Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Software
Participation in conferences and workshops
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Timeline
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Prashant Parasar

Prashant Parasar

Research Scholar

Summary

Dedicated GIS and Remote Sensing professional with four years of Research experience on state and national-level projects sponsored by NRSC and GoI. Proficient in Land-Use/Land-Cover Analysis, PMGSY, Cadastral mapping, and crop and water resource mapping using GIS and Remote Sensing software's.

Skilled in Geospatial Equipment handling, including UAVs, DGPS, Total Stations, and more. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Natural Resource-based water concerns. Passionate about contributing to rural and urban communities, particularly in advancing students' education. Actively seeking opportunities to leverage GIS and Remote Sensing skills for sustainable development. Eager to make a positive impact on students' lives and fulfill professional aspirations. Keen on utilizing expertise in resource analytics towards development.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Associate

Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra
06.2023 - Current

DST-PURSE sponsored project "Center for Advanced Research on Machine Learning for Geospatial Analytics and solution for Jharkhand state".

  • Analyzing Remote sensing and other data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Monitoring major natural as well as anthropogenic problems, identifying risks and took corrective action as needed.

Senior Research Fellow

Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra
10.2019 - 09.2021

Use of Geo Informatics in Rural Road Projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Sponsored by National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) ISRO


  • Generated a spatial database on road connectivity with respect to habitations connected under completed roads.
  • Generated a rural road map based on satellite imagery for the roads sanctioned from the year 2000-01 onwards for further investigation and analysis.
  • Extract and identify roads connectivity status in terms of length based on inputs provided by NRIDA.

Junior Research Fellow

Birla Institute Of Technology,Mesra
05.2017 - 09.2018
  • The geo-spatial database on “Land Use/ Land Cover (Third Cycle) on 1:50,000 scale” is prepared using three season Resourcesat‐2 ortho rectified LISS‐III data of 2015‐16.
  • Interpretation of satellite imagery is done using visual interpretation technique and individual classes were interpreted using their visual characteristics. The LULC database is prepared with 54 class LULC Classification Schema.


Education

Ph.D. - Remote Sensing in Water Resource

Birla Institute of Technology
Ranchi
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Geoinformatics

Birla Institute of Technology
Ranchi
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - Geography

University of Delhi
Delhi
04.2001 -

Skills

    Proficient in analyzing and interpreting geospatial data

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Certification

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FORESTRY FROM INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING (IIRS) Dept of Space (DoS), GoI

Software

ArcGIS

ArcGIS Pro

ENVI

PIX4D

ERDAS IMAGINE

QGIS

Participation in conferences and workshops

❖ Attended 5-day training workshop organized by the Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, on the theme of “ Integrating Geospatial Data and Machine Learning (AI/ML) for Natural Resources Monitoring” (18-Mar-2024 to 22-Mar-2024).


❖ Presented paper entitled Comparative Assessment of Satellite derived versus DGPS and UAV derived DEM in a small watershed at International Wavelength Conference organised by The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) at the University of Southampton, UK Hybrid Mode – presented online in April 2023.


❖ Presented paper entitled An empirical approach for validation of satellite-derived DEM with DGPS derived DEM in (RTK mode) of a selected micro watershed of upper Subarnarekha River basin at National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing 2021 at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.


❖ Attended  the "Full Agenda of the DST & ACS Workshop" at  Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, on July 19, 2022.


❖ Attended  workshop on "Hydrological Modelling of Watershed with Geospatial Techniques" organized by the Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (DST-SERB) (10-11Mar 2022 ).


❖ Attended 3 days of Course Introduction to ENVI Analytic.


❖ Attended 2 days of Course ArcGIS 2 : Essential Workflows.


❖ Coordinated National seminar organised by Leads Connect on Application of Space Technology & Artificial Intelligence for Climate Resilient Agriculture and Disaster Management” on October 29-30, 2021 in online mode.


❖ Attended National seminar organised by Leads Connect on Application of Space Technology & Artificial Intelligence for Climate Resilient Agriculture and Disaster Management” on October 29-30, 2021 in online mode.


❖ Attended webinar organized by the Department of Geography, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Adamas University on the theme of “ Application of GIS-RS Based Techniques and Research Horizon in Geographical Studies” on 20th June 2020.


❖ Attended one week online Professional Development Program on Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) organised by Don Bosco College of Engineering (FATRODA-GOA) in association with Spoken Tutorial Project, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay funded by National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, GOI from 1-5 June 2020.

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

❖ Recognised as a WINNER in the IITB-ISRO-AICTE Mapathon , an initiative of the FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open-Source Software in Education) Project, IIT Bombay in association with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). held between 7 Dec. to 22 Dec. 2020.


❖ Secured the Merit certificate from (ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, CBSE New Delhi, 2012) for being among (0.1) percent of all India higher scoring candidates in GEOGRAPHY.

Timeline

Project Associate

Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra
06.2023 - Current

Senior Research Fellow

Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra
10.2019 - 09.2021

Junior Research Fellow

Birla Institute Of Technology,Mesra
05.2017 - 09.2018

REMOTE SENSING, GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM FROM INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING (IIRS) Dept of Space (DoS), GoI

11-2015

Ph.D. - Remote Sensing in Water Resource

Birla Institute of Technology
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Geoinformatics

Birla Institute of Technology
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - Geography

University of Delhi
04.2001 -
Prashant ParasarResearch Scholar