Major Fields of Research & Consultancy
Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Development of GIS based Decision Support System (DSS)
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Integration and analysis of multi-thematic information for Geo-database design & development
- Spatial modelling in GIS for user-specific applications & Customization of systems
- Web GIS & 3D-GIS
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Disaster Mitigation, Management & Emergency Response System
- Development of SDI
Remote Sensing
- Land use and land cover mapping
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Digital image classification
- Fuzzy logic & ANN applications for image classification
- Large Scale Mapping from high resolution satellite data
Global Positioning System (GPS)
- GPS Surveys for engineering applications
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GPS applications for plate tectonics & crustal deformation studies
- GPS based mapping of infrastructural facilities
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Control Surveys & Topographical mapping
Urban Planning and Infrastructure Development
- Large scale urban mapping & urban change detection
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Infrastructure mapping and management
- Environmental impact assessment and analysis
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Site selection studies
- Development of Urban Resource Information system
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Intelligent Transportation system
Digital Terrain Modelling
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3-D Visualisation & Modelling
- Alignment Studies (Highways, Railways, Canal, etc.)
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Land evaluation & Terrain analysis (Volume calculation, slope, etc.)
Land Information System
- Computerisation of land records & updation
- Development of integrated geo-database at village level
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Rural development
- Topographical & Cadastral mapping using modern surveying instruments like Electronic Survey Total Station, Automated Level, etc.
Research Projects Completed
| Name of Research Project | Funding Agency | Amount (Rs. Lacs) | Principal Investigator(s) |
| Development of DSS for Natural Resources Management using Remote Sensing & GIS | MHRD | 15.00 | Dr. R.D. Gupta |
| Modernisation of Survey and Remote Sensing Laboratory | MHRD | 12.00 | Dr. R. D. Gupta
Dr. R. N. Shahi |
Ongoing Ph.D. Research Works
| Name of the Student | Thesis Title | Research supervisor(s) |
| Rabindra Kumar Barik | Development of Open Source GIS based Interoperable SDI for Allahabad District | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R.D. Gupta |
| Shipra Verma | Web GIS for Public Health Infrastructure & Management System | Dr. R.D. Gupta |
| Mamta Pandey | GIS for development of Urban Resource Information and Management System | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R.D. Gupta |
M. Tech Thesis Completed: 2007-08
| Name of the Student | Thesis Title | Research Supervisor(s) |
| Dipak Kumar | Development of NIT Network using GIS | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R. D. Gupta |
| Yogesh Kumar | Development of Enterprise GIS for Allahabad City | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R. D. Gupta |
| Anurag Singh | GIS for Development of Digital Database of MNNIT Campus | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R. D. Gupta |
| Arvind Singh | A Design of Automatic Pollution System using Wireless Sensor Network | Dr. M. M. Gore |
| Praveen Kumar Prajapati | Energy Managed TORA with Enhanced Network Stability | Dr. M. M. Gore |
| Ajay Kumar keshari | Development of GIS Database for Rural Road Planning Management | Dr. A. K. Singh |
| Smita | GIS based Water Quality Information System. ‘A Case Study of Allahabad City’ | Dr. R. C. Vaishya |
M. Tech Thesis Completed: 2008-09
| Name of the Student | Thesis Title | Research supervisor(s) |
| Rabindra Kumar Barik | Open Source Web GIS based Framework for Development of SDI | Dr. Arun B. Samaddar
Dr. R.D. Gupta Dr. Marguerite Madden |
| Abhishek Jain | An Algorithm for Subsurface Fire Detection in MODIS Images | Dr. Suneeta Agarwal |
| Vivek Jaiswal | WEKA Installation and its Evaluation for Data Mining Functionalities | Dr. M.M. Gore |
| Shekh Faisal Siddique | GIS Mapping and Surveillance of Malaria | Dr. R.D. Gupta |
| Sathiaraj G | DEM Extraction and Mapping from High Resource Remote Sensing Data | Dr. R.D. Gupta |
| Gaurav Kumar | GIS for Identifying the Strategic Regions SEZs | Dr. R.D. Gupta
Dr. Tripti Singh |
| Sanjay Kumar Sahu | Hamilton P-Cycle design | Dr. R.S. Yadav |
| Dinesh Kumar Azad | GIS based Urban Transportation System for Allahabad City | Dr. A.K. Singh |