Special Sessions
IEEE Space, Aerospace and Defence Conference, SPACE 2025
Space Technology and Applications
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Topic
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Duration
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Lead Talk
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Shri. Srinivasa Rao G
Deputy Director, Earth & Climate Sciences Area, NRSC |
Space Technology Applications
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30 Minutes
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srinivasarao_g@nrsc.gov.in
9441901750 |
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Talk 1
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Dr. Chowdary VM
Group Director, Agricultura Sciences & Applications Group, NRSC |
Agriculture Applications
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30 Minutes
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durgarao_khv@nrsc.gov.in
9440583027 |
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Talk 2
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Dr. Durga Rao KHV
Group Director,
Disaster Management Support Group, NRSC |
Disaster Management
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30 Minutes
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chowdary_vm@nrsc.gov.in
9434754217 |
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Talk 3
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Dr. Ramana MV
Group Director, Atmospheric Sciences & Land Surface process Group, NRSC |
Climate Studies
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30 Minutes
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ramana_mv@nrsc.gov.in
9995424965 |
Bio-sketch for Speakers:
Dr V M Chowdary is Group Director & Scientist/Engineer ‘G’, Agricultural Sciences & Applications Group at NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad since 1998. He is Former Director of MNCFC, Min of Agriculture, Govt of India and Former DGM of Regional Remote Sensing Centre-North, Delhi (ISRO). He was Post Doctoral Fellow atJapan Society for Promotion of of Scinece (JSPS), Kyoto university, Japan. He did his PhD in Soil and Water Conservation engineering from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and M.Tech (Irrigation and Drainage Engineering) from G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. He is Elected Fellow of NAAS (National Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences, A.P. Akademi of Sciences, Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS), and Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH). He received JSPS – Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship, 2005-2007, NESA-Eminent Scientist Award, 2014, ISRO Team Excellence Awards, 2015 & 2016, IWRS- Eminent Water Resource Scientist Award-2018, APAS-Prof. N.G.Ranga Memorial Award, 2018. His Areas of Research include Digital agriculture initiatives, Agricultural water management, Groundwater recharge, Soil erosion modeling, Non-point source pollution, watershed management, Drought monitoring, Decision Support Systems and application of geospatial technologies for natural resources management. He has 6907 Google citations and h index of 61. He has authored 90 peer reviewed publications with total impact factor of nearly 250
Dr. K H V DURGA RAO is Group Director, Disaster Management Support Group, NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad. He has been working with NRSC, ISRO for the last 29 years and obtained Ph.D degree on SDSS for Water Resources Management. He is M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering (I I T –Kharagpur), and Fellow of Indian Water Resources Society, Fellow of Indian Association of Hydrologists. He has Received Satish Dhavan Award in 2023 and Received ISRO’s team excellence awards 4 times. He has Published about 60 research papers in various International and National journals. He is Responsible for space based disaster management support activities in the country. He has Executed various national level operational and R&D projects in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction/Water Resources/Flood Modelling.
Dr M. Venkata Ramana received Ph.D. degree in Physics from M.G. University, Kerala, India. Since 2016, he has been with Earth and Climate Sciences Area (ECSA) of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad. His prior experiences include Assistant Project Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), US (2001-2010) and Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum India (2010-2016). He is currently, Group Director: “Atmospheric Sciences & Land-surface processes Group”, at NRSC. He is currently representing ISRO at CEOS’s Atmospheric Composition Virtual Constellation (AC-VC). He has published around 80 papers in international journals, including in Nature, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, etc. His research interests include Climate and Climate Change, Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation-Climate; Land Surface Process, Atmospheric Composition, Retrieval and validation of geophysical products from satellite data, Extreme weather events; Climate mitigation and adaptation.