Geo-Marine & Geomatics Research Laboratory
School of Earth, Ocean & Climate Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
BIO
Personal Profile

Sayantani Bhattacharyya
I am Sayantani Bhattacharyya. I am currently a 1st year Research Scholar in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences in the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. My research area is Remote Sensing and GIS Implementation in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences.
Education
2026-Present
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
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Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences
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Research Area: Remote Sensing and GIS implementation in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences
2021-2023
Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
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MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing
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Thesis Title: Spatio-temporal Influences of Land Cover Changes on Environmental Criticality of Kolkata
2017-2020
Loreto College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal
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BSc in Geography
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Field Survey: Physical and Socio-Economic survey of Rinchengpong, Sikkim, India.
Experience
2024-2026
Entorno Planning Management Conglomerate Pvt. Ltd.
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Assistant Manager-GIS, promoted to Consultant
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Hydro-geophysical feasibility Assessment: Applied GIS and RS to map the groundwater potential areas and evaluated water management strategies through literature review and case studies for sustainable water conservation and recharge of the Hauz-i-Shamsi heritage site in Delhi.
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Green Belt Study: Supported a green belt development study by mapping land use, soil characteristics, and vegetation health to guide ecological enhancement around an industrial site.
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Due Diligence and Desktop Screening Studies: Developed detailed maps, performed wind, solar and transmission line profiling using Google Earth Pro, conducted environmental and socio-economic baseline and climate change risk assessments.
Publications
Journals
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Bhattacharyya, S., Sinha, S., Kumari, M., Mishra, V.N., Hasher, F.F.B., Szostak, M. and Zhran, M., 2025. Spatio
Temporal Influences of Urban Land Cover Changes on Thermal-Based Environmental Criticality and Its Prediction Using CA-ANN Model over Kolkata (India). Remote Sensing, 17(6), p.1082. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/6/1082 -
Sinha, S., Pal, P., Chatterjee, S., Auddy, N., Bhattacharyya, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Saha, S., 2026. A comparative performance analysis of selected GeoAI machine learning classification techniques using satellite imagery. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 14(5), 146–153. DOI: 10.1018/IJCEE.2026.14.5.83347
