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2026
Visited Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente and the city of Enschede after 6 years. This time as an Alumnus and in the new campus. Read full reflection here.
The DynEO4SLUMS project successfully held its first Steering Committee meeting in Brussels at ULB. It was so good to meet the team in person in the beautiful city of Brussels. The steering commitee was very encouraging of the work done, and provided valubale feedback on the project’s progress. Read full details here.
My PhD Research got featured in Climate AI Nordics Newsletter and also as a featured project in their website. Take a look here
Happy to share news about the new project SESAC: Swedish Competence Centre for Satellite-Enabled Social Science Analytics. The mission is to dissovle the traditional boundaries between advanced Earth Observation (EO) technology and social science research. Read full details here.
2025
I am happy to share the preprint of our latest research: ‘The Hidden Burden of Morphological Deprivation is Small and Medium Cities’ (currently under review at Nature Cities). Read full details here.
Paper published in Discover Cities. “Satellite monitoring for post-clearance accountability: lessons from Rushikonda hill”. Check it out here.
Happy to share news about the new project Dyn4EOSLUMS: Space-time dynamics of slums and vulnerable communities exposed to multiple hazards, a two-year research project funded by BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy Office). Read full details here.
Paper published in Journal of Coastal Conservation. “Statewide field assessment of coastal protection structures in Kerala, India: structural and functional insights”. Check it out here.
Wrote a blog on accessing Google buildings v3 dataset efficiently. Read it here.
Paper published in IEEExplore. “Towards a Spatial Measure of SDG 11.1.1: Open Data for Urban Deprivation Mapping”. Check it out here.
Wrote a blog on how to use Telegram bot to notify when your jupyternotebook finishes running code. Read it here.
Wrote a blog on scalable downloads of Google’s 2.5D Building Dataset. Read it here.
Fun and rewarding experience teaching and conducting practical sessions on drones as well as supervising student projects in the course. Read full details here.
My research titled ‘Towards a Spatial Measure of SDG 11.1.1: Open Data for Urban Deprivation Mapping’ presented at IEEE JURSE 2025 in Tunisia, Tunis. Read the full details here.
Very happy to be part of NEOGEO Research Lab and build it together with its incredible researchers. Link to full details here
Paper published in Ocean & Coastal Management. “Integrating coastal protection structures into vulnerability assessments: A case study from Kerala, India”. Check it out here.
2024
I had the opportunity to attend the CRS Symposium ‘Sustainability under negotiation’. Read my full reflection here.
Thrilled to launch the DEPRIMAP project website, where you can explore our work on mapping and modelling Deprived Urban Areas (DUAs) using advanced Earth Observation, geospatial data, and machine learning techniques. Link to website