Dr. Dipankar Mandal
Dr. Dipankar Mandal
Assistant Professor
+91-361-258-3794 | dmandal@iitg.ac.in
Key Research Areas: Remote sensing and GIS for agricultural and rural sector, digital agriculture and analytics, UAV and spatial planning
Room No: 412
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Education
- M.Tech + Ph.D. Dual Degree (2020): Geoinformatics and Natural Resources Engineering,
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Thesis title: Retrieval of biophysical parameters for agricultural crops using polarimetric SAR data.
Advisors: Prof. Y. S. Rao and Prof. Avik Bhattacharya.
- B. Tech (2015): Agricultural Engineering,
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, India.
Thesis title: Modelling of ultrasound assisted osmotic dehydration of Ashgouard (Benincasa hispida) during murabba processing.
Advisor: Prof. P. K. Sahoo.
Courses Teaching
- RT520: Field work and communication (Winter 2025)
- RT510: Research Methodology & Quantitative Techniques for Rural Development (Monsoon 2024)
- RT523: Rural Technology and Development (Monsoon 2024)
Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024): Precision Ag Lab, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Kansas, USA.
- Visiting Researcher (2018-2019): Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
- Visiting Researcher (2018-2019): Carleton University | Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada.
Projects
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