Vishakha Sood

Dr. Vishakha Sood is working as Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, Punjab. She has been awarded with Women Scientist (WoS-A) Fellowship from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India for three years i.e., 20222025. She received her PhD in 2020 for “Detection of Snow/Ice over North Indian Himalayas” using satellite imagery. She has received the M. Tech and B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Himachal Pradesh University (in 2008) and M. Tech from Punjab Technical University (in 2011). She has also done MBA (Human Resource) from Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) Deemed to be University in 2010. She received the "Outstanding Performance Award" in CESA-FIESTA 2023 Symposium from IIT, Ropar. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field of academics, research and administration. She has authored many SCI-indexed articles (IEEE, T&F, ELSEVIER, and SPRINGER), SCOPUS indexed book chapters and holds many inventions. Her research interests include satellite sensors, remote sensing, and digital image analysis. She is IEEE Senior Member and active member of various societies as Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Punjab Science Congress (Punjab Academy of Sciences) and IEEE Sensors council, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Digital Library and IEEE Women in Engineering. She is editing various Special Issues in the Journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMAS) –Springer and Frontiers in Earth Sciences and in addition, various books with Elsevier.