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Vishakha Sood

Also known as: vishakha

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, 140 001 India, Aiotronics Automation Private Limited, IIT Ropar, Chitkara University, Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology

ORCID iD 0000-0003-1457-8033
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Dr. Sood is working as Project Scientist at Centre of Excellence in Socio-Environmental Sustainability for River Sand-mining,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, India.She also worked as Women Scientist under WOS-A scheme by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. She is also founder of a company named as Aiotronics Automation Pvt.Ltd. supported under Himachal Pradesh CM Startup Scheme. She has more than 14 years of experience in the field of academics and research. She received her PhD in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Chitkara University, Punjab in 2020. She has done B. Tech from Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Shimla, 2008 and M. Tech from Punjab Technical University (PTU) in Electronics and Communication Engineering,2011. She has also done MBA in Human Resource (HR) ,2010. She has authored more than 25 SCI-indexed articles (IEEE, T&F, ELSEVIER, and SPRINGER), SCOPUS indexed book chapters and holds many inventions. Her research interests include satellite sensors, remote sensing, scatterometer and digital image analysis. She is IEEE Senior Member and active member of various societies as Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Punjab Science Congress (Punjab Academy of Sciences) and IEEE Sensors council, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Digital Library and IEEE Women in Engineering and European Geoscience Union (EGU).

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, 140 001 India Project Scientist,Centre of Excellence for Socio-Environmental Sustainability for River Sand-mining
    2025 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, 140 001 India Women Scientist (WOS-A)/DST
    2022 - 2025
  • Aiotronics Automation Private Limited Director
    2020 - 2024
  • Chitkara University Doctral Research Fellow
    2017 - 2020
  • Chandigarh Group of Colleges Assistant Professor
    2014 - 2015
  • Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology Assistant professor
    2011 - 2014
  • Annamalai University Lecturer
    2008 - 2009

Education

  • IIT Ropar Post Doctoral Fellowship
    2022 - 2025
  • Chitkara University Ph.D
    2017 - 2020
  • Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology M.TECH
    2009 - 2011
  • Institute of Advanced Studies in Education Master of Business Administration (Human Resources)
    2009 - 2010
  • Green Hills Engineering College B.TECH
    2004 - 2008

Projects & Funding

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Publications (36)