Biography of Keynote Speaker I

Nitin K. Tripathi is a Professor in Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand as with over 32 years’ experience in teaching, research and projects. He has also served as the Leader of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Coordinator for the RS and GIS field of study. He has served in various administrative positions in AIT such as Dean-School of Engineering and Technology, Director- Academic Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Chairman- Academic Development Review Committee, and Director-Unified Program. He is currently President of IIT Alumni Association Thailand, Faculty Advisor-AIT Indian Association and Faculty Advisor-AIT Hindu Association. Dr. Tripathi obtained his B. Tech. – Civil Engineering Degree in 1984 from N.I.T. Warangal, India; M. Tech. – Remote Sensing and PhD in Remote Sensing from I.I.T. Kanpur respectively. Dr. Tripathi has a total of 198 publications to his credit (2 book, 11 chapters in books, 126 research papers in peer reviewed Journals and 59 conference papers) majorly in peer-reviewed international journals. He is an acclaimed researcher in the field of remote sensing and GIS Applications and is highly cited in peer reviewed journals. His Scopus H-Index is 23 with 1772 citations and in Google Scholar H-Index 28 with 3091 citations He has very impressive Research Gate Score as 36 with H-index 21.