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Name Dr. Prasenjit Acharya Designation Assistant Professor Department Name GEOGRAPHY Office Phone No +91 3222-298 / Centrex Extn. 359 Email ID prasenjit.ac@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in Fax - Mobile No 9811512890 Personal Website https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=W_VklnIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Address Dept. of Geography & Environment Management, Vidyasagar University

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded PhD Jawaharlal Nehru University 2017 M.Phil Jawaharlal Nehru University 2012 M.Sc Banaras Hindu University 2009 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Weather response to crop residue burning in north-west India

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment Management, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore – 721102 (Since August 2016) Assistant Prof (Guest), Miranda House College, University of Delhi (Winter 2014) Teaching assistant-ship, RD 407 Climatology and Biogeography with special reference to India, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Winter 2012-13)

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Aerosol Climatology Quantitative Remote Sensing Crop Mapping Physics and Chemistry of atmospheric aerosol Remote sensing of aerosol Spatio-temporal dynamics of atmospheric aerosol and its effect on radiative forcing Monitoring of fire event from space Modeling emission from fire pixels Land surface phenology from time series satellite image

Course/ Subject Taught GEO 101: Geotectonics GEO 102: Hydrology GEO 103: Climatology/Population Geography GEO 105: Hydrological Techniques GEO 106: Basics Statistics in Geography/Principles of Remote Sensing GEO 201: Environmental Engineering GEO 202: Population and Development/Regional Approach in Geography GEO 204: Resource and its management/Earth System Science GEO 205: Computer Basics and Application GEO 206: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS GEO 301: Economic Zone and Development Programmes in India GEO 303: Physical Basics of Remote Sensing GEO 304: Emerging Issues and Policies on Environment/Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management GEO 305: Map transformation and geodesy/Spatial analysis in Geography GEO 306: Research Methodology GEO 401: Schools in Geographical Thought GEO 403: Regional Development and Multilevel Planning GEO 404: Advanced GIS and application of Remote Sensing GEO 405: Advanced Quantitative Methods/GIS

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Year Published by A synergy of linear model and wavelet analysis towards space-time characterization of aerosol optical depth (AOD) during pre-monsoon season (2007–2016) over Indian sub-continent Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 211, 105478 2020 Elsevier Revisiting the levels of Aerosol Optical Depth in South-Southeast Asia, Europe and USA amid the COVID-19 pandemic using satellite observations Environmental Research, 193,110514 2020 Elsevier Finding a suitable niche for cultivating cactus pear (Opuntia ?cus-indica) as an integrated crop in resilient dryland agroecosystems of Indi Sustainability 11, 5897: 1-21 2019 MDPI MAPPING RICE CROPPING SYSTEM IN THE LOWER GANGETIC PLAIN USING LANDASAT 8 (OLI) AND MODIS IMAGERY. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 42, 5 2018 ISPRS Characterisation of emission from open-field burning of crop residue during harvesting period in north-west India Environmental monitoring and assessment, 190,663 2018 Springer Seasonal characteristics of black carbon aerosol mass concentrations and influence of meteorology, New Delhi (India) Urban Climate, 24,968-981 2018 Elsevier Estimation of Emission from Crop Residue Burning; Study Over North-West India During Harvesting Season Air Pollution and Climate Change in South Asia : Issues, Impact and Initiatives (Ed. Vol), by U Kulshrestha,167-206 2017 Athena Academic, London, UK Flood hazard and risk assessment of 2014 floods in Kashmir Valley: a space-based multisensor approach Nat. Hazards, 84: 437-464 2016 Springer Netherlands GHG and Aerosol emission from fire pixel during crop residue burning under rice and wheat cropping systems in north-west India Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLI-B2, 753-760 2016 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Characterizing and Quantifying The Effect of Aerosol Optical Depth Over North Indian Plain During Harvesting Season Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment : Challenges, Processes and Strategies (Ed. Vol), by N. Janardhana Raju,397–404 2014 Springer International Publishing Comparison of MODIS derived land use land cover with Ministry of Agriculture reported statistics for India Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 7 2013 SPIE - the international society for optics and photonics Seasonal variability in aerosol optical depth over India: a spatio-temporal analysis using the MODIS aerosol product International Journal of Remote Sensing,34:13,4832-4849 2013 Taylor & Francis Shoreline change and sea level rise along coast of Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, Orissa: An analytical approach of remote sensing and statistical techniques International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences,1:3, 436-455 2010 Integrated Publishing Association National Publication Other Publication Books Published

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Arabinda maity Monitoring of the changes in cropping pattern and cropping intensity in south Bengal   Ongoing 2023 Gunadhar Barik Dynamics of seasonal atmospheric aerosols and their relationship with meteorological parameters in LGP of West Bengal   Ongoing 2023

Project Work Completed Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Cactus suitability mapping over India Principal investigator International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dryland Areas (ICARDA) 270000 0 year and 6 months 2018 2018 Completed

Invited Lectures  Title Organized by Venue Year Basic geospatial analysis using R University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Department of Geography, University of Gour Bnaga 2020

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser ISPRS-GEOGLAM-ISRS international workshop on earth observations for agricultural monitoring 2019 Paper presented Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi IASTA conference on aerosol impacts: human health to climate change 2018 Paper presented IIT Delhi 23rd ISPRS Congress 2016 Paper Presented Auletris in Prague, Czech Republic Introduction to R statistical programming 2015 Participant at the workshop JNU, New Delhi IAMG 2014 conference on Geostatistical and Geospatial approaches for the characterization of natural resources in the environment: challenges, processes and strategies. 2014 Paper Presented Jawaharlal Nehru University Microwave remote sensing (SAR) for natural resources 2014 Participant at the workshop JNU, New Delhi International conference on Population Dynamism and Sustainable Resource Development 2012 Paper Presented Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP National Symposium on Space Technology for food & Environmental Security 2012 Paper Presented Indian Society of Remote Sensing jointly with Indian Society of Geomatics, New Delhi 34th IIG meet and National Conference on Natural Resource Management and Decentralised Planning 2012 Paper Presented Centre for Earth Science Studies, Akkulum, Kerala National conference on satellite meteorology 2011 Paper Presented Indian Meteorological Department, New Delhi International seminar on Climate Change: spatial concerns and mitigation strategies 2010 Paper Presented Institute of Spatial Planning and Environmental Research, Panchkula, Haryana Geo-informatics for Urban and Rural Mapping 2010 Participant at the workshop IISM, Hyderabad Recent Techniques in Physical Geography 2010 Participant at the workshop Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop Year Role in the Event Funding Agency Essential laboratory and field techniques in Geosciences 2016 Organizer DST

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year DST Travel Fellowship for young scholar Department of Science and Technology, GoI 2016 Young Scholar Award in 34th IIG meet Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala 2012 Junior Research Fellowship in Earth Science Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 2010 Visiting Scholar under Queens India Welcome Scheme Queens University of Belfast, NI, UK. 2010

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