0000-0002-3560-4993 About
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Jha has M.Sc and PhD degrees from the famous Ecology School of BHU,
Varanasi. He superannuated in February 2022 as Outstanding Scientist and Chief General Manager,
Regional Centres, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad. He joined the then NRSA in 1990 and
has been contributing significantly in the field of Geospatial Technology and applications majorly for
the sustainable management of forest and environmental resources, especially on advanced
methodologies for ecological monitoring, development of national databases, carbon cycle research
and ecological modeling. Dr. Jha’s contribution’s for National assessment of Biodiversity
Characterization at Landscape level is commendable. He also led the team for the Alert system
development for National Forest Fire and annual Forest Loss.
As a Coordinator of ISRO’s National Carbon Project (NCP), Dr. Jha led a large team of research
scientists addressing the various components of carbon and water cycle using various remote sensing
sensors, network of eddy covariance flux towers and process models. He was responsible for providing
the complete geospatial solution for the eco-sensitive zonation for Western Ghats, High Power
MOEF&CC committee. He led the team for the development of a national spatial forest biomass layer,
forest type, forest fragmentation. Dr Jha has made pioneering contributions in India in applications of
new sensors – LIDAR and microwave for biomass estimation.
Dr Jha has also focused on Geospatial applications for rural development and spatial planning in few
years. He has also been mentoring the AI/ML ISRO teams for several key applications.
Dr Jha has more than 225 publications to his credit and has guided for completion of 12 Ph D thesis
under his supervision. His most recent book entitled “Geospatial Technologies for Resources Planning
and Management” from Springer has been a significant contribution. He has also served on large
numbers of National Committees of GOI. He is recipient of several national and international awards
and honours.
Dr Jha has been a successful researcher, guide and mentor in the area of sustainable management of
natural resources and governance and facilitating the access of these services to a larger community
of scientists, academia, grass root resource managers and civil societies.
A. Important Awards/Honours:
• ISRO Merit Award 2015
• ISRO Team Excellence Award 2015
• CEFIPRA ( Govt of France ) Excellence Award ( 2016)
• National Geospatial Award for Excellence 2020
• German Govt. BMFT award for Research work at German Aerospace Research
Corporation , Munich from March 1992 to Nov. 1992
• Travel and per diem by INSA to attend IGBP-BAHC seminar , Hamburg February 1995
Employment
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Education
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National Remote Sensing Agency Ph D
Projects & Funding
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