Year: 2026

Mar 24

Viksit Bharat Panel Discussion on GeoAI for Disaster Management

We are delighted to share that Prof. Surya S. Durbha participated as a distinguished panelist in the “Viksit Bharat” series panel discussion on “Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Disaster Management”, organized by the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (TISS). The session brought together experts from academia and industry to discuss how the convergence of Geospatial Technologies and Artificial Intelligence is transforming disaster preparedness, response, and resilience. The engaging discussion provided valuable perspectives for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working at Read more

Feb 25

Exciting News: Prof. Surya Durbha joins the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature)

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Surya Durbha, Head, CSRE, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has joined the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group (a prestigious open-access journal published by Nature) as an Editorial Board Member. As a leading figure in “Geospatial AI, Geo Agentic Systems, Knowledge Representation in AI“, Prof. Durbha’s expertise and contributions will bring valuable insights and guidance to the journal’s editorial process. This appointment reflects Prof. Durbha’s ongoing commitment to advancing scientific knowledge Read more

Jan 02

SpADANet shines again: Featured on TheHindu

We are thrilled to share that our pioneering work on the SpADANet model has got even more attention! After already being recognized by IIT Bombay’s Research Highlight, ResearchMatters, LokSatta, and FreePressJournal, our research has now been highlighted by a leading national newspaper TheHindu. This spotlight further validates the groundbreaking nature of SpADANet, a spatially aware AI model that is transforming the way we assess damage caused by Hurricanes. Developed by our GeoSysIoT lab at CSRE, IIT Bombay; SpADANet uses advanced Read more