Welcome! My name is Karthikeyan Lanka. I am working as an Associate Professor in Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. I am an Associate Faculty in IDP in Climate Studies. My group works in the areas of remote sensing of terrestrial processes, land-atmosphere interactions, and agricultural droughts. You can follow my group updates at Ecohydrology Website

I am looking to hire motivated PhD students through CSRE, and IDP in Climate Studies. For more details, visit the Opportunities page (Updated: October, 2024)

Education

• PhD – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2013-2018)
• MSc (Engg.) – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2011-2013)
• BTech – SASTRA University, Thanjavur (2007-2011)

Experience

• Associate Professor - CSRE, IIT Bombay - 2025-Present
• Assistant Professor - CSRE, IIT Bombay - 2019-2025
• Post Doctoral Researcher - Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson - Feb 2019-Jul 2019
• Research Associate - Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - Mar 2018-Dec 2018

Teaching at IITB

• GNR621 – Natural Resources: Hydrosphere, Cryosphere and Atmosphere
• GNR653 – Data Analysis Methods for Geospatial Applications
• GNR641 – Remote Sensing in Water Resources and River Basin Management
• GNR640 – Geospatial statistics
• GNR644 – Remote Sensing in Surface Water Resources
• AE6103 - Introduction to Space Technology

Awards and Recognition

• Associate Editor - Journal of Hydrology, 2026
• Outstanding Reviewer - AGU Earth’s Future, 2025
• C1973 Research Excellence Award - IIT Bombay, 2023
• Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2024
• Associate Editor - Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 2024
• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair – India Geoscience and Remote Sensing SymposiuIEEE GRSS India, 2023
• Early Research Achiever Award - IIT Bombay, 2022
• Outstanding Reviewer - Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020
• Outstanding Reviewer - ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2018
• Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship - United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), 2016-17
• Prof. P.S. Narayana Medal for Best M.Sc. (Engg.) Thesis - Indian Institute of Science, 2015