Varatharajaperumal Thangavel

As a Civil & Geomatics Engineer, I am driven to push the boundaries of my domain knowledge to excel in research focused on Remote Sensing and GIS applications. My passion for innovation and commitment to staying at the forefront of technology drive my pursuit of excellence in this dynamic field.

• Certificate of Appreciation - Reviewer - Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction VCDRR 2021, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) & National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), 21/03/2021
• Certificate of Recognition - A National Level Collaborative Indian Mapping Event - IITB-ISROAICTE Mapathon, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay & Indian Space Research Centre, 10/02/2021
• Certificate of Championship - A National Level Collaborative Indian Mapping Event - IITB-ISROAICTE Mapathon, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay & Indian Space Research Centre, 10/02/2021
• Elite Grade - NPTEL Online Exam, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 28/12/2020
• 12 week Course - Earthquake Geology: A tool for Seismic Hazard Assessment, Mentor Certificate - Grand Finale - Smart India Hackathon Software Edition 2019, 03/03/2019
• Guide Certificate - Final Round - 6th National Level Project Exhibition and Competition - SRISHTI 2019, Saintgits college of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala, 19/02/2019
• Second Prize - 300USD - International Humanitarian Technology Project Competition-2017(IHTPC-17) IEEE Bangladesh Section, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 21/12/2017

Pilot Project - Reservoir Sedimentation Assessment using Remote Sensing and GIS, 11/06/2018, 22/06/2018

M.E Project - Forest Fire Growth Modelling using Remote Sensing and GIS for Kalakkad Reserve Forest, 15/07/2013, 31/05/2014

• Online Faculty Development Program - Telemedicine and Digital Healthcare: Opportunities & Threats, 17/05/2021, 21/05/2021, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy - Rabindranath Tagore University
• IBM Course - PY0101EN: Python Basics for Data Science, edX
• Specialization Certificate - Mathematics for Machine Learning -Imperial College London,Coursera
• Online Faculty Development Program - Emerging Technologies (IOT, Robotics & UAV), 12/10/2020, 16/10/2020, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
• Webinar - Global Navigation Satellite System & Its Application, 23/05/2020, 24/05/2020, Institute of Science & Technology for Advanced Studies & Research (ISTAR), Gujarat
• Webinar - Monitoring Urban Floods Using Remote Sensing, 25/07/2018, 01/08/2018, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Webinar - Advanced Webinar: Techniques for Wildfire Detection & Monitoring, 12/07/2018, 19/07/2018, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Workshop - Applications of Satellite Altimetry for Inland Waterbodies, 30/05/2018, 30/05/2018, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
• Workshop - Bhuvan Overview, 27/03/2018, 28/03/2018, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad

• Assessment of Primary Healthcare in Coimbatore Region, South India using GIS, 2023, Indian Journal of Natural Sciences, Vol.14 / Issue 78 / June / 2023
• A Comparative Change Detection Analysis using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for Coimbatore City, Tamilnadu, 2022, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Vol 28, Issue 2, 2022; Page No.(692-696)
• Experimental Investigation and Modeling on Impacts of Leachate from Bio-manures and Fertilizers Used in the Agricultural Fields Along Noyyal River, 2022, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Vol 28, Issue 2, 2022; Page No.(915-921)
• Demarcation of Flood Hazard Prone Areas in Coimbatore District using Remote Sensing and GIS, 2021, Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 12 No. 5 (2021), pp:1212-1220
• Forest Fire Risk Zone Mapping from Satellite Images using GIS for Kalakad Reserve Forest, 2020, IGU India International Conference (Virtual) 2020, MLSU, Udaipur
• Digital Topographic Depiction Of Settlement Prediction Using ESRI's Arcview GIS, 2020, Conference Proceedings - New and Effective Innovations, Technologies and Key Challenges 2020" NITK
• Preparation of Change Detection Map for Smart City using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, 2020, Conference Proceedings - ICON2020, Sona College of Technology, Salem
• Phytoremediation, 2018, Conference Proceedings - ICWM - RECYCLE 2018, IIT Guwahati

• Member - IAENG - International Association of Engineers, 02/06/2021, Current
• Life Time Member - Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), 20/12/2020, Current
• Member - IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 21/12/2020, Current
• Life Time Member - Indian Society for Technical Education, 01/09/2015, Current

• Scientist/Engineer 'SE', Dr. Vaibhav Garg, (+91) 01352524165, vaibhav@iirs.gov.in, Pilot Project Guide
• Associate Chair & Associate Professor, Dr.Nagarajan, Sudhagar, (+1) 641 4324756, snagarajan@fau.edu, Ph.D Supervisor