Sudipan Saha

Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi

Office: Academic Complex East, 5th floor
Email: sudipan.saha at scai.iitd.ac.in

I am a faculty member in the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence at IIT Delhi. Before this, I was a postdoc at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. I obtained my Ph.D. from University of Trento, Italy, where my advisors were Dr. Francesca Bovolo and Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone.

I am a researcher in Earth observation, computer vision, and climate AI. In more details, my research interests include multi-sensor learning and adaptation, multi-temporal image analysis, unsupervised representation learning, understanding of evolution of meteorological variables and land surface, and uncertainty quantification.

Teaching

Publications

Google Scholar
See selected topic wise publication list here
Indian Urban Maps portal: here

Students at IIT Delhi

  • PhD (Current): Ritik (ScAI), Kumuda (ScAI).
  • Masters by Research (Current): Ashish (ScAI).
  • Masters (Current): Sanskar, Soubhagya, Debanshu, Uday, Meghender (ScAI, expected graduation: 2027)
  • Masters by Research (Graduated): Kanishk Awadhiya (ScAI, 2026 graduating batch), Tushar Verma, Naimish P. Machchar (ScAI, 2025 graduating batch).
  • Masters (Graduated): Anamika Patel (EE 2026 graduating batch), Shubhojit Naskar, Shreyas Shimpi (ScAI 2026 graduating batch), Pulkit Singal (ScAI, 2025 graduating batch), Pratik Vora, Braj Raj Nagar, Sangam Kumar, Swaransh Patel (ScAI, 2024 graduating batch).
  • Bachelors (Graduated): Bismandeep Singh (EE, 2024 graduating batch).

You can expect a recommendation letter from me only if one of the following is satisfied

  • You did a thesis with me and performed satisfactorily.
  • You are a co-author in a paper with me and you contributed significantly to the paper.
  • You spent 6+ months with me as a JRF or RA and performed satisfactorily.

Currently looking for

  • PhD students to work on topics in computer vision, Earth observation, and climate AI.

Currently not looking for

  • Short term internship students.
  • Online internship students.
  • Mini project students.

On-going/concluded funded projects as PI/CO-PI

  • SERB (GoI) funded project on urban mapping (PI,concluded).
  • IIT Delhi MFIRP project with TU Delft on plastic hotspot detection (PI,concluded).
  • ITC Limited funded project on burned area mapping (PI,concluded).
  • Tower Research funded project on AI for good (climate vertical) (CO-PI,concluded).

Awards/Prizes

  • Best Paper, CVPR MORSE 2026.
  • Finalist for Hasmukh Shah Memorial Award for Ecological Studies 2025.
  • Best Reviewer, IEEE TGRS 2024.
  • Best Reviewer, IEEE JSTARS 2022.
  • Best Student, Fondazione Bruno Kessler 2020.
  • Best Poster on PhD Day, Fondazione Bruno Kessler 2019.
  • Institute Postgraduate Passing Out Color, IIT Bombay 2014.
  • Silicon Ship (Hostel) Roll of Honor, IIT Bombay 2014.
  • Special Prize, Science & Engg. Fair 2010 organized by BITM, Ministry of Culture.
  • 3rd Prize, IIT Kharagpur Techfest Kshitij, 2010 Software Design Competition.
  • 2nd Prize, Student Paper Competition, Avenir 2010.
  • 2nd Prize, FOSET Academic Meet, 2010.
  • 1st Prize, Event - Embed, Festronix 2009.
  • 2nd Prize, Event - Innova, Festronix 2009.

Awards to Students

  • Best Paper awarded to Ritik (PhD student) in ICNDSA 2026.
  • Mrs. C Mohini and Mr. Jeewan Kapoor Merit Prize 2025 awarded to Pulkit (MTech 2025 graduate).

Administrative roles at IIT Delhi

  • Department PhD Coordinator, 2026 September onwards.
  • Department MTech Coordinator, 2024 July to 2026 August.
  • Convenor of Department/School Research Committee, since 2025-2026 Academic Year.
  • Member of Department/School Space Committee, since 2023 February.
  • Member of Department/School Research Committee, since 2023-2024 Academic Year.
  • Department Website & Social Media Coordinator, from 2023 April to 2025 July.
  • Member of Admission Committee, 2024 Summer, 2024 Winter, and 2025 Summer.
  • PGCIC Nominee, 2025 (played key role in designing revised MTech and MSR curriculum).
  • Hostel Proctoring Team Member, 2023 Summer, 2024 Summer, 2025 summer, and 2026 summer.
  • Department representative for Open House held on November 2023.
  • Department representative for Open House held on November 2025.
  • Department representative for Anveshan held on March 2025.
  • Department representative for Anveshan held on March 2026.
  • GATE/JAM institute representative: 2024,2025, 2026.
  • Member of committee for ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award Nomination: 2025.

Editorial roles

  • Associate Editor, IEEE TGRS (since 2026).
  • Associate Editor, IEEE JSTARS (since 2024).
  • Past: Topical Associate Editor, IEEE TGRS (2024-2026).
  • Past: Guest Editor, IEEE GRSL in 2023 and 2024.

Before writing to me, consider the following

  • Are you a student looking for an internship? I generally do not provide internship. You will most probably not receive a reply.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on AI-based remote sensing? Sure, please write to me. Depending on the proposal, we may or may not collaborate.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on computer vision (excluding video analysis)? Sure, please write to me. Depending on the proposal, we may or may not collaborate.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on video analysis related topics? I generally do not work in this area. You are requested to search for alternate collaborator.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on topics that are not covered above? I generally do not work in these areas. You are requested to search for alternate collaborator.
  • Do you want to invite me to give an invited talk? Please write to me providing sufficient details and credentials and from an official email.
  • Do you want to invite me to some government or private event or ceremony, just as a guest without a more specific role? I generally do not attend such events, please do not invite.
  • Do you want to invite me to review papers for a conference? I regularly support IEEE TGRS, JSTARS, and GRSL by reviewing numerous papers each year. Additionally, I review for either CVPR or ECCV/ICCV annually, as well as for conferences where I am a submitting author. Please refrain from sending additional review requests unless you are seeking my involvement in a broader capacity.