PUBLICATIONS:

A. Peer-Reviewed Journals and Articles:

B. Conference Papers/Proceedings:

• N. Sharma, B.R.Parida and B. Oinam, (2006). Assessment of annual soil erosion rate of Brahmaputra Basin in India using remote sensing and GIS-a comparative analysis of empirical based models. UNESCO-IHP-ISI workshop on “Sediment management in South and South East Asia”, 24-25 April 2006, Thailand.

• N.Sharma, B.Oinam and B.R.Parida (2006) Remote Sensing Based Study on Channel Changes and Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics of Brahmaputra River in India. “International Conference on Riverine Hydro-ecology: Advance in Research and Applications”: 13-18th August 2006, University of Stirling, UK.
• Ngangbam Romeji and Bakimchandra Oinam, (2008). Mapping dynamic change in Phumdi distribution from multi-temporal satellite imagery: An assessment on Loktak Freshwater wetland, Manipur, India; XXI ISPRS Congress, Bejing, China.
• Bakimchandra Oinam and Silke Wieprecht (2009) ‘Is the immune system of our Blue planet weakening?’10th IAHR Colloquium„ Social, Economical and Political perspective of water“: 2nd December 2009, Stuttgart University, Germany.
• Aastha Sharma and Oinam Bakimchandra (2012) Accessibility to Urban Green Space: A GIS based Assessment. National Symposium on ‘Space Technology for Food & Environmental Security’ & Annual Convention of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, Dec. 5 -7, 2012, New Delhi, India.
• Jyoti Nayak and Oinam Bakimchandra (2012) Identification of Urban Roads using Fuzzy Logic. National Symposium on ‘Space Technology for Food & Environmental Security’ & Annual Convention of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, Dec. 5 -7, 2012, New Delhi, India.
• Aastha Sharma, Oinam Bakimchandra and Kanwal Nayan Singh (2012) Understanding the Plight of Urban Poor using Geospatial approach: a case study in New Delhi. 13th ESRI India User Conference, Dec 5th -6th 2012, Noida NCR, India.
• Ankita Sharma, G.Areendran and Bakimchandra Oinam (2012) Simulation of Forest Fires Behaviour in different terrains of India- A case study of Uttarakhand and Maharastra. National Symposium on ‘Space Technology for Food & Environmental Security’ & Annual Convention of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, Dec. 5 -7, 2012, New Delhi, India.
• Deepika Mann and Oinam Bakimchandra (2013) Creating a gridded population data of India: A comparison and evaluation study of Dasymetric mapping methods. 14th Esri India User Conference 2013, Dec 11^th-12^th 2013, New Delhi.
• Madhuri Kumari, Ashoke Basistha, Oinam Bakimchandra and C. K. Singh (2014) Comparison of Univariate and Multivariate Geostatistical Methods For Interpolation Of Rainfall In Indian Himalayas Of Uttarakhand Region. 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences 17-20th October, 2014 New Delhi, India.

• Bikash Ranjan Parida and Oinam Bakimchandra (2015) Geospatial Perspectives on Drought in India and Agriculture. 16th Esri India User Conference 2015, Dec 2- 4, 2015, New Delhi.

• Bikash R. Parida, Prasad Pathak, Vaibhav Chippa and Oinam Bakimchandra (2015) Geospatial Perspectives on Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Groundwater Hazard in India. 39th National Systems Conference-2015, 14^th -16^th  December 2015, SNU, Greater Noida.

• Malemnganbi, L.C., Oinam, B., (2019). GIS based landslide susceptibility mapping using Frequency Ratio Approach: A case study. International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2019). 21- 24 October, 2019, IIT Roorkee.

• Loukrakpam, C., Oinam, B. (2018). Soil Loss Assessment in Imphal River Watershed, Manipur, North-East India: A Spatio- Temporal Approach. Trends and Recent Advance in Civil Engineering, TRACE, 2018. 23-24, August 2018, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

• Chanu M.L., Bakimchandra O. (2021) A Comparative Study on Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using AHP and Frequency Ratio Approach. (7^th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (ICRAGEE 2020))

• Bidyarani, N.C., Oinam, B. (2021). Spatial and Temporal Change of Land Use and Land Cover for the Valley Region of Manipur. “Threats and Challenges to Sustainability of Natural Resources: Contemporary Remedial Tools and Techniques” (TCSNR 2021) India” 23-24 October 2021.

• Bidyarani, N.C., Oinam, B. (2021). Water footprint for assessing the sustainable production of rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop in Imphal West district, Manipur, India. Northeast Green Summit. 16-18 November 2021.

• Bidyarani, N.C., Oinam,  B. (2021). Assessment of water footprint of rice (Oryza sativa L.) for sustainable production: A case study of Imphal West district, Manipur, India. International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Agricultural Engineering Education, Research and Extension. 23-25 November 2021.

• Robertson, N., Oinam, B. (2021). Spatio-temporal assessment of soil moisture condition using temperature vegetation dryness index: A case study in Imphal-Iril River sub-catchment. “Threats and Challenges to Sustainability of Natural Resources: Contemporary Remedial Tools and Techniques” (TCSNR 2021) India” 23-24 October 2021.

• Loukrakpam, C., Oinam, B. (2021). An assessment of meteorological drought in Manipur, India. Northeast Green Summit. 16-18 November 2021.
•  Loukrakpam, C., Oinam, B. (2021). A net primary productivity based potential land degradation: An assessment in Manipur, India. “Threats and Challenges to Sustainability of Natural Resources: Contemporary Remedial Tools and Techniques” (TCSNR 2021) India” 23-24 October 2021.

• Bidyarani, N.C., Oinam, B. (2022). Water footprint estimation of kharif paddy by using remote sensing and agro- meteorological techniques: a case study of Bishnupur district Manipur, India. International conference on Geospatial pathways and Big data analytics in Natural Resources Application and Climate Change. 16-17 June 2022.

• Robertson, N., Oinam, B. (2022). Estimation of land surface temperature from Landsat-8 TIRS using NDVI based emissivity method in Imphal-Iril river sub-catchment, Manipur, India. International conference on Geospatial pathways and Big data analytics in Natural Resources Application and Climate change. 16-17 June 2022.

• Devi, P.S., Oinam, B. (2022). Hydrological output performance comparison of rural and urban sub-catchment of Nambul river basin. International conference on Geospatial pathways and Big data analytics in Natural Resources Application and Climate Change. 16-17 June 2022.

• Chongtham, S., Oinam, B. (2022). Assessment of soil loss due to wind-based erosion in Manipur River sub-catchment. International conference on Geospatial pathways and Big data analytics in Natural Resources Application and Climate Change. 16-17 June 2022.

• Sana, R.K., Oinam, B., Anand, V. (2022). Analyzing the effect of LS-factor obtained from high resolution satellite imagery on soil erosion and deposition. International conference on Geospatial pathways and Big data analytics in Natural Resources Application and Climate Change. 16-17 June 2022.

• Anand V., Oinam B., and Wieprecht, S. (2022). Multiple techniques for calibration and validation of SWAT model in an ungauged catchment in Inner Himalayan Ranges., EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-11070, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11070, 2022.

• Oinam, B., Anand, V., Sana, R. N., and Wieprecht, S. (2023). Satellite remote sensing-based approach for water quality monitoring in a data sparse region, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-15535, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15535, 2023.

• Anand, V., Oinam B. (2023). Public healthcare infrastructure coverage and scale-up analysis using geospatial techniques. National Conference- Transforming India- Risk to Resilience, JNU-DMICS, New Delhi, 15-17 April, 2023. (Best Presentation Award)
• Oinam B., Anand V., Sana NR. (2023). Hydrological response of Loktak Lake catchment based on ECHAM-GCM using SWAT model., ICSTE-23, NIT Manipur, Imphal, 17-18 February 2023.

Invited Talks/Lectures:

• Oinam, B.C. (2022). GIS and Habitat suitability modelling of Sangai Deer. All India Radio Station, Imphal.

• Oinam, B.C. (2021). Importance and effect of Climate Change in the KLNP- Keibul Lamjao National Park. Directorate of Environment and Climate Change and NIT Manipur

• Oinam, B.C. (2021). Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Environment, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India.

• Oinam, B.C. (2018). Applications of GIS Technology in Environmental Monitoring and Natural Resource Management. All India Radio Station, Imphal

• Oinam, B.C. (2018). Group discussion and knowledge exchange with health practitioners on public health facilities of Manipur. RHTC Wangoi under JNIMS Porompat, Imphal.

• Oinam, B.C. (2012). Understanding GIS and its application in Health Care sector. Training programme on “GIS Applications in Health care for the health professionals”. Oct 8^th - Oct 12^th, 2012. International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), New Delhi, India.

• Oinam, B.C. (2012). GIS and Air Pollution. National Workshop on Air Pollution stress and adverse health effects on population of Delhi (TERI in collaboration with Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) held on 25^th January 2012 at IHC, New Delhi, India.

• Oinam, B.C. (2012) Applications of RS & GIS for Environmental monitoring and assessment. DoPT Programme “Environmental Scan and Food and Energy Security” 20-21 January, 2012 at TERI University, New Delhi, India.
• Oinam, B.C. (2011). The role of GIS in Water Quality Management. National Workshop on Training Module Development in Drinking Water & Sanitation sector, 19-20^th December 2011 at IHC, New Delhi, India.
• Oinam, B.C. (2011). Use of GIS for risk/ vulnerability assessment and decision making. Orientation Programme on “Climate Change and State Preparedness: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation” 17^th -21^st October 2011 at TERI, IHC Complex, New Delhi.
• Oinam, B.C. (2011). Application of Geospatial Technology (RS & GIS) in Water Resource Management. TERI-ITEC Courses 2011-12: Course IV - Climate change and sustainability, 3-21 October 2011 at Gual Pahari campus, TERI, New Delhi, India.
• Oinam, B.C. (2011). Urban Water Network Management using GIS. Workshop on Urban Water Demand Management, 5^th -7^th 2011 at ADB Training Centre, New Delhi, India.

Thesis/Books/Book Chapters Published:

• Bakimchandra Oinam (2011) Integrated Fuzzy-GIS approach for assessing regional soil erosion risks. Mitteilungen / Institut für Wasserbau, Universität Stuttgart: H. 203. Stuttgart, Univ., Diss., ISBN 978-3-942036-07-8

• Bakimchandra O., Prasad Pathak & Vaibhav Chhipa (2016). Mapping ground water quality in tehsils of Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India using GIS. David J. Cowen (Ed.), STEM & GIS in Higher Education. ESRI Press.

• Kumari, M., Basistha, A., Bakimchandra, O., & Singh, C. K. (2016). Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Methods for Mapping Rainfall in Indian Himalayas of Uttarakhand Region. In Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment (pp. 159-168). Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-319-18662-7.

• Chandramani L., Oinam B. (2020). Soil loss assessment in Imphal River watershed, Manipur, North-East India: A spatio-temporal approach. In: AlKhaddar R., Singh R., Dutta S., Kumari M. (eds) Advances in water resources engineering and management. Lecture notes in Civil Engineering, vol 39. Springer, Singapore

• Anand Vicky, Oinam Bakimchandra. (2022). “Remote Sensing and GIS in Spatial Monitoring of the Wetlands: A Case Study of Loktak Lake Catchment, India.” Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resources and Built Infrastructure Management. Eds. Vijay P. Singh, Shalini Yadava, Krishma Kumar Yadav, Gerald Augusto Corzo Perez, Francisco Munoz-Arriol, Ram Narayan Yadava, Springer.

• Anand Vicky, Oinam Bakimchandra. (2022) “Modeling the potential impact of land use land cover change on the hydrology of Himalayan River Basin: A case study of Manipur River, India.” Handbook of Himalayan Ecosystems and Sustainability, Volume 2: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Water Resources and Climate. Eds. Bikash Ranjan Parida, A.C. Pandey, M.D. Behera, Navneet Kumar, Taylor & Francis.

• Chanu M.L., Bakimchandra O. (2021) A Comparative Study on Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using AHP and Frequency Ratio Approach. In: Sitharam T.G., Jakka R., Govindaraju L. (Eds) Local Site Effects and Ground Failures. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 117. Springer, Singapore.

• PhD degree from Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Title of Doctoral Thesis: “Integrated Fuzzy-GIS approach for assessing regional soil erosion risks”.(2007- 2011)

• MSc degree in “Geoinformation Science” from IIRS, Dehradun in collaboration with International Institute of Geo-information & Earth Science, ITC, The Netherlands.  (2004 -2006)

• M.E. degree (Construction Technology and Management) from Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, (MITS) under Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, M.P., India. (2001- 2003)

• B.E. (Civil Engineering) from Tripura Engineering College, Tripura University (presently, NIT-Agartala, India). (1998-2001)

• (August 2012 – November 2014)  Associated as an Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India. During this period, he was engaged in design and developing the UG Surveying lab and Civil Engineering Software Lab. He was also involved actively in teaching particularly in the field of Surveying, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS for various under graduate students. (http://snu.edu.in)

• (July 2011 – August 2012)  Associated as an Assistant Professor at Department of Natural Resource, Faculty of Applied Science, TERI University, New Delhi, India. During this period, he was involved in supervising students for Master thesis and PhD research. He was also involved actively in teaching particularly in the field of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS for graduate students. (http://www.teriuniversity.ac.in/)

• (February 2006- May 2007): Actively involved in a project implementation on “Topographic Analysis and Terrain fly through generation of Kullu Airport runway extension using automated generated DEM” as a Research fellow at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Roorkee, under a research project of Airport Authority of India, Kullu Manali, India. Additional study was carried out for soil erosion modeling, wetland mapping of Majuli in Brahmaputra River, India.

Research Projects:

Duration: February 2006- May 2007

 I was actively involved in a project implementation on “Topographic Analysis and Terrian fly through generation of Kullu Airport runway extension using automated generated DEM” as a Research fellow at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) -Roorkee, under a Consultancy Project of Airport Authority of India, Kullu Manali, India. Additional study was carried out for soil erosion modeling, wetland mapping of Majuli Island in Brahmaputra River, India. I was working under the supervision of Professor Nayan Sharma, WRDM, IIT-Roorkee, India.

Duration: January 2012- August 2012

• I was involved as the project team member for Climate change impact studies on Water Resource Availability for the States of West Bengal and Maharashtra. These projects were carried out during my stay at TERI University as Adjunct Researcher. I was actively involved in GIS based Surface Runoff Modeling and Soil Erosion Risk Assessment for current and future climate projection.

Duration: 2016-2021

• Research Project on “Land degradation risks assessment and monitoring in Manipur, India: a multi-scale approach” funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, India. Grant Amount: Rs 16, 24,590/-. Status: Completed.

Duration: 2017-2021

• Research Project on “Public Health care System Facilities and Spatio-Temporal Disease Mapping and Assessment using Geospatial (GIS and GPS) Technology in Manipur' India." funded by Public Health Foundation of India, (PHFI), Govt. of India. Grant Amount: Rs 19, 25,000/-. Status: Completed.

Duration: 2022- ongoing

Research Project on “A geospatial based approach for the identification and assessment of watershed health condition in Loktak Lake, Manipur, India.” funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under CORE Research Grant. Grant Amount: Rs 35, 36,082 /-. Status: Ongoing ( till June 2025)

National & International Recognition/Awards:

• B.E. (Civil Engineering), Gold Medalist -2001, Tripura University

• 3 month - ITC Fellowship 2005, for undergoing a short-term course in “ GIS and Remote Sensing for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment, EREG 2.0, ITC, The Netherlands
• Awarded the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) PhD scholarship for carrying out research at University of Stuttgart, Germany. (June 2007- June 2011)
• Financial supports from Marie Curie Actions program, European Commission (EU) for attending Marie Curie Series of Events: METIER graduate training course: Helsinki in 2008 (Finland) ; Brussel in 2009 (Belgium)

Summer Schools/ Courses Attended and Organized:

• Attended one semester Elementary German Language Course run by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Autumn Semester- 2006-07, IIT-Roorkee, India.
• Attended Intensive German language course at ‘did deutsch-institut’, Frankfurt/Main, Germany for a period from   (Completed Grundstufe 2)

• Attended the METIER ‘METhods of Interdisciplinary Environmental Research’ (Marie Curie Series of Events) Graduate Training Course in ‘Remote sensing of Hydrosphere’ held at the Finnish Environmental Institute, Helsinki, from 3^rd  to 7^th  November 2008. (http://www.peer-initiative.org/metier )
• Attended METIER Final Conference on "Climate - Water - Biodiversity - Land Use: Young Scientists Tackling Complex Environmental Challenges", EC, Brussels (Belgium), 4^th  to 6^th  November 2009

• Conducted a Summer School on Developing Young-GeoProfessionals supported and funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI, at TERI University, New Delhi for undergraduate students of Delhi and NCR (July 9^th -12^th  2012).

• Attended a pre-symposium tutorial on “Computational Intelligence in Remote Sensing” at National Symposium on ‘Space Technology for Food & Environmental Security’ & Annual Convention of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, Dec. 5 -7, 2012, New Delhi, India.

• Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Geospatial Technology and Its Application”, NIT Manipur from 14/12/2000 to 18/12/2000.

Academic and Administrative Activities:

• Placement Coordinator for Master in Geoinformatics, TERI University, New Delhi ( 2011- 2012)

• PG Advisor, Civil Engineering Department, Shiv Nadar University (September 2012- December 2013)

• Co-ordinator of Civil Engineering Department, Shiv Nadar University ( January 2014- Present)

• Member of Examination/Result Committee under Dean (UG), Shiv Nadar University

• Design and implement the Surveying Lab, GIS Lab in Department of Civil Engineering, SNU.

• Associate Dean (Planning & Development), National Institute of Technology, Manipur. (2015- 2017)

• Dean (Planning & Development), NIT Manipur. ( 2018- 2020)

• Dean (Faculty Welfare), NIT Manipur. ( 2020- 2022)

• Coordinator QIP Minor Cell, NIT Manipur (2021-2022)

• Coordinator NIT Manipur-AICTE FDP program series (2020-2022)

• Head of Department, Civil Engineering (2022- Present)

Countries visited for Academic and Research:

• The Netherlands
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Finland
• Belgium
• Ethiopia

Memberships:

• Member of ISPRS- International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• Life Member of ISRS- Indian Society of Remote Sensing, IIRS, Dehradun.
• Member of ISEIS – “International Society for Environmental Information Sciences”, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3R9, Canada
• Member of IAHS – “International Association of Hydrological Sciences”, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
• Member of International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, (IAESTE), Copenhagen, Denmark.