Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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Dr. (Mrs.) Mili Ghosh Nee Lala

Joined Institute on : 5-Dec-2009

  • Associate Professor
  • Remote Sensing
  • M.Sc.(Phy.), M.Tech. (RS), Ph.D.(Geomatics)
Contact Address

Flat No. 405, Himadri Apartment, South Office Para, Doranda, Ranchi – 834002

Flat No. 405, Himadri Apartment, South Office Para, Doranda, Ranchi – 834002

  • Phone Office - +91-9431161249
  • Phone Residence - +916513568591
  • Email - mili@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 15 Years

Research : 15 Years

Individual: 16 Years
Professional Background
  • Ph.D. (Geomatics), IIT Roorkee
  • M.Tech. (Remote Sensing), BIT Mesra, Ranchi
  • M.Sc. (Physics), T.M. Bhagalpur University
Research Areas
  • Planetary Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Modeling
  • Atmospheric Monitoring
Award and Honours
  • MHRD Fellowship (Ph.D)
  • MHRD Fellowship (M.Tech)
  • “Jharkhand Aparajita Samman” by Prabhat Khabar Media house for work in Planetary Remote Sensing
Publications

International Journal

  • Singh K, Ghosh M, R. Sharma S, and Kumar P (2014). Blue-Red-NIR Model for Chlorophyll-a Retrieval in Hypersaline-Alkaline Water Using Landsat ETM+ Sensor.IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, VOL. 7, NO. 8,pp. 3553-3559(IEEE Xplore)
  • Mushtaq F, Lala MGN,  Pandey AC (2015) Assessment of Pollution Level in Himalayan Lake, Kashmir using Geomatics Approach. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 95(11); 1001-1013 (Taylor & Francis)
  • Nandi  S, Ghosh M, Kundu A, Dutta D and Baksi M (2015). Shoreline shifting and its prediction using remote sensing and GIS techniques: a case study of Sagar Island, West Bengal (India).Journal of Coastal Conservation, DOI 10.1007/s11852-015-0418-4. (Springer)
  • Singh Kartar, Ghosh M and  Sharma S R (2016). WSB-DA: Water surface boundary detection algorithm using Landsat 8 OLI Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, VOL. 9, NO. 1. (IEEE Xplore)
  • Mushtaq F, Lala MGN (2016) Remote Estimation of Water Quality Parameters of Himalayan Lake (Kashmir) using Landsat 8 Imagery. Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2016.1140818. (Taylor & Francis)
  • .Mushtaq F, Lala MGN (2016) Assessment of climatic variability in the catchments of Himalayan Lake, Jammu & Kashmir. Geocarto International. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2016.1188169. (Taylor & Francis)
  • Tirkey, A. S, Ghosh M, Pandey A.C. (2016) Soil erosion assessment for developing suitable sites for artificial recharge of groundwater in drought prone region of Jharkhand state using geospatial techniques. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 9:362 DOI 10.1007/s12517-016-2391-0. (Springer)
  • Tirkey, A. S, Ghosh M, Pandey A.C., Shekhar Shashank  (2017). Assessment of climate extremes and its long term spatial variability over the Jharkhand state of India. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2016.12.007.(Elsevier)
  • Shekhar Shashank, Ghosh M, Pandey A.C. (2017).Impact of geomorphology and lithological setting on fluoride contamination in groundwater in hard rock terrain of India using Geoinformatics approach. Applied Water Science, 7: 2943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-017-0593-6 (Springer)
  • Ahmad A, Ghosh M (2017).Variability of lightning activity over India on ENSO time scales.Advances in Space Research(Elsevier).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.09.018
  • Mushtaq F, Lala MGN( 2017). Assessment of hydrological response as a function of Land use/land cover change and climatic variability in the catchment of the Wular lake, J&K using geospatial technique. Environmental Earth Sciences,76: 760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-017-7065-z (Springer)
  • Mushtaq  F, Lala M G N, Wadood A(2018) . Estimation of soil erosion risk in upper catchment of Wular Lake, Jammu & Kashmir using RUSLE model.International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Vol-7,Issue-07.
  • Mushtaq  F, Lala M G N, Anand A(2018). Spatio-temporal variability of lightning activity over J&K region and its relationship with topography, vegetation cover, and absorbing aerosol index (AAI). Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Vol 179, 281-292.
  • Mushtaq F, Ahmad P and Lala M G N, (2019). Spatio-temporal change of surface temperature of Himalayan Lake and its inter-relation with water quality and growth in aquatic vegetation. Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2019.1590467
  • Rangarajan V G, Ghosh M (2020). Seasonal thermal inertia variations at Gale crater: Role of active surface deposition phenomena. Icarus, Volume 337, 113499.
  • Mushtaq F, Ahmad P and Lala M G N, (2020). Variability of lake surface water temperature: a case study during El Nino and La Nina events over the Himalayan lake region. Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2020.1751386
  • K. Bala, S. Paul and M. Ghosh (2020). Heuristic Model to Compute Indices for Classification of Incidence and Non-Incidence of Thunderstorms over Ranchi with Atmospheric Parameter. IEEE Access (4.48)
  • Mushtaq, F., Nee Lala, M.G. and Mantoo, A.G. (2022). Trophic State assessment of a freshwater Himalayan Lake using Landsat 8 OLI satellite imagery: A case study of Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir (India). Earth and Space Science, 9(3), p.e2021EA001653.
  • Bose, Subhadyouti, Mili Ghosh Nee Lala and Krishna, A P (2022). Photometric correction of images of visible and near-infrared bands from Chandrayaan - 1 Hyper-Spectral Imager (HySI), Earth, Moon, and Planets.
  • Shaheen, Farzana, Nee Lala, Mili Ghosh, Krishna, A P, 2022. Assessment of morphology and degradation of craters in and around Gale crater, Mars using High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) images, J Indian Soc Remote Sens.,   https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01644-2, Springer, IF 1.894 (Published online 31 Dec 2022) 
  • Shaheen, Farzana, Scariah, Nayama Valsa, Nee Lala, Mili Ghosh, Krishna, A P, Jeganathan, C, Hoekzema, N, 2022. Shadow method retrievals of the atmospheric optical depth above Gale crater on Mars using HRSC images, Icarus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115229; Volume 388, ELSEVIER, SCI, IF 3.657 (Published online 24 Aug 2022)
  • Bose, Subhadyouti, Mili Ghosh Nee Lala and Krishna, A P, 2022. Photometric correction of images of visible and near-infrared bands from Chandrayaan - 1 Hyper-Spectral Imager (HySI), Earth, Moon, and Planets, DOI:10.1007/s11038-021-09544-0, Springer, SCI, IF 1.00
  • Scariah, Nayama Valsa, Mili Ghosh Nee Lala, Krishna, A P, 2023. Seasonal variation of Martian surface temperature over Gale crater and surroundings, Solar System Research Journal, 57(1):14-24, DOI: 10.1134/S0038094623010045, SCIE, IF 0.79 (Published online 20 April 2023)
  • Bose, Subhadyouti, Kumari, Annu, Biswas, Raja, Lala, Mili Ghosh Nee, Krishna, Akhouri Pramod, 2023. Photometric correction of images obtained from Chandrayaan-2 Imaging Infra-Red Spectrometer (IIRS) data, Advances in Space Research, ISSN 0273-1177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.12.019.
  • Shaheen, Farzana, Nee Lala, Mili Ghosh, Krishna, A P, Payra Swagata, 2024.Seasonal variation in atmospheric optical depth (AOD) and thermal inertia (TI) inter-relationship over Martian Gale crater, Planetary and Space Science,105865,ISSN 0032-0633,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2024.105865.
  • Sinha, M., Paul, S., Ghosh, M., Mohanty, S.N. and Pattanayak, R.M., (2024). Automated Lunar Crater Identification with Chandrayaan-2 TMC-2 Images using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. Scientific reports, 14(1), p.8231.
  • Jeganathan, C., Singh, B., Singh, C. P., Behera, M. D., Srivastava, S., Natesha, S. R., ... & Sardar, P. (2024). Integrated use of field sensors, PhenoCam, and satellite data for pheno-phase monitoring in a tropical deciduous forest of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India: initial results from the Indian Phenology Network. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-27.
  • Mushtaq, F., Farooq, M., Lala, M. G. N., Banerjee, S., Tirkey, A. S., Shaheen, F., & Meraj, G. (2024). Analysis of spatial variability of smog episodes over National Capital Delhi during (2013–2017). Discover Applied Sciences, 6(8), 413.

National Journals/

  • Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K and Sahu, N.,(2008).Analyzing Educational Disparity inRural Areas: A GIS Approach.Jharakhand Journal of Development and ManagementStudiesVolume -6, No. 4 (XXV), pp. 3089-3110, October December, 2008.
  1. Chapter in books
  •  Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K., (2011). Normative Analysis for Educational Infrastructure Planning in  Rural Area. Infrastructure, The Key to Development, edited by Rudra P Pradhan, Macmillian     Publishers India Ltd.,550-572.
  • Bala K., Paul S., Ghosh M. (2019) Thunderstorm Prediction Using Soft Computing and Wavelet. In: Nath V., Mandal J. (eds) Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Microelectronics, Computing & Communication Systems (MCCS 2017). Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 476. Springer, Singapore
  • Bala, K., Choubey, D. K., Paul, S., & Lala, M. G. (2018). Classification Techniques for Thunderstorms and Lightning Prediction: A Survey. In Singh, U. P., Tiwari, A., & Singh, R. K. (Ed.), Soft-Computing-Based Nonlinear Control Systems Design (pp. 1-17). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-3531-7.ch001
  • Kartar Singh, Mili Ghosh, Shubha Sharma, RetinderKour (2021). Conservation of Wetlands - Issues and Potentials: A Case Study of the Sambhar Salt Lake (Rajasthan). In: Perspectives in Natural Resources Management-Watershed-based Approach, P. 466.
  • Gandhi, M.P., Mushtaq, F., Mantoo, A.G. and Lala, M.G.N., 2022. Application of Geospatial Technique in Analysis of Malaria Prevalence in an Endemic Area of Ranchi, India. In Geospatial Technology for Environmental Hazards (pp. 213-234). Springer, Cham.
  • Singh, K., Lala, M.G.N., Sharma, S.R., Ashutosh, Chandra, G. and Prakash, A., 2023. Remote Sensing-Based Estimation of Shallow Inland Lake Morphometry: A Case Study of Sambhar Salt Lake, Ramsar Site-464, India. In Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resources and Built Infrastructure Management (pp. 217-240). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Conference /Syposium

  • Ghosh, M.,Lala,S. and Nathawat,M.S., (2002).Spatial Decision Support System using GIS based Infrastructure Planning in Health & Education for Ranchi.Map India international conference Feb 6-8, 2002,New Delhi.
  • GhoshM.andNathawat, M.S.,(2002).GIS Development for Drinking Water Facilities in Rural Habitats of Ranchi District.Nation Conference on Water Resource Development & Management, Feb 9-10, 2002,BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K.ArcGIS based query tool for Rural Infrastructure Planning7th ESRI India Users Conference, Dec2-3, 2004, Noida.
  • Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K.,(2005).Rural Planning Models using GIS and Remote Sensing: A Review.MapIndia international conference, Feb 7-9, 2005, NewDelhi.
  • Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K.,(2005).GIS based location-allocation model for facility planning.25th ISRS Annual Convention and National Symposium, Dec 6-9, 2005, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Nathawat,M.S.,Ghosh M. and Sisodia, G.S., (2007).Spatial Decision Support System for Need Assessment of Educational Facilities in Tribal Dominated District.Proceedings of 7th International Workshop on Geographical Information System held on 14-15 September,2007,Beijing,P.R.China.
  • Ghosh M. and Ghosh, S.K., (2010). Normative Analysis for Educational Infrastructure Planning in Rural Area. International Conference on Infrastructure Finance (ICIF-2010), June 03-05, 2010, IIT Kharagpur.
  • Rathore V S.,Ghosh M.,RajaShekharR.P.,BhattacharyaS.,AryaA.S.,Chauhan P.,Nathawat,M.S.,Ajai,(2011).Study of lava flows and associated Domes in Marius Hills complex using TMC and HySIdata.National Workshop on Lunar Geoscience using Chandrayaan-1 data, March 30-31,2011, Space Application Centre,ISRO,Ahmedabad.
  • Avinash Kumar, Dr. S.K. Ghosh , Dr.Mili Ghosh , Kishore Kumar ,Siddhartha Khare, Pradeep Chaudhry (2012).GIS based planning for finding optimal gas pipeline route in IITR campus.14th Annual International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information Technology and Applications.
  • Singh K, Ghosh M, Sharma S R, (2012). Sambhar Salt Lake, a Ramsar Site: Conservational Issues.National Conference on Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness (SDGC-2012), Dec 04-05, 2012, BIT Mesra,Ranchi.
  • Ghosh M,Rathore V S,Awasthi N, Arya A.S, Raja ShekharP,Ajai,(2013).Compositional study of Domes/Relief features of Marius Hills Complex using Chandrayaan-1 M3data. 100th Indian Science Congress 2013, Jan 03-07,2013, Calcutta University, Kolkata.
  • Ghosh M,Rathore V S,Awasthi N, Arya A.S, Raja ShekharP,Ajai,(2013).Compositional study of lava flows and relief features in Marius Hills Complex using Chandrayaan-1 data. Workshop on Lunar & Mars Geosciences, July 30-31, 2013 at Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad
  • Mushtaq F, Ghosh, M., Estimation of pollution load of Wular lake from Madhumati watershed   using pload model, In Souvenier of National Seminar on National Development Through Science and Technology, Kashmir University,25-26 September, 2017.
  • Mushtaq F, Ghosh, M. Abhishek Kumar,Spatio-temporal distribution of lightning activity over J&K region and its relationship with topography and vegetation cover, In Souvenier of National Seminar on Himalayan Biodiversity, University of Kashmir, 18-19 September, 2017.
  • Rangarajan V G, Ghosh M, Seasonal Variations in SEB Components over Gale crater,European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC-2018), Organized by EuroplanetSociety  atTU Berlin, Germany on 16-21st Sep, 2018 .
  • Rangarajan V G, Ghosh M,Localised seasonal dust deposition at Gale crater: Inferences from THEMIS thermal inertia, 50thLunar & Planetary Science Conference (LPSC-2019), Organized by Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA at The Woodlands, Texas on18-22ndMar, 2019
  • Farzana Shaheen, Nayama Valsa Scariah,Mili Ghosh Nee Lala, A.P. Krishna, Jeganathan, C.(2019). Estimation of Atmospheric Optical Depth at Nili Patera region of Martian surface using Mars Color Camera image, National Space Science Symposium, Organised by Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly university of pune) along with Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)  and National Centre for Radio  Astrophysics (NCRA) during  29-31 January, 2019.
  • Bose S,Krishna A.P and Ghosh M,(2018).Chandrayaan-1:India’s maiden mission to Moon, National Conference for Education in Science, Mathematics & Technology (NCESMT), at Taurian World School, Ranchi, Jharkhand on 11th August 2018.
  • Nayama V S, Ghosh M  and Krishna A.P(2018), Mars Exploration: An overview of Indian and International Mars Missions, National Conference for Education in Science, Mathematics & Technology (NCESMT), at Taurian World School, Ranchi, Jharkhand on 11th August 2018.
  • Banerjee A, Ghosh M,(2019). Seasonal Variation of AOD over North Indian States:A Geospatial Approach. ESRI User Conference held on 22ndAug, 2019 at Kolkata.
  • Dutta A, Ghosh M  and Krishna A.P(2019). Estimation of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Ozone over Jharkhand using Geospatial Techniques. ESRI User Conference held on 22ndAug, 2019 at Kolkata.
  • Bose S,Suman S, Ghosh M and Krishna A.P (2020). A study of surface temperature variations observed by LRO Diviner Radiometer. The Indian Planetary Science Conference, 19-21 February 2020 at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. 
  • Nayma, Mili Ghosh, Krishna, A.P., 2021, Seasonal variation of surface temperature over Martian Gale crater and its surroundings. National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends,Challenges and Opportunities for Development (NS-ARS21),December 9 - 11, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Kiran, Nikhil, Mili Ghosh, 2021. Assessing Forest Cover Change of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India using Cloud Computing Platform. National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends,Challenges and Opportunities for Development (NS-ARS21),December 9 - 11, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Kaushik, Mili Ghosh, Tanushree(2021), The Geospatial Modeling of Carbon Sequestration. National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends,Challenges and Opportunities for Development (NS-ARS21),December 9 - 11, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Bose, S., Kumari, A., Biswas, R., Lala, M.G.N. and Krishna, A. P.,. Photometric correction of images obtained from Imaging Infra-red Spectrometer (IIRS) onboard Chandrayaan-2, Abs. Proc. Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC-2022), 14-16 March 2022 (online), pp. 77
  • Suman, S., Bose, S., Kumari, A., Biswas, R., Lala, M.G.N. and Krishna, A. P.,(2022). A study of anomalous temperature variations in the lunar South Pole using LRO Diviner Radiometer data, Abs Proc. Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC-2022), 14-16 March 2022 (online), pp. 65.
Member of Professional Bodies
  • Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Life Member of Indian Meteorological Society(IMS)
  • Life Member of South Asian Meteorological Association(SAMA)
  • Life Member of Indian Planetary Science Association (IPSA)
Current Sponsored Projects

Completed

  • "Refinement of existing algorithms for FeO and TiO2 mapping using HySI data and a comparative assessment of the HySI generated maps with that of Clementine and Moon Mineralogy Mapper-derived FeO and TiO2 products", Sponsored by ISRO, Bangalore.
  • "Estimation of TIS derived Martian Surface temperature and assessment of its inter-annual variability in the current Martian climate in accordance with MCC derived morphological units", Sponsored by ISRO, Bangalore.

???????Ongoing

  • "Modelling Forest Phenological Parameters from Time Series Remote Sensing Data," Sponsored by SAC, Ahmedabad, ISRO.
  • "Machine Learning and Deep Learning based Automatic Lunar Crater Detection using Terrain Mapping Camera-2 DEM Images," Sponsored by SSPO, ISRO.
  • "Source Apportionment, Hydrodynamic Study and Environmental Fate Assessment of Micro-Plastics in Drinking Water Supplying Reservoirs of Ranchi, Jharkhand," sponsored by DST SERB.
  • "Aerosol Characterization and its Radiative Effects on Changing Climate," Sponsored by FIST (Level-C) (2023-28), DST.
  • "Centre for Advanced Research on Machine Learning for Geospatial Analytics and Solutions for the State of Jharkhand," Sponsored by DST-PURSE.
Text and Reference Books

Mushtaq, F., Farooq, M., Mukherjee, A.B. and Lala, M.G.N., (2023).  Geospatial Analytics for Environmental Pollution Modeling. Springer Cham. ISBN-978-3-031-45299-4

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45300-7#affiliations