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Title Dr. First Name Manika Last Name Gupta Photograph

Designation Assistant Professor
Address Room No. 15, Department of Geology, University of Delhi,
Delhi -110007

Flat 30C-IA Block, Ashok Vihar Phase -1

Delhi-110052
Phone No Office
Residence
Mobile 91-9810162481
Email manikagup@gmail.com
Web-Page

Educational Qualifications
Degree Institution Year
PhD Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi 2012
M.Sc. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2006
B.Sc. University of Rajasthan 2003

Career Profile
I am currently working as an Assistant Professor (UGC-FRP) in Department of Geology, University of
Delhi. Prior to joining at Department of Geology, I worked as Research Scientist at Goddard Space Flight
Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, US for three years (2013 -2016) and worked in the field of
hydrological sciences with focus on Land Information System (LIS)- Land surface models, microwave
soil moisture retrieval algorithm development, Weather Research and Forecasting and Geospatial
modeling. I have more than 8 years of academic training and interdisciplinary experience in the field of
Hydrology and remote sensing, with nearly 35 publications in peer reviewed International journals, 2
books with reputed publishing house (Springer, 2014) .
Administrative Assignments

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Land Surface Modelling, Hyperspectral remote sensing, Weather Research and Forecasting
(WRF), Microwave satellite soil moisture retrieval, Agricultural water management.

• Microwave and hyperspectral remote sensing for Environmental applications

• Microwave Satellite based soil moisture retrieval algorithm development using radiative
transfer modelling (Single Channel Algorithms, LPRM)
• Model evaluation, development and forecasting (Runoff -Rainfall model evaluation, Satellite
and mesoscale model based soil moisture deficit model development, Data assimilation)
• Physical and Numerical modelling (HYDRUS 1D, SWAT, Probability Distribution Model,
WRF-Noah-LSM)
• Soil water retention, geophysical studies and irrigation scheduling
• Geospatial and Land use/land cover modelling

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Subjects Taught

M.Sc II semester –Environmental Geology

M.Sc. IV semester- Remote sensing and GIS

Time table of the subjects taught during the current semester

S.No. Subject Days Time Classroom
1 Hydrogeology (B.Sc. IV) Monday, 2:15-4:15 Click here to enter
Wednesday(P) 2:15-4:15 text.
Friday 11:30-1:30

2 Remote Sensing and Monday, 11.30-1:30

GIS (B.Sc. VI) Wednesday, 11.30-1:30
Friday(P) 2:15-4:15

3 Remote Sensing and Tuesday, 11.30-1:30

GIS (M.Sc. IV) Thursday 9:30 – 11:30
Thursday (P) 11.30-1:30
Research Guidance
1. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress, Synergestic Utilization of EO by
integrative use of LSM and Runoff routing for flood monitoring and forecasting
(Vikrant Maurya)
2. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress, Integrative utilization of EO-based
observations with CLSM for drought forecasting in India (Pankaj Sharma)
3. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress, Evaluating landslide vulnerability
through Geo-modelling (Juby Thomas)

Publications Profile
1. Books:
a. Computational Intelligence Techniques for Earth and Environmental Sciences
(2014), edited by Tanvir Islam, Prashant K. Srivastava, Manika Gupta, Saumitra
Mukherjee and Xuan Zhu, Springer Verlag, ISBN 978-94-017-8642-3
b. Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Research (2014), edited by
Prashant K. Srivastava,Saumitra Mukherjee,Manika Gupta,Tanvir Islam,
Springer Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-319-05905-1 (Print) 978-3-319-05906-8 (Online)
2. Journal Publications:
a. PK. Srivastava, AradhanaYaduvanshi, SK Singh, Tanvir Islam, and Manika
Gupta(2016). "Support vector machines and generalized linear models for
quantifying soil dehydrogenase activity in agro-forestry system of mid altitude
central Himalaya." Environmental Earth Sciences 75, no. 4: 1-15
b. Garg, N.K. and *Gupta, M., 2015. Assessment of improved soil hydraulic
parameters for soil water content simulation and irrigation scheduling. Irrigation
Science
c. PK Srivastava, T Islam, M Gupta, G Petropoulos, Q Dai, 2015. WRF Dynamical
Downscaling and Bias Correction Schemes for NCEP Estimated Hydro-
Meteorological Variables, Water Resources Management 29 (7), 2267-2284.
d. PK. Srivastava, D Han, MA Ramirez, P O’Neill, T Islam, M Gupta, Q Dai,
(2015). Performance evaluation of WRF-Noah Land surface model estimated soil

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 moisture for hydrological application: Synergistic evaluation using SMOS
retrieved soil moisture. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 200-212

e. Gupta, M., Srivastava, P. K., Tanvir Islam, Asnor M. Ishak., 2014. Evaluation of
TRMM rainfall for soil moisture prediction in a sub tropical climate.
Environmental Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2837-6)
f. Srivastava, P.K., Han, D., Rico-Ramirez, M.A., O'Neill, P., Islam, T., and Gupta,
M., 2014. Assessment of SMOS soil moisture retrieval parameters using tau-
omega algorithms for soil moisture deficit estimation, Journal of Hydrology, 519,
574-587.
g. Islam, T., Rico-Ramirez, M.A., Srivastava, P.K., Qiang, D., Han, D., and Gupta,
M., CLOUDET: A cloud detection and estimation algorithm for passive
microwave imagers and sounders aided by Naive Bayes classifier and multilayer
perceptron, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and
Remote Sensing. (10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2321559)
h. T Islam, PK Srivastava, Q Dai, M Gupta, L Zhuo, 2014. An introduction to
factor analysis for radio frequency interference detection on satellite observations,
Meteorological Applications (doi: 10.1002/met.1473)
i. T Islam, PK Srivastava, Q Dai, M Gupta, 2014. Ice cloud detection from AMSU-
A, MHS, and HIRS satellite instruments inferred by cloud profiling radar, Remote
Sensing Letters, 5(12), 1012-1021.
j. T Islam, PK Srivastava, MA Rico-Ramirez, Q Dai, D Han, M Gupta, 2014. An
exploratory investigation of an adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS)
for estimating hydrometeors from TRMM/TMI in synergy with TRMM/PR.
Atmospheric Research 145, 57-68
k. Patel, D.P., Srivastava, P.K., Gupta, M. and Nandhakumar, N.Decision Support
System integrated with Geographic Information System to target restoration
actions for Hathmati watershed", Journal of Earth System Science
l. Gupta, M., Garg, N. K.., Joshi, H., and Sharma, M.P., 2013. Assessing impact of
irrigation treatments on Thiram residual trends: Correspondence with numerical
modelling and field scale experiments. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, 186(3), 1639-1654.
m. Ishak, A.M., Srivastava, P.K., Gupta, M., Tanvir Islam, 2014. The Development
of Numerical Weather Models-A review, Bulletin of Environmental and Scientific
Research, 3 (1), 15-20.
n. Srivastava, P.K., Han, D., Miguel A Rico-Ramirez, Bray, M., Islam, T., Gupta,
M., Qiang, D., 2014. Estimation of land surface temperature from atmospherically
corrected LANDSAT TM image using 6S and NCEP global reanalysis product,
Environmental Earth Sciences
o. Gupta M., Garg N.K., Joshi H., Sharma M.P., 2012. Persistence and mobility of
2,4-D in unsaturated soil zone under winter wheat crop in sub-tropical region of

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 India. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 146, 60– 72.

p. Srivastava, P.K., Mehta, A., Gupta, M., Singh, S.K., and Islam, T., 2014.
Assessing Impact of Climate Change on Mundra Mangroves Forest Ecosystem,
Gulf of Kutch, Western Coast of India: A Synergistic Evaluation Using Remote
Sensing, Theoretical and Applied Climatology
q. Srivastava P.K., Singh, S.K., Gupta M, Thakur, J.K., and Mukherjee, S., 2013.
Modeling Impact of Land Use Change Trajectories on Groundwater Quality
Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Environmental Engineering and Management
Journal
r. Yadav S.K., Singh S.K.,Gupta, M., Srivastava, P. K., 2013. Morphometric
Analysis of Upper Tons Basin from Northern Foreland of Peninsular India using
CARTOSAT satellite and GIS. Geocarto International (Accepted:
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2013.868043)
s. Singh, S.K., Srivastava P.K., Gupta M et al., 2013. Appraisal of Land use/land
cover of Mangrove Forest Ecosystem using Support Vector Machine.
Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2628-0
t. Srivastava P.K., Han D., Gupta M., Mukherjee S., 2012 Integrated framework for
monitoring groundwater pollution using Geographical Information System and
multivariate analysis. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 57(7), 1453-1472.
u. Srivastava, P. K., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M., 2012. Mapping spatial distribution
of pollutants in groundwater of a tropical area of India using remote sensing and
GIS. Applied Geomatics, 4(1), 1-12, DOI: 10.1007/s12518-011-0072-y
v. Srivastava, P. K., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M., Singh S.K., 2011. Characterizing
Monsoonal Variation on Water Quality Index of River Mahi in India using
Geographical Information System. Water Qual. Expo. Health, DOI:
10.1007/s12403-011-0038-7
w. Singh S.K., Srivastava, P. K., Gupta, M., Mukherjee, S., 2012, Modeling mineral
phase change chemistry of groundwater in a rural-urban fringe, Water Science
Technology, 66(7):1502-1510.
x. Srivastava, P.K., Kiran, G.S., Gupta, M., Sharma, N.K., & Prasad, K.S., 2012. A
Study on Distribution of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Vegetables using GIS
and Analytical Technique. International Journal of Ecology & Development, 20,
89-99.
y. Gupta, M., Srivastava, P. K., 2010. Integrating GIS and remote sensing for
identification of groundwater potential zones in the hilly terrain of Pavagarh,
Gujarat, India. Water International, 35, 233–245.
z. Srivastava, P.K., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M., 2010. Impact of Urbanization on
Land Use/Land Cover Change using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study.
International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, 18, 106-117.

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 aa. Mukherjee, S., Shashtri, S., Singh, C.K., Srivastava, P.K., Gupta, M.,2009.
Effect of Canal on Land Use/Land Cover using Remote Sensing and GIS. J.
Indian Soc. Remote Sensing, 37, 527–537.
3. Book Chapters
a. Gupta, M., Srivastava, P.K., Mukherjee, S., and G. Sandhya Kiran, 2014.
Chlorophyll Retrieval using Ground based Hyperspectral Data from a tropical
area of India using regression algorithms, Remote Sensing Applications to
Environmental Research, Springer Verlag.
b. Gupta, M., Srivastava, P.K., and Islam, T., Integrative use of near-surface
satellite soil moisture and precipitation for estimation of improved irrigation
scheduling parameters, Elsevier Publications
c. Prashant K. Srivastava, Saumitra Mukherjee, Tanvir Islam, Manika Gupta,
(2015), Performance evaluation of digital elevation model for generation of
morphometric parameters towards soil and water conservation, to be appeared in
Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development, CRC Press, Taylor
and Francis edited by Prashant K. Srivastava, Pawan Kumar, PC Pandey, Dawei
Han and AS Raghubanshi.

Publications in the Last one year

1. Khan, A.A., Pant, N.C., Ravindra, R., Alok, A., Gupta, M. and Gupta, S., 2017. A
precipitation perspective of the Hydrosphere-cryosphere interaction in the
Himalaya. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, pp.SP462-2.

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

1. Gupta, M., Bolten, J. and Lakshmi Improving soil moisture simulation to support Agricultural Water
Resource Management using Satellite-based water cycle observations, European Geosciences Union
(EGU) General Assembly, in Vienna, Austria, April 17th - April 22nd, 2016
2. Gupta, M., Bolten, J. and Lakshmi, V Synergistic Utilization of Microwave Satellite Data and
GRACE-Total Water Storage Anomaly for Improving Available Water Capacity Prediction in Lower
Mekong Basin, American Geophysical Union (AGU) San Francisco, December 14th - 18th, 2015
3. Bolten, J., Gupta, M., Gatebe, C.K., and Ichoku, C.M. Regional Land Surface Hydrology Impacts from
Fire-Induced Surface Albedo Darkening in Northern Sub-Saharan Africa, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) San Francisco, December 14th - 18th, 2015
4. Gupta, M., Bolten, J. and Lakshmi, V Optimizing available water capacity using microwave satellite
data for improving irrigation management, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, in
Vienna, Austria, April 12th - April 17th, 2015
5. Roughness parameter optimization using Land Parameter Retrieval Model and Soil Moisture Deficit:
Implementation using SMOS brightness temperatures, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General
Assembly, in Vienna, Austria, April 12th - April 17th, 2015
6. Performance of MODIS satellite and mesoscale model based land surface temperature for soil moisture
deficit estimation using Neural Network, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, in
Vienna, Austria, April 12th - April 17th, 2015
7. Srivastava, P.K., Han, D., Rico-Ramirez, M.A., O'Neil, P., Islam, T., and Gupta, M., Performance
evaluation of SMOS soil moisture retrieval parameters for hydrological application, HIC 2014 – 11th

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International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 17-21st August, New York
8. Gupta, M; Garg, N.K.; Srivastava, P K. Integration of TRMM rainfall in numerical model for pesticide
prediction in subtropical climate, HIC 2014 – 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 17-
21st August, New York
9. Gupta, M, Garg, N.K., Srivastava, P K and Islam, T., Sensitivity & Uncertainty Analysis of HYDRUS
1D in soil water content simulation, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, in Vienna,
Austria, April 27th - May 2nd, 2014
10. Gupta, M., Garg, N.K., Srivastava, P.K., and Islam, T, 2013, Application of satellite based rainfall in
predicting pesticide residue in agricultural domain, (Poster presentation) GPM Applications Workshop,
NOAA Centre for climate and weather prediction, 12-13 November 2013, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Sr.No. Title Cost (in rupees) Duration Agency

1 PI in Synergistic utilisation of EO- Rs. 15 lakhs 1 year (From Jan India-UK Water
based soil moisture 2018 to Center,
observations: Applications in the December 2018)
IITM, Dr. Homi
UK and India
Bhabha Road,
Pune-411008

2. Co-PI in Crop type and stage Rs. 28 lakhs 3 year Jan 2018 SAC, Department
discrimination using field to Dec 2020 of Space,
spectroradiometry and Ahmedabad
hyperspectral remote sensing

Awards and Distinctions

 Awarded withNASA Postdoctoral Fellowshipat NASA-GSFC, USA, 2015

 Awarded withEndeavour Post graduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS) at University of
Sydney byMinistry of Australia, Australia, 2009
 National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship, in Environmental Sciences, Awarded by
University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, 2005
 National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in
Environmental Sciences, Awarded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government
of India, 2006
Association With Professional Bodies

• Indian Society of Geomatics

• Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

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• International Society for Agrometeorology (INSAM)
• Indian Water Resources Society

Other Activities

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