Name : Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan
Designation : Associate Professor
Academic Performance
University/Board |
Qualification |
Year |
Specialisation |
Kerala University, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala |
B.Tech. |
1997 – 2001 |
Civil Engineering |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
M.Tech. (Civil) |
2001 – 2003 |
Remote Sensing, GIS |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
Ph.D. (Civil) |
2003 – 2007 |
Global Positioning System |
Area of Specialization
Global Positioning System
Remote Sensing
Geographic Information System
Surveying
Advanced Surveying Techniques
Geodesy
Ph.D. Thesis title: Geodetic monitoring of deformation of Large Engineering Structures (January 2003 – May 2007)
M.Tech. Dissertation title: A Study on Stratospheric Pollution with reference to UARS* data (*UARS: Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) (July 2001 – December 2002)
Area of Research
Land use/Land cover change detection
Urban Sprawl
Land Use – Transportation Interaction
Urban Speed Management
Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Facility Management
Land use- Transportation Impact Analysis
Urban Flood Modelling
Structural Health Monitoring
Research - Sponsored Projects Undertaken
“Urban Speed Management using ITS”, Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, IIT Madras and Ministry of Urban Development,2010 – 2015 Dr. S. Moses Santhakumar, Dr. Samson Mathew, Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan
“Land use and Land cover Assessment along Tiruchirappalli City using High Resolution Remote Sensing Images”, Fast Track Research Proposal For Young Scientists, SERB (Department of Science & Technology), 2012 – 2015 , Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan
Centre of Excellence in Transportation Engineering (CETransE), sanctioned by MHRD, GoI (2013) of 2 crores till Date. Core Members: Dr. S. Moses Santhakumar, Dr. Samson Mathew, Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Dr. V. Sunitha
“Development of an Integrated Health Monitoring System for Large Engineering Structures ”, SERB-IMPRINT IIC (Institute-Industry Collaborative project), 2019 – 2023 , Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Dr. C. Natarajan, Dr. N. Sivakumaran, Dr. D. Ezhilarasi
Publications
Books/Monographs/Course Module developed
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
Honours and awards
Awarded the 3rd prize for “best paper presentation by a student” at ISRS Annual Convention 2003, National Symposium on Resource Management with Special Reference to Geoinformatics and Decentralized Planning, 9-12 December 2003, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The title of the paper was “Studies on Ozone and trace gases with HALOE over India”, co-authored by Sanjeev Kumar, M.V.R. Murti and C.S.Rao.
Awarded “Students paper award” for contribution “Direct GPS measurement of Koyna Dam during Earthquake”, Nisha Radhakrishnan, Madhav N. Kulkarni Kamal Sakr, 3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering & 12th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Baden, Austria, May 22 – 24 2006.
Awarded 1st for Paper presentation for contribution "Structural Deformation Monitoring of Large Engineering Structures using GPS: A Case study on Koyna Dam, Western Maharashtra", Nisha Radhakrishnan, Madhav N Kulkarni, 2nd National Conference on Geospatial Technologies and Applications, Geomatrix'11, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, February 26 – 27, 2011.
Ph.D./M.Tech./B.Tech. Guidance
Subjects Handling/Handled
Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing
Geospatial Techniques
CAD Lab in Transportation Engineering
Surveying & Levelling
Advanced Surveying Techniques
Geodetic Surveying
Remote Sensing and GIS
Basic Civil Engineering
Introduction to Civil Engineering
Survey Lab
Administrative Responsibilities inside the Institute
Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the Institute
Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan
Associate Professor
Room No. 202
Department of Civil Engineering
Ph: 0431 – 2503162
Email: nisha@nitt.edu