Research Projects in Progress​

1. ISRO (SAC) AVIRIS NG Project, Title - Mapping impervious surfaces from temporal multi-sensor multiresolution data and its area estimation using super-resolution, ​Funding agency - SAC (ISRO), RA - Ms Amrita Bhandari

2. DST- DRDO-NRDMS Project, Title - Detection and identification of engineered surfaces and objects using Hyperspectral remote sensing (HSRS) data, Funding Agency - DST, JRF - (a) Mr Dwijendra Pandey (b) Ms Shalini Gakhar

3.  DST Women Scientist Project, Title - An assessment and impact of urbanization in South Delhi (India) on the environment quality and dIsaster management using remote sensing and GIS, Funding agency - DST, Scientist - Ms Mahima Singh

4. MoES & CC- NMHS Project, Title-Inventorisation of Glacial Lakes and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Study in the Western Himalaya, India using Remote Sensing and GIS, Funding agency-NMHS, SRF- (a) Mr Gopinadh Rongali (b) JRF- Ms. Poonam Vishwas

5. DST- NGCP Project, Title- National Geospatial Chair Professor Scheme, Funding agency-DST, JRF- (a) Ms Tanisha Jaiswal (b) Mr  Mayur Sanjay Shelhalkar

Consultancy Projects
ï‚· Survey and Physical Verification of Boundary Pillars at Mathura Cantt - 2677 acres, Rs 22, 00,000/-, Completed.
ï‚· Survey and Physical Verification of Boundary Pillars at Agra Cantt - 2878 acres, Rs 22,00,000/-, Completed.
ï‚· PWD Third Party Investigating Agency Work - Prembari Pul to Azadpur, Rs 90,73,571/-, Completed.
ï‚· PWD Third Party Investigating Agency Work - Mukarba Chowk to Wazirabad Chowk, Rs 1,99,99,000/-, In progress.
ï‚· PWD Third Party Investigating Agency Work - Parallel Road (Mukarba to Wazirabad), Rs 69,90,000/-, Completed.
ï‚· PWD Mukarba Chowk , New Delhi, Third party Inspection on Construction of bridge at Basai Darapur, Nagloi, Inderlok, Karampura and Rampura underpass in Delhi - Rs 59.84 lakh, 24-05 2019, (24 + 6) months.
ï‚· PWD, JLN Stadium, New Delhi, Third party Inspection on Construction of underpass at Mathura Road, Ashram Chowk, New Delhi - Rs 21.59 lakh, 01-11-2019 (15 +6) months
ï‚· PWD, Flyover Division, F-31, New Delhi, TPQA of Traffic Decongestion plan of ring road & Aurobindo marg , Kidwai Nagar New Delhi - Rs 3.42lakh, 16 -12- 2020 - 10 months
ï‚· Health Division (East), PWD (GNCTD), R.G.S.S Hospital campus Tahirpur, Delhi-93, TPQA of Construction of 460 Beds Mother and Child care Hospital Block at LBSH Khichripur, Delhi - Rs 14.09 lakh, 02-02- 2021 - (15 +6) months.
ï‚· Health Project Division (Central) PWD (GNCTD), LNJP Hospital, New Delhi-110002, Third Party Inspection / Quality Assurance Services for the work “Construction of Hospital at Madipur, New Delhi- Rs 52.59 Lakh, 11-02- 2021 - (24+6) months

Research Guidance
Ph.D (Completed)
ï‚· Ms Deepti yadav, M.Tech (CSE), 2012-17, Title –Camouflage Target detection in Hyper-spectral Data
ï‚· Ms Rubeena Vohra, M.Tech (ECE), 2013-19, Title –'Object based classification in Hyper-spectral Data,
ï‚· Ms Amrita Bhandari, M.Tech (IT), 2013-20, Title –Super resolution mapping and target enhancement in Hyper-spectral Data.
ï‚· Mr Dwijendra Pandey, M.Tech (Geoinformatics), 2017- 2020, Title – Detection and Identification of Engineered Surfaces using Imaging Spectrometry.
ï‚· Ms Shalini Gakhar, M.Tech (IT), 2017- till date, Title—Development of Spectral Spatial Strategies for Detection of Engineered Objects Using Hyperspectral Data.

Ph.D (In Progress)
ï‚· Mr Anupam Srivastava, (Civil), 2014 –till date, Title – Integrated approach to disaster management in Himalayan region.
ï‚· Mr Sanjay Singh, M.Tech (ECE), 2015-till date, Title - Object Detection Using Fusion Of Multi-Band Microwave Data.
ï‚· Ms Vaishnavi Tuljapurkar, M.Tech (Civil), 2016- till date, Title – A Study of Application of GIS in enhancing Construction Project Performance.
ï‚· Ms Princy Verma , M.Tech (Geoinformatics), 2019- till date, Title—Alternative approaches to target detection Using Remote Sensing Data (Tentative).
ï‚· Ms Jaya Yadav, M.Tech (Geomatics), 2021- till date, Title—Rainfall Prediction Using Remote Sensing Data (Tentative).
ï‚· Mr Abhay Raj, M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering), 2021- till date, Title—Flood Mapping and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data (Tentative).

Total Instructional/Teaching Experience
Total Instructional/Teaching Experience (Civil)
ï‚· Professor and Head - Multidisciplinary Centre for Geoinformatics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi -110042 / 01 Mar 19 - Till Date
ï‚· Principal, Choudhary Brahmprakash Govt. Engineering College, Delhi /12 Mar 18 – 8th Mar 21
ï‚· Professor, Delhi Technological University / 01 May 17 - 11 Mar 18
ï‚· Visiting Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand / 07 Jan 17 -30 Apr 17
ï‚· Professor, Delhi Technological University / 01 Aug 11 – 06 Jan 2017
ï‚· Principal, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engg / 12 Feb 11 - 31 July 201

Total Instructional/Teaching Experience (Army)
ï‚· Instructional Experience (Unit Training & Exercises), 08 Yrs 05 Months.
ï‚· Instructional Experience (Institutional), 02 Yrs 06 Months.
ï‚· Instructional Experience ( Civil Institutions -PhD/M.Tech), 05 Yrs 03 Months.
ï‚· Total Instructional Experience in Army ( Unit + Institutional + Civil Institutions), 16 Yrs 02 months.

Teaching Courses Developed
Courses Developed In Academic Institutions
ï‚· Added M.Tech (Environment) wef 2020-21 and PhD programs at NSUT West Campus wef 2020-21
ï‚· Added AICTE approved B.Tech ( Mechanical) wef 2019-20 and B.Tech (Geoinformatics) wef 2020-21at Ch Brahaprakash Govt Engg College, Delhi
ï‚· Founded Multidisciplinary Centre for Geoinformatics at Delhi Technological University and commenced an AICTE approved M.Tech Course in Geoinformatics wef Aug 2019. Developed syllabus for this course.
ï‚· Developed syllabus for University Elective on Geo-informatics Applications in Disaster Management. Deptt of Civil Engg, Delhi Technological University), M.Tech (Geotechnical).
ï‚· Geomatics (Practicals), at Deptt of Civil Engg, Delhi Technological University), B.Tech - 2nd Yr course.
ï‚· Revision of syllabus (as Principal of Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering), B.Tech in CSE, IT, ECE, EEE and ICE.

Courses/TV Programs Developed while In Army
ï‚· Water Supply – Pipe line laying in Deserts during Military Operations, Developed a training documentary.
ï‚· NBC Warfare, (02 -04 Weeks Courses for Officers to Jawans)
ï‚· Improvised Explosive Devices Course, (02 -04 Weeks Courses for Officers to Jawans)
ï‚· Computer Hardware and Networking Course, 2-3 courses of different durations for Officers to Jawans level.
ï‚· GIS/GPS Applications in Army, 2-3 courses of different durations for Officers to Jawans level.

Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Guest Lectures
ï‚· Seminar/Conference/Guest Lectures etc at Chowdhry Brahamprakash Govt Engg College, Jaffarpur, 2018-till date
ï‚· Advanced AutoCAD Applications, Delhi Technological University, 2017.
ï‚· Military applications of Remote Sensing and GIS ( at Military Research and Development centre, Bangkok, Thailand, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
ï‚· Advanced AutoCAD Applications, Delhi Technological University, 2015-16.
ï‚· Remote Sensing Applications in Soil and Hydrological Investigations, Delhi Technological University, 2013.
ï‚· Seminar/Conference/Guest Lectures etc by IT, CSE, ECE, Applied Sciences departments, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engg, 2011-12.
ï‚· GIS for Corps of Engineers, Indian Army, 2002.
ï‚· NBC Warfare, Indian Army, 1992.

Memberships Of Societies/Institutions
ï‚· Fellow and Charted Engineer of Institution of Engineers (F-1271837)
ï‚· SPIE Inc, USA-Life Membership No 3091206, Life(Since 2011)
ï‚· IEEE Geoscience Society Membership No – 94499420, Annual(Since 2011).

ï‚· Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Membership ID - L-4950, Life(Since 2017)
ï‚· Indian Society of Geomatics, Membership ID - ISG L-2008, Life(Since 2017)
ï‚· Institution of Military Engineers, College of Military Engineering, Pune, Life (Since 1990)
ï‚· United Service Institution, New Delhi, Life (Since 2012)
ï‚· Institute of Defence Services and Analysis, Life (Since 2012)

Scholarships/Honours/Awards
ï‚· DTU Research Excellence Award for Research Paper, Delhi Technological University, 2021
ï‚· National Geospatial Chair, Deptt of Science and Technology, Govt of India, Delhi, 2017-2020.
ï‚· Best Paper Award at 3rd international conference on microwaves, antenna propagation and remote sensing on “Development of polarimetric transforms for detection of shallow buried non-metallic landmines in microwave X – band region”, 2006.
ï‚· Bewoor Essay Prize winner (Third)- “GIS for Corps of Engineers, Indian Army”, published in Sapper Magazine, (Army), 2004.
ï‚· Army Service Medals (OP Parakram, Rashtriya Rifles (Active Insurgency), High Altitude), During Army service between 1988 to 2010
ï‚· HMT award of Merit for rank in Class X in State (A & N Islands), 1980
ï‚· National Scholarship for Meritorious Students, 1980 – till 1986

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

International/ National Journals
ï‚· Gakhar, Shalini, and Kailash Chandra Tiwari (2021), “Comparative assessment of target detection algorithms for urban targets using hyperspectral data- Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing”, Publisher-American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

ï‚· Gakhar, Shalini, and Kailash Chandra Tiwari. "Spectral–spatial urban target detection for hyperspectral remote sensing data using artificial neural network." The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science 24, no. 2 (2021): 173-180

ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey, K. C. Tiwari (2021). Development of Spectral Index for Road Condition and Roof Deterioration Analysis using AVIRIS-NG and Field Hyperspectral Data. PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geo-information Science.

ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey, K. C. Tiwari (2021). Spectral Library Creation and Identification of Significant Wavelengths for Urban Built-Up Surfaces and Materials using Field Spectrometry. Arabian Journal of Geosciences ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey and K. C. Tiwari. 2020. Extraction of Urban Built-up Surfaces and Its Subclasses using Existing Built-up Indices with Separability Analysis of Spectrally Mixed Classes in AVIRIS-NG Imagery. Advances in Space Research.

ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey and Tiwari K.C (2020). Feature Identification and Extraction of Urban Built-up Surfaces and Materials in AVIRIS-NG Hyperspectral Imagery. Geocarto International.

ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey, Tiwari K.C (2020) Performance evaluation and comparative assessment of Sentinel-2B, Landsat-8 and AVIRIS-NG sensor imageries for extraction of road and roof surfaces using different algorithms. Journal of Applied remote Sensing. ï‚· Dwijendra Pandey, Tiwari K.C (2020). New Spectral Indices for Detection of Urban Built-Up Surfaces and its Subclasses in AVIRIS-NG Hyperspectral Imagery, Geocarto International.
ï‚· Bhandari, A. & Tiwari, K.C. (2020). A Euclidean Distance based Super Resolution method for Sub Pixel target detection in Hyperspectral Image. GIS Business

ï‚· Bhandari, A. & Tiwari, K.C. (2019). Loss of target information in full pixel and subpixel target detection in hyperspectral data with and without dimensionality reduction. Evolving Systems.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-019-09265-w.
ï‚· Vohra, R., Tiwari, K.C. (2020) Comparative Analysis of SVM and ANN Classifiers using Multilevel Fusion of Multi-Sensor Data in Urban Land Classification. Sensing and Imaging 21, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11220-020-00280-9
ï‚· Rubeena Vohra, K.C. Tiwari, (2019), Multisensory Decision Level Fusion for Improvement in Urban Land Classification, Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, December 2019, Bentham Science Publishers, DOI: 10.2174/2666255813666191223120621

ï‚· Vohra, R. & Tiwari, K.C. (2019). Spatial shape feature descriptors in the classification of engineered objects using high spatial resolution remote sensing data. Evolving Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-019-09275-8.

ï‚· Yadav, D., Arora, M., Tiwari, K., & Ghosh, J. (2018). Detection and Identification of Camouflaged Targets using Hyperspectral and LiDAR data. Defence Science Journal, 68(6), 540-546.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav, M. K. Arora, K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh (2017)” Identification of most useful spectral ranges in improvement of target detection using hyperspectral data”, Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, Elsevier.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav, M. K. Arora, K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh (2017) ”Parameters effecting detection in VNIR and SWIR range”, Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, Elsevier, Oct 2017. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2017.08.004.
ï‚· Rubeena Vohra, Tiwari K C, (2017), ‘Object based classification using multisensor data fusion and support vector algorithm’ International Journal of Image and data Fusion, DOI.Org/10.1080/19479832.2017.1372524.

ï‚· Rubeena Vohra & K. C. Tiwari (2015). A Review and Assessment of Fusion Algorithms on Gray Scale Images. International Journal of Electronics, Electrical and Computational System, 4, 94-102.

ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Yadav, Arora M K, Singh, (2013), ‘Subpixel Target Enhancement in Hyperspectral Images’ Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 63-68 of Defence Science Journal (DSJ), January 2013.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Yadav, Arora M K, Singh D, Yadav D. (2013) Military target detection using spectrally modeled algorithms and independent component analysis, Opt. Eng. 52 (2), 026402 (February 04, 2013); doi: 10.1117/1.OE.52.2.026402
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Yadav, Arora M K, Singh D, (2012), Shallow buried Non-metallic landmine detection and estimation of its depth in microwave X-band, International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, Singh D, (2011), An Assessment of Independent Component Analysis for Detection of Military Targets from Hyperspectral Images, Journal title: International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation.
ï‚· Singh D, Choudhary N. K, Tiwari K. C, Prasad R, (2009), “Shape Recognition of Shallow Buried Metallic Objects at X-Band using ANN and Image Analysis Techniques”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Singh D, Arora M K, Singh K P, (2009), Critical Analysis of Polarization Transforms with Image Analysis Techniques for Detection of Shallow Buried Non-Metallic Landmines at X-band, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Singh, Arora M K, (2008), “Development of a Model for Detection and Estimation of Depth of Shallow Buried Non-Metallic Landmine at Microwave X-Band Frequency” Published in Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER, 2008.

ï‚· Tiwari, K. C, (2001), Neural Network Parameters Affecting Image Classification”, Defence Science Journal- Special Issue, Vol. 51, No – 3. Published by DESIDOC, DRDO India.
ï‚· Arora, M. K., Tiwari, K. C., and Mohanty, B., (2000), Effect of Neural Network Variables on Image Classification”, Asian Pacific Remote Sensing and GIS Journal, Vol. 13, 1 – 11.

Military Journals
ï‚· Tiwari K C, (2009), Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Technologies in Future Civil Engineering Construction & Planning”, Sapper Magazine, Published by Indian Military Engineers..
ï‚· Tiwari K C, (2004), “GIS for Corps of Engineers, Indian Army”, Sapper Magazine,
Sapper Magazine, Published by Indian Military Engineers. (Third BEWOOR ESSAY Prize winner).

International / National Conference
ï‚· Deepti Yadav, M. K. Arora, K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh (2017),” Detection and Identification of targets using fusion of hyperspectral and LiDAR data”, in Proc. Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), Oct 23-27, 2017 Delhi, India.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav, M. K. Arora, K. C. Tiwari, J. K. Ghosh (2016) “Performing target specific band reduction using artificial neural networks and assessment of its efficacy using various target detection algorithms” Proc. SPIE 9845, Optical Pattern Recognition XXVII, 984507 (April 20, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2224429.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav ; M. K. Arora ; K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh. (April 30, 2016), " An assessment of effects of various parameters on performance of target detection using hyperspectral data ", Proc. SPIE 9880, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VI, 98802, doi:10.1117/12.2223921.
ï‚· Rubeena Vohra ; K.C. Tiwari. (April 30, 2016), "Multisensor Multiresolution Data Fusion for Improvement in Classification" Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9880, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VI, Proc SPIE 9880:98800X .

ï‚· A. Amrita, Tiwari K.C, (30 April 2016), “A comparative assessment of various super-resolution techniques in target detection and enhancement using hyperspectral data”, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9880, , Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VI, 98801V.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav ; M. K. Arora ; K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh. (April 20, 2016), " Performing target specific band reduction using artificial neural networks and assessment of its efficacy using various target detection algorithms "Proc. SPIE 9845, Optical Pattern Recognition XXVII, 984507.
ï‚· Avijit Pathak ; K. C. Tiwari. (April 18, 2016), " A study of neural network parameters for improvement in classification accuracy", ", Proc. SPIE 9840, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XXII.
ï‚· Deepti Yadav, M. K. Arora, K. C. Tiwari and J. K. Ghosh, "Spectral discrimination using neural network for target detection," 2015 National Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics & Computer Engineering (RAECE), Roorkee, India, 2015, pp. 154-159. doi: 10.1109/ RAECE.2015. 7510245 , URL: http:// ieeexplore.ieee.org /stamp/ stamp.jsp?tp=& arnumber=7510245& isnumber=7509876)
ï‚· Rubeena Vohra; K.C. Tiwari (September 2015), "Review and Assessment of Fusion Algorithms on Gray Scale Images" International Journal of Electronics, Electrical and Computational System IJEECS, ISSN 2348-117X , Volume 4,).

ï‚· Amrita Bhandari, K.C. Tiwari , (September 2015), "A Review of Spectral Unmixing Techniques in Target Detection", International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, , Volume 3, Special Issue,
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Singh, Arora M K (2010), “Detection of Shallow Buried Non-Metallic Landmines in Microwave X-Band Region Using Multipolarization Data”, SPIE Defence Security and Sensing Conference 2010 (USA).
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, D Singh, (2010), “Subpixel Target Detection and Enhancement in Hyperspectral Images”, SPIE Defence Security and Sensing Conference 2010 (USA).
ï‚· Tiwari K C, (2010), “Image Intelligence using Optical and Microwave Data”, Geo Intelligence Asia 2010 at New Delhi (India) from 01-03 June 2010.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, D Singh, (2009), “Detection Of Shallow Buried Non-Metallic Landmine And Estimation of Its Depth At Microwave X-Band Frequency”, SPIE Defence Security and Sensing Conference 2009 (USA).
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, D Singh, (2007), “Algortihm Overview Based on Image Processing with Electromagnetic (EM) Techniques in X – Band and GA approach for Depth Estimation of Shallow Buried Dummy Mines”, Published in proceedings of IEEE Conference - Radar 2007.

ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, D Singh, (2007), “ICA analysis of polarization data in Microwave X-Band Region for Detection of shallow buried non-metallic dummy landmines without explosives.”, SPIE Defence Security and Sensing Conference 2007.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Singh, Arora M K, ( Oct 2006), “Detection and estimation of shape of shallow buried non-metalic landmines using signal and image analysis techniques from microwave remote sensing data”, - Published in proceedings of national conference on microwave techniques and applications (Microwave 2006)” under the aegis of University of Rajasthan.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, Arora M K, D Singh, (2006), “Detection and estimation of depth of shallow buried non-metallic landmines using signal and image analysis techniques in microwave region in X band”. Presented during the SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Conference being held under the auspices of National Institute of Oceanography, Panaji, Goa from 13 to-17-Nov-06
ï‚· Tiwari K C, D Singh, Arora M K, (Dec 2006), “Development of polarimetric transforms for detection of shallow buried non-metallic landmines in microwave X – band region”,Published in the proceedings of 3rd international conference on microwaves, antenna propagation and remote sensing, 06. (BEST PAPER AWARD)
ï‚· Tiwari K C, (2005), "Architectural and Structural Considerations for Civil Engineering Construction & Planning in Coastal Areas Likely to Encounter Tsunami", Published in Seminar Proceedings on “Civil Engineering Construction & Planning in Coastal Areas Likely to Encounter Tsunami” held at Port-Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands under the aegis of Engineers Branch, Army HQ.
ï‚· Tiwari K C, (2001), "Earthquake Prediction using Neural Networks”, Published in the proceedings of National Conference organized under the aegis of Indian Surveyors Journal held at Siri Fort Stadium, New Delhi.-

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