Talks & Presentations
Sharing Science Beyond the Lab
Pennsylvania State University — Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
March 18, 2026 · Ford Building, University Park, PA 16802
Presented: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and AI-based species monitoring in Indian Protected Areas and current projects."
Discussed PhD research, AI techniques on transfer learning, scalable model techniques, UAV field deployment
challenges, model performance, and scalability for protected area monitoring in India.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences — Landscape Ecology Group
November 19, 2025 · Virtual (Tencent Meeting)
Presented: "Proposal — Elephant Movement Trajectory Modeling and Prediction with Deep Learning."
Highlighted an integrated framework combining satellite and low-cost UAV data with deep learning,
achieving 98% mapping accuracy and real-time wildlife detection at 32 FPS to support evidence-based
conservation planning and adaptive habitat management.
Annual Research Seminar — Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
October 16, 2025
Presented: "Proposal — Skyframes to Riverframes: Integrating Satellites, UAVs, and AI for Riparian
Habitat Monitoring in the Ganga River."
Presented the integrated satellite-UAV-AI monitoring framework for the Ganga River, achieving 98% habitat
mapping accuracy and 92–97% precision in real-time detection of threatened species like swamp deer and
gharial — providing critical early warnings for habitat conversion and supporting river rejuvenation.
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K)
October 4, 2025 · Prague, Czech Republic
Presented: "Data-Driven Conservation of Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) using UAVs and AI in
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary."
Demonstrated a multi-sensor ecological monitoring framework integrating satellite and UAV data with
deep learning for real-time species detection and evidence-based conservation planning.
Czech Technical University — Department of Cybernetics
October 4, 2025 · G205, Karlovo náměstí 13, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Presented: "CNN–Transformer
Framework for Multi-Sensor Ecological Monitoring and Spatiotemporal Habitat Analysis."
Highlighted an integrated framework combining satellite and UAV data with deep learning, achieving 98%
mapping accuracy and real-time wildlife detection at 32 FPS.
Applied Science and Engineering Conference — Prague
September 29, 2025 · Panorama Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
Presented: "Edge-AI Enabled Grassland Monitoring Framework using UAV Imagery."
Presented a comparative analysis of deep learning architectures, demonstrating how hybrid CNN-Transformer
models outperform standard detectors in variable environments. Showcased how model selection directly
impacts the precision of real-time wildlife monitoring and habitat assessment.
(Collaboration with Nabhya Sharma.)
Book a Meeting or Talk
I am happy to give talks, guest lectures, or informal discussions on AI-driven conservation, UAV ecology, or the intersection of technology and nature. Reach out to schedule something.
Collaborate With Me
I welcome opportunities for conservation projects, joint research, capacity-building workshops, or technology transfer to field teams. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Joint Field Surveys
AI Model Development
Drone Protocol Training
Protected Area Monitoring
NGO Partnerships
Academic Research
Citizen Science
Data Sharing
Capacity Building
Technology Transfer