Dr. Har Amrit Singh Sandhu





Name: Dr.  Har Amrit Singh Sandhu
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Civil Engineering
Institute Name : Punjab Engineering College (Deemed To Be University)
College Address : Department Of Civil Engineering
Punjab Engineering College, Sector-12
Chandigarh
Awardtitle:Academic Excellence Award
Experience: 19+ Years


About Dr.  Har Amrit Singh Sandhu

Dr. Har Amrit Singh is a civil engineer and working as an Assistant Professor in the Department

of Civil Engineering at Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh. He has rich and wide

experience of 19+ years in the field of Remote Sensing/GIS/Advanced surveying. He did B.E

from PEC Chandigarh and M.Tech from IIT Roorkee. He completed Ph.D in the field of

Remote Sensing from PEC Chandigarh. He is in the teaching/research field for the last 10 years.

He is involved in many research projects as PI/Co-PI. Apart from his official duties, he is a

member of the following technical societies:

  1. a) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  2. b) Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS).

Presently, he is associated with the ASCE as Secretary India Section North Region. He is also

contributing to the ISRS Chandigarh Chapter as Treasurer. Further, he has won many awards,

some of them are listed below:

  1. a) Commendation Award from Chandigarh Administration on Republic Day
  2. b) Best Paper Award in an International Conference
  3. c) Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award by ASCE USA
  4. d) International Travel Award by Iceland

He has conducted many courses/seminars to disseminate the awareness about RS/GIS field and

involved in capacity building programs also. He is regularly invited for delivering lectures in

the field of RS/GIS/Drone mapping etc. He owns one youtube channel which has many videos

of RS/GIS field.