My Resume

1. Name Dr. SANTANU KUMAR PATNAIK

2. Date of Birth 02.08. (second August )

3. Affiliation: Department of Geography

4. Office Address

Rajiv Gandhi University
Doimukh, Itanagr
Arunachal Pradesh
791112

5. Permanent Address

C/o Mrs. Annapurna Patnaik
Padhuan pada, Balasore,Orissa, India.
Pin- 756 001

6. Nationality

Indian

7. Educational Qualification:

Ph. D. Awarded in 1994 by Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. Thesis title: Hydrogeomorphological
characterization of Sankh Head-Water catchment.
(Based on Remote Sensing Techniques).

M. Phil Completed in 1988 from Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi. Dissertation Title:
(Study of) Geomorphological, Hydrological and
pedological aspects Sankh and South Koel River
Basin for Watershed Management.

M. Sc. (Geography) 1986 Kurukshetra University,
Haryana. Subjects: Geomorphology, Water
Resource Geography, Climatology, Soil
Geography, Landform Geography, Hydrology,
Photogrammetry, Urban Geography, Regional
Planning, etc.

8. Academic Award:

Awarded Junior & Senior Research Fellowship
under National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted
by Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) & University Grants Commission
(UGC) in Earth Sciences (1987-1992).

9. Professional Experience:

1. 1990 Digital Image Processing in the field of
Remote Sensing. Training proramme conducted by
Regional Remote Sensing Service Center (RRSSC),
under National Natural Resource Management System,
Department of Space, Government of India.

2. 1997 Applied Geomorphology using Remote Sensing
Techniques. Short duration course conducted by
Manipur University, Imphal, India.

3. 2000 GIS in Geosciences. A four-month training
programme with project work conducted by Indian
Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun India.

10. Teaching Experience:

Prof. of Geoinformatics (2008-2009)
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Adikavi Nannaya University
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh

Teaching Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, Hydrology
and Computer Application in Geography,
GIS,postgraduate level since 1993.

11. Computer related experience:

i) Programming with FORTRAN 77.

ii) Data handling and analysis with dBase, Excel & SPSS.

iii) Image Processing with Erdas Imagine and ILWIS.

iv) GIS with Arcview, ILWIS & Arcinfo.

v) Working also with ENVI for Image processing RiverTools (of ENVI) and Danish Hydrographic Institute (DHI)'s River and watershed modelling Software.

12. Membership to professional Organizations.

i) Life member of Indian Institute of Geomorphologists
(IGI). Executive member (1999-2000).

ii) Life member of National Association of Geographers
of India (NAGI)

iii)Life member of North East India Geography Society, (NEIGS), Guwahati

13. Research Papers (published and unpublished).

1993 Effect of Spatial Resolution in Trend Surface Analysis. Proceedings of the third IGI Conference Pune, 1990.

1991 Effect of Land and Fluvial Parameters in Differential Erosion in Brahmani River Basin, India. Paper presented in the IGI conference 1991.

1992 Channel characteristics in Southern Chotanagpur Region: A case study of Sankh River Basin. Paper presented in the IGI conference 1992.

1995 Identification and Utilization of Hydrologically Significant Lineaments in Sankh Head-Water Catchment. Paper presented in the NAGI conference, 1995.

1999 Delineation of Areas Suitable for Terrace Cultivation in Arunachal Himalayas: A feasibility study of a part of Papumpare District of Arunachal Pradesh. Paper presented in the IGI conference, 1999.

2004 Terrain Classes for Environment Management: Paper presented in the North East India Geographical Society conference, Tezpur, Assam.

2004 Status, Dependency on Environment and Environmental Impact Assessment. Souvenir 23rd Biennial Conference, NEIGS. pp27-29

2009 Landuse and Potentials Arunachal Pradesh; State Development Report, Arunachal Pradesh.

2010 Symbiotic Sustainable Development: A Geospatial Perspective of Assessment of Development and Planning. Submitted to “Economic and Political Weekly”.

14. Project Work / Consultancy Projects

2001: Groundwater Prospecting with Hydrogeomorphological Techniques for Arunachal University Campus. University minor UGC Project

2003-2007: Technical Committee member for Spatial Data: Human Development Report Arunachal Pradesh (HDR-AP)
2005-2008: Land Use and Potentials: Arunachal Pradesh; State Development Report: Arunachal Pradesh

2008: Geospatial data generation for River, Water bodies, Settlement, Transport Network; Arunachal Pradesh, Consultancy project as a part of Geospatial data base for India initiative.

2008: Continuing: Generation of Geospatial Database for Land and Surface Hydrological Condition for Watershed Development in Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh NRDMS, DST.

15. Other University Assignments

2002: Member, Board of Post Graduate Studies for Semester System, Department of Geography
2003-07: Technical Committee Member: Human Development Report, Arunachal Pradesh
2004: Convener, Board of Under Graduate Studies for Computer Science (BCA Programme)
2005 onwards: Coordinator, EDUSAT
2005: Member, Committee for Conversion for Central University.
2005-2008: PI for State Development Report, Arunachal Pradesh: Landuse and Potentials
2006-2007: Member, XI Plan proposal for University
2006 :June & Dec. 2007 :June: Coordinator, NET Exam
2006 -2008: Editor, University News Letter
2006- 2008: Member, Scientific Equipment Purchase Committee
2007, 2004, 2002: Superintendent / Dy Superintendent for University Examination
2007-2008: Editor, RG University Research Journal
2007- 2008: Member, University Research Board
2007: University Observer for SLET exam at Manipur University
2008: Coordinator, Central Evaluation for Undergraduate Examinations
2009: Established RS&GIS Lab for Geoinformatics Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry with financial assistance of 15 Lakhs from ISRO
2009: Coordinator, Research, Development and Consultancy Cell, Adikavi Nannaya University, RJY
2009: Member, Purchase Committee, Adikavi Nannaya University, RJY