Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Virendra Singh Rathore
Associate Professor and Head, Remote Sensing
Ph.D. (RS), M.Sc. (Geology) 		Contact Address
Permanent Address Village & Po.: Pirwa, Tehsil- Didwana, Dist. Nagaur-341318, Rajasthan
Local Address Department of Remote Sensing BIT Mesra
Phone (Office) 09431382641
Phone Residence 09431382641
Email Id vsrathore@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 2-Dec-2000
  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 20 Years

Research : 27 Years
  Professional Background

Positions held

I.  BIT Mesra

  • Head of the Department, Department of Remote Sensing – since 2 January 2023
  • Associate Professor, Department of Remote Sensing – since 2 August 2021
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Remote Sensing – 10 July 2010 to 1 August 2021
  • Scientific Officer, Department of Remote Sensing – 1 June 2009 to 9 July 2010
  • Associate Lecturer, Department of Remote Sensing – 26 April 2003 to 31 May 2009
  • Research Associate, Department of Remote Sensing – 1 December 2000 to 25 April 2003
  • Procurement Nodal Officer, TEQIP – II (2013-2017), TEQIP – III (2018-2021), BIT Mesra ( Additional Institutional Responsibility)

I. Others

  • Junior Research Fellow, DST sponsored project, B.M. Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur – 29 August 1998 to 30 November 2000
  • Geologist, Sudershan Cement, AbuRoad, Rajasthan – 1996 to 1998
  • Research Officer, IIRM, Jaipur – 1994 to 1996
  • Junior Hydrologist, GWMIC, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 1992 to 1994
  Research Areas
 
  • Natural Resources and Natural Disaster Assessment, Monitoring and Modeling
  • Microwave Remote Sensing,
  • Hyperspectral Remote Sensing,
  • Surface Water Resources Assessment and Modeling
  • Mineral exploration
  • SAR and Optical Data based Morphological Studies of Lunar Surface 
  Award and Honours
 

Organising Secretary: National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Development (NS-ARS21) (December 9 - 11, 2021) 

Session Chair: “Natural Resources & Environmental Management” at National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Development (NS-ARS21) (December 9 - 11, 2021) 

Coordinator: Conducted AICTE ATAL FDP during 16-20 August 2021

Reviewer

  1.  African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology
  2.  International Journal of Earth System Science
  3.  Journal of Earth System Science
  4.  Reviewer for Int. Jour. Advancement Rem. GIS and Geography
  5.  Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier) 
  6. Indian Journal of Remote Sensing
  7. IEEE InGARSS 2021 Proc.

INVITED LECTURERS:

  1. Invited talk in NGP-DST Winter School on Geospatial Technologies 10-31 January, 2022 on GNSS and Geodesy
  2. Lecture in AICTE ATAL FDP during August 16-20, 2021 on GNSS data collection
  3. Rathore, V.S. (2014). Delivered an Invited Lecture (as a Resource Person) on “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Vegetation Discrimination and Pharmaceuticals” in the AICTE sponsored Quality Improvement Program on “Applications of Biotechnology in Modern Pharmacognosy” held during 5-18thDecember, 2014. Organised by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi.
  Publications
 

Journals publications

  • Avtar, R., Malik, R., Musthafa, M., Rathore, V. S., Kumar, P., & Singh, G. (2023). Forest plantation species classification using Full-Pol-Time-Averaged SAR scattering powers. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 100924.
  • Biswas, R., Rathore, V. S., Krishna, A. P., Singh, G., & Das, A. K. (2022). Integration of C-band SAR and high-resolution optical images for delineating palaeo-channels in Nagaur and Barmer districts, western Rajasthan, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(8), 589.
  • Saur, R., & Rathore, V. S. (2022). Flashy river channel migration and its impact in the Jiadhal river basin of Eastern Himalaya, Assam, India: A long term assessment (1928–2010). Journal of Earth System Science, 131(1), 1-13.
  • Singh, B.; Jagannathan, C.; Rathore, V.S.; Behera, M.D.; Singh, C.P.; Roy, P.S.; Atkinson, P.M., 2021. Resilience of the Central Indian Forest Ecosystem to Rainfall Variability in the Context of a Changing Climate. Remote Sens., 13, 4474. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214474
  • Khan, B., Rathore, V. S., & Krishna, A. P. (2021). Identification of Desakota Region and Urban Growth Analysis in Patna City, India Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(4), 935-945.
  • Beependra Singh, Jeganathan, C. and Rathore, V.S. (2020). Improved NDVI based proxy leaf-fall indicator to assess rainfall sensitivity of deciduousness in the central Indian forests through remote sensing. Scientific Reports (under Nature),  10:17638, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74563-2. (Oct, 2020)
  • Shaheen, F., Krishna, A. P., & Rathore, V. S. (2020). Delineation of Mine Fire Pockets in Jharia Coalfield, India, using Thermal Remote Sensing. In Advances in Computational Intelligence (pp. 215-227). Springer, Singapore.
  • Singh, G., Malik, R., Mohanty, S., Rathore, V. S., Yamada, K., Umemura, M., & Yamaguchi, Y. (2019). Seven-component scattering power decomposition of POLSAR coherency matrix. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(11), 8371-8382.
  • N. Parihar, V.S. Rathore & Shiv Mohan 2016. Combining ALOS PALSAR and AVNIR-2 data for effective land use/land cover classification in Jharia coalfields region, International Journal of Image and Data Fusion, 8(2), pp.130-147. DOI: 10.1080/19479832.2016.1273258. Scopus indexed. 
  • Soumyashree Kar, V.S. Rathore, P.K. Champatiray, Richa Sharma, S.K. Swain, 2016. Classification of river water pollution using Hyperion data, J. Hydrology, 537, pp. 221–233. Impact factor-3.17. Sci indexed.
  • R. NagarjunaKumar,, V.S. Rathore, K.Srinivas Reddy, M.S. Nathawat, 2015. Simulation of Grape Crop Future Water Requirement Using CROPWAT Model in Semi- Arid Region. Int. Jour. of Applied Engineering Research, Vol 10 (3), pp. 5867-5880. Scopus indexed.
  • Suraj Kumar Singh,  A. C. Pandey, V.S. Rathore & M. S. Nathawat, 2014. Evaluating factors responsible for contrasting signature of wasteland development in northern and southern Ganga Plains (Bihar State, India) with focus on waterlogging, Arabian J. Geosciences (Springer), 7, pp. 4175–4190. Impact factor-1.22. Sci indexed 
  • Parihar, N., Das, A.  Rathore, V.S., Nathawat, M.S. and Mohan, S., 2014. Analysis of L-band SAR backscatter and coherence for delineation of land use/land cover, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35:18, 6781-6798, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.965282. Impact factor-1.72. Sci indexed.
  • Dasgupta Arunima,  Sastry, K L N, Dhinwa,  P. S., Rathore, V. S  and Nathawat, M. S., 2013. Identifying desertification risk areas using fuzzy membership and geospatial technique – A case study, Kota District, Rajasthan. J. Earth Syst. Sci., 122 (4), pp. 1107–1124. Impact factor-0.95. Sci indexed.
  • Nathawat, M.S., Rathore, V.S., Pandey, A.C., Singh, Suraj, K. and Shankar, G. Ravi, 2010. Monitoring & analysis of wastelands and its dynamics using multi-resolution and temporal satellite data in part of Indian state of Bihar. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 1 (3), pp. 297-307.  
  • Mohanta, D. K., Singh, M., Jha, R. C., Nathawat, M. S., & Rathore, V. S. (2010, March). Electrical Consumer Indexing Incorporating Geographical Information System (GIS). In 2010 International Conference on Recent Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing (pp. 257-261). IEEE.
  • Rathore, V.S., Nathawat, M.S. and Champatiray, P.K., 2010. Palaeochannel detection and aquifer performance assessment in Mendha River catchment, Western India. J. Hydrol., 395 pp. 216–225, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.026, Impact factor-3.17. Sci indexed.
  • Nathawat, M.S., Rathore, V.S. and Sarkar Amrita 2009. Innovative approach towards creating maps for urban information system a study for Patna city in India. Abacus, 4 (2), pp. 53-60.
  • Rathore,V.S. Nathawat, M.S. and Champatiray, P.K., 2008. Influence of neotectonic activity on ground water salinity and playa development in the Mendha river catchment, western India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (13), pp. 3975-3986, Impact factor-1.72. Sci indexed.
  • R. Nagarjuna Kumar, K.Srinivas Reddy, M.S. Nathawat, Nilanchal Patel, and V.S. Rathore,  Climate Change Implications on Water Resources in India-Review, Environment & Ecology, 31 (3), pp. 1269-1275, April-June 2013.
  • R. Nagarjuna Kumar, K.Srinivas Reddy, M.S. Nathawat, Nilanchal Patel, L.K. Sharma, V.S. Rathore, Rami Reddy, S. Madhusudan Rao, and B. Sailaja, Identification of Grape Orchard Using Combination of Image Analysis Techniques, Environment & Ecology, 31 (3), pp. 1269-1275, July-September 2013.
  • R. Nagarjuna Kumar, K.Srinivas Reddy, M.S. Nathawat, Nilanchal Patel, L.K. Sharma, V.S. Rathore, G. Ravindra Chary and Gr. Maruthi Sankar, Long-term Mean Monthly Rainfall Analysis of Ranga Reddy District of Andhra Pradesh Using GIS, Journal of Agro-meteorology, December 2013.
  • Rathore,V.S. Nathawat, M.S. 2008. Remote Sensing for deriving neotectonic evidences from disorganized river course and riverine geomorphology of Mendha river of Rajasthan. The Icfai University Jour. of Earth Sciences, Vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 62-72. 
  • Nathawat, M.S., Rathore, V.S. and Sinha, A.K., 2007. A Geoinformatics approach for water resource development in hydrologically disturbed coal mining area. The Eastern Geographer, XIII (1), pp 38-41.
  • Impact of climate change on reference crop evapotranspiration in a semi arid area, 07.04.2014 Adv. Applied Res.
  • Assessing the Sensitivity of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration to Increase in Mean Surface Temperature in a Semi­arid Area Using CROPWAT,  pp. 33­37, June 2013. Int. Jour. Tropical Agri. Vol. 31 (1-2),

Conferences proceedings

  • Biswas, R., Rathore, V.S., Krishna, A.P., Singh, G., Das, A.K., (2021) Integration of SAR (Sentinel-1a) and Optical (Sentinel-2a) Data for Lithology Discrimination in Arid Tracts of the Thar Desert (Nagaur, Rajasthan). InGARSS, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9791965 
  • Rajat., Nela, B.R., Singh, G., Rathore, V.S., Glazovsky. A.F., (2021) Retrieval of Mass Balance of Austre Grønfjordbreen in the Western Svalbard. InGARSS, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792005
  • Saur, R., & Rathore, V. S. (2022). Modelling Flash Flood Vulnerability and Sensitivity Dynamics of Jiadhal River Basin of Eastern Himalayan Range Using Space Technology and AHP. In Advances in Micro-Electronics, Embedded Systems and IoT (pp. 225-235). Springer, Singapore.
  • Saur, R., & Rathore, V. S. (2022). Deciphering Flash Flood-Induced LULC Dynamics Using Remote Sensing Technology and Statistical Indices. In Evolution in Signal Processing and Telecommunication Networks (pp. 269-288). Springer, Singapore.
  • Kathwas, A. K., Saur, R., & Rathore, V. S. (2022). Impact of Flash Flood on Landuse and Landcover Dynamics and Erosional Pattern of Jiadhal River Basin, Assam, India. In Intelligent Data Engineering and Analytics (pp. 389-396). Springer, Singapore.

Books/ Atlas:

  • Contributed to Ground Water Prospects Atlas, Jharkhand, published by NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad.
  • Contributed to Wasteland Atlas, Bihar, published by NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad.
  • Contributed to Assessment of Irrigation Potential Atlas of AIBP Irrigation projects in Rajasthan (Chauli,   Panchana, Mahi Bajaj Sagar, Banswara). 
  • Monitoring Snow and Glaciers of Himalayan Region, published by SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad, September, 2016, ISBN:978-93-82760-24-5 
  Member of Professional Bodies
 

1. Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)

2. Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)

3. Indian Planetary Science Association (IPSA)

 
  Current Sponsored Projects
 

 Ongoing Projects

  • Mapping and morphological characterization of craters in the south polar region of the lunar surface using Chandrayaan-2 Dual Frequency SAR (DFSAR), High resolution OHRC and TMC-2 data, ISRO, DoS, GoI, Bangalore, Rs. 19.98 L (2022 – 25) - V.S. Rathore and A.P. Krishna 
  • Remote Sensing based Hydrologic budget of the Subarnarekha River Basin, DST-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, Rs. 27.39 L (2020 – 23) - A.P. Krishna, C. Jegannathan, V.S. Rathore
  • National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA) Phase-II, ISRO/SAC Ahmedabad, Rs, 20.50 L (2019-21) - C. Jeganathan, A.P. Krishna, V.S. Rathore, N.K. Sinha

Completed Projects

  • Use of Geo Informatics in Rural Road Projects under PMGSY – Bihar, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) - ISRO, Hyderabad, Rs. 54.00 L (2019-20) - A.P. Krishna, C. Jeganathan, V.S. Rathore, N.K. Sinha
  • Land Use / Land Cover Analysis - 3rd Cycle, NRSC/DoS Hyderabad, Rs. 51.50 L (2016 - 19) - C. Jeganathan, A.P. Krishna, V.S. Rathore, R.N.K. Sharma, N.K. Sinha
  • Geophysical characterization of subsurface Calcrete deposits in semi-arid-arid region of Rajasthan using fully polarimetric L- and S- band SAR data, L&S Band Airborne SAR Research AO; SAC/ISRO Ahmedabad, Rs. 13.44 L (2018-20) - V.S. Rathore, A.P. Krishna, G. Singh (IIT-Bombay)
  • National Land Degradation Mapping - 2nd Cycle, NRSC/DoS Hyderabad, Rs. 16.50 L (2016 - 18) - A.P. Krishna, C. Jeganathan, V. S. Rathore, N.K. Sinha
  • National Wasteland Change Analysis-cycle 2015-16, NRSC/DoS Hyderabad, Rs.13.25 L (2016 - 2019) - V.S. Rathore, A.P. Krishna, C. Jeganathan, N.K. Sinha 
  • Ground Water Quality Mapping under RGNDWM-PH-IV in parts of M.P., NRSC/DoS Hyderabad, Rs.45.25 L (2011 - 2019) - V.S. Rathore, M.S. Nathawat, A.C. Pandey
  • NUIS Thematic Mapping (Allahabad & Dharamshala), NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad, Rs.23.48 L (2010 - 2015) - V.S. Rathore, M.S. Nathawat, K.R. Kichar
  • Hybrid Polarimetric Signatures study under desertic environment under RISAT-UP, ISRO/SAC Ahmedabad, Rs, 13 L (2010-13) - M.S. Nathawat,  V.S. Rathore, Mili Ghosh
  • Monitoring Snow and Glacier of Himalayan Region- Ph-II, ISRO/SAC Ahmedabad, Rs, 38.55 L (2011-14) - M.S. Nathawat,  V.S. Rathore, A.C. Pandey
  • IWMP, Kanke, MoRD, DoLR, Govt. of India, Rs, 594.21 L (2011-19) -  V.S. Rathore, Head DRS, DSW, Head, CEE
  • Understanding Lunar Volcanism and Tectonism on Moon using Chandrayaan-1 data, ISRO/SAC Ahmedabad, Rs, 4.4 L (2011-13) - M.S. Nathawat,  V.S. Rathore, Mili Ghosh
  • Locating Ground Water Table near Bokaro town at 16 different locations, ONGC, Bokaro (CSR Fund), Rs, 1.2 L (20.08.18 – 31.12.18) - V.S. Rathore
  • Assessment of Irrigation potential created in AIBP using Cartosat data, NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad, Rs.1.95 L (2011 - 2012) - V.S. Rathore, M.S. Nathawat
  • NUIS (1:10K), Bihar, NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad, Rs.27.0 L (2008 - 2009) - V.S. Rathore, M.S. Nathawat, A.C. Pandey
  Member, Editorial Board
 

Guest Editor 

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Springer) - Special Issue: Terrestrial and Ocean Dynamics – India Perspective II