BHARATH SETTURU

Dr. Bharath Setturu is currently working as a post doctoral fellow at Energy and Wetlands Research Group (EWRG), Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

He is currently a guest faculty at the Depart of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, IIT Jodhpur.

He has published 1 book, 32 research papers in peer reviewed international journals, 4 book chapters, 45 papers in national & international conference proceedings, 75 technical reports.

He has been actively involved in several national and international scientific projects carried out by EWRG team using a wide range of GIS, Earth Observation/Remote Sensing and ecological techniques. He is one of the key contributors in many scientific projects to aid regulatory agencies' decision-making in India. Some of the worth mentioning are: Integrated Ecological Carrying Capacity of Uttara Kannada district, Central Western Ghats, sponsored by KBB, Karnataka; Visualisation of Ecological Sensitive Regions of Uttara Kannada, sponsored by DST, India; Urbanisation and Environment Sustainability - comparative analysis of 10 cities of  China and India, sponsored by APN; Visualization of Forest Cover Transition in Protected Areas of Karnataka, sponsored by CAG, India; Visualisation of Ecologically Fragile Regions of Kodagu district, Karnataka sponsored by CWS.

He has actively contributed to more than 15 scientific research projects from 2009 to date.

He is a recipient of “Sahyadri Ecologist-2016”- Presented during LAKE 2016 Conference at Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri; “Best paper award”- Presented by Rotary Sadashivanagar & AMC Eng College during NSRS-2019 Conference at Bengaluru; “Best paper award”- Presented by IIT-Kharaghpur during CCIVA-2019 Conference at Kharaghpur;  “Dr Parameshwaran Research Grant”- Presented during LAKE 2018 Conference at Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri; “Best paper award”- Presented by IIT-Kharaghpur during BDCC-2018 Conference at Kharaghpur.; “Best paper award”- Presented by IIT-Kharaghpur during WEIZ-2017 Conference at Kolkata; “Best poster award”- Presented by IIT-Kharaghpur during WEIZ-2017 Conference at Kolkata; “Dr Parameshwaran Research Grant”- Presented during LAKE 2016 Conference at Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri.

His work received significant appreciation across the globe. Work experience ranges from handling of various Free and open source GIS & Image Processing software including GRASS; QGIS; Fragstat; SAGA GIS; Openjump, etc.