IITKGP
Somsubhra Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur

Somsubhra Chakraborty

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, USA

Associate Professor

Agricultural and Food Engineering

+91-3222-283156

somsubhra@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Chairperson, Commercial Establishments and Licencing Committee
  • Coordinating Warden, HMC (Mess)

Research Areas

  • Portable XRF Applications in Soil
  • Digital Soil Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Smartphone-based affordable soil testing
  • Hyperspectral Sensing
I am interested in developing novel optical and electrochemical soil sensors that use machine learning and deep learning to rapidly estimate soil properties, especially for resource-poor farmers.  Currently, our group is working on portable soil sensors like PXRF and DRS for quick soil monitoring and mapping, digital soil mapping, soil image processing and subsequent modeling via deep learning, smartphone-based colorimetric device development, NIR image-based soil characterization, and sensor-based user-friendly android app development for soil testing and fertilizer recommendation. I welcome ambitious, sincere, and hard-working students to join our group for Ph.D. Follow my personal website for more details. 
  • Advanced Hyperspectral and X-ray Fluorescence Sensors For Monitoring Contaminated Soils by Chakraborty S., Weindorf D. C., Ray D. P. Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives - (2018)
  • Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics by Deb S., Chakraborty S. Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives - (2018)

Principal Investigator

  • A I BASED e SOIL HEALTH CARD IIT KHARAGPUR AI4ICPS I HUB FOUNDATION
  • AI KISAN SATHI: EMPOWERING RURAL INSTITUTIONS (PACS, FPOs, and Cooperatives) AND FARMERS BY LEVERAGING AI/ML FOR SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY SENRYSA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  • AI-Enabled Long-Range Thermal Camera Surveillance System for Human, Wildlife, Vehicle Detection and Early Forest Fire Identification ARANYA PARIDHI PRIVATE LIMITED
  • MECHANISTIC SOIL CARBON MODELLING USING NISAR AND ANCILLARY DATA SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE, AHMEDABAD
  • Modelling of soil Arsenic (As) contamination and impact on rice crop SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE, AHMEDABAD
  • Promoting Agricultural Resilience with AI-based Modeling and Value Chain Analysis (PARAM-VC) Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC)
  • Soil Nutrient Analysis Using Field-Deployable Methods WOLKUS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

Co-Principal Investigator

  • AI-Driven AgriSmart Solutions: Digital Soil Health Card IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Developing a water quality monitoring device Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation CPHEEO

Ph. D. Students

Ankita Chakraborty

Area of Research: Stress Physiology in Plants

Anshuman Nayak

Area of Research: PRECISION AGRICULTURE

Arshdeep Singh

Area of Research: Automation of nutrients flow and stress diagnosis in hydroponics

Ayan Das

Area of Research: Soil Sensing

Ayushi Singh

Area of Research: Soil Sensors

Mouli Sarkar

Area of Research: PRECISION AGRICULTURE

Nilkamal Konra

Area of Research: Soil As Detection

Prithwiraj Deb

Area of Research: HYPERSPECTRAL SOIL ANALYSIS

Rachna Singh

Area of Research: Digital Soil Sensing

Saroj Urkude

Area of Research: Soil Sensors

Soumik Das

Area of Research: Digital Soil Mapping

Sumon Dolui

Area of Research: Soil Sensors

Swarup Sutar

Area of Research: Soil sensor: development and application

Ushasi Dam

Area of Research: Soil Sensors