Key skills

Remote sensing

GIS

Additional/Preferred Skills

Google earth engine

Preferred Qualifications

Master degree

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is seeking applications for a Senior Scientific Officer in Geospatial Sciences to support the conception and operational deployment of EO services in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with public and private partners. The Senior Scientific Officer's work location will be in Patancheru and s/he will be reporting to the Cluster leader: Geospatial Sciences and Big Data at ICRISAT.

Senior Scientific Officer - National 

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global agriculture research partnership whose science is carried out by the 15 Research Centers in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.

ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid.

ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropic. Its mission is to reduce, poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. The approach is through partnership-based international agricultural research-for-development that embodies Science with a Human Face. For more details, see www.icrisat.org.

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is seeking applications for a Senior ScientificOfficer in Geospatial Sciences to support the conception and operational deployment of EO services in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with public and private partners. The Senior Scientific Officer's work location will be in Patancheru and s/he will be reporting to the Cluster leader: Geospatial Sciences and Big Data at ICRISAT.

Primary Responsibilities:

1.Analyze and organize data for mapping of ICRISAT mandate crops in South Asia and Africa

2.Assist the RS/GIS specialist in tasks related to RS & GIS

3.Mapping agriculture-based remote sensing products using Traditional and ML Techniques along with validation

4.Automation of processes related to RS

5.Yield assessment using advanced Remote sensing techniques and Crop Models

6.Creating smart sampling for CCEs/ground data collection, and conduct of ground data and CCE collection

Applicants should apply on or before 19 May 2022, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.