About Dr Laxmikant Dr. Laxmi Kant Sharma M.Sc., PhD, FCSIR, PGD (RS & GIS) Scientific Officer, Dept. of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), (Deemed University) Mesra-835215, Ranchi (India). Phones : + 91- 651-2276003 (PBX) 227444/896 Ext.468 Fax : +91-651-2276003 Email : lksharma@bitmesra.ac.in, Web : www.bitmesra.ac.in Area of Specialisation Natural Resource Management & Sustainable Development, Medicinal Plants & Biodiversity Assessment, Forests & Protected Area Management,Biomass & Climate Change, Ecological Modeling, E.I.A.& Solid Waste, Management, Forest Fire Estimation & Modeling, Health GIS Applications, Public Utility Design Making and Policies Design and Development Using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. DOB: 03 December 1976 Nationality: Indian Academic Profile M.Tech. (RS&GIS) (2008-2010) Currently Pursuing M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Dehradun P.G.Diploma (RS&GIS) (Mar. - Dec.2006) in RS & GIS Application In Natural Resource Management Project Title :“Assessment of Growing stock and Biomass in Barkot Range of Dehra Dun Forest Division Using RS & GIS ” Forestry & Ecology Division, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Dehra Dun. Ph.D. Awarded (2001-2004) Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Ph.D. Title “Ethnobotanical and Pharmacognostical Studies on Crude Drugs Obtained from Plant Sources ” * M.Sc. (Botany) (1997-1999) Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, with 1st Division (69.0%). * M.Sc. Specialization in Ecology & Environment # National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of Joint Programme of UGC (University Grant Commission) – CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ) New Delhi was cleared in December, 2000 with the Scheme of Life Sciences. B.Sc.(Biology) (1994-1997) University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, with 1st Division (72.4%). Projects (Major) : One National Project Sanctioned on “Development of Forest Fire Management System in Shimla Forest Division in Himachal Pradesh (India) Using Geospatial Information System” sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India,New Delhi of Rs. 21,56,837 (Twenty One Lakh Fifty Six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Seven Rs.) One National Project Submitted on “Survey and Preparation of Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Jharkhand State Using Remote Sensing & GIS Approach” to National Medicinal Plants Board(NMPB), (Department of Ayush), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India of total budget of Rs. 132.34 Lakh Projects (Minor) : Three Project Completed under P.G.Studnts Project Work on: “Quantification of Growing Stock and Biomass in Kharagpur Forest Range of Munger Forest Division in Bihar using RS & GIS ” “Forest Fire Risk Assessment in Taradevi Range of Shimla Forest Division in Himachal Pradesh (India) using RS & GIS” “Assessing the Demand of Solid Waste Disposal in Bhagalpur City of Bihar (India) Using Urban Dynamic Modeling with Geospatial Approach” Theses Supervised : Ph.D: One ( 01) Registered on “Forest fire susceptibility risk modeling and management: A geospatial approach” P.G. Level - Three (04) Ref:M.Tech./DRS/1011/06/BIT :M.Tech./DRS/1005/07/BIT :MGI/DRS/1001/06/BIT :M.Sc./RT/GGU/GRTM/04/03/2009 U.G. Level - One (01) Special Qualification/Achievements: Selected for Chinese Govt. Scholarship 2004-2005 for the subject of Botany at “South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China”. Awarded by Govt. of China and supported by ministry of HRD Govt. of India. Elected for Joint Secretary CHEC – India: An (N.G.O.) (Chapter of Human Ecological Council - India) from 03-05-2000 to continue. Elected for President: Botanical Society, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur from 01-07-2000 to 01-07-2001. Membership of Professional Societies:  Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing.  Life, Member, Indian Association of Technical Educaion.  Member, Botanical Society of India.  Member, Phytological Society.  Member Green Earh Foundation. Research Techniques Known: RS & GIS Software’s known: ERDAS 9.2, Arc View 3.2a, Arc GIS 9.2, FCD Mapper, ENVI 4.5, etc. GPS-Technology: GARMIN – 12, Photogrammetry Tools & D.I.P. Familiar with Software’s: Farsite, Behave Plus, Uplan, Matlab etc. Computer Skills: Programming Languages Known : VC++ Operating System/Platforms Used : Windows, Windows-Vista. Hardware Platforms Worked on : Pentium series Software Platforms/Tools Used : MS-Office, Adequate knowledge of Internet tools. Taxonomical Techniques Known: Plant Survey, Scientific Data Preparation & identifying the plants using Taxonomical Software BRAHMS Version 5.65 of the University of Oxford (Botanical Research and Herbarium Management System), Herbarium Management, Currently trying to develop a Digital Herbarium for Bit-Mesra. Phytochemical & Biotechnological Techniques Known: Knowledge in operating various modern sophisticated technologies such as, Preparation of Culture Media, Regeneration of Explants, Antimicrobial Testing, HPLC (Waters), HPTLC (Shimanzou), GC, FTIR, PCR analysis, Electrophoresis etc. Courses taught at Post Graduate level: RS-9001 Geographic Information System RS-9002 Geographic Information System (Sessional) RS 9033 Remote Sensing in Agriculture & Forestry RS 9036 Remote Sensing in Environmental Studies RS 9041 Remote Sensing in Resource Management MGI-1002 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science MGI 1002 Geographic Information Science (Sessional) MGI 3017 Geoinformatics in Resource Management MGI 3017 Geoinformatics in Resource Management (Sessional) MGI 3014 Geoinformatics in Forest Management Summary of Research Publications A. Research Papers : Published: 16; Accepted: 01; Communicated: 04 B. Chapter in book : 2(Two), One Published & One Communicated

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