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Sudhakar Reddy Chintala

Scientist-SG and Head, Forest Biodiversity and Ecology Division, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad · National Remote Sensing Centre

https://researchid.co/drsudhakarreddy
@nrsc.gov.in
207Scopus Publications
9814Google Scholar Citations
51Google Scholar h-index
221Google Scholar i10-index

Biography

Dr. Chintala Sudhakar Reddy is Scientist-SG and Head of Forest Biodiversity and Ecology Division, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Hyderabad. He received his M.Sc. in Botany from Osmania University and Ph.D. in Botany from Kakatiya University. He has been consistently featured in the World's Top 2% of Scientists. He ranked 14 among Best Scientists of India in Ecology and Evolution by Research.com. He has made significant contributions in biodiversity and applications of remote sensing. He has 331 peer reviewed research papers. He has been conferred with awards such as ISRS President’s Appreciation Medal, A.P. Biodiversity Conserver Award, National Geomatics Award, Prof. Y.S. Murty Memorial Gold Medal Award, Hari Om Ashram Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, Prof. M.B. Raizada Medal, Prof. P.R. Pisharoty Award, Dr. S.K. Jain Medal Award, I.S.R.O. Young Scientist Merit Award, Dr. Reddy has supervised nine Ph.D. theses and 65 masters dissertations.

Education

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. CartoRoadNet: A Deep Learning Framework for Indian Road Network Extraction from Cartosat-2E Satellite Images
    Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2026
  2. Endemic Tree Flora of India: Diversity, Distribution and Drivers
    Ecological Research, 2026
  3. From core to fragmented: analysing the morphological spatial patterns and significant decline of deforestation in regional forest landscape of Telangana, India
    Spatial Information Research, 2025
  4. Monitoring Tree Cover Change Using the CuSum Algorithm: A Case Study in the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala
    Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2025
  5. Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Tropical Forests: Insights from SAR Data—A Systematic Review
    Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2025

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