Civil Engineering Department

Misra Prakhar

Misra, Prakhar
Assistant Professor
Specialization : Geomatics Engineering
Room No : F17-A,B (Geomatics Building)
prakhar.misra[at]ce[dot]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
(O) 91-1332-285289 (R) 91-1332-286589 (M) 921916555X
Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest

Remote Sensing/GIS applications and techniques for Human-Environment Systems
Multi-modal Deep Learning for Optical and SAR
Air quality and GHG Emissions
Environmental impacts, One Health
Land-use change and Urbanization
Urban digital surface models and Built-infrastructure health monitoring

Remote Sensing/GIS applications and techniques for Human-Environment Systems

Multi-modal Deep Learning for Optical and SAR

Air quality and GHG Emissions

Environmental impacts, One Health

Land-use change and Urbanization

Urban digital surface models and Built-infrastructure health monitoring

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Jul 2023	Present	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Jun 2021	Jul 2023	SAR Application Engineer	Synspective Inc., Tokyo
Apr 2020	Mar 2021	Researcher	Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Kyoto
Oct 2019	Mar 2020	Project Assistant Professor	Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Aug 2018	Oct 2019	Project Researcher	Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Oct 2015	Dec 2016	Research Assistant (part-time)	Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo
Jun 2013	Feb 2015	Data Science Consultant	EXL Inductis, New Delhi
May 2011	Jun 2011	Internship	Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph. D.	Geomatics Engineering	The University of Tokyo, Japan	2015-2018
B. Tech + M. Tech (Dual Degree)	Civil Engineering	IIT Kanpur	2008-2013

Journal Publication

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Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2016). Air Quality Analysis Using Nighttime Light for Indian Urban Regions. Malaysian Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012077

Misra, P., Fujikawa, A. and Takeuchi, W. (2017). Novel Decomposition Scheme for Characterizing Urban Air Quality with MODIS. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs9080812

Misra, P., Avtar, R. and Takeuchi, W. (2018). Comparison of digital building height models extracted from AW3D, TanDEM-X, ASTER and SRTM digital surface model over Yangon city. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs10122008

Misra, P., Imasu, R. and Takeuchi, W. (2019). Impact of Urban Growth on Air Quality in Indian Cities Using Hierarchical Bayesian Approach. Atmosphere. DOI: 10.3390/atmos10090517

Minh, H. V. T., Avtar, R., Mohan, G., Misra, P. and Kurasaki, M. (2019). Monitoring and Mapping of Rice Cropping Pattern in Flooding Area in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta Using Sentinel-1A Data: A Case of An Giang Province. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8050211

Misra, P., Imasu, R., Hayashida, S., Ardhi, A. and Takeuchi, W. (2020). Mapping Brick Kilns to support Environmental Impact Studies around Delhi using Sentinel-2. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi9090544

Dhaka, S. K., Chetna, V. K., Panwar, V., Dimri, A. P., Singh, N., Patra, P. K., Matsumi, Y., Takigawa, M., Nakayama, T., Yamaji, K., Kajino, M., Misra, P. and Hayashida, S. (2020). PM2.5 diminution and mist events over Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown period: an interplay between the baseline pollution and meteorology. Nature Scientific Reports.

Rahman, M. M., Avtar, R., Yunus, A. P., Dou, J., Misra, P., Takeuchi, W., Sahu, N., Kumar, P., Johnson, B. A., Dasgupta, R., Kharrazi, A., Chakraborty, S. and Agustiono, K. T. (2020). Monitoring Effect of Spatial Growth on Land Surface Temperature in Dhaka. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs12071191

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2020). Assessing Population Sensitivity to Urban Air Pollution Using Google Trends and Remote Sensing Datasets. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W11-93-2020

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Misra, P., Takigawa, M., Khatri, P., Dhaka, S. K., Dimri, A. P., Yamaji, K., Kajino, M., Takeuchi, W., Imasu, R., Patra, P. K. and Hayashida, S. (2021). NO2 Concentration and Emission change detection during COVID-19 restrictions in North India. Nature Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2

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Nguyen, T. T. Q., Takeuchi, W., Misra, P. and Hayashida S. (2021). Emission mapping of key sectors in Ho Chi Minh city, 1/6 Vietnam using satellite derived urban land-use data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-2795-2021

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Rahman, M. M., Avtar, R., Ahmed, S., Inostroza, L., Misra, P., Kumar, P., Takeuchi, W., Surjan, A. and Saito, O. (2021). Does Building Development in Dhaka Comply Land Use Zoning? Analysis Using Nighttime Light and Digital Building Heights. Sustainability Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-00923-0

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Khatri, P., Hayasaka, T., Holben, B., Tripathi, S. N., Misra, P., Patra, P. K., Hayashida, S. and Dumka, U. C. (2021). Aerosol loading and radiation budget perturbations in densely populated and highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain by COVID-19: Influences on cloud properties and air temperature. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093796

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Avtar, R., Kouser, K., Kumar, A., Singh, D., Misra, P., Gupta, A., Yunus, A. P., Kumar, P., Johnson, B. A., Dasgupta, R., Sahu, N. and Rimba, A. B. (2021). Remote Sensing for International Peace and Security: Its Role and Implications. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs13030439

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Avtar, R., Singh, D., Umarhadi, D. A., Yunus, A. P., Misra,P., Desai, P. N., Kouser, A., Kurniawan, T. A. and Phanindra, K. B. V. N. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Fisheries Sector: A Case Study from Three Harbors in Western India. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs13020183

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Nitta, K., Misra, P. and Hayashida, S. (2022). Intercomparison of Tropospheric Nitrogen Dioxide over Indian Subcontinent Observed by TROPOMI and OMI. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan. DOI: 10.11440/rssj.42.36

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Sovisoth, E., Kuntal, V. S., Misra, P., Takeuchi, W. and Nagai, K. (2023). Estimation of Year of Construction of Bridges in Cambodia by Analyzing the Landsat Normalized Difference Water Index. Infrastructure. DOI: 10.3390/infrastructures8040077

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Sakti, A. D., Anggraini, T. S., Ihsan, K. T., Misra, P., Nguyen, T. T. N., Pradhan, B., Wenten, I. G., Hadi, P. O. and Wikantika, K. (2023). Multi-Air Pollution Risk Assessment in Southeast Asia Region Using Integrated Remote Sensing and Socio-Economic Data Products. Science of The Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158825

Research Scholars

S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year
1.	To be decided.	Kunal Bansal	2023
2.	To be decided.	Pallavi Chaurasia	2023
3.	To be decided.	Prakriti	2024
4.	To be decided.	Ravi Kant	2024

Conference Publication

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Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2015). Analysis Of Air Quality In Indian Cities Using Remote Sensing And Economic Growth Parameters. 36th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. Place: Manila, Philippines

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2016). Assessing Impact of Economic Activities on Urban Air Quality in India by Nightlight and Atmospheric Measurement Datasets. 37th Asian Conference of Remote Sensing. Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2016). Air Quality Analysis Using Nighttime Light for Indian Urban Regions. 8th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing. Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2017). Digital Surface Model (DSM) datasets for built-height estimation over Indian cities. 24th International Symposium on Remote Sensing. Place: Nagoya, Japan

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2017). Comparison of ASTER and AW3D derived Digital Surface Model datasets for built structure height estimation over Yangon city, Myanmar. 25th Institute of Industrial Science Forum Proceedings. Place: Tokyo, Japan

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2018). Hierarchical Bayesian approach to estimate land-use change impacts on urban air pollution in India. 26th Institute of Industrial Science Forum Proceedings. Place: Tokyo, Japan

Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2018). A Novel Technique for Estimating Expansion of Residential, Commercial and Industrial Regions in Indian Megacities. 17th International Symposium on Urban Safety Of Mega Cities In Asia. Place: Hyderabad, India

Misra, P., Imasu, R. and Takeuchi, W. (2018). Land-use Change Impacts on Urban Air Quality in India using Hierarchical Bayesian Approach. 39th Asian Conference of Remote Sensing. Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ochi, S., Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2018). Spatiotemporal Distribution Of Hotspot / Wildfire In Southeast Asia Using Remote Sensing Data. 39th Asian Conference of Remote Sensing. Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Misra, P., Takeuchi, W. and Imasu, R. (2019). Brick Kiln Detection in North India with Sentinel imagery using Deep Learning of Small Datasets. 40th Asian Conference of Remote Sensing. Place: Daejeon, South Korea

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Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2019). Assessing population sensitivity to urban air pollution using Google Trends and remote sensing datasets. Pecora21/ISRSE38. Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Sovisoth, E., Thakur, V. B., Nagai, K., Misra, P., Takeuchi, W. (2019). Estimation of the bridge construction year in Cambodia by the analysis of LANDSAT satellite data. 3rd ACF Symposium. Place: Sapporo, Japan

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Misra, P., and Takeuchi, W. (2019). Use of Google Trends for Assessing Sensitivity of Population to Urban Air Pollution. 26th International Symposium on Remote Sensing. Place: Taipei, Taiwan

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Arbain, A., Imasu, R., Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2019). Estimating PM2.5 Emission from Brick Kiln Industry over Northern India with Numerical Model and Remote Sensing Observation. EGU General Assembly. Place: Vienna, Austria

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Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2019). Analyzing perception of urban air pollution using Google Trends and satellite datasets. 27th Institute of Industrial Science Forum Proceedings. Place: Tokyo, Japan

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Misra, P., Takigawa, M., Khatri, P., Dhaka, S. K., Dimri, A. P., Yamaji, K., Kajino, M., Takeuchi, W., Imasu, R., Patra, P. K. and Hayashida, S. (2020). Detection of significant change in nitrogen oxides concentration and emission during COVID-19 lockdown in North India. 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. Place: San Francisco, USA (Online)

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Hayashida, S., Misra, P., Nitta, K., Nguyen, T. H., Patra, P. K., Takigawa, M., Khatri, P., Dhaka, S. K., Dimri, A. P., Yamaji, K., Takeuchi, W. (2020). Reduction of air pollutants over North-West India observed from space during the Covid-19 lockdown period. 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. Place: San Francisco, USA

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Nguyen, T. H., Hayashida, S., Misra, P., Matsumi, Y., Nakayama, T., Dhaka, S. K., Dimri, A. P. (2020). Detection of Change in the Aerosol distribution over North-West India during the Covid-19 Lockdown period. 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. Place: San Francisco, USA (online)

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Misra, P., Takigawa, M., Khatri, P., Dhaka, S. K., Dimri, A. P., Yamaji, K., Kajino, M., Takeuchi, W., Imasu, R., Patra, P. K. and Hayashida S. (2021). COVID-19 lockdown impacts on NOx emission: top-down estimation over North India. 29th Institute of Industrial Science Forum Proceedings. Place: Tokyo, Japan

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Misra, P. and Takeuchi, W. (2021). How well does KBDI compare with soil moisture for agriculture?: A cal/val study in Thailand. 29th Institute of Industrial Science Forum Proceedings. Place: Tokyo, Japan

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Arya, A., Pamungkas, B., Chavan, R. and Misra P. (2022). Advanced alerting mechanism for slope and ground instability based on spatio-temporal analysis of anomalous land displacement behavior from time-series InSAR. International Symposium of Remote Sensing. Place: Japan(online)

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