Dr. Sanjit Maitra
Assistant Professor

Email: sanjit [at] isine.ac.in
Phone: 7014
Areas of Interest: Remote Sensing, Image Analysis and Interpretation

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I am working as an Assistant Professor in the Theoretical and Applied Science Unit at the North-East Centre of Indian Statistical Institute. My research interests are in the areas of:

  • Image Interpretation and Analysis of Remote Sensing Data
  • Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing
  • Scattering Mechanisms in Polarimetric SAR.

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imaging Science, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA

    •  Thesis: Analysis of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Passive Visible Light Polarimetric Imaging Data Fusion

  • Bachelor of Technology (Post-Graduate: 3 year), Optics and Opto-electronics, Department of Applied Optics and Photonics, University College of Science and Technology (Rajabazar Science College), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

  • Bachelor of Science, Physics Honours, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College (Formerly Birla College of Science and Education), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    1. Relationship Between Ambient Particulate Matter and Leaf Area Index: A Panel Data Study in Delhi, India
      KB Chowdhury, S Maitra, DS Jyethi
      Environ Model Assess 28, 29–37, 2023


    2. Particulate matter removal by forest cover in Delhi
      S Maitra, DS Jyethi
      Arboricultural Journal: The International Journal of Urban Forestry, DOI: 10.1080/03071375.2020.1746541, 2020


    3. Applications of Deep Learning in Medical Imaging
      S Maitra, R Ghosh, K Ghosh
      Handbook of Deep Learning Applications, Springer Book Series: Smart Innovation, Systems, and Technologies, ISBN 978-3-030-11479-4, pp. 111-127, 2019


    4. Analysis of crop condition during monsoon season using multispectral and polarimetric SAR images
      S Maitra
      SPIE Vol. 10783, 1078324, 2018


    5. Impact of Convolutional Neural Network Input Parameters on Classification Performance
      S Maitra, RK Ojha, K Ghosh
      IEEE International Conference on Convergence of Technology, pp. 1-5, 2018


    6. Change detection of exposed sandbars around Kaziranga National Park
      S Neogi, S Maitra, T Chakraborty, K Ghosh
      IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, pp. 142-146, December 2017


    7. Automatic detection and classification of diabetic retinopathy stages using CNN
      R Ghosh, K Ghosh, S Maitra
      Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 2017, pp. 550-554, September 2017


    8. Low Cost Laboratory Based Polarimetric SAR System for Scattering Analysis
      S Maitra, MG Gartley, JP Kerekes
      IEEE Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 130-141, April 2017


    9. Characterization of basic scattering mechanisms using laboratory based polarimetric synthetic aperture radar imaging
      S Maitra, MG Gartley, J Faulring, JP Kerekes
      IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing, pp. 4479-4482, July 2013


    10. Relation between degree of polarization and Pauli color coded image to characterize scattering mechanisms
      S Maitra, MG Gartley, JP Kerekes
      Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing, SPIE Vol. 8364 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA) 83640F, June 2012


    11. Production of imagery-derived maps to aid the Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief effort
      DW Messinger, D McKeown, N Raqueño, S Cavilia, C DeAngelis, S Maitra, W Sun
      Imaging Spectrometry, SPIE Vol. 8158 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA 2011) 815802, Sept 2011


    • Coming Soon!!

    • International Travel Support, Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST) for attending SPIE Sensors + Imaging, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2023
    • International Travel Support, Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST) for attending SPIE Remote Sensing, Berlin and Spatial Cognition, Tuebingen, 2018
    • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Travel Grant for attending IGARSS, Melbourne, Australia, 2013
    • Selected to attend the 3rd International Summer School on Radar/SAR, Bonn, Germany, 2011
    • RIT Graduate Scholarship, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-13
    • Thanks award for Out of the Ordinary Assistance, IBM, Bangalore, India, 2009