Rishitosh K. Sinha Email & Phone Number

Professional Biography: Strong research professional with a demonstrated history (more than 12 years of experience) of cross-functional team collaboration (India and abroad). Lead teams of skilled researchers and published high quality research in high impact peer reviewed journals. Skilled in Team Management, Project Management and Planning, Management-Processing-Analysis of Satellite Data (Earth and Planetary), Cartography, Remote Sensing, GIS/ENVI/QGIS, Google Earth/Maps, Planetary Mission Planning and Execution, Quality Assessment and Reviewing, Training in GIS tools, Technical Documentation and Research Publication. Assist team of skilled GIS professionals in developing tools for managing data processing pipeline. Designed ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan Rover Traverse Map. Honored with the 'Eminent Alumni' award for ‘Science and Technology’ from SRM University, Chennai. Nominated for the INSA young associate fellows in 2024.Key Accomplishments:(1) I have designed the Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan rover traverse map, which was officially tweeted by ISRO.(2) My research work has revealed that the landing site of Chandrayaan-3 mission is located very close to a lobate thrust fault scarp, which was active very recently during the past ~20-30 Ma and triggered boulder-falls in the region.(3) My research work has established that Mars has experienced major, moderate and minor episodes of glaciation: implications for global climate change during the Late Amazonian.(4) My research work has established the role of debris-flow processes in gully formation on Mars.(5) My research work has contributed in listing Ladakh Himalaya as one of the potential analogues of Mars: implications for understanding snow melt driven processes.(6) Discovery of boulder-falls in Jezero crater: implications for currently active Mars.Other Relevant Information:(1) Member, Science Working Group (SWG) Chandrayaan-3 mission, Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan rover path planning team, Science Team of Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), Chandrayaan-3 mission and PRATHIMA, Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission, Mars Lander Mission (MLM) Landing Site Selection Committee, Peer review committee for Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and Chandrayaan-2 payloads data release.(2) Reviewer - IJRS, Icarus, PSS, ASR, Current Science, JISRS, and JGR Planets. (3) Student supervision - M.Tech thesis (3 students), B.Tech/B.Sc. thesis (3 students), Ph.D. (1 student).(4) Courses taught – Advance Remote Sensing Geology (to PRL graduate students from 2021-2024).

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  Indian Institute Of Technology Gandhinagar

  Earth Science