Prof. Kamal Jain
Chairman
Prof. Kamal Jain is currently serving as a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Roorkee having joined the Department as a Lecturer in 1985. He is also an adjunct faculty in the Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management. He performs a broad spectrum of activities not merely in teaching but also at the forefront of cutting-edge research with over 38 years of academic and industrial research experience. Dr. Jain has 33 patents registered in his name. He has published more than 150 research papers in National / International journals and more than 110 papers in national / international conferences. He has got an h-index of 21 and 3784 citations. Under his guidance 24 Ph.Ds have been awarded till date and 14 scholars are currently pursuing their research . He has worked for more than 320 research / industrial/ consultancy projects with consultancy worth Rs. 100 crores with project cost more than Rs. 20,000 crores.
Dr. Jain has won Overseas Research Student Award (ORS) and has also been selected for Commonwealth Scholarship for pursuing Ph/D. in U.K. He is a Senior Member of IEEE Society since May 2023. He is elected as Vice-President of Indian Society of Geomatics Executive Council (ISG-EC) from March 2023 to 2026. He is a Chartered Engineer (India) and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), both since May 2023. He is decorated with several awards in his academic and research career, Satish Dhawan Award 2020 by Indian Socieity of Remote Sensing (ISRS) being one of them, in recornition to his outstanding contributions towards development of geomatics applications and UAV photogrammetry. He received the prestigious Honorary Award in VTS AAM (Advnaces in Air Mobility) Concepts – Innovation Challence, organized by IEEE VTS 2022. He garnered he Indian Achievement Award for Best Innovation Solutions for outstanding achievement in Business and Social service at Indian achievement seminar in New Delhi in August 2017.
He is a member of Task Group 2, CIPA (Committee International de la Photogrammetric Architectural), one of the international Committee of ICOMOS (Internationa Council on Monuments and Sites), Member of Team Geomedia Partner Program (RRL) etc. These serve as concrete evidence of his proficiency in fundamental research and notable standing within the scientific community. He has served as a Consultant to the Ministry of Revenues & Land Development, Government of Jharkhand, Commissioner Land Records Chhatisgarh, Directorate of Land Records & Survey, Govt. of Bihar and Master Consultant for Delhi Master Plan 2041, MPMR & NCR, Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi. He is also a member of the Gange Rejuvenation Committee in Namami Gange Programme, the Flagship Programme by the Union Government. He has been frequently nominated as a candidate for inclusion in te yearly Edition of International WHO’S WHO of Professionals.
He has chaired multitude of national conferences with various government agencies, like the Department of Land Resources, Defence Expo’s etc. and has delivered various brain-storming workshops including cadastral survey, throughout India. He holds a life membership of Indian National Cartography Association (INCA), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Indian Society of Geomatics and Asian Society of Remote Sending (ASRS), He serves as a reviewer for number of conferences, journals and academic encyclopedias, ISPRS Working Group VIII/2 – Hazards, Disasters and Public Health etc.
His research interests include surveying, photogrammetry, ADIP, GIS, Remote Sensing, 3D City Modeling, embedded product development, Software and Mobile Development. His expertise has been recornized both at International, National and Regional level. Replacing the costly laser technology for virtual mapping of any location or structure, Dr. Jain has come up with a technological solution to 3D virtual mapping by using photogrammetry for the first time in the country, which is considerably cheaper than the less-available laser technology. Many other products like Video Geo-Tagging, Moto Tracker, Web based Asset Management System Tracker 24, 3D Printer and 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanner etc. have been developed under his guidance.