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Vaibhav Kalia

Assistant Professor

Centre for Geo-informatics Research and Training College of Basic Sciences,

Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur-176062 (HP)

India

Tel: +91 (1894) 230311 (o), 93188 51767 (mobile) Fax: (+91) 1894 230311

e-mail: vaibhavkalia@hotmail.com

Experience Summary

7 years approx in Software Development Industry, Computer Science Teaching & Research in Use of Geo-informatics in natural resources and disaster management

Strength lies in System Designing, Programming, Development of Printer Drivers, Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing Software, Analysis & Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data, Image Processing, Raster & Vector File Formats, Database Applications in Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Website Designing using HTML & scripting.

Nov 2003 – Till Date Institution: Centre for Geo-informatics Research & Training,

CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University,

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Designation: Assistant Professor.

July 2002 – Nov 2003 Institution: College of Basic Sciences,

CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University,

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Designation: Assistant Professor.

Jul 2001 – July 2002 Company: Newgen Software Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India

Job Title: Software Engineer

Jan 2001 – July 2001 Company: Newgen Software Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India

Job Title: Software Trainee

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Education

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Year: June, 2001

University: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.

Percentage: 74%

Rank: Distinction in MCA

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

Year: July, 1998

Institute: Khalsa College, Amritsar

University: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.

Percentage: 64%

Senior School (10+2) Year: 1995 School: D.A.V. Public School, Palampur.

Board: Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi

Percentage: 70%

Subjects: Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English

Secondary School (10) Year: 1993 School: D.A.V. Public School, Palampur.

Board: Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi

Percentage: 73%

Subjects: English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, Social Science

Technical Expertise

Geo-informatics/Image Processing Software

ESRI USA: ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcIMS, ArcExplorer, MapObjects

ITC Holland: Integrated Land & Water Information System (ILWIS)

RSI Inc: Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI)

Leica Systems: ERDAS Imagine,

Intergraph Corporation: GeoMedia Professional,

Clark University: IDRISI for Windows

European Space Agency: LeoWorks, Beam

Development Tools & Languages

Windows NT Device Driver architecture, Win32 Programming, Windows NT Printing Architecture, generic Win32 Applications and Microsoft Foundation Classes

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applications, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly, Java, HTML, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++

RDBMS and Database Management

MS-Access, FoxPro, Dbase

Networks and Networking Protocols

Networking on Windows Server Platform, Linux, Unix & Windows XP, Windows 9x, Internet Technologies

Software Packages MS-Office, Microsoft Internet Technologies, Netscape and other internet

Image Processing Software, CorelDraw, SiSAg

Software Engineering Tools

Microsoft SourceSafe

Satellite Data Formats IRS Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor (LISS3)

Wide Image Field Sensor (WIFS)

MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (MERIS)

ESA Radar Data

IKONOS/Quickbird

Trainings

May 12-23, 2003 Name: Geo-Information for Agriculture Land Use Management

Venue: CSK HP Agriculture University, Palampur.

Organizer: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal.

September 15-26, 2003

Name: Institutionalization of Geo-Information for Urban Disaster Management (IGUDM)

Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

Organizer: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observations (ITC) the Netherlands

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Nepal

National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) Nepal

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) Thailand.

February 27- Name: Development of Interactive CDROM in Visual Basic &

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March 9, 2005 MSAccess

Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal

Organizer: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal.

July 5-25, 2005 Name: GIS Based Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Agriculture

Venue: National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Hyderabad

Organizer: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

January 2-26, 2006

Name: GIS training program on Introduction to ArcGIS 9

Venue: NIIT Tech / ESRI-India, New Delhi

Organizer: Environment System’s Research Institute (ESRI-India).

March 6-7, 2006 Name: Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Application

Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal

Organizer: European Space Agency (ESA)

United Nations Office of Outer Space Agency (UN OOSA), Vienna

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

March 5-16, 2007 Name: Regional Training/ Workshop on Earthquake Vulnerability and Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment

Venue: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu Nepal

Organizer: European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (DGECHO)

International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observations (ITC) the Netherlands

associated Institute of the United Nations University (UNU)

Nepal Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM)

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) Thailand

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February 1-21, 2008

Name: Computer Based Multimedia Presentation

Venue: National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad

Organizer: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

May 13-14, 2008 Training on Research Systems Inc. ‘s Environment for Visualization (ENVI) by Sierra Atlantic Software Ltd Hyderabad at Centre for Geoinformatics, CSKHPKV

May 15-17, 2008 Training on Geoinformatics Software Erdas Imagine, Leica Photogrammetary Suite at Centre for Geoinformatics, CSKHPKV

Foreign Visits

September 2003 ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal

February-March 2005

ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal

February-March 2006

ICIMOD Kathmandu, Nepal

Research Projects as CO-PI

2003-2005 Name: Himachal Pradesh Himalaya – Inventory of Glaciers and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) affected by global warming in the Himalayan Region.

Funded by: START Washington

United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya

Asia Pacific Network for Global Climate Change, Japan

Responsibility: Identification and digitization of ridges, glaciers, lakes etc on IRS LISS3 Imagery of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS.

Outputs: Detailed Inventory of glaciers and glacial lakes and Development of Interactive CDROM.

Status: Completed

2003-2006 Name: Developing Himachal Agricultural System Information

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Files and Decision Support Systems for niche based hill farming.

Funded by: Department of Agriculture, Government of HP, Shimla

Responsibility: Establishing Thematic Rules, GIS and Spatial Analysis of the data in ArcView.

Outputs: Development of System Information files covering data on natural resources and socioeconomic parameters related to agriculture.

Status: Completed

2004-2006 Name: Mapping Himachal (India) Census Indicators – 2001 and trends.

Funded by: ISNAR, Holland

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Responsibility: Analysis census data using ArcGIS.

Outputs: Thematic Maps based on Census Data and development of an interactive CDROM.

Status: Completed

2004-2005 Name: Satluj River Basin – a preliminary investigation into the water reserve mapping, assessment of viability of micro/mega hydropower projects and suggesting alternatives.

Funded by: Ministry of MPP & Power, Government of HP, Shimla

Responsibility: Using ILWIS for mapping water resources

Outputs: Water availability scenarios.

Status: Completed.

2005-2007 Name: Developing Mountain Agriculture System Information Files for planning niche based agriculture development in Kangra and Mandi Districts of Himachal Pradesh

Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Responsibility: Geo-spatial & Geo-statistical analysis of landcover and climatic grids, soils using ArcGIS, ENVI, ERDAS.

Status: Ongoing

2005-2007 Name: Impact, vulnerability and adaptation of mountain agriculture to climate change.

Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Responsibility: Estimation of water resources and mapping of

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Climatic parameters like rainfall, temperature etc.

Status: Ongoing

2005-2006 Name: Heavy snowfall of 2004-05: Impact on water availability and crop productivity.

Funded by: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Responsibility: Snowfall area estimation using IRS LISS3 Imagery of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS and ENVI.

Status: Ongoing

2006 Name: Developing District wise surface area of Himachal Pradesh.

Funded by: Department of Planning, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla

Responsibility: Estimation of 3-D surface area and surface rendering for each district of Himachal Pradesh using ERDAS Imagine, ENVI

Status: Ongoing

2006-2008 Name: Developing surface area (3-D) Information files and GIS Interface for planning niche based mountain agriculture system of Himachal Pradesh.

Funded by: Department of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla

Responsibility: Identification of agriculture niches in 3-D surfaces.

Status: Ongoing

2005-2006 Name: Disastrous flash floods in Himachal Pradesh – A case study of Satluj River Basin.

Funded by: European Space Agency

EDUSPACE

Responsibility: Using MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

Instrument (MERIS) data to prepare of an interactive learning module on GIS, based on the flooding of Satluj River in upper regions of Himachal Pradesh using ILWIS, LeoWorks, ArcView & BEAM

Status: Ongoing

2005-2006 Name: Design and Development of Pest Manager.

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Funded by: Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla

CSK HPAU, Palampur

Role: Using Java and Visual C++ to preparation of a Decision Support System to assist farmers in identification of pests in potato crop.

Status: Ongoing

Other Responsibilities

Teaching Post graduate computer courses in C, FORTRAN and General Computing Applications

Undergraduate computer courses in B.Sc., B.Sc, (Home Science), B.Sc. (Agriculture), Use of Geo-information in Environmental Sciences

Miscellaneous Managing University Network Services (UNS) in University.

General Maintenance and troubleshooting of computers in University.

Member Expert in Sale/Purchase Committee for Computers.

Member Expert in recruitment of Computer Support Staff

In-charge of Geo-informatics Laboratory.

Actively contributing to Disaster Management Centre of CSK HPAU.

Designing web portal jointly with ICIMOD to publish Geo-information datasets over the Internet using ESRI ArcIMS.

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Awards

2004 Bhagat R. M., Pradeep Mool, Chitra Sood and Vaibhav Kalia, 2004. Inventory of Glaciers and Glacial Lakes of Himachal Pradesh India. Paper presented in the Symposium on Geoinformatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004 was awarded THE BEST PAPER

Symposium

2004 Symposium on Geo-informatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004

Invited Lecture

December 15, 2004

Name: Database Technologies & Internet Technologies

Workshop: Curriculum related Computer Studies for College Cadre Lecturers

Venue: Government College, Dharamshala

February 23, 2006

Name: GIS Technologies

Workshop: Winter School on Recent Trends in utilization of plant biodiversity in the animal health care with special reference to pharmacoterapeutics, phyarmacodynamics and safety assessment

Venue: Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, CSK HPAU, Palampur.

June 6, 2006 Name: Role of Geo-informatics in Disaster Management

Workshop: Seminar on Disaster Management, organized by Indian Army

Venue: Army Cantonment, Samba J&K

Member Expert

Member Expert for recruitment of Computer Technical Personnel at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur HP.

External Examination expert for conducting exams for Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal

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Workshops organized

March 25, 2004 Decision Support System (DSS) and Tools for Sustainable Mountain Development, Organized by CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (CSKHPAU), and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

April 2-4, 2004 International Workshop on Protocols and Methodology in Allelopathy, organized by International Allelopathy Society and CSK HPAU, Palampur

May 31, 2006 Application of Space Technology for Monitoring Natural Resources, Climate Change and Social Development, Organized by CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (CSKHPAU), and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Personal Information

Date of Birth April 30, 1978

Sex Male

Marital Status Married

Nationality Indian

Languages English, Hindi, Punjabi

Permanent Address

Capt. Saurabh Kalia Marg, Saurabhnagar, PO Bandla Tea Estate,

Palampur-176 061 Himachal Pradesh India

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A. Technical Report / Project Report:

1. Bhagat, R.M., Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood, Pradeep Mool and S. R. Bajracharya,

2004. Himachal Pradesh Himalaya – Inventory of glaciers and glacial lake

outburst floods (GLOFs) affected by global warming in the mountains of

Himalayan region. Final Technical report submitted to APN-START/UNEP, Japan.

2. R.M. Bhagat, Sharda Singh, Virender Kumar, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood

(2005) Developing Himachal Pradesh Systems information files (HASIF) and

decision support system for niche based hill farming. Technical Report Submitted to Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, HP.

3. R.M. Bhagat, Virender Kumar, Sharda Singh, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood

(2005) Mapping census indicators and Trends, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA.

Technical Report Submitted to Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, HP.

4. R.M. Bhagat, Rajendra Prasad, Harbans Lal, Ranbir Singh Rana, Chitra Sood and

Vaibhav Kalia (2005) Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation of Mountain

Agriculture to Climate Changes. Annual Progress Report submitted to ICAR New Delhi.

5. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood and Ranbir Rana, Developing District wise surface area of Himachal Pradesh. Project report submitted to Department of Planning, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla

6. R.M. Bhagat, Kamlesh Singh, Vaibhav Kalia, Satluj River Basin – a preliminary investigation into the water reserve mapping, assessment of viability of micro/mega hydropower projects and suggesting alternatives. Project report submitted to Ministry of MPP & Power, Government of HP, Shimla

7. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood and Ranbir Rana, Disastrous flash

floods in Himachal Pradesh – A case study of Satluj River Basin. Project report submitted to European Space Agency

B. Poster/Paper Presented in Workshops/Seminars:

8. Bhagat R. M., Pradeep Mool, Chitra Sood and Vaibhav Kalia, 2004. Inventory of

Glaciers and Glacial Lakes of Himachal Pradesh India. Paper presented in the

Symposium on Geoinformatics application for Sustainable Development at Water Technology Centre, I.A.R.I. New Delhi, India Feb. 17-19, 2004.

9. R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia, Chitra Sood, Ranbir Singh Rana, Kamlesh Singh

and P.K. Mool (2004) A Preliminary Investigation into the Water Reserves of

Satluj River Basin in Himachal Pradesh, India using Remote Sensing Data . Paper

presented in United Nations/European Space Agency/Austria/Switzerland

Workshop on Remote Sensing in the Service of Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas, Kathmandu, Nepal, 15-19 November 2004.

10. Rana, R.S, Bhagat, R.M, Kalia Vaibhav and Sood Chitra (2005) Inventory of

glaciers and glacial lakes and water availability scenario as affected by global

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warming in Satluj river basin of Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented at National

Symposium on Agro-physical Approaches in Disaster Mitigation, Resource

Management and Environment Protection, Organised by Indian Society of Agrophysics, IARI, New Delhi, 17-19 November, 2005, abst. Pp 32.

11. Bhagat, R.M., Sood C., Kalia, V., Mool, P., Bajracharya, S. and Shrestha, B.

2005. Monitoring glaciers and glacial lakes. Chapter contributed for book entitled

“Geo-informatics Applications for sustainable Development”

12. R.M. Bhagat, Rajendra Prasad, Harbans Lal, Ranbir Singh Rana, Chitra Sood and

Vaibhav Kalia (2005) Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation of Mountain Agriculture to Climate Changes. Current Science (Current Science).

13. Vaibhav Kalia, R.M. Bhagat, Ranbir Rana and Chitra Sood (2006) Surface area

estimation of Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented at the International Policy

workshop on „Application of space technology for monitoring natural resources, climate change and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006.

14. Ranbir Rana, R.M. Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood (2006) Inventory of

glaciers and glacial lakes as affected by changing climate in Satluj river basin of

Himachal Pradesh. Poster presented at the International Policy workshop on

„Application of space technology for monitoring natural resources, climate change

and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006.

15. Ranbir Rana, R.M. Bhagat, Rajender Prasad, Harbans Lal, Vaibhav Kalia and

Chitra Sood (2006) Climatic element trends at different elevation and impact on

water resources in Himachal Pradesh. Poster presented at the International

Policy workshop on „Application of space technology for monitoring natural

resources, climate change and social development‟ held at Shimla, India on May 31, 2006

C. Contributions in Training Manual

16. Computer Science Laboratory Manual for Computer Teaching, College of Basic Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

17. Chitra Sood, R.M. Bhagat and Vaibhav Kalia (2006) Application of Space

Technology and GIS for Inventorying, Monitoring & Conservation of Mountain

Biodiversity with Special Reference to Medicinal Plants. Training Manual of

ICAR sponsored Winter School on "Recent Trends in Utilization of Plant

Biodiversity in the Animal Health Care with Special Reference to

Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety Assessment" (Feb. 18 to Mar 10, 2006) pp 53-57.

18. Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood (2006) Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS

Concepts: Biodiversity Mapping. Training Manual of ICAR sponsored Winter

School on "Recent Trends in Utilization of Plant Biodiversity in the Animal

Health Care with Special Reference to Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety Assessment" (Feb. 18 to Mar 10, 2006) pp 47-52.

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D. Research Papers

19. Sharda Singh, R M Bhagat and Vaibhav Kalia. Customized application

development interfacing geographical information systems. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 33(I):131-132, 2007

20. Ranbir Singh Rana, Sharda Singh, R M Bhagat, Vaibhav Kalia and Chitra Sood.

“Krishi Mein Bhaugolick Soochna Padhati ke Upyog”. Parvatiya Khetibari Jan-March 2007, Pg.13.