NAAC-Accredited 'A' - Grade 2(f) & 12(B) status (UGC) |ISO
9001:2015 Certified | FIST Funded (DST) SIRO(DSIR)

Activities

Outreach Service

  • Completed Project entitled, “ TRMM-estimated rainfall characteristics over Salem” for students of Notredam Holy Cross School for consideration of presentation in the Children Science Congress conducted by Department of Science & Technology
  • Consultancy extended to the farmers of Mecheri, Nangavelli and Taramangalam on crop protection & crop production

Students Training/Internship/Involvement in Research

  • Made two first year students participate in the 14th International Precipitation conference- Early Career and Student-led virtual workshop conducted by University of Oklahoma and National Weather Center in Norman-Online on 24th May 2023.
  • Sent about 14 first year students to attend the workshop on Machine Learning conducted by the NIT Trichy in June 2023.
  • A few students attended Monitoring Forest Disturbances using Geo-Spatial Technology conducted by IIIRS, Department of Space on 4th October 2023.
  • Two Final year M.Tech. (CSE) students of Sona College of Technology have successfully completed their internship at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, ISRO, Department of Space, Government of India, during December 2016- May 2017, under the guidance of Dr. S. Satheesh Kumar
    The topics of their projects are:

    • Interactive guide for MST radar wind retrieval during rocket launch campaigns: back end solutions- by T. Dharanika under the guidance of Dr. S. Satheesh Kumar, NARL, Gadanki
    • Interactive guide for MST radar wind retrieval during rocket launch campaigns: front end solutions- by G. Priyanka under the guidance of Dr. S. Satheesh Kumar, NARL, Gadanki
    • Mukundan M, JRF, CRRP and Thirumala Lakshmi have undergone training on GAMIT software at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, ISRO, Gadanki during 7-9 August 2017
    • Mukundan M, JRF, CRRP has undergone training on GAMIT software at the Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat during 16-19 August 2017
    • Thirumala Lakshmi, JRF, CRRP has been awarded travel grant by the ISRO to participate at the international conference INTROMET- 2017 at the Space Applications Centre, Ahmadabad during 7-10 November 2017
  • Sent 2 ECE final year students (Sunakshi Jaiswal & Deepan Chakraborty) to the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory ( NARL) ISRO, Gadanki for internship in December 2014
  • Sent 1 final year student (Sowmya L R) to the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory ( NARL) ISRO, Gadanki for internship
  • Sent several first year students to BSNL, Chennai for internship in the year 2011
  • Sent a few students to MATRX ARC, Chennai for internship in the year 2013
  • Final year ECE student Sunakshi Jaiswal co authored the paper titled, ”Attenuation of TRMM Channel over Salem“ and Ms Sunakshi presented the paper in the international conference on climate change: impacts & responses, Iceland University, Reykjavik, 2014. Later the paper was published in the international journal on climate change in December 2015.
  • C Oswald, computer Science student co-authored the paper titled,” Study of rainfall in relation to merteorological elements”. The paper was present in the Asia Oceania Geo Science Society, Bangkok in 2007
S.No Date(s) Name of the Faculty with Designation Details of Program Place of Program
1 8.9.21,
15.9.21
Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
IPWG and GPM Applications
Training Webinar Series
NASA-online
2 11.10.21-12.10.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Overview of the EPS-SG MWS,
MWI and ICI Missions
European Organization
for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites
(EUMETSAT)-online
3 27.10.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Post-Colonial Interstate Relations in the Nile Basin UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development -online
4 13.10.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
The Nile River Basin in Crisis UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-online
5 10.11.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Interstate Security Issues in the Nile Basin after GERD UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-online
6 23.11.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Current Uses of the Nile Waters in Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, and Potential Implications of GERD UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-online
7 8.12.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
The Nile River Basin in Crisis: Water Sharing and Trans-boundary Conflict or Cooperation" Webinar Series UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-online
8 07.06.2022 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Webinar on Intangible Technology Transfer (ITT) to Electronics, Computers, and Information Technology organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India- Online
9 22.6.2022 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2022
Between the Rivers: Water for development, peace & security in the Euphrates-Tigris region
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
10 30.11.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Demo on STATCRAFT SOFTWARE jointly conducted by MIS & FDC Sona College of Technology-Online
11 20.6.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Scientific Computing with Python Sona College of Technology
12 13.4.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
NASA; European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites;
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)- Euphrates-Tigris River Basins
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development
13 4.5.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Shifting the Paradigm: Discover, Access, and Process Data With Cloud-Based Services &
Earth data Webinar, NASA
NASA-online
14 11.5.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Water for development, peace &
security in the Euphrates-Tigris region
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
15 25.5.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Climate Change Risks and Scenarios UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
16 30.11.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
Water Diplomacy in the Euphrates-Tigris region: Present and Future UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
17 7.12.22 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar- The Long History of Water and Conflict in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basins UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
18 24.5.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
14th International Precipitation conference- Early Career and Student-led virtual workshop University of Oklahoma and National Weather Center in Norman-Online
19 14.3.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: The Colorado River UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
20 28.3.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
21 25.3.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: Drought on the Colorado River: U.S.-Mexico Bi-national Collaboration UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
22 23.5.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: Mexican Perspective on the 1944 Treaty, from the standpoint of the management implications of the Colorado River Basin and the Rio Bravo/Grande basin UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
23 18.7.2023 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023
The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact-Salton Sea
A Human and Ecological Tragedy
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
24 25.7.2023 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
UCLA Webinar Series 2023
The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact-U.S.-Mexico Collaboration on the Colorado River
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
25 17.12.21-18.12.21 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal
Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics
8th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modeling Simulation & Synthesis-PLMSS 2021 Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram-Online
26 16.8.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal The Rio Grande Delta’s Ancient Distributary Network - Pathways to Enhanced Water Resources and Novel Ecosystem Management UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
27 23.8.23 Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics Rio Bravo, a geo-strategic basin for Mexico: Reflections about key issues UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
28 30.8.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal The Rio Grande Basin: Legal, Policy, and Governance Challenges UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
29 26.9.23 Head, CRRP & Professor/Physics Guadiana River, a transboundary river between Spain and Portugal: The Upper Guadiana basin: historical overview of groundwater management issues UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online
30 4.10.23 Rajasri Sen Jaiswal One day workshop on Monitoring
Forest Disturbances using Geo-spatial Technology
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Department of Space, Government of India-Online

Programmes Conducted

Name of the programme Sanctioning authority Level Role Year
Seminar on aerosols and environmental pollution ISTE Regional Co-ordinator 2004
Faculty Development Programme on material science Anna University State Co-ordinator 2005
Symposium on rainfall rate and radio wave propagation
Indian Space Research Organisation, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Tamilnadu State Council International Co-ordinator
Jan’07
Workshop & Exhibition on Photography Our Own Photographic Society, Kolkata Sona College of Technology State Co-ordinator 30 Nov ‘12
Evening Concert of Rabindra Sangeet by Amitendra Chandra Sen, Kolkata Sona College of Technology Local Co-ordinator 30 Nov ‘12

Lecture organized

  • Talk by Dr. PPN Rao, Director, NESAC, Shilong, ISRO, in 2009
  • Talk by C A Babu, Professor, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, in 2009
  • Talk by Dr. PPN Rao, Director, NESAC, Shilong, ISRO 4 February 2011
  • Talk by N Sheshadri Kumar, Director, WEDO, Chennai, on “Linking Indian Rivers” in 2015
  • Talk by Vijay Bhaskar Rao, Head, Physics Department, S V University, Tirupati, in 2014
  • Talk by Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Director, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, on “R&D Initiative on Emerging Areas on Electronics & Future Manufacturing” on 27 February 2021

Webinar conducted

  • Coordinated Sona participants at the webinar on Intangible Technology Transfer (ITT) to Electronics, Computers, and Information Technology organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India on 7th June 2022.
  • Conducted a Webinar on “Mission Aditya,” India’s first mission to the Sun in August 2020. Speaker: Dr. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital India. He is the Co-PI of NASA’s PUNCH mission and one of the chief scientists of Mission Aditya
  • I conducted a webinar on e-waste management in August 2020. The speaker is Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India.
  • Conducted International Webinar on Scientific Computing with Python by Dr. Abhijit Kar Gupta, Associate Professor, West Bengal, on 20.6.22.

Details of Workshop/Conference/school attended

Symposia / Summer schools attended Place Year
8th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modeling Simulation & Synthesis-PLMSS 2021 Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram-Online 17.12.21-18.12.21
Post-Colonial Interstate Relations in the Nile Basin UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development -online 27.10.21
Webinar on Intangible Technology Transfer (ITT) to Electronics, Computers, and Information Technology organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India- Online 07.06.2022
UCLA Webinar Series 2022 Between the Rivers: Water for development, peace & security in the Euphrates-Tigris region UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 22.6.2022
Demo on STATCRAFT SOFTWARE
jointly conducted by MIS & FDC
Sona College of Technology-Online 30.11.22
Scientific Computing with Python Sona College of Technology 20.6.22
NASA; European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites;
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)- Euphrates-Tigris River Basins
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development 13.4.22
Shifting the Paradigm: Discover, Access, and Process Data With Cloud-Based Services &
Earth data Webinar, NASA
NASA-online 4.5.22
Water for development, peace & security in the Euphrates-Tigris region UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 11.5.22
Climate Change Risks and Scenarios UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 25.5.22
Water Diplomacy in the Euphrates- Tigris region: Present and Future UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 30.11.22
UCLA Webinar- The Long History of Water and Conflict in the Tigris- Euphrates River Basins UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 7.12.22
14th International Precipitation
conference- Early Career and Student- led virtual workshop
University of Oklahoma and National Weather Center in Norman-Online 24.5.23
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: The Colorado River UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 14.3.23
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 28.3.23
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: Drought on the Colorado River: U.S.-Mexico Bi-national Collaboration UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 25.3.23
UCLA Webinar Series 2023:The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact: Mexican Perspective on the 1944 Treaty, from the standpoint of the management implications of the Colorado River Basin and the Rio Bravo/Grande basin UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 23.5.23
UCLA Webinar Series 2023
The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact-Salton Sea
A Human and Ecological Tragedy
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 18.7.2023
UCLA Webinar Series 2023
The Colorado River Basin: 100 years after Compact-U.S.-Mexico Collaboration on the Colorado River
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 25.7.2023
The Rio Grande Delta’s Ancient Distributary Network - Pathways to Enhanced Water Resources and Novel Ecosystem Management UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 16.8.23
Rio Bravo, a geo-strategic basin for Mexico: Reflections about key issues 23.8.23
The Rio Grande Basin: Legal, Policy, and Governance Challenges UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 30.8.23
Guadiana River, a transboundary river between Spain and Portugal: The Upper Guadiana basin: historical
overview of groundwater management issues
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development-Online 26.9.23
One day workshop on Monitoring Forest Disturbances using Geo-spatial Technology Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Department of Space, Government of India-Online 04.10.23
International SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium New Delhi, India 4-7 April 2016
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere Berlin, Germany 10-13 September
2018
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere Strasbourg, France 9-12 September
2019
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere Edinburg, Scotland Digital forum 21-25 September
2020
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere Madrid, Spain-Digital forum 13-17 September
2021
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere Berlin, Germany 5-8 September
2022
WMO Workshop on Operational Climate Prediction, World Meteorological Organization Lisbon, Portugal 20-22 September
2022
SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and Atmosphere The Netherlands, Amsterdam 3-6 September
2023
International Virtual Conference on Applied Science, Technology, Management and Language Studies (ASTMLS-2020) Sona College of Technology -Digital forum 11-12 December
2020
Global Technology Forum 2020-ICT Academy conference ICT Academy-Digital forum 14-18 October
2020
India Education Fair Bangladesh 15-16 July 2018
Summer School on Basic Astrophysics Indian Astronomical Society, Calcutta 1984
Summer School on Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics ITM, Pune 1995
Training on Satellite Meteorology Space Applications Centre, Ahmadabad 1995
National Space Science Symposium Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad 1997
National Symposium on Wideband Wireless Communication. Nainital 1998
SERC School on Electromagnetic probing of upper air atmosphere
(Selected but could not attend)
PRL, Ahmadabad 1998
Winter School on Indian MST RADAR Nat. MST RADAR
Facility, Tirupati
2001
Workshop on Cloud and Aerosol Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2001
National Space Science. Symposium
Barkatulla University, Bhopal 2002
6th International Conference on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory Beijing, China 2003
VII User Scientists’ Workshop on MST Radar National MST Radar Facility, Gadanki 2004
International Workshop on Material Science SSM Engineering College of Engineering and Technology 2005
International Symposium on Computers and Devices for Communication(CODEC,06) Calcutta University 18-20 Dec,2006
National Space Science Symposium Andhra University Mar’2006
4th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Bangkok, Thiland Jul’ 2007
International Symposium on Physics and Engineering Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter waves Usikov Inst. of Radio Physics and Electronics, Ukraine Jun’ 2007
International Astronautical Congress( paper accepted), Hyderabad 2007
International conference on rainfall & Radio wave Propagation Sona College of Technology, Salem Jan 2007
National Space science Symposium Radio Astronomy Centre, NCRA-TIFR, Udhagamandalam Feb’2008.
5th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Korea Busan, Korea Jun’2008
Study of Rain Attenuation: Models Proposed and Measurements - A Review    
Int. Symp. on atmospheric Physics and Technology, YV Univ., A.P. Yogi Vamana University, Kapada, Andhra Pradesh 2008
IEEE Int. Geo Sc. & Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, USA 2008
International Astronautical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland 29 Sep-3 Oct’2008
MST-12 Canada May’2009 (paper accepted; not presented)
6th annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geo Sciences Society, Singapore Aug’2009(paper accepted; not presented)
International Astronautical Congress Daejeon, Korea 2009
International Symposium on Computer & Devices Calcutta University 2009
National Space Science Symposium Saurashtra University Feb’2010
Asia Oceania Geo Science Society Meeting Hydrabad July’2010
American Meteorological Society Conference-NCAS Leeds University, Manchester July’2010
9th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Precesses Maryland (USA) 27 Sep-1 Nov 2010
International Conference on Climate Change and Enviroment. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 24 Oct-27Oct 2010
National Conference on Advances in Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Weather Prediction and Climate Change. Tirupati, India Mar 10-11 2011
Study of radar bright band height and freezing level height International Conference MST-13
Kuhlungsborn,
Germany
19-23 March 2012
‘Section Earth System Science’
TRMM—estimated Meteorological Elements over the Indian Ocean
100th Indian Science Congress, Kolkata 3-7 Jan 2013
Workshop on basic photography Sona College of Technology, Salem 2012
Climate change conference: its impact and responses, Iceland University, Reykjavik Iceland University, Reykjavik 27-28 June 2014
Workshop on GNSS/IRNSS NARL, ISRO, Gadanki 26 Feb 2016
URSI conference on Radio Science Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Nov 2015
SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Conference New Delhi 4-7 April 2016
URSI-RCRS conference on Radio Science National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Tirupati, India 1-4 March 2017
IPWG and GPM Applications Training Webinar Series NASA 8.9.21, 15.9.21
The Nile River Basin in Crisis UCLA African Studies
Center
13.10. 21, 10.11.21, 23.11.21, 8.12.21
Overview of the EPS-SG MWS,
MWI and ICI Missions
European Organization
for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites
(EUMETSAT)
11.10.21-12.10.21
International conference-SPIE Remote Sensing Warsaw, Poland 11-14 September 2017