Chandan M. C.

Designation: 

Assistant Professor (Grade-II) (On Contract)

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Professional Experience: 

* Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore, Karnataka, India.Jan 2021-Dec 2024 Jul 2015-Dec 2016
*Management Trainee, Sobha Developers Limited, Bangalore, India. July 2011-Aug 2012
Job-Description: Led the residential project “Cinnamon” High rise residential apartments. Manage, account, costing, training and supervise construction work.

Contact Details
Academic Background

* Ph.D. (2021)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
Doctorate in Urban Infrastructure Modelling using Geoinformatics.
Dissertation: Urban Land Use Modelling and Developing a Framework of Spatial Decision Support System for Indian Cities.
Advisor: Bharath H Aithal. Committee: Joy Sen, Bhargab Maitra, Arkopal K Goswami

* M.Tech (2015)
Department of Applied Mechanics.
National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India
Master of Technology in Remote sensing and GIS.
Dissertation: Modelling Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Urban Growth in Metropolitan Cities of India.
Advisor: M. K. Nagaraj (Internal, NITK), T. V. Ramachandra (External, IISc., Bangalore)

*B.E. (2011)
Department of Civil Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore,Karnataka, India.

Areas of Interest

Remote Sensing, Urban Growth Modelling, Spatial Decision Support Systems, Urban Flood modelling, Land surface temperature and Urban heat island studies.

Conference Proceedings: 

32

Journals: 

7
Significant Projects

• Co-PI – Condition Assessment and Development of Management Plan for Krishna River Basin (CAMP). Funded by Department of Water Resources, Ministry of Jal Shakti (through National River Conservation Directorate). Project Cost: INR 627 Lakhs. Duration: 36 months (Feb 2024–Feb 2027). PI: Prof. Basavaraju Manu, NITK.

Book Chapters: 

7
Supervision of Ph.D

1 Bhramarambha S (257WO001) Remote Sensing-Based Agriculture Yield Estimation, Full Time, Registered on 19-06-2025
2 Jubina C K (257WO002) Impact of Climate Change on Urban Flood Dynamics, Full Time, Registered on 17-06-2025
3 Arun M O (257WO500) Geoinformatics-Based Performance Evaluation of Water Supply Projects in Tier-2 Indian Cities, Part Time, Registered on 19-06-2025
4 Sushmitha G S (257WO501)* Spatiotemporal Analysis and Prediction of Shoreline Dynamics using Geoinformatics, Part Time, Registered on 19-06-2025
*Co-guide

Significant Publications

1. Chandan, M. C., & Bharath, H. A., (2021). Impact assessment of Corridor Oriented development - A case of urban agglomerations of India. International
Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 9(2), 172-194. https://doi.org/10.14246/irspsdc.9.2_172
2. Bharath, H. A., Chandan, M. C., Vinay, S., & Akshit, S. (2020). Land allocation model using cellular automata to understand housing demand and supply. Spatial
Information Research, 29, 339–351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-020-00350-w
3. Chandan, M. C., Nimish, G. & Bharath, H.A. (2020). Analysing spatial patterns and trend of future urban expansion using SLEUTH. Spatial Information
Research, 28(1), 11–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-019-00262-4
4. Bharath, H.A., Chandan, M. C., & Nimish, G. (2019). Assessing land surface temperature and land use change through spatio-temporal analysis: A case study
of select major cities of India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 12(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4547-1 Impact Factor: 0.86
5. Bharath, H. A., Chandan, M. C., Vinay, S., & Ramachandra, T. V. (2018). Modelling urban dynamics in rapidly urbanising Indian cities. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing
and Space Science, 21(3), 201–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2017.08.002 Cite Score: 4.89
6. Bharath, H. A., Vinay, S., Chandan, M. C., Gouri, B. A., & Ramachandra, T. V. (2018). Green to Gray: Silicon Valley of India. Journal of Environmental Management, 206, 1287–
1295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.072, Impact Factor: 4.005

Achievements

*Best paper award: Water Urbanism and Infrastructure Development in Eco-Sensitive Zones, 2017, Kolkata; Research for Transport and Logistics Industry (R4TLI), 2022,Colombo.
*Sahyadri Ecologist Award, IISc Bangalore, 2018.
*Travel awards: FOSS4G Asia conference, Moratuwa, (2018); Fall Meeting, AGU, USA (2018); 16th International Conference – CUPUM, China (2019).
*Fellowships: Post-graduation education (2013-15); Doctoral research (2017-2021) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
*Recipient of the IEEE Region 10 Professional Certification Grant 2025

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Department of Water Resources & Ocean Engg
(Formerly Applied Mechanics & Hydraulics), NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangaluru - 575 025
Karnataka, India.
 
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