Formulation of Working Experimental Prototype for Landuse, Landform and Soil character extraction using remote sensing data: Field investigations in the Rann of Kutch

Biography

Name : Dr.Bhushan S.Deota

Date of birth : 23^rd July 1964

Age : 49years

Nationality : Indian

Educational Qualification: M.Sc.( Geology) , Ph.D.(Geology)

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:” Geological studies of the South –Gujarat Quaternary landscape with

special reference to environmental planning and management.”

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Sr. No	Name of Authors	Name of Journal	Year of Publication	Title of the paper
1	B.S.Deota and Nikhil Desai	Proc.Quat.land.of Ind.Sub-continent. pp.33-40.	1991	Geo- environmental categorization of S.Gujarat terrain on the basis of land Capability
2	Alpa Dholakia ,B.S.Deota And Nikhil Desai	Jour. M.S. University of Baroda. V.XLI, No.3 pp.71-78.	1994	Remote sensing approach to coastal zone mapping in parts of S. Gujarat
3	Alpa Dholakia,B.S.Deota And Nikhil Desai	Porc.Rec.Res.Geol. W.Ind.M.S.U.Baroda pp. 219-224.	1995	Wave refraction and associated longshore current patterns along Goa coast
4	B.S.Deota and Nikhil Desai	Proc.Rec.Res.Geol. W.Ind.M.S.U.Baroda pp. 225-230	1995	Slope controlled landuse pattern : A case study of South Gujarat .
5	B.S.Deota and Nikhil Desai	Gond.Geol. Mag. V.14,No1 pp.	1999	Quaternary Landscape of S.Gujarat: an implication for modern land use
6	B.S.Deota ,Alpa Dholakia And Nikhil Desai	Proc.Dim. of Env. Stress in Ind. M.S.U. Baroda. Pp.219-223	1999	Vadodara floods : A case study of unplanned urbanisation
7	Alpa Dholakia,B.S.Deota And Nikhil Desai	Ind.Assoc.of sedim. V.18, No 2 pp. 223- 229.	1999	Processes of sediment movement along the beaches of Goa , W.India
8	Alpa Dholakia,B.S.Deota And Nikhil Desai	Proc. Int. Conf. On Quat. Sea Level Variation, Shoreline Displacement and Coastal Env. , New Academic Pub. Delhi pp. 70-73.	2000	Manifestations of Holocene sea levels along Goa coast
9.	B.C. Sarskar, B.S. Deota, P.L.N. Raju and D.K. Jugran	Journal of ISRS pp.151-164	2001	Geographic Information System Approach to evaluation of ground water potentiality of Shamri Micro-watershed in the Shimla Taluka, Himachachal Pradesh
10.	B.S.Deota, M.A.Limaye, and Mandar Mehta	Mem.of Mineralo- gical Society of India pp. 95-103.	2005	Probable Ground-water potential zones of Sasutan Watershed, Gujarat- GIS approach
11	B.S.Deota,Y.N.Trivedi,I.M.Bahuguna, A.V.Kulkarni and B.P.Rathore	Proc.5^thInt.Asia Pacific Remote sensing Syposium.	2006	Geomorphic records of paleoglacial activity from the upper reaches of Baspa valley, H.P.
12	Y.N.Trivedi,B.S.Deota,I.M.Bahuguna A.V.Kulkarni and B.P.Rathore	Indian Journal of Geomorphology ,pp 79-90	2006-7	IRS Images for glacial Geomorphological studies Of Baspa Valley.
13	Y.N.Trivedi,B.S.Deota,I.M.Bahuguna A.V.Kulkarni and B.P.Rathore	Current Scienec V.100 No.10. pp 1555-1563.	2011	RS &GIS in Mapping of Geomorphic records and understanding the local control of glacial retreat from the Baspa valley, (H.P.) India.
14	Aditya Joshi , M.A.Limaye and Bhushan S. Deota	Gond.Geol.Magazine. V.28 (1) pp. 53-56	2013	A model representing successive deformational events of Ankalwa Synform, Lunawada Group, Gujarat.

SEMINAR, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, REFRESHER COURSES ATTENDED

1. Seminar on role of Earth sciences in Environment at I I T Bombay Dec. 87

2. Workshop on Geoscientific writing and editing conducted by AGID ( Bangkok ) at M.S.University of

Baroda Feb.1988.

3.Seminar on Remote sensing activities in Gujarat at Gujarat Engineering Research Institute, at Baroda

1988.
4. Ist conference of Indian Institute of Geomorphology at Vishakhapatnam Oct, 1988.

5. Seminar on Recent Quaternary studies in India at M.S.University of Baroda, February.1988.
6.National seminar on Quaternary landscape of Indian sub-continent at M.S.University of

Baroda 1988.

7.Workshop on Remote sensing in Geology and Geomorphology sponsored by Space

Applications Center (Ahmedabad) at I I T Bombay 1989.

8. Attended 79th Indian Science Congress at Baroda 1992.
9. Attended four week UGC sponsored Refresher course on Remote Sensing applications in

Geology and Geomorphology at Tiruchirapalli 1993.
10. Workshop on Engineering Geomorphology at Gujarat Engineering Research Institute

Baroda Jan.1994.

11. Attended UGC sponsored refresher course in Oceanography at Calcutta from 11^th to 30 th July 1994.

12. Attended International Geological Correlation Programme 349 at M.S.University of Baroda, 1995 .

13.DST sponsored Contact Programme for Excellence in Diagrammatic and Cartography in Earth

sciences at Pune 22- 29^th Feb.1996 .

14.INSA Visiting Fellowship awarded to work on GIS at C-DAC and Department of Geology, Pune

University ..

15. National conference on Dimensions of Environmental stress in India at M.S.University of Baroda

Dec.1997.

16. Attended National Symposium on Quaternary of India at Nagpur Feb. 1999.
17. UNESCO regional training programme on Remote sensing applications to Geology at Anna

University,Chennai.Nov.1999.

18. Attended NNRMS sponsored training course on GIS Technology and Applications at

IIRS,Dehradun from 3^rd Jan. to 10^th March 2000.

19. Attended UNESCO sponsored roving short course on Geological Parameters for Environmental

Protection at IIT , Mumbai from 25^th Feb. to 2^nd March 2002.

20.Attended DST sponsored training course on Remote Sensing for Glaciological Studies at SASE

Manali , from21st April 2003 to 2^nd May 2003.

21.Attended International seminar on Earth Resource Management, Kuvempu university, Shimoga

Karnataka, from 28-30 January 2004.

22. Attended International symposium on Snow Monitoring and Avalanche at Manali

Sponsored by Snow and Avalanche Studies (SASE,DRDO) for 5ays from 12to 16 April

2004.
23. Attended International Seminar on Geoinformatics – 2004, Department of Geology, university of

Mysore, from 13^th and 14^th December 2004.

24.Attended ESRI India Sponsored GIS training programme on Introduction to Arc GIS 1 at Dept .of

Geology M.S.University of Baroda for 2days from 6^th March to 7^th March 2006.

25.Attended ESRI India Sponsored GIS training programme on Introduction to Arc GIS 2 at Dept .of

Geology M.S.University of Baroda for 3days from 15^th May to 17^th May 2006.

26. Attended 5^th Asia Pacific International Symposium on Remote Sensing, National Institute of

Oceanography, Goa, from 13^th to 17^th Nov.,2006.

27. Attended 19^th Conference of The Indian Institute Of Geomorphologists on “Himalaya to Indian

Ocean-Geomorphic Processes and Landscape Change, Dept. Of Geology, University Of Jammu.

For 3 days from 26^th to 28^th December, 2006.
28. Attended ESRI India Sponsored GIS training programme on Introduction to Arc GIS 9 at Dept .of

Geology M.S.University of Baroda for 3days from 22^nd December to 24^th December 2008.

29. Attended UGC sponsored symposium “Patent Awareness and Scientific Writing” at The

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on 27^th March 2009.

30. 
    Attended 22^nd National conference of the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists on” Man-
    

Environment Relation : A Vision Plan for Green earth. Dept. of Geography, University of

Allahabad for 3 days from 29^th to 31^st October , 2009.

30. 
    Attended PCI Geomatica Sponsored GIS training programme on Introduction to Geomatica at
    

Dept .of Geology M.S.University of Baroda for 2days from 11^th to 12^thJanuary 2010.

30. 
    Attended XVIII International INQUA congress from 21st to 27^th July 2011 at Bern,
    

Switzerland.

30. 
    Attended XXVI (IGI) National conference on Dynamics of Earth Surface Processes
    

from 20^th to 22^nd November 2013 at The M S University of Baroda.

Conferences Organised
1. Organised XXVI (IGI) National conference on Dynamics of Earth Surface Processes

from 20^th to 22^nd November 2013 at The M S University of Baroda.

PROJECTS COMPLETED
1. Title : Quaternary history and evolution of North Maharashtra coastline.

Funding agency : Minor research project under unassigned UGC grant

Year : 1991 – 92.
2. Title : South Gujarat coastline evolution : an appraisal of controlling factors .

Funding agency : Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda .

Year : 1992 – 93.
3.Title : Studies on the Quaternary landforms of Ratnagiri – Goa coast.

Funding agency : Minor Research Project under unassigned UGC grant.

Year: 1992 – 93.

4. Title : Seasonal Variation in Sediment Transport Pattern of Tithal beach ,South Gujarat

Funding agency: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Year : 1995-97.

5.Title : Environmental Planning and Management in parts of Quaternary landscape of South

Gujarat.

Funding agency : Minor Research Project under Unassigned UGC grant .

Year : 1997 – 98.
6.Title : A Geomorphic Information System (GIS) approach to groundwater potentiality of

Sasutan micro watershed S.Gujarat-N.Maharashtra

Funding agency : Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Year : 2001-2003.
7. Title : Effects of climatic variations on Himalayan Glaciers

Funding agency: Indian Space Research Organization(Space Application Centre), Ahmedabad

Year: July 2003- December 2006.
8.Title Formulation Of Working Experimental Prototype for Landuse, Landform and

Soil Character extraction using Remote Sensing Data : Field Investigation in the

Rann of Kutch.

Funding agency: Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL), Ministry of Defence,

Delhi.

Year: October 2005-October 2006.

OTHERS

Expert

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  Worked as an expert in the Space Applications Centre (SAC,ISRO) , Ahmedabad Quality Assessment (QA) Committee.
  

External examiner

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  Worked as referee for evaluation of many doctoral thesis from different Indian
  

universities.

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  Worked as an external examiner and paper setter for P.G.class in M.L. Sukhadia
  

University ,Udaipur , Rajasthan.

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  Worked as paper setter for P.G.class In ISM Dhanbad.
  

Resource person

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  Deliver lectures on Remote Sensing , GIS, and applied geology in the refresher courses conducted by Department of Geology,M.S.University of Baroda.
  

Visiting Faculty

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  Deliver lectures on Geomorphology and Environmental Geology as a visiting faculty in the self finance course on Environmental Sciences conducted by Faculty of Science, M.S.University of Baroda.
  

Honorary services

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  Worked as a member of advisory committee for the development of Geological park at Gandhinagar by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation.