Dr. Thota Sivasankar is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in the School of Computer Science at UPES, Dehradun. He holds a Ph.D. in Geomatics from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, where his doctoral research focused on retrieving vegetation biophysical parameters using RISAT-1 hybrid polarimetric SAR data. Prior to this, he completed his M.Tech. in Remote Sensing from Andhra University and earned his B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Dr. Sivasankar brings a unique blend of academic and applied research experience, having worked as a Research Scientist at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), ISRO, and as a Research Scholar at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun. His primary research focuses on the use of geospatial intelligence for natural resource management and disaster management applications.

He is a prolific author with over 10 peer-reviewed journal articles, several conference proceedings, and book chapters to his credit. Dr. Sivasankar has delivered invited talks and training sessions for national and international organizations, and he actively contributes as a reviewer to several reputed scientific journals.