://doi.org/10.53550/ijsc.v53.i1.183
- Kalambukattu, J.G., Kumar, S., Das, B. et al. (2025). Digital mapping of soil organic carbon in the hilly and mountainous landscape of Indian Himalayan region employing machine-learning techniques. Discov. Soil 2, 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44378-025-00060-5
- B N, Shashikumar & Kumar, Suresh & Justin George K & Singh, Abhishek. (2022). Soil variability mapping and delineation of site-specific management zones using fuzzy clustering analysis in a Mid-Himalayan Watershed, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 10.1007/s10668-022-02411-6
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Yogesh S Ghotekar (2018). Spatial variability analysis of soil quality parameters in a watershed of sub-Himalayan landscape - A case study. Eurasian J Soil Science, 7 (3) 238 – 250.
- Justin George K., Kumar, S., Arya Raj, R. (2018). Digital soil mapping in a Himalayan watershed using remote sensing and terrain parameters employing artificial neural network model. Environ Earth Sciences, 77(5)
- Kumar, S., Singh, R.P., Kalambukattu, J.G. (2021). Modeling daily surface runoff, sediment and nutrient loss at watershed scale employing Arc-APEX model interfaced with GIS: a case study in Lesser Himalayan landscape. Environ Earth Sciences 80, 498
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Rani M Hole (2021). Geospatial Modelling of Soil Erosion and Risk Assessment in Indian Himalayan Region – A Study of Uttarakhand State, Environmental Advances, Volume 4, 100039, ISSN 2666-7657.
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, R. Arya Raj (2020). Soil Organic Carbon Prediction using Visible–Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Employing Artificial Neural Network Modelling. Current Science, 119(2): 377-381.
- Chhipa, V., Stein, A., Shankar, H., George K, J., Alidoost, F. (2019). Assessing and transferring soil health information in a hilly terrain. Geoderma, 343, 130–138.
- Singh, A. K., Kumar, S., Kalambukattu, J. G. (2019). Assessing aggregate stability of soils under various land use/land cover in a watershed of mid-himalayan landscape. Eurasian J of Soil Science, 8(2), 131–143.
- Abhisek Kumar Singh, S. Kumar, S. Naithani, J. George K (2019). Soil erosion and sediment yield estimation using remote sensing data and GIS of watershed in North West Himalayan region. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 47(3): 143-147.
- Adegbenro R. O., Suresh Kumar., Justin George K., Ojetade, J.O., Amusan A. A. (2020) Land Evaluation for Land Use Planning Using Remote Sensing and GIS - A Case Study of Nawagaon Maskara Rao Watershed, Saharanpur, India. Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.2, 130-138.
- Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2015). Hyperspectral remote sensing in characterizing soil salinity severity using SVM technique – A case study of alluvial plains, International Journal of Advanced Remote sensing and GIS, 4(1), 1344-1360.
- Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2017). Modelling soil erosion risk in a mountainous watershed of Mid-Himalaya by integrating RUSLE model with GIS, Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, 6(2), 092-105.
- Justin George Kalambukattu, Rajdeo Singh, Ashok K. Patra & Kalaimurthy Arunkumar (2013): Soil carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in the Central Himalayan region, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science, 63:3, 200-205. (NAAS Rating: 7.1)
- Justin George Kalambukattu, Rajdeo Singh, Ashok K. Patra & Kalaimurthy Arunkumar (2013): Land use practices in the Central Himalayan region affect soil enzyme activities and their relationship with carbon pools, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science, 63:5, 403-408. (NAAS Rating: 7.1)
- Ashok K. Patra, Manoj Kumar & Justin George K (2012): Potential Impacts of Climate Change on soil fertility and fertiliser use in India, Indian Journal of Fertilisers, 8: 11, 42-55. (NAAS Rating: 3.8)
- Kumar, S., Sooryamol, K. R., David Raj, A., Kalambukattu, J. G., & Mariappan, S. (2023). Advanced Techniques in Estimating Soil Erosion and Associated Carbon Loss in the Himalayan Region. In G. Mishra, K. Giri, A. J. Nath, & R. Francaviglia (Eds.), Soil Carbon Dynamics in Indian Himalayan Region (pp. 341–371). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3303-7_19
- Rajath, E., Kalambukattu, J. G., Haldar, D., & Kumar, S. (2024). Soil salinity mapping using multisensor data employing machine-learning technique: A case study from Indo-Gangetic plain. In Remote Sensing of Soils (pp. 439–453). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18773-5.00013-2
- Kalambukattu, J. G., Kumar, S., Dutta, P., & David Raj, A. (2024). Soil erosion risk assessment and watershed prioritization using remote sensing and GIS techniques: A case study of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. In Remote Sensing of Soils (pp. 525–543). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18773-5.00036-3
- Roy, T., Kalambukattu, J. G., Sarkar, A., Rashmi, I., Pal, R., Singhal, V., Singh, D., & Kumar, S. (2023). Climate Crisis and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies. In U. Chatterjee, R. Shaw, S. Kumar, A. D. Raj, & S. Das (Eds.), Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (pp. 229–252). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_13
- David Raj, A., Kumar, S., Kalambukattu, J. G., & Chatterjee, U. (2023). Land Degradation and its Relation to Climate Change and Sustainability. In U. Chatterjee, R. Shaw, S. Kumar, A. D. Raj, & S. Das (Eds.), Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (pp. 121–135). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_7
- Kalambukattu, J. G., Kumar, S., & Roy, T. (2024). Digital soil mapping using geospatial data and machine learning techniques. In Intelligence Systems for Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (pp. 335–378). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13293-3.00014-2
- Kumar, S., David Raj, A., Justin George, K., & Chatterjee, U. (2025). Digital Terrain Analysis for Characterization of Terrain Variables Governing Soil Erosion and Watershed Hydrology. In S. C. Pal & U. Chatterjee (Eds.), Surface, Sub-Surface Hydrology and Management (pp. 469–490). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62376-9_21
- Roy, T., Kalambukattu, J.G., Biswas, S.S., Kumar, S. (2022). Agro-climatic Variability in Climate Change Scenario: Adaptive Approach and Sustainability. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_12
- Kumar, S., David Raj, A., Kalambukattu, J.G., Chatterjee, U. (2022). Climate Change Impact on Land Degradation and Soil Erosion in Hilly and Mountainous Landscape: Sustainability Issues and Adaptation Strategies. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_5
- David Raj, A., Kalambukattu, J.G., Kumar, S., Chatterjee, U. (2022). Geospatial Approach in Watershed Vulnerability to Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_11
- Kumar S., Kalambukattu J.G. (2022) Modeling and Monitoring Soil Erosion by Water Using Remote Sensing Satellite Data and GIS. In: Bhunia G.S., Chatterjee U., Lalmalsawmzauva K., Shit P.K. (eds) Anthropogeomorphology. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77572-8_14
- Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2021). Geospatial technology in salt-affected land assessment and reclamation. In Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Uday Chatterjee, Anil Kashyap, Pravat Kumar Shit (eds) Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development, Modern Cartography Series, Academic Press, vol 10, pp 697-728. Elsevier.
- Kumar S., Justin George K (2021) Geospatial Modelling for Soil Quality Assessment. In: Mitran T., Meena R.S., Chakraborty A. (eds) Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils. Springer, Singapore. pp 387-420, Springer.
- Roy T. and Justin George K (2020). Precision Farming: A Step towards Sustainable, Climate-Smart Agriculture. In: Venkatramanan V., Shah S., Prasad R. (eds) Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture. Springer, Singapore.
- Trisha Roy, A.K. Biswas, Pramod Jha and Justin George K. (2019) Hidden Nutrient Cost: The Neglected Nutrient Budget for Carbon Sequestration. In: Mishra, P. K., Sharma, N. K., Mandal, D., Kumar, G., Kaushal, R., Das, A., & Singh, R. (eds). Sustainable Land Management: Issues, Problems and Prospects (p. 340), Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi.
- Raj, A. R., George, J., Raghavendra, S., Kumar, S., and Agrawal, S. (2018). Effect of DEM Resolution on Ls Factor Computation, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-5, 315–321
- Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Bhukya Tarun, Suresh Kumar, A Senthil Kumar (2017) Soil classification using airborne hyperspectral data employing various approaches. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - ACRS 2017
- Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Abhishek Danodia, Suresh Kumar, A Senthil Kumar (2017) Hyperspectral modelling for prediction of soil texture using ASD spectroradiometer derived soil spectra. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - ACRS 2017
- Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Abhishek Danodia, Suresh Kumar and A. Senthil Kumar (2017). “Hyperspectral Modelling for Soil Texture Prediction in Semi-Arid Tropical Region of India – A Case Study”, Science Results from Phase – 1 Airborne Hyperspectral Campaign with AVIRIS-NG over India, SAC Ahmedabad, July 2017, 115-120.
- Anil Kumar, Justin George K and A. Senthil Kumar (2017). “Specific Crop/Soil Discrimination form AVIRIS Hyperspectral Data”, Science Results from Phase – 1 Airborne Hyperspectral Campaign with AVIRIS-NG over India, SAC Ahmedabad, July 2017, 110-114.
Abstracts (symposium/workshops)
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Digital Soil Mapping using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Technique – A Case Study from Himalayan Region” in National Conference On Recent Trends & Challenges In Green Chemistry, Pollution Control And Climate Change [GPCC-2023], during 14th–16th December 2023, at CSIR – National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Suresh Kumar and Justin George K. “Assessment of Land Degradation and Mapping of Salt-affected Soils using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Advanced Approaches” in International Soil Salinity Conference (ISC – 2024) held at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, India from February 14–16, 2024.
- Suresh Kumar, Anu David Raj, Justin George K, M. Sankar. “Fallout Radionuclides (FRNs)-137Cs in Quantifying Soil Erosion Rate of various Land Use / Land Cover Types in the North-West Himalayan Region” in Global Soils Conference 2024 held at New Delhi during 19–22 November 2024.
- Arunima Chakraborty, Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Digital Soil Mapping Approach for Studying Spatial Variability of Soil Properties and Delineation of Management Zones” in Global Soils Conference 2024 held at New Delhi during 19–22 November 2024.
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Bappa Das. “Machine Learning based Geospatial Modelling for Digital Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon in the Himalayan region” in Global Soils Conference 2024 held at New Delhi during 19–22 November 2024.
- Nilkamal Konra, Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Spatial Soil Quality Assessment using Machine-learning Techniques in a Hilly Watershed of Himalayan Region” in Global Soils Conference 2024 held at New Delhi during 19–22 November 2024.
- Suresh Kumar, Justin George K. “Digital Soil Mapping for Assessment of Soil Ecosystem Services” in National Seminar on Soil Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Agriculture (SESSA-2024) organized by ISSLUP and ICAR-NBSSLUP during February 21–23, 2024 at Nagpur.
- Anu D Raj, Suresh Kumar, and Justin George K. “Radiotracer 137Cs based Measurement in Validating Soil Erosion Estimation with RUSLE model – A Case Study in a Watershed of North-West Himalayas” in International Conference on Sustainable Natural Resources Management under Global Climate Change organized by Soil Conservation Society of India during 07–10 November 2023, at New Delhi, India.
- Pankaj Das, Suresh Kumar, Justin George K and Tauqueer Ahmad. “Spatial Prediction and Mapping of Soil Properties using Machine Learning Techniques in India” in International Conference on Sustainable Natural Resources Management under Global Climate Change organized by Soil Conservation Society of India during 07–10 November 2023, at New Delhi, India.
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Bappa Das, Trisha Roy. “High-Resolution Soil Texture Mapping in the Hilly and Mountainous Terrain of Northwestern Himalayan Region using Machine-Learning Techniques” in 3rd Joint Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping and GlobalSoilMap (DSM-2025), organized by IUSS and ICAR-NBSSLUP during January 21–25, 2025 at Bengaluru, India.
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, N R Patel, Prakash Chauhan, Prabhakar A Verma, Kamal Pandey. “Soil quality parameter estimation using sensor based soil colour measurement and development of a smartphone based application” in XVII Agricultural Science Congress 2025 held during February 20–22, 2025 at GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Digital Mapping of Soil Properties in A Himalayan Watershed Using Terrain Variables Employing Machine Learning Techniques” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021.
- Shashikumar B. N, Suresh Kumar, Justin George K, Abhishek Kumar Singh. “Mapping Soil Variability and Delineation of Site-Specific Management Zones Using Fuzzy Clustering Analysis in a Mid-Himalayan Watershed, India” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021
- Shashikumar B. N, Suresh Kumar, Justin George K, Abhishek Kumar Singh. “Geospatial Modeling of Soil erosion using modified MMF model in a Mid-Himalayan watershed” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021
- B. Johns, S. Kumar and Justin George K. “Spatial Prediction and Mapping of Soil Salinity by Machine Learning Algorithms using Optical Data in Alluvial Soil” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
- Justin George K, S. Kumar and P. A. Verma. “Digital Mapping Of Soil Nutrients Using Environmental Covariates Employing Random Forest Modelling” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
- N. S. Rengma, and Justin George K. “Spatial prediction and mapping of soil properties using geospatial data employing digital soil mapping techniques” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
- N. S. Rengma, Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Remote sensing based digital mapping of soil properties in a Himalayan watershed employing machine learning technique” in Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Deqing, China, October 09-11, 2020
- Justin George K, Arya Raj R and Suresh Kumar. “Digital Soil Mapping using Remote Sensing, VIS-NIR Spectroscopy and Terrain Parameters”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun
- Justin George K, Pujarini Dutta, Suresh Kumar and Bhaskar R Nikam. “Geospatial Modelling of Soil Erosion Based on RUSLE and USPED Models in a watershed of Mid-Himalayan Region”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun.
- Yogesh S Ghotekar, Anshu Sharma, Suresh Kumar and Justin George K. “Geospatial Approach in Assessing Land Potential for land use planning – A case study in a watershed of Mid-Himalaya”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun
- Justin George K. “Soil and Crop Studies using AVIRIS Data”, AVIRIS-NG Science Meet, 12-14 July, 2017, SAC, Ahmedabad
- Justin George K, Suresh Kumar and Azimova Madinabonu, “Soil Erosion Risk Assessment using Remote Sensing & GIS in a Himalayan Watershed”, International Conference on AFESA, May 9-10, 2015, JNU, New Delhi
Foreign Deputation
- International Visit to ‘Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency’ (GISTDA), Thailand, Bangkok for conducting international training course on ‘Crop Classification and Inventory’ of one week duration (1–5 April 2024).
Science Portal, IIRS
- Justin George K and Suresh Kumar. (2024). “Proximal Sensing for Soil Health Assessment”. In Science Portal of IIRS, July 2024, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun. https://science.iirs.gov.in/proximal-sensing-for-soil-health-assessment/
- Suresh Kumar and Justin George K. (2025). “Machine Learning Empowering Digital Soil Mapping for Digital Agriculture”. In Science Portal of IIRS, May 2025, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun. https://science.iirs.gov.in/machine-learning-empowering-digital-soil-mapping-for-digital-agriculture/
Trainings
- ISRO Induction Training Programme (IITP-26) at VSSC, Trivandrum, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota & SAC, Ahmadabad from 27th Oct to 19th Dec, 2014.
- NNRMS-ISRO sponsored course on “RS & GIS in Soils and Land Use Planning” from 5th May to 27th June, 2014 at IIRS, Dehradun.
- Training course on “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing” during 27–31 July, 2015 at NRSC, Hyderabad.
- Training course on “Advances in Statistical Modelling & Forecasting in Agriculture” from 22 Dec., 2016 to 12 January, 2017 at IASRI, New Delhi.
- Training course on “Geostatistical Analysis of Environmental Data” from 19–23 Feb, 2018 at NITK, Surathkal.
- DST sponsored Online Management Development Programme (MDP) on “Environmental Leadership and Life Skills", during 07–11 February 2022, organized by IIFM Bhopal.
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