About Me
I am a doctoral researcher working at the intersection of Earth Observation and Computer Vision. My work focuses on Change Detection, developing robust and adaptive frameworks for identifying and characterizing spatiotemporal changes on the Earth's surface from multi-temporal satellite imagery.
I am currently advised by Dr. Sudipan Saha and collaborate with the Signal, Earth & Multimodal AI with Neural Technologies for Intelligent Cognition (SEMANTIC) Lab.
Education
PhD in Artificial Intelligence
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
2025–Present
- Research Area: Semantic Change Detection
M.Sc. in Mathematics with Computer Science
Jamia Millia Islamia
2022–2024
- Thesis: Machine Learning Approaches for Classifying Safe Limits of Arsenic and Lead Concentrations in Drinking Water
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics
University of Delhi
2019–2022
Publications
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R. K. Das, and S. Saha, “Bridging Fixed and Open-Vocabulary Segmentation in Remote Sensing via AI Orchestration,” ICML 2026 GlobalSouthML, 2026. Paper
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R. Norbu, R. K. Das and S. Saha, “Satellite-based Detection of Plastic Waste in Indian Urban Environments using Sentinel-2 and Spectral Index Fusion,” IEEE International Conference on NextGen Data Science and Analytics (ICNDSA), 2026. Paper
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R. K. Das, M. H. Khan, and S. Saha, “Reimagining Glacier Surveillance: Diffusion Models and Vision Transformers for Climate Change Monitoring,” IEEE International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP), 2025. Paper
Teaching and Mentoring
| Term | Course | Role | Instructor |
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| Fall 2026 | AIL721/AIL7021: Deep Learning | Teaching Assistant | Dr. Sudipan Saha |
| Fall 2026 | 106102001: AI for Earth Observation (NPTEL) | Teaching Assistant | Dr. Sudipan Saha |
| Spring 2026 | AIL7031: Deep Learning for Computer Vision | Head Teaching Assistant | Dr. Sudipan Saha |
| Fall 2025 | APL871/AML7900: Reliability Analysis and Reliability-based Design Optimization | Teaching Assistant | Dr. Souvik Chakraborty |
Mentoring
- Meghender Pal — M.Tech. student, ScAI, 2026–27 (M.Tech. Project).
Awards and Achievements
- Best Paper Award, ICNDSA, 2026
Academic Service
- Reviewer, IEEE JSTARS (since 2026).
Contact
For research discussions, student projects or collaboration enquiries email aiz248679@scai.iitd.ac.in.
Office: Room No. 608, Academic Complex East, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016. Availability: By appointment