Geospatial Information Technology, RemoteSensing, Land cover analysis, vector data processing, humanitarian support

Key responsibilities as a part of European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 MPC• Routine Calibration & Validation activities to update on-board and on-ground configuration data in order to meet product quality requirements• Daily Quality Checks to monitor the status of the sensor and to check if the derived products meet the quality requirements along mission lifetime• End-to-End System Performance Monitoring (E2ESPM), to monitor the performance of the Sentinel-2 system operations (including the instrument) and assessing the system• Identify Anomalies, Process Raw Data (L0) to different levels to assess/test the GIPPs to fix anomalies

Title: Phenological Vegetation Mapping of Mercantour-Marittime Mountains Using Hyperspectral ImageryParc national du Mercantour, France• Vegetation phenology mapping using MODIS NDVI Time Series data• Classification of MODIS Images & Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to explore the relationship of NDVI with elevation and bioclimatic factors (temperature and rainfall)• Tools/Skills: Processing of MODIS data, Principal Component Analysis, Vegetation classification of mountainous terrain; IDRISI Selva, ArcGIS

Ecological stability assessment of Ucchali Lake (Internationally designated Wetland in Pakistan) for the endangered and red listed migratory water fowl species• LULC Classification of temporal images of Corona and SPOT to identify anthropogenic activities which have altered the lake’s adjoining uplands• Analysis of lake water physio-chemical parameters & assess its supportability for lifeTools/Skills: Collection and Post Processing of Topo-Cadastral data, GIS & Data Management, Cartographic skills, LULC Analysis, Statistical and Spatial Analysis; ArcGIS, ERDAS IMAGINE.

The objective of training was to study the IFC Performance Standards and assisting follow-up with IFC clients for making up deficiencies to meet the environmental and social standards set for different projects