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Dr. ir. Sk. Mustak
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Lab-318: Earth Observation and Urban Geo-intelligence, Department of Geography, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda-151401, Punjab (India)
Dr. ir. Sk. Mustak
Qualification

2018:     M.S in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (Specialization: Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS, Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Urban and Regional Planning ), ITC, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and  Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede Netherlands (First Class).

Thesis: “Evaluation of the Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms for Urban Land use Mapping using VHR”

2016:     Ph.D. in Geography (Specialization: Urban Geography, Geoinformatics, Artificial  Intelligence) School of Studies in Geography, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

   Thesis: “Land use and Occupational Changes due to Urban Sprawl: A Case Study of Raipur City (A Remote Sensing and GIS-based Approach)”

2008:     M.Phil. in Geography (SpecializationAgricultural Geography, Land use), School of Studies in Geography, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University,  Raipur, Chhattisgarh (First Class, 3rd rank).

    Thesis: “Land use and Agricultural Pattern of Seonath Basin (A Geographical Study)”

2007:    Post-Graduation in Geography, School of Studies in Geography, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University,  Raipur, Chhattisgarh  (First Class,  3rd  rank).

2005:    Graduation in Geography, Midnapore Collage, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India (Honours).

Experience
Teaching Experience (≈ 3.5 years and continue)
Research Experience (≈ 3.5 years)
  • Coordinator(Research), Ecoinformatics division, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore
  • Research Associate, Ecoinformatics division, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore
Administrative Experience (≈ 1.5 years)
Research Area

Geo-Intelligence (Advanced Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, Applied Artificial Intelligence and Geodata Science) (GI) for People, Land and Urban System (PLUS)- (GI-PLUS):

  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Urban and Transport Geography
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Disaster and risk management
  • Geo-Health
  • Applied Cartography
Research Interests

Geo-Intelligence (Advanced Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, Applied Artificial Intelligence and Geodata Science) (GI) for People, Land and Urban System (PLUS)- (GI-PLUS):

  • Sustainable, compact, competitive, inclusive and resilient city
  • Sustainable and low-carbon transportation 
  • Mining Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)'s Indicators
  • Heat Island, urban watershed and Green Infrastructure
  • Land use/cover dynamics and planning
  • Forest, wetland, grassland ecology
  • Urban disaster and risk management
  • Sustainable Geo-Health: disease-vector and food-based, geographical factors, public health services, and policies 
  • Cloud-based cartography 
Research Grants/Projects
  • Research Seed Money (RSM) on project entitle “Image-based Geo-Intelligence: Its Role in Modeling Land use/cover Change and Urban Sprawling dynamics of Bathinda City, Punjab” funded by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab (India): 2020-2022 (3 Lakh)
Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  • 2016: ITC-UT Excellence Scholarship for M.Sc. study, ITC, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and    Earth  Observation, University of Twente, Enschede Netherlands.
  • 2015:   NET-JRF (December),  NET (June), University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
  • 2014:   NET-JRF (June & December), University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
  • 2014: WB-SET (December), West Bengal Collage Service Commission, Kolkata, West  Bengal
  • 2013:   WB-SET (December), West Bengal Collage Service Commission, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • 2013: International Travel Grants, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department    of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Govt. of India.
  • 2013:  Young Scientist Award, Department of Science and Technology, Raipur, Government of Chhattisgarh.
  • 2013:  UGC-SRF, Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF), University Grants Commission, New  Delhi.
  • 2012:  NET (December), University Grants Commission, New Delhi
  • 2011:  International Travel Grants, Department of Science and Technology, Raipur, Government of  Chhattisgarh.
  • 2011:   International Travel Grants, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
  • 2011:  UGC-JRF, Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF), University Grants Commission, New  Delhi.
Publications
Papers (peer-reviewed)

2022:

  •  Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., Srivastava, P. K., Singh, S. (2022). Multi-scenario based urban growth   modeling and prediction using earth observation datasets towards urban policy improvement.  Geocarto International, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2138983

2021:

  • Kumar, N., Singh, S. K., Dubey, A. K., Ray, R. L., Mustak, S., & Rawat, K. S. (2021). Prediction of soil erosion risk using earth observation data under recent emission scenarios of CMIP6. Geocarto International, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1973116 (IF: 4.889, Scopus)

2020:

  • Munthali, M. G., Mustak, S., Adeola, A.,  Botai, J., Singh,  S.K., & Davis,  N.(2020). Modelling land use and land cover dynamics of Dedza district of Malawi using hybrid Cellular Automata and Markov model, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 17, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100276 (CiteScore: 2.51, Scopus).

2017:

  • Singh, S. K., Mustak, S., Basommi, L.P., Srivastava, P. K., Szabó, S. (2017). Modelling of Land Use Land Cover Change using Earth Observation Datasets of Tons River Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India. Geocarto International. 33(11), 1202-1222. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2017.1343390                   (IF: 4.889, Scopus).
  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., Srivastava, P. K., Singh, S. K., & Binolakar, R. (2017). Delineation and classification of rural-urban fringe using geospatial technique and onboard DMSP-Operational Linescan System. Geocarto International, 33(4), 375-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2016.1265594  (IF: 4.889, Scopus)

2016:

  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., & Singh, S. K. (2016). Correction of Atmospheric Haze of IRS-1C LISS-III Multispectral Satellite Imagery: An Empirical and Semi-Empirical Based Approach. Landscape & Environment, 10(2),63-74. https://doi.org/10.21120/LE/10/2/2 (Indexed)

2015:

  • Singh, S. K., Mustak, S., Srivastava, P. K., Szabó, S., & Islam, T. (2015). Predicting Spatial and Decadal LULC Changes Through Cellular Automata Markov Chain Models Using Earth Observation Datasets and Geo-information. Environmental Processes, 2(1), 61–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-015-0062-x (Scopus)
  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., & Singh, S. K. (2015). Land SuitabilityModeling for gram crop using remote sensing and GIS: A case study of Seonath basin, India, Bulletin of Environmental and Scientific Research, 4(3), 6–17 (Indexed).
  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., & Singh, S. K. (2015). Prediction of industrial land use using linear regression and mola techniques : a case study of siltara industrial belt. Landscape & Environment 9(2), 59-70 (Indexed).

2014:

  • Kumar, S., Yadava, R. N., & Singh, S. K., &  Mustak, S., (2014). Assessment of Land Use around highly populous business centre of Lucknow City using GIS techniques and high resolution Google Earth ’ s Quickbird satellite data, Bulletin of Environmental and Scientific Research , 3(1), 8–14(Indexed).

Referred Proceedings (International)

2019:

  • Mustak, S., Uday, G., Ramesh, B., and Praveen, B.(2019). Evaluation of the performance of sar and sar-optical fused dataset for crop discrimination, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W6, 563-571, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W6-563-2019
  • Praveen, B., Mustak, S., and Sharma, P.(2019). Assessing the transferability of machine learning algorithms using cloud computing and earth observation datasets for agricultural land use/cover mapping, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W6, 585-592, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W6-585-2019

2013:

  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K. (2013). Land use mapping and analysis of kota urban village of Raipur city: a web GIS based approach.  E-proceedings, The ISPRS 2nd International Conference on Sensors and Models in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (SMPR2013), Oct.5-8, 2013, Tehran, Iran (Scopus)

2011:

  • Mustak, S. (2011). Land Suitability Modeling for Arhar Pulse through Analytic Hierarchy Process using Remote Sensing and gis: A case study of Seonath Basin . E-proceeding, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 3-7, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan (Scopus)
  • Mustak, S., & Baghmar, N. K. (2011). Morphometric Analysis of Pairi River Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS. E-proceeding, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 3-7, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan (Scopus)

Technical reports/proceedings/articles (without peer review):

 

Other non-referred journals and proceedings (International)

2010:

  • Baghmar, N. K. ,Mustak, S., & Ratre, C. R. (2010). Delineation of Crop Combination Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Seonath Basin. E-proceeding, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar 11th -13th  December, 2010, Assam.

Other non-referred journals and proceedings (national)

2012:

  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., & Ratre, C. R. (2012). Measurement of Dissection Index of Pairi River Basin using Remote Sensing and GIS. National Geographical Journal of India, 52 (2), 97-106.
  • Mustak, S., Baghmar, N. K., & Ratre, C. R. (2012). Status of Air Quality in the Coal Mining Area: A Case Study of Jharia Coal Field. Uttar Bharat Bhoogal Patrika, 42 (3+4), 187-190.
  • Ratre, C. R., Baghmar, N. K., & Mustak, S. (2012). Tribal Slum Population in Chhattisgarh. Proceeding, UGC National Seminar on Tribal Development in Chhattisgarh: Problems and Prospects, 15-16th  February 2012, Raipur.

2011:

  • Khan, Z. T., & Mustak, S.(2011). Residential Land Use Planning for Raipur City Using GIS. Journal of the Indian National Cartographic Association- Indian Cartographer, 31, 261-264.
  • Baghmar, N. K., Ratre, C. R., & Mustak, S. (2011). Resource potential and sustainbale development of Chhattisgarh. Souvenir, UGC  National seminer on Management of Resource, Utilization & Sustainable Development, 17-18th December 2011, Durg (C.G.).

2009:

  • Gole, U., & Mustak, S. (2009). Impact of Irrigation Facilities on Agrricultutal Patern in Seonath Basin. Uttar Bharat Bhoogal Patrika, 39 (3), 99-105.
 
Book Chapters
  • Mustak S., Singh S.K. (2021) Geo-intelligence Role in Sustainable City Missions of the Global South: A Review. In: Singh T.P., Singh D., Singh R.B. (eds) Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4768-0_1
Tools/Tests

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended

Conferences/Seminars attended & paper presented

International

2021:

  1. Mustak, S., Barman, P., (2021). Cloud-based machine learning for urban footprint mapping: A case study of Uttar Pradesh, XVI DGSI International Geography Online Conference, Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, India.
  2. Barman, P., Mustak, S., (2021). Urbanization and growth of informal settlement in West Bengal and Punjab: A comparative study, XVI DGSI International Geography Online Conference, Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, India.

2020:

  1. Jasrotia, G., Mustak, S., (2020). Linkages between Displacement, Disasters, and Climate Change in Global South: A Review, XV DGSI International Geography Online Conference, Department of Geography, University of  Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
  2. Honey, K., Mustak, S., (2020). Climate Change Induced Vulnerability of Indian Coastal Megacities: A Review, XV DGSI International Geography Online Conference, Department of Geography, University of  Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.

2018:

  1. Mustak, S., Claudio P., & Monika, K., (2018). Evaluating the performance of machine learning algorithms for urban land use mapping using VHR: A case study of Bangalore city, XIII DGSI International Geography Conference, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
  2. Mustak, S., Gowri, U., (2018). Validation of SAR and Optical datasets for land use/cover mapping, XIII DGSI International Geography Conference, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.

2014:

  1. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., (2014). Markov Chain Cellular Automata for Land Use Change Simulation of Peri-urban Sejbahar Village of Raipur City, International Geographical Union Commission Conference, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
  2. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., (2014). Markov Chain Cellular Automata for Land Use/Land Cover Change and Air Pollution Simulation: A Case Study of Siltara Industrial Belt, International Conference, Raipur Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

2013:

  1. Mustak, S., (2013). Correction of Atmospheric Haze in Resourcesat-1 Liss-4 MX Data for Urban Analysis: An Improved Dark Object Subtraction Approach, ISPRS The 2nd International Conference on Sensors and Models in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., (2013). Land Use Mapping and Analysis of Kota Urban Village of Raipur City: A Web GIS Based Approach, ISPRS the 2nd International Conference on Sensors and Models in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2011:

  1. Mustak, S., Khan, Z. T., (2011). Planning for Residential Land Use of Raipur City: A GIS Based Analysis, INCA XXXI International Congress, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.
  2. Mustak, S., (2011). Land Suitability Modeling for Arhar Pulse through Analytic Hierarchy Process Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Seonath Basin, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Taipei, Taiwan.
  3. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., (2011). Morphometric Analysis of Pairi River Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Taipei, Taiwan.
  4. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., & Ratre, C. R., (2011). Land Suitability Analysis for Gram Crop Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Seonath Basin, XXXII Indian Geographer’s Meet and International Conference, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

2010:

  1. Baghmar N. K., Mustak, S., & Ratre, C. R., (2010). Delineation of Crop Combination Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Seonath Basin, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam, India.

2009:

  1. Mustak, S., Gole, U., (2009). Impact of Irrigation Facilities on Agricultural Pattern in Seonath Basin, 3rd  DGSI International Geography Conference, Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts & Social Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

National

2020:

  1. Jasrotia, G., Mustak, S., (2020). COVID-19 and Sustainability of Indian Cities: Challenges and Opportunities, A National Webinar, Department of Geography, R.P.S.Degree College, Mahendergarh, Haryana & Department of Geography, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

2014:

  1. Ratre, C.R., Mustak, S., (2014). Spatial Pattern of Population Growth in Chhattisgarh, UGC national conference, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  2. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., Ratre, C.R., (2014). Prediction of Industrial Land use using linear regression and MOLA techniques: A case study of Siltara Industrial Belt, UGC national conference, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

2012:

  1. Mustak, S., Baghmar N. K., & Ratre, C.R., (2012). Status of Air Quality in the Coal Mining Area: A Case Study of Jharia Coal Field, UGC National Seminar, Seth Phoolchand Agrawal Smriti Mahavidyalaya,            Rajim, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  2. Mustak, S., (2012). Participated, UGC national conference, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Workshop/symposium/training/refresher/orientation course attended

International

2017:

  1. GEO Human Planet Initiative (12-15 September 2017), Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands.

2016:

  1. One month online training program (November 09th to December 20, 2016), going place with spatial Analysis, ESRI, USA.

2013:

  1. Metric Exploitation of High Resolution Satellite Imagery (5th -8th October 2013), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Principles of Modeling Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Spatial Analysis (5th -8th October 2013), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  3. 3D Reconstruction Chain-From Images to 3D City Model (5th -8th October 2013), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2011:

  1. 7th International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Working Group VI/5 and Student Consortium: Spatial Information Sciences for Environmental Monitoring (8th -12th October 2011), Centre for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University Jhongli City, Taiwan.

National

2020:

  1. 4-Week Induction/Orientation Programme for "Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education (June 04 - July 01, 2020), Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

2014:

  1. Application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Geography (19th -25th May 2014),  Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

2013:

  1. Intellectual Property Right & Innovation Management in Knowledge Era (30th -31st  December 2013), National Research Development Corporation, New Delhi and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  2. Advanced Cartography and Thematic Mapping (17th -23rd October 2013), Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  3. One month training program (February 11th to March 15, 2013) on Geoweb Services- Technology & Application jointly organized by Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology, Raipur (C.G.) and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India.

2010:

  1. Data and Analysis: Use of SPSS (28th October to 02nd November 2010), Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  2. One week Training Program (08th -13th February 2010.) on Geoinformatics and ICT Applications in Watershed Development, National Institute of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, A.P. (India).

2009:

  1. Three months training program (November 17, 2008, to February 06, 2009) on Remote Sensing & GIS Technology and Applications from National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, Government of India.
  2. One week regional training program (26th -31st October 2009). on Geoinformatics and ICT Application for Integrated Planning & Management of RD Programme at Watershed Level organized by Chhattisgarh State Institute of Rural Development, Nimora, Raipur (C.G.), India.
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