1. Teaching and Mentoring
 Currently working as an Associate Professor in Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics
(Constituent of SIU)Website: www.sig.ac.in.
 Duties involved teaching, research as well as advising for masters program in
Geoinformatics.
 Program incharge of M.Tech in Geoinformatics.
 Thesis advisor for M.Sc. and M.tech students.
 Ph.D. guide for faculty of Computer Studies and Information Technology.
 Courses undertaken are Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Advanced Remote
Sensing, Digital Image Processing, Natural Resource Management and Health GIS.
Selected Grants and Projects
In progress
 PI for Research Project titled “Modeling spatio- temporal patterns of water quality
along the coast of Devbag, Maharashtra with special reference to creek erosion using
geospatial technology.”
 Recognition of Handwritten Expression of Chemical Reactions through Image
Processing and pattern recognition.
 Capture and analysis of vascular blood flow characteristics for the development of a
mathematical model.
Completed
 Co- pi for Minor research project titled “Tourism, local stakesand transformations– a
case study of villageDebug, coastal Maharashtra (India)”
 Vegetation Carbon Pool assessment: Development of methodology for the
assessment of biomass using Remote Sensing Techniques. Implementation of
developed methodology for assessment of carbon pool across state of Maharashtra
with special emphasis on Western Ghats. Funding Agency: Indian Space Research
Organization under Geo-sphere Bio-sphere program. (
http://www.isro.org/gbp/index.htm)
 Assessment of Irrigation potential for the western Maharashtra including Bhima
and Kukkadi basins using Cartosat II data. Funding Agency: National Remote
Sensing Centre (http://www.nrsa.gov.in/)
 Environmental Impact assessment of Chanda and Maddukkarai region using
satellite imagery. Funding Agency: National Remote Sensing Centre
(http://www.nrsa.gov.in/)
 National land use, land use change and forestry(LULUCF) assessment using
satellite data for national communication on inventory of greenhouse gases NATCOM.
Education Services
 Member of Academic Council from 16th March 2015.The Academic Council is the
Principal Academic Authority of the University and is chaired by the Vice-
Chancellor. it comprises, typically, of around 101 members. The Academic Council is
responsible for laying down, regulating, and maintaining the standards of teaching,
research, extension and examinations in the University.

2.  Head of Examination – Duties involve setting up policies on student assessment,
evaluation of continuous assessment process, Conduct central processing of external
examinations. Address grievances regarding examination policy, evaluation and use
of unfair means.
 Head of Placements – Duties involve building strategic partnerships with various
public research institutes and private corporations. Develop collaborative programs,
student internship programs and placement.
 Member of Board of Studies- Duties involve development of new programs, conduct
curriculum evaluation and Development of existing programs. Facilitate scholarship
and research in the curriculum.
 Coordinator for International Student Cell – Duties includes deliberation of matters
regarding International Students. Facilitate acclimatization of international students
through orientation programs in collaboration with various state and central
government agencies. . Provide assistance and counseling to international students.
Publications
 Chaudhary Navendu , Pisolkar Yogesh (2016), Issues, Concerns, and Local Stakes:
Future of Water Resources in Coastal Villages of Devbag and Tarkarli, Coastal
Maharashtra, India in Reconsidering the Impact of Climate Change on Global Water
Supply, Use, and Management, Editor, Rao, Prakash and Patil, Yogesh, Advances in
environmental engineering and green technologies, Pg. 50-69, IGI Global (ISSN:
2326-9162; eISSN: 2326-9170)
 Pisolkar Yogesh, Chaudhary Navendu (2016) The Problems of Coastal Tourism,
Environment and Local Sustainable Development along Sindhudurg District, Coastal
Maharashtra India. Annual Research Journal of Symbiosis Centre for Management
Studies, Pune, 4: 101-109 ( ISSN: 2348-0661).
 Navendu Chaudhary and Yogesh Pisolkar, Proceedings of Emerging Trends in Global
Financial Landscape- Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities, 2015 ISBN No.978-
1-63415-553-3
 Yogesh Pisolkar and Navendu Chaudhary, Issues in Development and Intangible
Asset Finance - A Case Study of Village Devbag, Coastal Maharashtra, India.
Proceedings of Emerging Trends in Global Financial Landscape- Approaches,
Challenges and Opportunities, 2015 ISBN No. 978-1-63415-553-3
 Navendu Chaudhary, Geospatial Technology: Opportunity in fostering social
enterprenureship, Proceedings of International Conference on” Emerging Trends in
World Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development”, April 2014
 Roger J Doctor and Navendu Chaudhary, A Study on Endemic Plant Families of
Western Ghats and their Environmental Conditions, An international journal of
environment and biodiversity, 2013 (submitted)
 Varun Anand, Dipto Sarkar and Dr. Navendu Chaudhury, Caddie, a Android based
application that provides golfers with distance and direction to the targeted hole from
their current position, Geomatrix '11, IIT Bombay, 26th February 2011

3.  Bhavneet Verya, Debashree Dutta, Satarupa Chatterjee,Tapaleena Bhattacharjee,
Dr.Navendu Chaudhary, The Sinking Beauty "Sunderbans". Geospatial World Forum
2011,Hyderabad, 18th to 21st January 2011.
 Navendu Chaudhary, Microwave remote sensing: Principles and application,
Proceedings of the Workshop on Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in Natural
Resource Management, pg. 34 -39 , 2010.
 Frohn, Robert C.and Chaudhary, Navendu, 2009, Multi-scale Image Segmentation
and Object-Oriented Processing for Land Cover Classification, GIScience and Remote
Sensing, Volume vol.45 no.4, Page 377-391
 Frohn, R.C., Liu, L., Beck, R.A., Chaudhary, N., & O. Arellano-Neri. (2008). An
Evaluation of Classification Methods for Level II Land-Cover Categories in Ohio. SPIE
Proceedings in Geoinformatics 2008 and Joint Conference on GIS and Built
Environment: Classification of Remote Sensing Images, 7147, 12.
 Chaudhary, Navendu, An object oriented approach to land-cover classification: A
case study for state of Ohio, VDM, Verlag Dr. Muller, 2008, ISBN: 978-3-639-
03957-3.
 Sullivan, A. P., R. C. Frohn, K. Magee, and N. Chaudhary. 2006. Testing the Regional
Reliability of Spectral Signatures of Archaeological Phenomena. Final Report (Grant
Number MT-2210-05-NC-12 [41 pp.]) submitted to the National Park Service,
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Natchitoches, LA
 Vivek P. Utgikar, Navendu Chaudhary, Arthur Koeniger, Henry H.Tabak, John R.
Haines , Rakesh Govind Toxicity of metals and metal mixtures: analysis of
concentration and time dependence for zinc and copper; Water Research 38 (2004)
3651–3658.
 Utgikar, Vivek P.; Harmon, Stephen M.; Chaudhary, Navendu; Tabak, Henry H.;
Govind, Rakesh, Inhibition of Sulfate –Reducing Bacteria by Metal Sulfide Formation
in Bioremediation of Acid Mine drainage, Environmental Toxicology, Volume: 17,
Issue: 1, 2002.
 Vivek P. Utgikar, Bor-Yann Chen, Navendu Chaudhary, Henry H. Tabak, John R.
Haines, and Rakesh Govind, Acute Toxicity Of Heavy Metals To Acetate-Utilizing
Mixed Cultures Of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: Ec100 And Ec50, Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 20, No. 12, pp. 2662–2669, 2001.
Presentations and Invited Talks
 Chaudhary N, Role of remote sensing in environmental management, Conference on
Environmental Mangement ,KTHM College, Nashik.
 Symbiosis Faculty Development Programme on “Innovative Teaching” 7th & 8th July
2010.

4.  Symbiosis Faculty Development Programme on “ Leadership , Motivation and Talent
Management'' ,January, 2011
 Workshop on “Formulation and Submission of Major and Minor Research Projects”
4th and 5th March, 2011 at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune.
 Navendu Chaudhary, Microwave remote sensing : Principles and application,
Presented at Workshop on Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in Natural Resource
Management, Pune, Aug 2010.
 Workshop on Forestry Environment & Sustainability Trends organized by Indian
Society of Geomatics , C-DAC, IWRS and SIG.
 Workshop on “ Open source GIS” Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics , 2009
Other academic position:
Board member: International journal of advancement in earth and environmental sciences
(IJAEES)
Member, Executive Committee : Indian Society of Geomatics( Pune Chpter)
Softwares & Tools
 ArcGIS, ENVI 4.0, eCognition 4.0, ERDAS Imagine, NCSS, FRAGSTAT, GeoConcept
6.0, Google Earth Pro.
Awards & Honours
 Graduate Assistantship in the Department Of Geography, University of Cincinnati in
collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies. (March 2006-June 2006).
 Research Assistantship in the Department Of Geography, University of Cincinnati in
collaboration with Department of Anthropology (Sept 2005-Sept 2006).
 Research Assistantship in the Department Of Geography, University of Cincinnati in
collaboration with Ohio environmental Protection Agency , Columbus-OH, USA(Sept
2005-Sept 2006).
 Teaching Assistantship in the Department Of Geography, University of Cincinnati
(Sept 2002-Sept 2005).
 Research Assistantship in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Cincinnati in collaboration with United States Environmental Protection
Agency, USA (Oct. 1999 – Aug 2002).
 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati. (Sept. 1999-Sept 2005).
Previous Experience
System Research Institute, Pune, June 2007- Jan2008
 Exploring GIS capabilities for rural development in India.
 Responsible for promoting GIS as a teaching aid to middle and high schools.
 Develop content for GIS utilization as a teaching aid for teaching Geography in Pune.

5. Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati
Archeology (Dept. of Anthropology, UC), Sep.2005-Sept 2006
 Worked on a collaborative project with the Department of Anthropology.
 Applied predictive models that are based on remotely-sensed characteristics of
known archeological phenomena.
 Evaluated the effectiveness of this remote sensing approach
Land Cover (Ohio EPA), Oct. 2002-Sep. 2005
 Worked as a research assistant on a collaborative project with Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
 Developing statewide Land Cover classification product for the state of Ohio using
satellite data (Funding: Ohio-EPA $ 333,930).
 Developed image-processing methodology for classifying land cover using modified
Anderson level II classification scheme in collaboration with Ohio EPA team.
 Incorporated hierarchical layered approach and sophisticated algorithms using ENVI
4.0 and eCognition 4.0.
 Developed sampling strategies for Data validation.
 Developed accuracy assessment protocol using field data and high resolution satellite
images.
 Managed the time and resource guidelines throughout the project.
 In addition worked as a coordinator between Department of Geography and Ohio
EPA.
Toxicity Study (EPA) Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Oct. 1999-Aug 2001
 Exploration of toxicity of Heavy Metals to Acetate-utilizing cultures of sulfate-
reducing bacteria.
 Worked with team of University of Cincinnati contractors at US Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA).
 Established and maintained Acetate-Utilizing Cultures Of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria.
 Designed and conducted experiments to analyze effects of heavy metals on acetate-
utilization of mixed cultures of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati
Department of Environmental Studies, University of Cincinnati, Mar 2006- June
2006
 Developed and taught Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS as an undergraduate
course.
 The course involved theory as well as lab work specifically geared towards
environmental Applications of remote sensing and GIS.
Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati Oct 2002- Sep. 2006

6.  Employed as a teaching assistant for following courses: Principles of Remote
Sensing, Environmental GIS, Advanced Remote Sensing, Field Work and Methods,
Remote Sensing Applications, Introduction to GIS
 Taught and designed courses for a diverse group of students both at undergraduate
and graduate level.
 Developed course material and laboratory exercises. Trained company employees in
remote sensing and GIS techniques.