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Rajiv Gandhi
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Prof. Santanu Kumar Patnaik

Professor, Department of Geography

33 years experience
Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh
Arunachal Pradesh-791112
santanu.patnaik@rgu.ac.in
9436042271

Bio

Belong to coastal State of Odisha with academic journey traversing through Odisha, Haryana, Delhi. Worked on hydrogeomorphology, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics for research degree at JNU. Coded in FORTRAN and Graphics Kernel System for vector graphics with point, line, polygons and text in early 1990s. Joined Rajiv Gandhi University, the then Arunachal University in 1993 and continuing; with one intervening year as professor in Geoinformatics at Adikavi Nannaya University. Established Labs, conducted guided field visits to various parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim and other NE States. Anchored EDUSAT in RGU, Collaborating with IMD for GNSS based weather monitoring; BARC for Radon monitoring as a precursor for earthquake; signed MoU with NRSC for Lighting Detection. Associated with the Department of Geology and Mining, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh as consultant for geolocation and mining tenement system. Involved in campus developmental initiatives like Campus wide LAN, inventory of Laboratories, monitoring and verifying purchases, construction and designs, campus beatification. Acted as Meditation ambassador for RGU. As Director, IUGS, currently managing the Undergraduate programmes offered in the University. Offering Post graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics in the Department. Assisting the University admission processes - CUET-UG and CUET-PG, RGU's own Entrance Test RGUCET and PhD admission processes- RGUPET.

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Research Publications

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Books/Chapters Published

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Sponsored Projects

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PhD Scholars Guiding