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Y. S. Rao
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Dr. Y. S. Rao is a Professor at the [[Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, IIT Bombay|Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], Mumbai, India<ref name=":0"> Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), IIT Bombay|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1"></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. He is working in the field of [http://bit.ly/2TKdvV2 Microwave Remote Sensing] and land based applications for more than 34 years<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. His early research was focused on the use of [[Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar|Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry]] for [[Landslide|landslides]] and [[Subsidence|land deformation]] monitoring, [[Digital elevation model|Digital Elevation Model]] generation, snow and [[glacier]] monitoring. He is also actively involved in developing several techniques for [[Soil Moisture Active Passive|soil moisture]] estimation using passive and active microwave remote sensing data for more than 25 years<ref name=":2" />. His current research involves SAR Polarimetry for crop characterization, [[Satellite crop monitoring|classification]], [[Precision agriculture|biophysical parameter retrieval]] using linear and compact-pol<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> SAR data. Apart from applications, he has also contributed in the field of [http://sarcv.ceos.org/ Polarimetric SAR system calibration] and software tool development<ref> PolSARpro ESA|website=earth.esa.int|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref></ref>.
== Biography ==
Rao received the M.Sc. degree in Physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree in passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 1992<ref name=":1" /><ref></ref>.
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|'''Fields'''
|Microwave Remote Sensing
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|'''Institution'''
|Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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|'''Website'''
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]]
== Professional Career ==
He joined the [[Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, IIT Bombay|Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], in 1985, as a Senior Research Assistant and then became a Research Scientist in 1999. During 2005–2009, he was a Senior Research Scientist and then Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014. He is currently a Professor since 2015<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />. He was engaged in both passive and active microwave remote sensing for several applications viz. soil moisture<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, flood mapping<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, and crop inventory mapping<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. He has participated in several space borne campaigns for collecting synchronous ground-truth data and has experience in handling various data set for several applications of cryosphere<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, agriculture<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, water-resources<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. His current research interests include application of polarimetry for geophysical parameter retrieval<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":3" /> and SAR interferometry for DEM<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and land deformation<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.
He is actively involve in teaching several courses including Principles of Remote Sensing, Microwave Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Advanced Concepts in Polarimetric SAR Data Analysis for M.Tech. and Ph.D. students for the last 12 years<ref name=":0" />. He is also invited for lectures/training programs in several Institutes/Universities. He has conducted numerous training programmes for Indians on SAR and InSAR realated activities as a member of task group, and also organized international programmes with the help of [[German Aerospace Center|DLR Germany]], [[CNES|CNES France]] and [[University of Cape Town|University of Capetown]], South Africa<ref name=":2" />.
He supervises doctoral and masters research on both PolSAR and InSAR applications. Dr. Rao is the Principal and Co-principal Investigator of numerous projects sponsored by [[European Space Agency]] (ESRIN/ESA); [[German Aerospace Center|German Aerospace Centre]] (DLR); the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (DST), Government of India; [[Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment|Snow & Avalanche Study Estt]] (SASE), [[Defence Electronics Application Laboratory]] (DEAL), [[Electronics and Radar Development Establishment]] (LRDE)- [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|Defense Research and Development Organization]] (DRDO), Government of India; [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO); [http://bit.ly/2TFjKtq Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research] (SAMEER), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; and [http://jecam.org/ GEOGLAM-JECAM SAR Inter-Comparison Experiment]<ref name=":2" />. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications in refereed international-national journals and conference proceedings.
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== Biography ==
Rao received the M.Sc. degree in Physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree in passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 1992<ref name=":1" /><ref></ref>.
[[File:YSRao.jpg|thumb|311x311px|
{| class="wikitable"
|+Y. S. Rao
!Nationality
!Indian
|-
|'''Fields'''
|Microwave Remote Sensing
|-
|'''Institution'''
|Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
|-
|'''Website'''
|http://bit.ly/2BowxJA
|}
]]
== Professional Career ==
He joined the [[Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, IIT Bombay|Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], in 1985, as a Senior Research Assistant and then became a Research Scientist in 1999. During 2005–2009, he was a Senior Research Scientist and then Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014. He is currently a Professor since 2015<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />. He was engaged in both passive and active microwave remote sensing for several applications viz. soil moisture<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, flood mapping<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, and crop inventory mapping<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. He has participated in several space borne campaigns for collecting synchronous ground-truth data and has experience in handling various data set for several applications of cryosphere<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, agriculture<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, water-resources<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>. His current research interests include application of polarimetry for geophysical parameter retrieval<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":3" /> and SAR interferometry for DEM<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and land deformation<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.
He is actively involve in teaching several courses including Principles of Remote Sensing, Microwave Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Advanced Concepts in Polarimetric SAR Data Analysis for M.Tech. and Ph.D. students for the last 12 years<ref name=":0" />. He is also invited for lectures/training programs in several Institutes/Universities. He has conducted numerous training programmes for Indians on SAR and InSAR realated activities as a member of task group, and also organized international programmes with the help of [[German Aerospace Center|DLR Germany]], [[CNES|CNES France]] and [[University of Cape Town|University of Capetown]], South Africa<ref name=":2" />.
He supervises doctoral and masters research on both PolSAR and InSAR applications. Dr. Rao is the Principal and Co-principal Investigator of numerous projects sponsored by [[European Space Agency]] (ESRIN/ESA); [[German Aerospace Center|German Aerospace Centre]] (DLR); the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (DST), Government of India; [[Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment|Snow & Avalanche Study Estt]] (SASE), [[Defence Electronics Application Laboratory]] (DEAL), [[Electronics and Radar Development Establishment]] (LRDE)- [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|Defense Research and Development Organization]] (DRDO), Government of India; [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO); [http://bit.ly/2TFjKtq Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research] (SAMEER), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; and [http://jecam.org/ GEOGLAM-JECAM SAR Inter-Comparison Experiment]<ref name=":2" />. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications in refereed international-national journals and conference proceedings.
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