Beas Barik
Researcher and Consultant
New Delhi
Summary
I improve geospatial capabilities of my team and force multiply their efficiency.
Geospatial consultant with a formal background in geography, geoinformatics and academic research. Looking to leverage my experience as a GIS team lead in a UK based transportation consulting company and climate change expert to address other meaningful problems in real world.
My primary interest lies in working with climate change data and other adjacent sectors. I have worked with satellite data for 7+ years in academia and I have come to believe that having a 1000 km view of things is a great way of approaching solutions literally & figuratively both.
Eager to meet and discuss if you and your teams have interesting problems where my geospatial and climate experience can make meaningful contribution.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Consultant
Steer Davies Gleave Ltd
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Secondment to Steer London team for one year to support large project deliverables related to England's Economic Heartland (EEH), Long Term Transport Strategies (LTTS) for various borough councils, development of travel plan around universities (University of Warwick)
- Electric Vehicle Charge Point (EVCP) demand analysis and site feasibility projects for Manchester City Council, Luton City Council, various other London borough councils.
- Delivery and servicing projects for Hackney and Waterloo.
- Established organization of data using Postgres for easy and efficient usage by all and storage.
Assistant Consultant
Steer Davies Gleave India Pvt. Ltd
08.2021 - 03.2023
- Heading the GIS offering of Steer India.
- Hiring and training on ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro and Online, QGIS and Adobe Illustrator.
- Creating map outputs to visually aid traffic-revenue understanding.
- Expanding GIS service of Steer to include OD and impact analysis, demographic analysis.
- Improving co-workers skills to better use GIS and Adobe Illustrator
- Introducing climate change aspect for varying traffic on different assets
- Collaboration with Steer UK, Italy and US to deliver proposals
- Delivered projects in Ukraine, Spain, Scotland, Ireland and England
- Automating repetitive GIS tasks using Model Builder
- Development of macros base GUI harnessing ChatGPT
Research Associate
Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay
12.2013 - 06.2021
- Computation of surface urban heat island intensity from MODIS data for 84 urban locations within India.
- Produced novel results and published in Nature Scientific Reports and other peer reviewed journals'.
- Analyzed food-energy-water nexus for India (GRACE, public datasets).
- Developed agricultural water usage forecast model by improving VIC model and using GEFS forecast data.
- Published statistically significant negative trend between AIMR and total food production(p ~ 10e-13).
- Classification of land use land cover using image interpretation techniques for Godavari Basin.
Visiting Researcher
Indian Institute Of Science
12.2012 - 08.2013
- Analyzed land surface temperature and land use land cover changes for 5 mega cities of India over 3 decades.
- Extensive literature review for development of methodology using Landsat and IRS/P6 Resourcesat-2 LISS 3 imageries to conduct land use changes and calculate urban temperatures changes.
- Demonstrated increasing trend of temperature with change in land use land cover specifically for urban class.
Education
MS in Research - Water Resources
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai, India 06.2018 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Geoinformatics
Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics
Pune, India 05.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Presidency University
Kolkata, India 06.2008 - 04.2011
Skills
Cartography
ArcMap 108
MATLAB
ArcGIS Pro 28
Satellite Image Interpretation
QGIS 310
Teamwork
Interpersonal Skills
Empathy
Teaching
Adobe Illustrator
GIS Analysis
Training and Development
Publications
- Devanand A, Huang, M. Moetasim, A, Barik, B and Ghosh S. (2019), Choice of Irrigation Water Management Practice affects Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall and its Extremes, Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (15), 9126-9135.
- Barik, B., Ghosh, S., Sahana, A.S., Pathak, A. and Sekhar, M., (2017), Water-food-energy nexus with changing agricultural scenarios in India during recent Decades, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(6), 3041.
- Shastri, H., Barik, B., Ghosh, S., Venkataraman, C., & Sadavarte, P. (2017). Flip flop of Day- night and Summer-Winter Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity in India. Scientific reports, 7, 40178.
- Ramachandra T.V., Bharath H.A., Beas Barik, (2014), Urbanisation Pattern of Incipient Mega-Region in India, TeMA Journal of Landuse, Mobility and Environment.
- Ramachandra T.V., Bharath H.A., Beas Barik, (2013), Modelling and monitoring spatial patterns of urbanisation through Geoinformatics, under review, as a book chapter in Modelling and Monitoring Spatial Patterns of Urbanisation through Geoinformatics.
Conferences
- Sep 2019: Water Futures Conference, Bangalore India, Poster Presentation
- Dec 2017: AGU Conference, New Orleans USA, Oral Presentation
- Apr 2015: EGU Conference, Vienna Austria, Poster Presentation
- Jan 2013: Indian Science Congress, Kolkata India, Oral Presentation
Timeline
Consultant
Steer Davies Gleave Ltd
03.2023 - 04.2024
Assistant Consultant
Steer Davies Gleave India Pvt. Ltd
08.2021 - 03.2023
MS in Research - Water Resources
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
06.2018 - 06.2021
Research Associate
Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay
12.2013 - 06.2021
Visiting Researcher
Indian Institute Of Science
12.2012 - 08.2013
Master of Science - Geoinformatics
Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics
05.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Presidency University
06.2008 - 04.2011