Sudhakar Reddy Chintala

Dr. Sudhakar Reddy Chintala is Scientist-SG and Head of Forest Biodiversity and Ecology Division, National Earth Observation/Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Hyderabad, Telangana.

He received his M.Sc. in Botany from Osmania University and Ph.D. in Botany from Kakatiya University.

He has been consistently ranked in the World's Top 2% of Scientists for the last four years by Stanford University and Elsevier.

He ranked 13 among best scientists of India in Ecology and Evolution by Research.com.

He is known for his significant contributions in Earth Observation/Remote Sensing and GIS applications in forestry, biodiversity, and ecology. He has made contributions to the Flora of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

He has authored 330 research papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Major Credentials

Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Conserver Award - 2024. Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
National Geomatics Award - 2023 from Indian Society of Geomatics,
Prof. Y.S. Murty Memorial Gold Medal Award - 2022 from Indian Botanical Society,
Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award - 2017 from Physical Research Laboratory, Government of India,
Prof. M.B. Raizada Medal Award - 2016 from Association for Plant Taxonomy,
Prof. P.R. Pisharoty Memorial Award - 2014 from Indian Society of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing,
Dr. S.K. Jain Medal Award - 2010 from Association for Plant Taxonomy,
I.S.R.O. Young Scientist Merit Award - 2008 from Department of Space, Govt. of India
Senior Member, IEEE.

He is Fellow of

Telangana Academy of Sciences,
Indian Botanical Society,
Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and
Association for Plant Taxonomy.

Dr. Reddy has supervised ten Ph.D. theses and 67 Master's dissertations.

He is Associate Editor of Journal of Indian Society of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing and Biodiversity and Conservation.