Sartajvir Singh

About

Dr. Sartajvir Singh is currently serving as Chief Scientific Officer at the Center of Excellence in Socio-Environmental Sustainability for River Sand Mining (SENSRS) and Project Director (ICSSR Project) at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. He is a digital image analyst with expertise in remote sensing and earned his PhD in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Outstanding Thesis Awardee, 2018) after completing his M. Tech (Gold Medalist) and B.Tech with Distinction. He is a Registered Indian Patent & Trademark Professional and a DGCA-approved drone operator, with 70+ innovations (35+ patents granted) and 100+ SCI/Scopus-indexed publications. He has secured over 5 Crore (INR) research funding, received multiple fellowships, held editorial positions, and is an IEEE Senior Member, advancing electronics, image processing, and geospatial intelligence. He has edited various books with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Bentham Science, and De Gruyter Brill. He is IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), European Union of Geosciences (EGU), International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), and Himalayan Geology.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Chief Scientific Officer
  2025 - Present
• Chandigarh University Professor and Associate Director
  2023 - 2025
• Chitkara University - Himachal Pradesh Associate Professor | Head of Deptt. (ECE) | Assistant Director (IPR Cell)
  2012 - 2023
• RAYAT-BAHRA Group of Institutes Assistant Professor
  2011 - 2012

Education

• Indira Gandhi National Open University PGD in Intellectual Property Rights
  2023 - 2024
• Indian Institute of Technology Ropar TARE Fellow
  2019 - 2022
• IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Doctor of philosophy
  2012 - 2018
• Punjab Technical University M-Tech
  2009 - 2011
• Punjab Technical University B-Tech
  2006 - 2009
• Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training Diploma (3-Years)
  2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (90)

• Scatterometer and multispectral-based image pansharpening for improved spatial resolution snow cover maps
  Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2026.102044
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• An efficient posterior probability-based image fusion change detection model for the estimation of seasonal agricultural changes using microwave and optical datasets
  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2025.110683
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• Systematic Survey on Classification and Change Detection Algorithms for Remote Sensing of Mountains Regions
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-84062-3_24
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• Introduction to Google Earth Engine: A comprehensive workflow
  2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-27372-8.00011-8
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• AI-driven tools and technologies for agriculture land use & land cover classification using earth observation data analytics
  2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-27372-8.00024-6
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• A novel image fusion-based post classification framework for agricultural variations detection using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data
  Earth Science Informatics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s12145-024-01506-0
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• A novel pixel-based deep neural network in posterior probability space for the detection of agriculture changes using remote sensing data
  Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101591
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• 91Fusion of scatterometer and optical remote sensing: enhanced classification and change detection
  2025 DOI: 10.1515/9783111572970-006
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• 123Fusion of the optical and microwave images for cloud removal
  2025 DOI: 10.1515/9783111572970-008
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• Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and their Applications in Climate Monitoring and Modeling
  2025 DOI: 10.1201/9781032712444-17
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