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Vaibhav Kalia
Assistant Professor
Centre for Geo-informatics Research and Training College of Basic Sciences,
Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur-176062 (HP)
India
Tel: +91 (1894) 230311 (o), 93188 51767 (mobile) Fax: (+91) 1894 230311
e-mail: [email protected]
Experience Summary
7 years approx in Software Development Industry, Computer Science Teaching & Research in Use of Geo-informatics in natural resources and disaster management
Strength lies in System Designing, Programming, Development of Printer Drivers, Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing Software, Analysis & Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data, Image Processing, Raster & Vector File Formats, Database Applications in Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Website Designing using HTML & scripting.
Nov 2003 – Till Date Institution: Centre for Geo-informatics Research & Training,
CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University,
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Designation: Assistant Professor.
July 2002 – Nov 2003 Institution: College of Basic Sciences,
CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University,
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Designation: Assistant Professor.
Jul 2001 – July 2002 Company: Newgen Software Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India
Job Title: Software Engineer
Jan 2001 – July 2001 Company: Newgen Software Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India
Job Title: Software Trainee
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Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Year: June, 2001
University: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.
Percentage: 74%
Rank: Distinction in MCA
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)
Year: July, 1998
Institute: Khalsa College, Amritsar
University: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.
Percentage: 64%
Senior School (10+2) Year: 1995 School: D.A.V. Public School, Palampur.
Board: Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
Percentage: 70%
Subjects: Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English
Secondary School (10) Year: 1993 School: D.A.V. Public School, Palampur.
Board: Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
Percentage: 73%
Subjects: English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, Social Science
Technical Expertise
Geo-informatics/Image Processing Software
ESRI USA: ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcIMS, ArcExplorer, MapObjects
ITC Holland: Integrated Land & Water Information System (ILWIS)
RSI Inc: Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI)
Leica Systems: ERDAS Imagine,
Intergraph Corporation: GeoMedia Professional,
Clark University: IDRISI for Windows
European Space Agency: LeoWorks, Beam
Development Tools & Languages
Windows NT Device Driver architecture, Win32 Programming, Windows NT Printing Architecture, generic Win32 Applications and Microsoft Foundation Classes
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applications, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly, Java, HTML, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++
RDBMS and Database Management
MS-Access, FoxPro, Dbase
Networks and Networking Protocols
Networking on Windows Server Platform, Linux, Unix & Windows XP, Windows 9x, Internet Technologies
Software Packages MS-Office, Microsoft Internet Technologies, Netscape and other internet
Image Processing Software, CorelDraw, SiSAg
Software Engineering Tools
Microsoft SourceSafe
Satellite Data Formats IRS Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor (LISS3)
Wide Image Field Sensor (WIFS)
MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (MERIS)
ESA Radar Data
IKONOS/Quickbird
Trainings
May 12-23, 2003 Name: Geo-Information for Agriculture Land Use Management
Venue: CSK HP Agriculture University, Palampur.
Organizer: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal.
September 15-26, 2003
Name: Institutionalization of Geo-Information for Urban Disaster Management (IGUDM)
Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
Organizer: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observations (ITC) the Netherlands
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Nepal
National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) Nepal
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) Thailand.
February 27- Name: Development of Interactive CDROM in Visual Basic &
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March 9, 2005 MSAccess
Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal
Organizer: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal.
July 5-25, 2005 Name: GIS Based Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Agriculture
Venue: National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Hyderabad
Organizer: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
January 2-26, 2006
Name: GIS training program on Introduction to ArcGIS 9
Venue: NIIT Tech / ESRI-India, New Delhi
Organizer: Environment System’s Research Institute (ESRI-India).
March 6-7, 2006 Name: Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Application
Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal
Organizer: European Space Agency (ESA)
United Nations Office of Outer Space Agency (UN OOSA), Vienna
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
March 5-16, 2007 Name: Regional Training/ Workshop on Earthquake Vulnerability and Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal
Organizer: European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (DGECHO)
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observations (ITC) the Netherlands
associated Institute of the United Nations University (UNU)
Nepal Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) Thailand
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February 1-21, 2008
Name: Computer Based Multimedia Presentation
Venue: National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad
Organizer: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
May 13-14, 2008 Training on Research Systems Inc. ‘s Environment for Visualization (ENVI) by Sierra Atlantic Software Ltd Hyderabad at Centre for Geoinformatics, CSKHPKV
May 15-17, 2008 Training on Geoinformatics Software Erdas Imagine, Leica Photogrammetary Suite at Centre for Geoinformatics, CSKHPKV
Foreign Visits
September 2003 ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal
February-March 2005
ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal
February-March 2006
ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal
Research Projects as CO-PI
2003-2005 Name: Himachal Pradesh Himalaya – Inventory of Glaciers and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) affected by global warming in the Himalayan Region.
Funded by: START Washington
United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
Asia Pacific Network for Global Climate Change, Japan
Responsibility: Identification and digitization of ridges, glaciers, lakes etc on IRS LISS3 Imagery of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS.
Outputs: Detailed Inventory of glaciers and glacial lakes and Development of Interactive CDROM.
Status: Completed
2003-2006 Name: Developing Himachal Agricultural System Information
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Files and Decision Support Systems for niche based hill farming.
Funded by: Department of Agriculture, Government of HP, Shimla
Responsibility: Establishing Thematic Rules, GIS and Spatial Analysis of the data in ArcView.
Outputs: Development of System Information files covering data on natural resources and socioeconomic parameters related to agriculture.
Status: Completed
2004-2006 Name: Mapping Himachal (India) Census Indicators – 2001 and trends.
Funded by: ISNAR, Holland
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Responsibility: Analysis census data using ArcGIS.
Outputs: Thematic Maps based on Census Data and development of an interactive CDROM.
Status: Completed
2004-2005 Name: Satluj River Basin – a preliminary investigation into the water reserve mapping, assessment of viability of micro/mega hydropower projects and suggesting alternatives.
Funded by: Ministry of MPP & Power, Government of HP, Shimla
Responsibility: Using ILWIS for mapping water resources
Outputs: Water availability scenarios.
Status: Completed.
2005-2007 Name: Developing Mountain Agriculture System Information Files for planning niche based agriculture development in Kangra and Mandi Districts of Himachal Pradesh
Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Responsibility: Geo-spatial & Geo-statistical analysis of landcover and climatic grids, soils using ArcGIS, ENVI, ERDAS.
Status: Ongoing
2005-2007 Name: Impact, vulnerability and adaptation of mountain agriculture to climate change.
Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Responsibility: Estimation of water resources and mapping of
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Climatic parameters like rainfall, temperature etc.
Status: Ongoing
2005-2006 Name: Heavy snowfall of 2004-05: Impact on water availability and crop productivity.
Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Responsibility: Snowfall area estimation using IRS LISS3 Imagery of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS and ENVI.
Status: Ongoing
2006 Name: Developing District wise surface area of Himachal Pradesh.
Funded by: Department of Planning, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Responsibility: Estimation of 3-D surface area and surface rendering for each district of Himachal Pradesh using ERDAS Imagine, ENVI
Status: Ongoing
2006-2008 Name: Developing surface area (3-D) Information files and GIS Interface for planning niche based mountain agriculture system of Himachal Pradesh.
Funded by: Department of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Responsibility: Identification of agriculture niches in 3-D surfaces.
Status: Ongoing
2005-2006 Name: Disastrous flash floods in Himachal Pradesh – A case study of Satluj River Basin.
Funded by: European Space Agency
EDUSPACE
Responsibility: Using MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
Instrument (MERIS) data to prepare of an interactive learning module on GIS, based on the flooding of Satluj River in upper regions of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS, LeoWorks, ArcView & BEAM
Status: Ongoing
2005-2006 Name: Design and Development of Pest Manager.
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Funded by: Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
CSK HPAU, Palampur
Role: Using Java and Visual C++ to preparation of a Decision Support System to assist farmers in identification of pests in potato crop.
Status: Ongoing
Other Responsibilities
Teaching Post graduate computer courses in C, FORTRAN and General Computing Applications
Undergraduate computer courses in B.Sc., B.Sc, (Home Science), B.Sc. (Agriculture), Use of Geo-information in Environmental Sciences
Miscellaneous Managing University Network Services (UNS) in University.
General Maintenance and troubleshooting of computers in University.
Member Expert in Sale/Purchase Committee for Computers.
Member Expert in recruitment of Computer Support Staff
In-charge of Geo-informatics Laboratory.
Actively contributing to Disaster Management Centre of CSK HPAU.
Designing web portal jointly with ICIMOD to publish Geo-information datasets over the Internet using ESRI ArcIMS.
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Awards
2004 Bhagat R. M., Pradeep Mool, Chitra Sood and Vaibhav Kalia, 2004. Inventory of Glaciers and Glacial Lakes of Himachal Pradesh India. Paper presented in the Symposium on Geoinformatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004 was awarded THE BEST PAPER
Symposium
2004 Symposium on Geo-informatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004
Invited Lecture
December 15, 2004
Name: Database Technologies & Internet Technologies
Workshop: Curriculum related Computer Studies for College Cadre Lecturers
Venue: Government College, Dharamshala
February 23, 2006
Name: GIS Technologies
Workshop: Winter School on Recent Trends in utilization of plant biodiversity in the animal health care with special reference to pharmacoterapeutics, phyarmacodynamics and safety assessment
Venue: Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, CSK HPAU, Palampur.
June 6, 2006 Name: Role of Geo-informatics in Disaster Management
Workshop: Seminar on Disaster Management, organized by Indian Army
Venue: Army Cantonment, Samba J&K
Member Expert
Member Expert for recruitment of Computer Technical Personnel at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur HP.
External Examination expert for conducting exams for Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal
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Workshops organized
March 25, 2004 Decision Support System (DSS) and Tools for Sustainable Mountain Development, Organized by CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (CSKHPAU), and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
April 2-4, 2004 International Workshop on Protocols and Methodology in Allelopathy, organized by International Allelopathy Society and CSK HPAU, Palampur
May 31, 2006 Application of Space Technology for Monitoring Natural Resources, Climate Change and Social Development, Organized by CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (CSKHPAU), and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Personal Information
Date of Birth April 30, 1978
Sex Male
Marital Status Married
Nationality Indian
Languages English, Hindi, Punjabi
Permanent Address
Capt. Saurabh Kalia Marg, Saurabhnagar, PO Bandla Tea Estate,
Palampur-176 061 Himachal Pradesh India
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A. Technical Report / Project Report:
1. Bhagat, R.M., Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood, Pradeep Mool and S. R. Bajracharya,
2004. Himachal Pradesh Himalaya – Inventory of glaciers and glacial lake
outburst floods (GLOFs) affected by global warming in the mountains of
Himalayan region. Final Technical report submitted to APN-START/UNEP, Japan.
2. R.M. Bhagat, Sharda Singh, Virender Kumar, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood
(2005) Developing Himachal Pradesh Systems information files (HASIF) and
decision support system for niche based hill farming. Technical Report Submitted to Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, HP.
3. R.M. Bhagat, Virender Kumar, Sharda Singh, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood
(2005) Mapping census indicators and Trends, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA.
Technical Report Submitted to Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, HP.
4. R.M. Bhagat, Rajendra Prasad, Harbans Lal, Ranbir Singh Rana, Chitra Sood and
Vaibhav Kalia (2005) Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation of Mountain
Agriculture to Climate Changes. Annual Progress Report submitted to ICAR New Delhi.
5. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood and Ranbir Rana, Developing District wise surface area of Himachal Pradesh. Project report submitted to Department of Planning, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
6. R.M. Bhagat, Kamlesh Singh, Vaibhav Kalia, Satluj River Basin – a preliminary investigation into the water reserve mapping, assessment of viability of micro/mega hydropower projects and suggesting alternatives. Project report submitted to Ministry of MPP & Power, Government of HP, Shimla
7. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood and Ranbir Rana, Disastrous flash
floods in Himachal Pradesh – A case study of Satluj River Basin. Project report submitted to European Space Agency
B. Poster/Paper Presented in Workshops/Seminars:
8. Bhagat R. M., Pradeep Mool, Chitra Sood and Vaibhav Kalia, 2004. Inventory of
Glaciers and Glacial Lakes of Himachal Pradesh India. Paper presented in the
Symposium on Geoinformatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004.
9. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood, Ranbir Singh Rana, Kamlesh Singh
and P.K. Mool (2004) A Preliminary Investigation into the Water Reserves of
Satluj River Basin in Himachal Pradesh, India using Remote Sensing Data . Paper
presented in United Nations/European Space Agency/Austria/Switzerland
Workshop on Remote Sensing in the Service of Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas, Kathmandu, Nepal, 15-19 November 2004.
10. Rana, R.S, Bhagat, R.M, Kalia Vaibhav and Sood Chitra (2005) Inventory of
glaciers and glacial lakes and water availability scenario as affected by global
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warming in Satluj river basin of Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented at National
Symposium on Agro-physical Approaches in Disaster Mitigation, Resource
Management and Environment Protection, Organised by Indian Society of Agrophysics, IARI, New Delhi, 17-19 November, 2005, abst. Pp 32.
11. Bhagat, R.M., Sood C., Kalia, V., Mool, P., Bajracharya, S. and Shrestha, B.
2005. Monitoring glaciers and glacial lakes. Chapter contributed for book entitled
“Geo-informatics Applications for sustainable Development”
12. R.M. Bhagat, Rajendra Prasad, Harbans Lal, Ranbir Singh Rana, Chitra Sood and
Vaibhav Kalia (2005) Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation of Mountain Agriculture to Climate Changes. Current Science (Current Science).
13. Vaibhav Kalia, R.M. Bhagat, Ranbir Rana and Chitra Sood (2006) Surface area
estimation of Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented at the International Policy
workshop on „Application of space technology for monitoring natural resources, climate change and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006.
14. Ranbir Rana, R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood (2006) Inventory of
glaciers and glacial lakes as affected by changing climate in Satluj river basin of
Himachal Pradesh. Poster presented at the International Policy workshop on
„Application of space technology for monitoring natural resources, climate change
and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006.
15. Ranbir Rana, R.M. Bhagat, Rajender Prasad, Harbans Lal, Vaibhav Kalia and
Chitra Sood (2006) Climatic element trends at different elevation and impact on
water resources in Himachal Pradesh. Poster presented at the International
Policy workshop on „Application of space technology for monitoring natural
resources, climate change and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006
C. Contributions in Training Manual
16. Computer Science Laboratory Manual for Computer Teaching, College of Basic Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur.
17. Chitra Sood, R.M. Bhagat and Vaibhav Kalia (2006) Application of Space
Technology and GIS for Inventorying, Monitoring & Conservation of Mountain
Biodiversity with Special Reference to Medicinal Plants. Training Manual of
ICAR sponsored Winter School on "Recent Trends in Utilization of Plant
Biodiversity in the Animal Health Care with Special Reference to
Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety Assessment" (Feb. 18 to Mar 10, 2006) pp 53-57.
18. Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood (2006) Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS
Concepts: Biodiversity Mapping. Training Manual of ICAR sponsored Winter
School on "Recent Trends in Utilization of Plant Biodiversity in the Animal
Health Care with Special Reference to Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety Assessment" (Feb. 18 to Mar 10, 2006) pp 47-52.
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D. Research Papers
19. Sharda Singh, R M Bhagat and Vaibhav Kalia. Customized application
development interfacing geographical information systems. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 33(I):131-132, 2007
20. Ranbir Singh Rana, Sharda Singh, R M Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood.
“Krishi Mein Bhaugolick Soochna Padhati ke Upyog”. Parvatiya Khetibari Jan-March 2007, Pg.13.