Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan



 

Name               : Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan

Designation    : Professor

Academic Performance

University/Board

Qualification

Year

Specialisation

Kerala University, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala

B.Tech.

1997 - 2001

Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

M.Tech.

(Civil)

2001 - 2003

Remote Sensing, GIS

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Ph.D.

(Civil)

2003 - 2007

Global Positioning System


Area of Specialization

  • Global Positioning System

  • Remote Sensing

  • Geographic Information System

  • Surveying

  • Advanced Surveying Techniques

  • Geodesy

    • Ph.D. Thesis title: Geodetic monitoring of deformation of Large Engineering Structures (January 2003 - May 2007)

M.Tech. Dissertation title: A Study on Stratospheric Pollution with reference to UARS* data   (*UARS: Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) (July 2001 - December 2002)

Area of Research

  • Land Use Planning: Land Use/Land cover assessment, Site Suitability Analysis, Urban Sprawl, Urban Residential Modelling, Urban Livability, Urban Planning

  • Land Use – Traffic Engineering: Safety Analysis for Pedestrians, Bus Stops, Speed Management, Accident Analysis, Para-transit modelling

  • Land Use – Transportation Interaction: Travel Demand Modelling, Facility based Management, Travel Time & Delay Analysis, OD Matrix estimation using 3S Technology

  • GIS-GPS Based Pavement Management System

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing      

  • Facility Management

  • Land use- Transportation Impact Analysis                         

  • Urban Flood Modelling: Land use/Land cover-based flood hazard mapping

  • Land use landcover based soil erosion and sediment yield modelling

  • Structural Health Monitoring: Integrated Sensors Technology Development

Research - Sponsored Projects Undertaken

  1. Urban Speed Management using ITS, Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, IIT Madras and Ministry of Urban Development,2010 - 2015 Dr. S. Moses Santhakumar, Dr. Samson Mathew, Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan

  2. Land use and Land cover Assessment along Tiruchirappalli City using High Resolution Remote Sensing Images, Fast Track Research Proposal For Young Scientists, SERB (Department of Science & Technology), 2012 - 2015 , Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan

  3. Centre of Excellence in Transportation Engineering (CETransE), sanctioned by MHRD, GoI (2013) of 2 crores till Date.  Core Members: Dr. S. Moses Santhakumar, Dr. Samson Mathew, Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Dr. V. Sunitha

  4. Development of an Integrated Health Monitoring System for Large Engineering Structures , SERB-IMPRINT IIC (Institute-Industry Collaborative project), 2019 - 2023 , Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Dr. C. Natarajan, Dr. N. Sivakumaran, Dr. D. Ezhilarasi

  5. Centre Of Cauvery River Basin Management Studies In State Of Karnataka & Tamil Nadu, Sponsored By Ministry Of Jal Shakti, GoI, New Delhi, Department Of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Through National River Conservation Directorate (Rs. 2.5 Crores/Year For 3 Years)

Publications

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Books/Monographs/Course Module developed

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Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

  1. Life Membership Institution of Engineers (India) IEI
  2. Life Membership India Society of Remote Sensing ISRS
  3. Life Membership Indian Society of Geomatics ISG
  4. Life Membership Transporation Research Group TRG

Honours and awards

  • Awarded the 3rd prize for "Best paper presentation by a student" at ISRS Annual Convention 2003, National Symposium on Resource Management with Special Reference to Geoinformatics and Decentralized Planning, 9-12 December 2003, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The title of the paper was "Studies on Ozone and trace gases with HALOE over India", co-authored by Sanjeev Kumar, M.V.R. Murti and C.S.Rao.

  • Awarded Students paper award for contribution "Direct GPS measurement of Koyna Dam during Earthquake", Nisha Radhakrishnan, Madhav N. Kulkarni Kamal Sakr, 3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering & 12th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Baden, Austria, May 22 - 24 2006.

  • Awarded 1st for Paper presentation for contribution "Structural Deformation Monitoring of Large Engineering Structures using GPS: A Case study on Koyna Dam, Western Maharashtra", Nisha Radhakrishnan, Madhav N Kulkarni, 2nd National Conference on Geospatial Technologies and Applications, Geomatrix'11, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, February 26 - 27, 2011.

  • Awarded the “Best Performer Award” in the Institute Day 2024 of National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

Ph.D./M.Tech./B.Tech. Guidance

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M.Tech./B.Tech. Guidance, click for list of topics here.

Subjects Handling/Handled

  • GIS and Remote Sensing in Water Resources

  • Geospatial Techniques [Open Elective]

  • CAD Lab in Transportation Engineering

  • Surveying & Levelling

  • Advanced Surveying Techniques

  • Geodetic Surveying

  • Remote Sensing and GIS

  • Basic Civil Engineering

  • Introduction to Civil Engineering

  • Survey Lab

    • Administrative Responsibilities

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    Department Level Responsbilities, Click here.

    Academic/Significant Outreach Activities

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    Contact Address

    Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan

    Professor

    Room No. 202

    Department of Civil Engineering

    Ph: 0431 - 2503162

    Email: nisha@nitt.edu