Dr. Manohar Yadav



Dr. Manohar Yadav

Assistant Professor
GIS Cell
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ssmyadav[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +91-532-227-1344(O) +91-9559753727(M)

Other Academic Achievements


Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Delivered an expert talk in India Geospatial Forum, International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India. [Feb 2014]
Delivered an expert talk in Faro 3D User Conference Asia Pacific, Bangalore, India. [Sept 2015]
Delivered an invited talk in National Conference on the theme Mapping Urbanization in India from Socio-Spatial Perspectives, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi, India. [August 2018]
Delivered an invited talk on “Seeing the transportation corridors with 3D data: LiDAR-based mapping.” in a three days’ Workshop on IGIS (indigenous GIS & Image processing (IP) platform), Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd & NITs (North India). [July 2020]
Delivered an invited talk on “LiDAR Remote Sensing: Fundamentals and Application” in a five days’ workshop on Role of Geospatial Technology in New Era of Development - An Indigenous Initiative, Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd & School of Civil Engineering, Lovely Professional University. [Sept 2021]

Chair in Conferences:

Served as session co-chair in a session – in International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission V Symposium on "Education & Outreach - Geospatial technology – Pixel to People" held in Dehradun, India, during November 20 - 23, 2018.

Award and Honors:

Received best paper publication award - Indian Society of Remote Sensing for paper titled “Developing Basic Design and Mathematical Framework for a Mobile Mapping System - A Case Study Using Available Sensors.” published in Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (SCI-Exp.) in 2014. [Award Year 2015]
Received session best paper award - Dignified Researchers Publication, Engineering and Technology Research Group for paper titled “Automatic Road Detection using Satellite Images” presented in International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology held in Pattaya (Thailand). [Award Year: 2016]

On-going Projects:

India-European Union (EU) Consortium Research Project (Co-PI) “Sustainable Energy system for Achieving Novel Carbon neutral Energy communities (SUSTENANCE)”; A multinational multi-institutional research project jointly funded by DST India and European Commission (Horizon 2020) and having project partners from IITs, IISc and NITs, European universities (Aalborg University, Denmark; University of Twente (UT), Netherlands), industry partners [Total Project Cost: € 6 681 064,35 ~ INR 5,910 Lakhs]

Expert Lectures:

Delivered an expert lecture on “Introduction to LiDAR and its Applications in Civil Engineering", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. [October 2020]
Delivered an invited talk in DST-National Meeting on Airborne LiDAR, IIT Kanpur, India. [Jan 2015]
Delivered a guest lecture in TEQIP-II sponsored short term course on Bio-Inspired & Geospatial Techniques (BIOGEOS), Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, India. [Mar 2015]
Delivered a guest lecture in NNRMS sponsored course on RS & GIS applications, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Department, IIRS Dehradun, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India. [June 2015]
Delivered a guest lecture in a NNRMS sponsored course on RS & GIS applications, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Department, IIRS Dehradun, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India. [June 2016]
Delivered a guest lecture in a Short course on LiDAR Remote Sensing and its Application, Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), Dehradun – A United Nations affiliated Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific. [May 2017]
Delivered an invited talk on “types of LiDAR” in a six days AICTE- ISTE sponsored Faculty Refresher Program on Advanced Surveying Instruments and Technigues, Civil Engineering Department, All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s Polytechnic, Pune. [June 2021]

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (SCI)
IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (SCIE)
Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (SCI)
Automation in construction (SCI)
Journal of Surveying Engineering - ASCE (SCI)
International Journal of Remote Sensing (SCI)
Survey Review (SCI)
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (SCIE)
Mathematical Problems in Engineering (SCIE)
Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (SCIE)

Other Significant Achievements:

Member in a committee constituted at National Level comprised of academicians, industry experts and govt. officials to prepare a LiDAR standard document to be used as standard for LiDAR data collection and processing in India.
Member, Editorial Board - Turkish Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS.
Joint M. Tech theses supervision with faculty members from IIT Kanpur