| Title | Dr. | First Name | KUSUMA K.N. | Last Name |
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| Designation | Associate Professor | ||||||
| Department | Department of Earth Sciences | ||||||
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| Employement Info | |||||||
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| Employee Type | Nature Of Employment | ||||||
| Teaching | Permanent | ||||||
| Educational Qualifications | |||||||
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| Degree/Certification Name | Institution | Year of Completion | |||||
| Ph.D. - Ph.D. | IIT Bombay | 2010 | |||||
| PG | Bharathidasan University | 1999 | |||||
| PG | Kannur University | 1998 | |||||
| UG | Calicut University | 1996 | |||||
| Teaching Experience (Within Institution) | |||
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| Designation | Duration | ||
| Associate Professor | Presently Working since 15-10-2022 (3 years, 9 months, 23 days) | ||
| Assistant Professor | 23-11-2011 To 14-10-2022 (10 years, 10 months, 21 days) | ||
| Teaching Experience (Outside Institution) | |||||
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| Designation | Institute | Duration | |||
| Post-Doctoral Fellow | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad | 11-10-2010 To 18-11-2011 (1 years, 1 months, 7 days) | |||
| Research Assistant | IIT Bombay | 09-11-2009 To 08-10-2010 (10 months, 29 days) | |||
| Research Assistant | IIT Bombay | 05-04-2004 To 28-02-2006 (1 years, 10 months, 23 days) | |||
| Engineer-Image Processing | InfodeskManipalPvt. Ltd., Bangalore | 01-01-2004 To 02-04-2004 (3 months, 1 days) | |||
| Project Executive | Genesys International Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore | 08-06-2000 To 14-11-2002 (2 years, 5 months, 6 days) | |||
| Courses/Subjects Taught | ||||||
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| Teaching Activity Type | Course Title | Semester | Total Assigned Classes | Number of Classes Taught | Duration | |
| Lecture | B. Sc. (Honors) - Applied Geology/AGMA 313-Advanced Remote Sensing & GIS | 5 | 30 | 30 | 10-07-2025 To 14-11-2025 (4 months, 4 days) | |
| Practical | B. Sc. (Honors) - Applied Geology/AGMA 313-Advanced Remote sensing & GIS | 5 | 30 | 30 | 10-07-2025 To 14-11-2025 (4 months, 4 days) | |
| Lecture | Integrated M.Sc. V Year (Applied Geology)/EASC-515 Advanced Remote Sensing & GIS | 9 | 45 | 45 | 10-07-2025 To 14-11-2025 (4 months, 4 days) | |
| Practical | Integrated M.Sc. V Year (Applied Geology)/EASC-516 Advanced Geology Lab III- Remote Sensing & GIS component | 9 | 30 | 30 | 10-07-2025 To 14-11-2025 (4 months, 4 days) | |
| Lecture | M.Sc. II Year (Applied Geology) / EASC-515 Advanced Remote Sensing & GIS | 3 | 45 | 45 | 10-07-2025 To 14-11-2025 (4 months, 4 days) | |
| Research Supervision Overview | |||||||
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| PhD Scholars Supervised | PhD Degrees Awarded | Theses Submitted | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Research Publications | |||||||
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| Title of Article | Type of Publication | Name of Journal | ISSN | Journal Volume | Year | Link to Article | DOI (Digital Object Identifier) |
| Reflectance spectroscopic study of Olivine basalts of the Western Oceanus Procellarum: Constraints from hyperspectral data, Analogue and spectral Deconvolution | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | ICARUS | ISSN: 0019-1035 | 453 (2026) 117077 | 2026 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103526001430 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117077 |
| Morphological, Mineralogical, and Chronological Mapping of Briggs Floor Fractured Crater Using Lunar Remote Sensing Datasets | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | ICARUS | ISSN: 0019-1035 | 446 (2026) 116871 | 2025 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103525004191?dgcid=author | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116871 |
| Geomorphological study of the gullies in Penticton Crater, Mars: Classification and origin | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Planetary and Space Science | ISSN: 0032-0633 | 255 (2024); id.106014 | 2024 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063324001788?via%3Dihub | DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2024.106014 |
| Mineralogical and morphological mapping of Nernst crater using lunar remote sensing datasets | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Planetary and Space Science | 0032-0633 | 235 (2023) 105746 | 2023 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063323001150 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105746 |
| Reflectance Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Alteration Zones Developed Around Auriferous Reefs Hosted in Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, India: A Tool for E | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing | 0974-3006; 0255-660X | 51(1) | 2022 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12524-022-01626-4 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01626-4 |
| Understanding the mineralogy of a compositional anomaly north of the Korolev basin using Moon Mineralogy Mapper | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Advances in Space Research | 0273-1177 / 1879-1948 | 71(1) | 2022 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117722009383 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.017 |
| Reflectance spectra and AVIRIS-NG airborne hyperspectral data analysis for mapping ultramafic rocks in igneous terrain | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Journal of Spectral Imaging | ISSN: 2040-4565 | 11 | 2022 | https://doaj.org/article/c7572be332d942e0861f68dc51aa7222 | https://doi: 10.1255/jsi.2022.a9 |
| Application of Feature Based Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) technique on Landsat8 OLI multispectral data to map Kimberlite pipes. | Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals | Indian Journal of Science and Technology | P-ISSN 0974-6846; E-ISSN 0974-5645 | 14(4) | 2021 | https://indjst.org/articles/application-of-feature-based-principal-component-analysis-fpca-technique-on-landsat8-oli-multispectral-data-to-map-kimberlite-pipes | DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v14i4.1741 |
| Artificial Recharge and its Impact on Groundwater Sustainability and Socioeconomic Status in Parts of Kumudvathi River Basin | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Special Issue: J. Geological Society of India | ISSN:0016-7622 | SP-07 | 10.17491/cgsi/2020/156159 | ||
| Frequency ratio modelling using geospatial data to predict Kimberlite Clan of rock emplacement zones in Dharwar Craton, India | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Int J Appl Earth Obs Geoinformation | ISSN:1569-8432; E-ISSN:1872-826X | 74 | 2018 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243417303306 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.08.019 |
| Spectral pathways for effective delineation of high grade Bauxites: a case study from the Savitri River Basin, Maharashtra, India using EO-1-Hyperion | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | International Journal of Remote Sensing | ISSN 0143-1161 print/ISSN 1366-5901 | 33 (22) | 2012 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431161.2012.700131 | https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.700131 |
| Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of Gruithuisen region on Moon using M3 and DIVINER images | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Planetary and Space Sciences | 0032-0633 | 67 (1) | 2012 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032063312000530 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2012.02.012 |
| Measurement of thermal properties of select intact and weathered granulites and their relationship to rock properties | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | GEOPHYSICS | ISSN (print):0016-8033ISSN (online):1942-2156 | 77 (3) | https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0225.1 | ||
| Noise-signal index threshold: A new noise-reduction technique for generation of reference spectra and efficient hyperspectral image classification | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Geocarto International | Print ISSN: 1010-6049;Online ISSN: 1752-0762 | 25(7) | 2010 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2010.510582 | https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2010.510582 |
| SCS-CN and GIS-based approach for identifying potential water harvesting sites in the Kali Watershed, Mahi River Basin, India | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Journal of Earth System Science | Online ISSN: 0973-774X;Print ISSN: 2347-4327 | 118(4) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-009-0034-5 | ||
| Remote sensing study of Granulitic terrain in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan | Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals | Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing | 0974-3006; 0255-660X | Vol.34(4):pp 331-341 | https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990918 | ||
| Non-Journal Publications | |||||||
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| Title of Publication | Type of Publication | Publisher | Role | ISBN | Year | Link to Publication | Level |
| Integrated Geospatial Approach for Mangrove Restoration and Environmental Sustainability in Mundra Coast of Gujarat, India | Chapters in Books | Springer Nature Switzerland | Co-Author | ISBN : 978-3-031-62441-4 | 2024 | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-62442-1 | International |
| Geographical Information System Based Morphometric Analysis of Dibang River, Arunachal Pradesh, India | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | Co-Author | 978-83-66254-10-7 | 2022 | https://scispace.com/pdf/geographical-information-system-based-morphometric-analysis-211fphpk.pdf | International |
| Emissivity | Chapters in Books | Springer, Cham. | Author | Print ISBN978-3-319-14540-2; Online ISBN978-3-319-14541-9 | 2020 | https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-14541-9_196 | International |
| Submergence Analysis of Proposed Dibang Multipurpose Project, Lower Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India, using Geospatial Technique | Chapters in Books | Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi | Author | 978-93-87997-82-0 | 2019 | National | |
| National Seminar on Dynamics of Surface & Subsurface Geological Processes | Edited Books | Excel India Publishers | Co-Editor | 978-93-86724-39-7 | 2018 | National | |
| Silicic Volcanism on the Moon | Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahemadabad | Author | 2320-7108. | 2013 | National | |
| Surface temperature mapping using ETM - TIR images in parts of Precambrian terrain, India | Chapters in Books | MacMillan India Ltd, New Delhi | Co-Author | 10:0230-63867-8 | 2008 | National | |
| Spectral reflectance studies of lunar analog rocks | Chapters in Books | MacMillan India Ltd, New Delhi | Author | 10:0230-63867-8 | 2008 | National | |
| Marine Clays and its Impact on the Rapid Urbanization Developments: A Case study of Mumbai Area Using EO-1-Hyperion data | Chapters in Books | New India Publications, New Delhi | Co-Author | 9788189422349 | 2008 | National | |
| Research Projects | ||||||
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| Project Title | Project Type | Year Of Sanction | Outcome/Output | Duration | ||
| Remote Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of selected Lunar regions using Chandrayaan-2 datasets | Major | 2023 | Ongoing since 19-05-2023 (3 years, 2 months, 19 days) | |||
| Structural, mineral chemical and morphometric investigation of lunar wrinkle ridges in the Mare Tranquillitatis | Major | 2023 | Ongoing since 01-03-2023 (3 years, 5 months, 6 days) | |||
| Multi-proxy analysis for constraining controls on spatial variability in physical and geochemical characteristics of soil and sediments of the Ponnaiyar River Basin, southern India | Major | 2023 | Ongoing since 02-03-2023 (3 years, 5 months, 5 days) | |||
| Methodology Development for Exploring Precious metals (Gold) Using Imaging Spectroscopic Technique | Major | 2016 | 18-03-2016 To 31-03-2021 (5 years, 13 days) | |||
| An Integrated Morphological & Spectral Analysis of ShalbatanaVallis and its surrounding region of Mars using MOM-MCC data as well as international datasets | Major | 2016 | 16-12-2016 To 31-12-2019 (3 years, 15 days) | |||
| A morphological And Compositional Analysis of selected Geochemical Anomalous Regions on Moon Using Chandrayaan-1 and other lunar datasets | Major | 2016 | 19-12-2016 To 12-03-2020 (3 years, 2 months, 22 days) | |||
| Visible-IR and XRF spectroscopicstudies of Lunar Analogues | Major | 2018 | 17-07-2018 To 31-07-2021 (3 years, 14 days) | |||
| Talk Poster Presented | |||||||
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| Name of the Activity | Role | Date of Activity | |||||
| Sharma S, et al. (2025) "Origin of Olivine-Rich Lithologies on Montes Haemus on the Lunar Nearside" 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) conference 2025 (Abstract id: #2055; paper presented in online mode) | Participant | 12-03-2025 | |||||
| Sharma S, et al. (2025) Morphological Classification of Lunar rilles on parts of lunar near side" 6ᵗʰ Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC) 2025 - IIT Roorkee (Abstract id: 122- poster presentation). | Participant | 05-03-2025 | |||||
| Magar S, et al. (2025) "Multiproxy analysis of Lunar wrinkle ridge....near Lamont region inMare Tranquillitatis; insights into nature and dynamics of subjacent thrust"-6ᵗʰ Indian Planetary Science Conference 2025 - IIT Roorkee (abstract id: #5) | Participant | 05-03-2025 | |||||
| Chaudhuri N, et al. (2025) Characterisation of Olivine basalts of Western Oceanus Procellarum of lunar nearside: An MGM approach" 6ᵗʰ Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC) 2025 organised by IIT Roorkee ( abstract id: #23; oral presentation) | Participant | 14-03-2025 | |||||
| Madhura et al.(2025) Mineralogy of Keeler crater: inferences from Moon mineralogical mapper - 6ᵗʰ Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC) 2025- IIT Roorkee (abstract id:#118-poster presentation) | Participant | 05-03-2025 | |||||
| Delivered talk on "Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Exploration of Earth and Planetary Surfaces" in a national seminar "Women in Geosciences: Opportunities, Challenges and Accomplishments" organised by National Centre for Earth Science Studies | Keynote Speaker | 03-09-2025 | |||||
| Delivered an invited talk on "Introduction to hyperspectral Remote sensing" at the Workshop on "Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Geo-Resource Mapping" organized by Centre for Geoinformatics and Planetary studies, Periyar University | Resource Person | 12-01-2024 | |||||
| Delivered lecture on :Hyperspectral Remote sensing in mineral exploration-A case study from Hutti-Maski Schist Belt" at Workshop on "Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Geo-Resource Mapping" organized by Periyar University | Resource Person | 12-01-2024 | |||||
| Magar S, et al. (2024). Differentiating wrinkle ridges for the analysis of displacement-length ratios in Mare Tranquillitatis. ICPEH2024, PRL, Ahmedabad (abstract vol. page no 140) - poster presentation | Participant | 07-02-2024 | |||||
| Sharma S, et al.(2024). Compositional diversity of Manilius crater and the surrounding region using Chandrayan hyperspectral datasets. International Conference on Planets, Exoplanets and Habitability (ICPEH)2024 - PRL Ahmedabad. (page no 121-12). #Poster | Participant | 07-02-2024 | |||||
| Keerthana R., Annadurai R., and Kusuma K.N (2024) Morphological, Mineralogical, and Chronological Mapping of Nernst Crater Using Lunar Remote Sensing Datasets. International Conference on Planets, Exoplanets and Habitability (ICPEH) 2024-PRL Ahmedabad. | Participant | 08-02-2024 | |||||
| Sharma, S., Chaudhuri, N., Kusuma, K.N., and Bhadra, S (2024). Compositional Diversity of Manilius crater and the surrounding region: Inferences from IIRS and M3 reflectance data. NSSS 2024; 26 Feb 2024 - 01 March 2024, Goa University. [PS3-P-092] | Participant | 29-02-2024 | |||||
| Chadhuri, N., and Kusuma, K.N (2024). Lunar Basalt Analysis near Lichtenberg Crater: M3 Insights and MGM Deconvolution. National Space Science Symposium, 26 Feb 2024 - 01 March 2024, Goa University NSSS2024 [PS3-P-091] | Participant | 28-02-2025 | |||||
| Magar,S, Chaudhuri R, Bhadra S., and Kusuma, K.N (2024) A new approach to constrain displacement-length ratios of lunar wrinkle ridges in the Lamont region of Mare Tranquillitatis. NSSS2024, 26 Feb 2024 - 01 March 2024, Goa University [PS3-P-111] | Participant | 27-02-2024 | |||||
| R Keerthana, R., Annadurai, and Kusuma, K.N., (2023) Spectral Reflectance Studies of Nernst Crater on Moon Using Chandrayaan-1 M3 Datasets. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023, March 13-17 (LPI Contributions2806, #1436); #Poster-online mode | Participant | 14-03-2023 | |||||
| Chaudhuri, N., Kusuma K.N. and Bharathvaj S. A. (2023). Understanding lunar olivine composition of a part of Oceanus Procellarum using terrestrial analogues. 54th LPSC 2023 (LPI Contrib 2806; #1965); March 13-17, 2023, the Woodlands, Texas. #Poster-Online | Participant | 15-11-2023 | |||||
| Chaudhuri, N., Kusuma K.N. and Bharathvaj S. A. (2023) Mineralogical and Morphological Investigation in and Around the Bowditch Crater of Lunar Farside: Insight int the Complex Volcanic Processes; AOGS2023. Singapore 30 July – 4th Aug 2023. [#PS20-A021]. | Participant | 02-08-2023 | |||||
| Chaudhuri N., Kusuma K. N., and Bharathvaj S. A. (2022). Understanding Spinel Spectra of the Sinus Aestuum. Region Using Modified Gaussian Model. 53rd LPSC2022. March 7-11, 2022, the Woodlands, Texas [#1991]. #Poster presentation-Online mode | Participant | 09-03-2022 | |||||
| Delivered talk on "Spectral geology: A tool for exploring earth and planetary surfaces" at internation conference on Conference on Geology: Emerging Methods and Applications (GEM-2023) organized by Christ College, Thrissur, Kerala | Keynote Speaker | 25-01-2023 | |||||
| Delivered an online lecture on "Sensor Characteristics & Resolutions" in a 21-day training program on “Winter School in Geospatial Science and Technology (level 1)” sponsored by DST and NGP, organised by the Central University of Tamil Nadu. | Resource Person | 26-11-2022 | |||||
| delivered a lecture on "Types of Remote Sensing Data" in a 21-day training program on “Winter School in Geospatial Science and Technology (level 1)” from 21st November – 11th December 2022, sponsored by DST and NGP- Central University of Tamilnadu | Resource Person | 26-11-2022 | |||||
| Delivered lecture on Interpretation Keys and Visual Interpretation 21 days training program on “Winter School in Geospatial Science and Technology (level 1)” sponsored by DST and NGP organized by Central University of Tamil Nadu. | Resource Person | 27-11-2022 | |||||
| Deliver a lecture on Land Use & Land Cover Mapping in a 21-day training program on “Winter School in Geospatial Science and Technology (level 1)” from 21st Nov – 11th Dec2022, sponsored by DST and NGP - Central University of Tamilnadu | Resource Person | 27-11-2022 | |||||