Women in Engineering Session Speakers

Divya is a seasoned technology & innovation leader with 15+ years of diverse industry experience in technology. Currently, Divya leads the data science and machine learning department at SatSure to create products that enable decision intelligence for the enterprises in Agriculture, Infrastructure and Energy sectors by leveraging the power of AI/ML and Data Science on geospatial data. Divya and her team are currently solving complex data science problems like Crop Classification, Yield Estimation to name a few, to build products targeting sustainability challenges like farmer financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture and climate action. Also, they have created innovative data models like optical image reconstruction with SAR data and super resolution for the EO data challenges of cloud cover and high costs of high-res image.

Dr Rajashree Vinod Bothale is presently Deputy Director, Earth & Climate Sciences Area at NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad, India. She is Project Director for National Information  System for Climate and  Environment Studies programme, which is aimed towards generation of Climate Quality geophysical database, Essential Climate Variables, establishment of instruments and carrying out research in climate change using ground based and satellite based observations. She has more than 35 years’ experience of working in geo-spatial technologies particularly in the field of water resources, cryosphere and climate change.

Currently employed as Vice President – Consulting at Geospatial World, Ananyaa Narain, an economist by education, is a leading thought leader in the socio-economic and market research space for geospatial, BIM, and frontier technologies worldwide. Having worked in the capacity of an expert/consultant with notable organizations such as European Commission – JRC, UNGGIM-PSN, WFEO, WGIC, Ananyaa was recognized as a 40U40 geospatial professional for 2020 by xyHt, and a Geospatial Rising Star 2022 by Geospatial World.

Ayushee, a seasoned Business Analyst at GalaxEye Space, drives strategic growth with a year of impactful contributions. Her market exploration skills capitalize on new opportunities in the dynamic space industry. Passionate about technology and innovation, Ayushee envisions solving space challenges through advanced AI and ML. A key player in fostering innovation, she is integral to GalaxEye Space’s mission to soar to new heights in the evolving space market.

Dr A M Ramiya works as Associate Professor in Remote Sensing and Image Processing at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Department of Space, Thiruvananthapuram. She has received her PhD in Remote Sensing from IIST, Thiruvananthapuram, and M.S. in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, University of Southampton, UK and B E in Geoinformatics from College of Engineering, Guindy. She has more than 18 years of experience in handing and processing geospatial images from multispectral/ hyperspectral/ LiDAR sensors captured from various platforms such as satellite, airborne, drone/UAV, ground-based and mobile platforms. Her research interests include developing algorithms and methodologies using machine learning techniques for processing very high-resolution remote sensing images for natural and man-made resource management. She has published several research papers related to remote sensing and image processing in top remote sensing journals.