Rishikesh Bharti

Associate Professor


Earth System Science and Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान गुवाहाटी)
North Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India 

Associate Professor (Since December, 2024)
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

Assistant Professor (September 2015 to November 2024)
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

Research Associate (June, 2015 to August, 2015)
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Ph.D. (Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Mineral Exploration): Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Thesis Title: A Study on the occurrence of Surficial Uranium in the Thar Desert, India using Remote Sensing, Geochemical, Radiometric and GIS techniques.

PG Diploma (Geoinformatics)
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Dehradun & ITC Netherlands.

M.Sc. (Geology)
Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India.

CE207: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY (UG)
CE208: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY LAB (UG)
CE593: ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING (PG)
CE324: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY (UG)
CE595: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN GEOSCIENCE (PG)
CE419: PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING (UG and PG)
CE591: EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS (PG)
CE594: GEOHAZARD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (PG)
DM503: HAZARD MONITORING AND PREDICTION (UG & PG)
ME111 / CE101: ENGINEERING DRAWING (UG)

1.) Member, DPPC (Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (November 2024 - till date).

2.) Member Secretary, DUPC (Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (September 2022 - October 2024).


3.) Member, Library Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (11th July 2020 - August 2022).


4.) Member, DUPC (Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (11th July 2020 - August 2022).


5.) Member, MOPR's Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Planning Committee, IIT Guwahati (July 2020 - January 2021).


6.) Member, DPPC (Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (10th July 2018 - 10th Jul 2020).


7.) A member of the committee to venture the departments’ association with National Laboratories (2018 - 2020).


8.) External Member, DPPC (Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee), Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati (2018 - Till Date).


9.) Faculty In-Charge, Earth System and Engineering Labs, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (2016 - 2018).


10.) Faculty In-Charge, Association of Civil Engineers, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (2016 - April 2019).

1. A workshop on Advanced Remote Sensing & GIS: Methods and Applications
Place: IIT Guwahati
Type of Conference: National
Date of Conference: 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-01

2. A short-term course (TEQIP III) on Flood Risk and River Basin Management
Place: IIT Guwahati
Type of Conference: National
Date of Conference: 2018-10-29 to 2018-10-29

3. An online certificate course on the Applications of Remote Sensing & GIS in Natural Disasters
Institute: In association with Assam Survey & Settlement Training Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, and Centre for Disaster Management & Research, IIT Guwahati
Place: IIT Guwahati
Type of Conference: National
Date of Conference: 2021-07-19 to 2021-07-19

Awarded with Student International Travel Grant from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society to participate in the IGARSS-2014.

Best Research Scholar Presentation Award: Intradepartmental Presentation Competition 2014, AAPG-IITB Student Chapter, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay.

International Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship.

Young Geospatial Scientist-2013 Award.

Life member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS).

Invited Lectures

  • Delivered a lecture on "Opportunities for Academic Collaboration in EO and GeoAI" at the Third Edition of the NESAC User Interaction Meet (NeUIM-2025), held at NESAC, Umiam.
  • Conducted a two-day offline training session on "Remote Sensing and GIS" for the Civil Engineering B.Tech students at NIT Arunachal Pradesh.
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