Dr. Sattar is the founder of the Cryosense Lab, IIT Bhubaneswar. Dr. Sattar’s research includes various applications of remote sensing and GIS. His research focus is on the cryosphere including remote sensing-based glacier modeling, and modeling of glacial lake outburst floods and other mountain hazards. His research expertise deals with several aspects of high mountain hazards, risks, and adaptation. He is interested in multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research around the globe including the Himalayas, the Andes, Iceland, and Central Asia, both at a local scale and in regional-scale assessments. His research involves understanding various mass movement processes in high mountain geosystems focusing on recent dynamics. He is  involved in modeling different forms of potential mass movement including landslides, avalanches, and rockfalls.

Specific reserch interests:

Under Graduation

Post Graduation

Ph. D. Supervision (1 completed; 6 ongoing):

Masters Theseis Supervision (8 no’s completed; 3 ongoing):

Publications in “Science”: (Journal Impact Factor: 47.73)

Relevant peer-reviewed journal publications since 2019:

International Conferences:

1. P.Rajendran, Jaishri Sanwal, Kusala Rajendran, C.N.Prabhu, A.S.Silpa, Ashim Sattar (2015)- Continuous Indian Ocean Tsunami History: Database from Andaman-Nicobar Islands- Asia Ocenia Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore.
2. Ashim Sattar, Ajanta Goswami, Anil.V.Kulkarni (2015)- The status of Himalayan glaciers-A review on glacier mass balance. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS WG VIII/1 Workshop)- ISPRS15-07-0007.
3. Ajanta Goswami, Bijay Ketan Mohanta, Ashim Sattar, Anil. V. Kulkarni (2016)- Glacial lake dynamics and climate change-A study of temporal evolution of the glacier melt lakes in Uttarakhand. International Conference on Climate Change Mitigation and Technologies for Adaptation.
4. Ajanta Goswami, Pir Mohammad, Ashim Sattar (2016)- A temporal study of Urban Heat Island (UHI) using Remote Sensing-A Evaluation of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat. International Conference on Climate Change Mitigation and Technologies for Adaptation.
5. Pir Mohammad, Ajanta Goswami, Ashim Sattar, Stefania Bonafoni (2016)-A remote sensing approach to study the temporal growth of the urban limits for the city of Hyderabad from 2001-2015. International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development-Opportunities & Challenges
6. Ajanta Goswami, Pir Mohammad, Ashim Sattar, Rahul Mahanta, Stefania Bonafoni (2016)- An Urban Heat Island magnitude study over the city of Guwahati-An integration of Remote Sensing and Ground based approach. International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development-Opportunities & Challenges.
7. Ashim Sattar, Ajanta Goswami, Anil. V. Kulkarni- Hydrodynamic modeling of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) and its impact on a Hydropower Station- A case study at the upper Alaknanda Basin, Central Himalaya. EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria.
8. Ashim Sattar, (2020) GLOF process chain modeling and future hazard of the South Lhonak Lake and its hydraulic uncertainty, International Conference on Himalayan Cryosphere-2020, IISc Bangalore
9. Ashim Sattar, Simon Allen, Holger Frey, Christian Huggel, Martin Mergili- Modeling glacial lake outburst flood process chains in Sikkim Himalaya: Hazard assessment of the two potentially hazardous lakes. EGU General Assembly, 2021.
10. Martin Mergili, Ashim Sattar, Johnathan Carrivick, Adam Emmer, Kyle T. Mandli, Mylène Jacquemart, Scott Watson, Matt Westoby, John J. Clague, Umesh K. Haritashya, Dan H. Shugar-Exploring the flow evolution of the Chamoli event (Uttarakhand, India) of 7 February 2021: From geomorphological mapping to multi-model computer simulations. EGU General Assembly, 2021.
11. Saket Dubey, Manish Kumar Goyal, Ashim Sattar, Umesh K. Haritashya – Susceptibility of glacial lakes to avalanche and rockfall in the Hindu-Kush-Himalaya. EGU General Assembly, 2021.
12. Simon Allen, Tobias Bolch, Holger Frey, Guoqing Zhang, Guoxiong Zheng, Suraj Mal, Chen Ningsheng, Ashim Sattar, Markus Stoffel- Glacial lake outburst floods in High Mountain Asia: From large scale assessment to local disaster risk management. EGU General Assembly, 2021.
13. Saket Dubey, Ashim Sattar, Umesh K Haritashya, Manish Kumar Goyal, Simon Allen, Holger Frey, Christian Huggel (2022)-Avalanche and landslide exposure in Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya- AGU Fall Meeting, 2022
14. Ashim Sattar, Umesh K Haritashya, Jeffrey S Kargel (2020)-Reconstructing the process-chain of the 2016 Glacial Lake outburst flood (GLOF), Poiqu basin, Eastern Himalaya- AGU Fall Meeting, 2021
15. A Abhinav, Ashim Sattar, HS Negi (2024) Automated Glacial Lake Mapping Using C-band SAR Data and a Deep Learning Technique in the Himalayan Region, AGU Fall Meeting, 2024
16. N Krishnan, Ashim Sattar, AV Kulkarni, HS Negi (2024) -A Comprehensive Basin-Scale Inventory of Hanging Glaciers and Avalanche Modeling in the Alaknanda Basin, Central Himalaya, AGU Fall Meeting, 2024
17. A Francis T, S Layek, D Raj Das Ashim Sattar (2024) -Heatwave Susceptibility in Eastern India Using Machine Learning and Geospatial Techniques, AGU Fall Meeting, 2024
18. Lasha Sukhishvili, Daniel H Shugar, Tea Godoladze, Kristen L Cook, Simon Cook, Felipe Ugalde, Jeffrey L Kavanaugh, Arnab Muhuri, Andreas Kääb, Simon Allen, Wilfried Haeberli, Avtandil Okrostsvaridze, Levan Tielidze, Jonathan Lee Carrivick, David N Petley, Pascal Lacroix, Etienne Berthier, John Nabelek, Ashim Sattar, Vasil Metreveli, Khatuna Kvlividze, Giorgi Merebashvili, Lana Ratiani, Tinatin Rostomashvili (2024)-Rock-ice collapse of the Tbilisa Glacier in the Georgian Greater Caucasus-Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Preconditions and Developments of the 2023 Disaster, AGU Fall Meeting, 2024

               National conferences:

1. 1. Ashim Sattar, Ajanta Goswami, Anil.V.Kulkarni (2016)- A temporal study of Land Surface temperature and precipitation: An evaluation of Glacier Mass Balance and Glacial Lakes Using Earth Observatory Techniques” -National Geo-Research Scholars Meet, 2016.
   2. Ashim Sattar, Ajnata Goswami, Anil. V. Kulkarni, Pritam Das (2016)- Estimation of total glacier volume and volume change from 1968 to 2016 in Dhauliganga basin using different methods-National Conference on Himalayan Cryosphere, 2017, IISc Bangalore.
   3. Ajanta Goswami, Sadanand Yadav, Ashim Sattar, Anil. V. Kulkarni, Sanjay K Jain (2016)- A review on Glacial Lake and Glacial Lake outburst flood in Indian Himalaya and its impact on the Ganga Basin”- National Seminar on R & D Perspective for Rejuvenation of River Ganga, 2015.

Book Chapters:

Appointments

Member of GoI Commission, Govt. of Sikkim, India:

1. Expert member of “Sikkim Commission on Glacier Hazards” Govt. of Sikikim, India

https://www.sikkim.gov.in/media/press-release/press-info?name=Press+Release+from+Department+of+Science+and+Technology&id=121214

Expert Member of International Scientific Organization:

1. Expert member of Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ)-A Scientific Standing Group of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences IACS and the International Permafrost Association IPA.

Membership of Professional Societies:

1. Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)- (L-5215)
2. Life Member of Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG)- (ISG-L-2177)
3. Life member of Geological Society of India (GSI) (M-0286)
4. Life member of Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) (LM-3794)
5. Life member of Indian Association of Hydrologists (LM-2090)

Representation in G-20 India

1. Invited panelist at the Youth-20 Consultation Summit on the theme ‘Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction & Sustainability—A Way of Life’ under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, May 11, 2023

International Fellowships/awards/funding Awarded:

1. Nehru Grimssion Fellowship (University of Iceland, 2018) (Ph.D Exchange)
2. Swiss Government Excellence Award (University of Zurich, Switzerland) (2021) (Postdoc)
3. NASA-funded Postdoc (University of Dayton, USA) (2020)

National Fellowships Awarded:

1. DST INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP, 2015 for Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
2. DST INSPIRE FACULTY AWARD, 2022 (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

Awards/Honors:

1. M.N.Viswanathaiah Endowment Gold Medal, 2013 (Master in Science, Applied Geology)
2. Chind Prasad Rao Memorial Gold medal, 2013 (Master in Science, Applied Geology)
3. P.N.Satish Gold Medal, 2013 (Master in Science, Applied Geology)
4. Best Research Presentation Award, 2017- NCPOR, Goa.
5. Runners in the ‘HIMASHILED GRAND CHALLENGE, 2025’- A national-level challenge to develop innovative and sustainable Indigenous solutions for GLOF mitigation, organized by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Govt. of India.
6. Early Career Scientist (ECS) Award, recognising his research on the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) cryosphere. (2026)

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