Ajoy Karmakar

About Me

A dedicated Student passionate about Environment, Forest Ecology, and Remote Sensing, looking for a PhD opportunity to advance research skills and address environmental challenges.

Specialization

• Carbon Flux, Forest Fire, Forest Ecology, Remote Sensing

Core Research Interests

• Application: Eco-hydrometeorological fluxes, Climate Change
• Technology: Remote Sensing, Earth System Modeling Techniques, Geospatial Analysis

Research & Work Experience

• Junior Research Fellow, GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Leh, India(July 2025 – Till Date*)
• Post Graduate Researcher, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing - ISRO, Dehradun, India (June 2024 – June 2025)
• Research Intern, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India (April 2023 – June 2023)

Education

• M.Tech in Remote Sensing & GIS (Forestry & Ecology), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (2023 – 2025)
• M.Sc. in Environmental Science, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (2021 – 2023) | CGPA: 8.21/10
• B.Sc. in Zoology Programme, Bankura Sammilani College, Bankura University (2018 – 2021) | CGPA: 7.74/10

Current Project

Carbon Budget and Eco-hydrological Dynamics of Selected Himalayan High-altitude Grasslands and Their Carrying Capacity (July 2025 – Till Date*)

PI & Guide: r. Sandipan Mukherjee, Scientist - E & Head Ladakh Regional Center

G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, India.

Previos Projects

[1]MTech: Impact of Fire on Carbon Flux in North-Western Himalaya
Guide: Dr. Taibanganba Watham

[2]MTech: Forest Plant Functional Type Classification Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning
Guide: Dr. Taibanganba Watham

[3]MTech: Coupling Atmospheric and Hydrodynamic Model for Rapid Forecast of Surface Runoff
Other Collaborators: Avijnan Das, Nilay Dey, Sayantan Majumder

[4]MTech: Impact of Urban Sprawl on River Turbidity in Prayagraj: A Remote Sensing Approach
Other Collaborators: Avijnan Das, Mansi Rautela, Parthiv Narayan, Sudikin Pramanik

[5]MTech: Illuminating India’s Economic Growth: Decadal Trends in GDP and Infrastructure Using Space-Based Analytics
Other Collaborators: Dhruvee Phadke, Kiran J. M.

[6]MTech: Assessment of the Fidelity of CMIP5 Climate Models in Simulating Rainfall
Other Collaborators: Avijnan Das, Mansi Rauterla, Nilay Dey, Parthiv Narayan

[7]MTech: Micro Level Analysis of Cyclone induced vulnerability of coastal district of West Bengal and Odisha using AHP-TOPSIS MCDA
Other Collaborators: Aparajita Ghosh, Avijnan Das, Mitesh Kumar Jha, Sudikin Pramanik

[8]M.Sc.: Forest Dynamics: Assessing the Anthropogenic and Climate Change Drivers in Shaping Landscape
Guide: Dr. Tarakeshwar Senapati

[9]M.Sc.: Mixed Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste and Sal(Shorea robusta) biomass
Guide: Dr. Biswajit Ruj

[10]B.Sc.: Water body Assessment using Water Quality Index and Zooplankton Diversity
Guide: Dr. Surajit Majumder

Skills

• Programming: Python, R, Julia
• Remote Sensing & GIS: ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, SNAP, 3D Forest, ArcGIS, QGIS
• Data Analysis: Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Visualization
• Software & Tools: GEE (Python & JS), Linux (Ubuntu), CDO, GrADS, LaTeX, Microsoft Office
• Others: Flux Tower Maintenance & Data Handling, Sap Flow Meter, Water Quality

Publication(s)

[1] Mahanty S, Saha D, Karmakar A, et al. Assessing the waterbodies through water quality index and zooplankton diversity for environmental sustainability of Bankura, West Bengal, India. AGBIR.2024;40(2):1021-1029.

Conference(s) / Presentation(s)

[1] Fire-Induced Carbon Flux changes in North-Western Himalaya, A. Karmakar, T. Watham (2025). IIRS-Academia Meet, 2025. (Poster Presentation)

[2] Mahanty, S., Saha, D., Karmakar, A., Sow, R., and Majumder, S.(2023). Recent trend on co-association of physico-chemical parameters with the microorganisms diversity and bloom formation in freshwater waterbodies: A study from Bankura, West Bengal, India. In N. R. Madhu, B. Sarkar, S. Biswas, M. Saha, R. P. Mukhopadhyay,G. Biswas, and S. Paul (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Developmental Trends in Biological Research (p.34). International Academic Publishing House (IAPH).

Career Highlights

1st Position in National Level MAPATHON 2024 competition organized by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun Chapter on 18th-19th November 2024.

Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in Geomatics Engineering (GE), in 2024 & 2025.