Civil Engineering Department

Remote Sensing
Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR)
GIS
Earth Surface Deformation
Glaciology
Geodesy

Remote Sensing

Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR)

GIS

Earth Surface Deformation

Glaciology

Geodesy

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Conference Grant	Otto Mønsted Fond, Denmark	2018
Outstanding Student Presentation Award	EGU General Assembly, Austria	2015
IIT Master Sandwich Scholarship	DAAD, Germany	2011
MHRD Fellowship	Govt. of India	2010

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Dec 7,2020	Continuing	Assistant Professor	Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Sept 1, 2019	Dec 3,2020	Principal Investigator	Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center, USA
Jun 1, 2019	Dec 3,2020	Research Associate	Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center, USA
Apr 1, 2017	May 31,2019	Post Doc	DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Aug 1, 2013	Aug 30, 2013	Visiting Researcher	AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
Aug 1, 2008	Jul 30,2010	Lecturer	Jaipur Engineering College, Rajasthan, India

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph. D.	Remote Sensing of Glaciers (Geography)	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany	2017
M. Tech.	Geomatics Engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2012
B. E.	Electronics and Communication Engineering	University of Rajasthan	2008

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Holzer, N., VIJAY, S., Yao, T., Xu, B., Buchroithner, M., and Bolch, T. (2015). Four decades of glacier variations at Muztag Ata (eastern Pamir): a multi sensor study including Hexagon KH-9 and Pleiades data.. Cryosphere. DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-2071-2015

2.

VIJAY, S. and Braun, M. (2016). Elevation change rates of glaciers in the Lahaul-Spiti (Western Himalaya, India) during 2000-2012 and 2012-2013. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs8121038

3.

VIJAY, S. and Braun, M. (2017). Seasonal and interannual variability of Columbia Glacier, Alaska (2011-2016): ice velocity, mass flux, surface elevation and front position. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs9060635

4.

Khare, S., Ghosh, S.K., Latifi, H., VIJAY, S. and Dahms, T. (2017). Seasonal based analysis of vegetation response to environmental variables in the mountainous forests of Western Himalaya using Landsat 8 data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1320450

5.

Lippl, S., VIJAY, S. and Braun, M. (2018). Automatic delineation of debris-covered glaciers using InSAR coherence derived from X-, C- and L-band radar data: a case study of Yazgyl Glacier. Journal of Glaciology. DOI: 10.1017/jog.2018.70

6.

VIJAY S. and Braun, M. (2018). Early 21st century spatially detailed elevation changes of Jammu and Kashmir glaciers (Karakoram-Himalaya). Global and Planetary Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.03.014

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VIJAY S, Khan, S. A., Kusk, A., Solgaard, A. M., Moon, T. and Bjørk, A. A. (2019). Resolving Seasonal Ice Velocity of 45 Greenlandic Glaciers with very high temporal details. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081503

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Gomez, R., Arigony-Neto, J., Santis, A. D., VIJAY, S., Jana, R. and Rivera, A. (2019). Ice dynamics of Union Glacier from SAR offset tracking. Global and Planetary Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.12.012

9.

Farías-Barahona D., Ayala, Á., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Seehaus, T., VIJAY, S, Schaefer, M., Buglio, F., Casassa, G. and Braun, M. H. (2020). 60 Years of Glacier Elevation and Mass Changes in the Maipo River Basin, Central Andes of Chile. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs12101658

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Dai, C., Howat, I. M., Freymueller, J. T., VIJAY, S. and Jia, Y. (2020). Characterization of the 2008 phreatomagmatic eruption of Okmok from ArcticDEM and InSAR: deposition, erosion, and deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. DOI: 10.1029/2019JB018977

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VIJAY, S., King, M. D., Howat, I. M., Solgaard, A. M., Khan, S. A. and Noël, B. (2021). Greenland ice-sheet wide glacier classification based on two distinct seasonal ice velocity behaviors. Journal of Glaciology. DOI: 10.1017/jog.2021.89

12.

Müller, L., Horwath, M., Scheinert, M., Mayer, C., Ebermann, B., Floricioiu, D., Krieger, L., Rosenau, R. and VIJAY, S. (2021). Surges of Harald Moltke Bræ, north-western Greenland: seasonal modulation and initiation at the terminus. The Cryosphere. DOI: 10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021

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Khan, S., Bamber, J. L., Rignot, E., Helm, V., Aschwanden, A., Holland, D. M., Broeke, M. V. N., King, M., Noël, B., Truffer, M., Humbert, A., Colgan, W., VIJAY, S. and Munneke, P. K. (2022). Greenland Mass Trends From Airborne and Satellite Altimetry During 2011–2020. JGR Earth Surface. DOI: 10.1029/2021JF006505

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Dai, C., Howat, I.M., Freymueller, J.T., Lu, Z., VIJAY, S., Liljedahl, A. K., Ward Jones, M.K., Bergstedt, H., Lev, E. (2022). Quantifying mass flows at Mt. Cleveland, Alaska between 2001 and 2020 using satellite photogrammetry. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107614

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Banerjee, A., Sarangi, C., Rashid, I., Vijay, S., Najar, N. A. and Chandel, A. S. (2023). A scaling relation for cryoconite holes. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2023GL104942

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Laha, S., Majeed, U., Banerjee, A., Rashid, I., Steiner, J. and Vijay, S. (2024). Assessing potential risk of glacier avalanches to hydropower infrastructure in the Himalayan region. Natural Hazards. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-06389-w

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1. Title:- Classification of glacier changes in the Indian state of Uttarakhand
Sponsor: Bavarian Indian Center, Germany	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 2.16 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- High-resolution observation of glacier ice velocity, topography, terminus and surface features of an Indian Himalayan Glacier
Sponsor: SRIC, IIT Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 20.00 Lakhs	Role:

3. Title:- Identifying current and future GLOF risk over contrasting topographic and climate zones of Indian Himalaya using earth observation data and modeling
Sponsor: Ministry of Earth Sciences	Sanctioned Year: 2022-23	Amount: ₹ 18.62 Lakhs	Role:

4. Title:- Indo-Swiss: 21st cEnTury Evolution of small glaciers and their impact on regioNAL hydrology in the HIMalayas (ETERNALHIM)
Sponsor: Ministry of Earth Sciences India and Swiss National Science Foundation Switzerland	Sanctioned Year: 2022-23	Amount: ₹ 87.28 Lakhs	Role:

5. Title:- Interlinked seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes and ice velocity changes in Greenland
Sponsor: Indian Space Research Organization	Sanctioned Year: 2022-23	Amount: ₹ 24.18 Lakhs	Role:

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
DFSC Convenor	Department of Civil Engineering	Feb 2022	Dec 2023
OC MTech Geospatial Engineering	Department of Civil Engineering	Aug 2022	Jul 2023
OC Geomatics Lab	Department of Civil Engineering	Aug 2023	Jul 2024
Department Safety Coordinator	Department of Civil Engineering	Mar 2021	Jul 2022

S. No.	Membership
1.	International Glaciological Society
2.	European Geosciences Union
3.	XXX

S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Degree	Year
1.	Land deformation monitoring using satellite remote sensing data	Shivika Jain, Gurleen Singh, Sneha Gupta, Aditya Chandak	UG	2022
2.	Human population estimation of high-altitude Himalayan villages using satellite remote sensing and modeling	Aditya Sindhu, Sachita Gupta, Animesh Sharma, Aditya Sharma	UG	2023
3.	Feature tracking using close range photogrammetry	Samraddhi Prajapati, Sakshi Singh, Sachin Singh, Shrey Anand	UG	2023

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	Monitoring of land subsidence in northern India using time-series InSAR technique	Deepesh Goyal		PG	2022
2.	Resolving ice velocity of Himalayan glaciers using SAR remote sensing	Vijaya Thota	Prof. Mahdi Motagh, GFZ Potsdam, Germany	PG	2023
3.	Pan-India DEM generation using Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry	Adnan Kaisar Khan		PG	2024

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	Glacier monitoring using observation and modeling..	Pawan Singh	2021
2.	Improving observations of small glaciers in the Himalayas using in-situ and remote sensing techniques	Sarvesh Kumar Verma	2021
3.	Monitoring of glacial lakes and glacial lake outburst disasters using observation and modeling	Ravindra Kumar	2021
4.	Multisource remote sensing data for drought mapping, monitoring and management	Hempushpa Sahu	2021	Prof. Saurabh Vijay,
5.	Structural deformation and risk analysis using observation and modeling	Deepak Verma	2022
6.	To be decided.	Gopika Das K	2023
7.	To be decided.	Patadiya Tarang Jitendrabhai	2023
8.	To be decided.	Prankur Sharma	2023
9.	To be decided.	Sapna Azad	2023
10.	To be decided.	Yamini Agrawal	2024

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Geomatics Engineering – II	CEN-203	UG	Autumn Semester 2023-24

S. No.	Title	Organisation	Date
1.	Remote Sensing of Glaciers	GBPIET	12-Nov-2020
2.	An overview of space-borne radar remote sensing and SAR Interferometry: principles, infrastructure and applications	IIT, Ropar	03-Mar-2020
3.	Indian side of Karakoram-Himalaya: What we know so far ?	IIT, Roorkee	06-Mar-2020
4.	Early 21st century glacier elevation and mass changes in high-Asia	International Workshop on Climate Change and Extreme Events in the Himalayan Region, IIT Mandi	18-Apr-2019

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