Ph.D.

Kirti Kumar Mahanta

Cryosphere and Permafrost

d22043@students.iitmandi.ac.in

Supervision

Supervisor

Dericks Praise Shukla

Education

B.Sc. Sambalpur University, Odisha
2016
M.Sc. Kumaun University, Nainital
2018

Professional Experience

Project Assistant (Odisha Space Applications Centre, Bhubaneswar)
2018
Junior Research Fellow (Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana)
2020

Awards and Honours

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Travel Grant
2023
Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) Travel Grant
2022
Special Registration Support Program, 36th International Geological Congress, New Delh
2020

Publications

Journal Article

1	Mahanta, K, K., Pradhan, P, I., & Shukla, P, D. (2024). Assessing Machine Learning and Statistical Methods for Rock Glacier‐Based Permafrost Distribution in Northern Kargil Region. Permafrost and Periglac Process, 35(), 262-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2240	View More
2	Mahanta, K, K., Pradhan, P, I., , N., Singh , A., & Shukla, P, D. (2025). Investigating the first case of permafrost degraded subsidence in Lahaul & Spiti region of Tethyan Himalayas. scientific reports, 15(), 19262. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03921-9	View More

Conference Paper

1	Pradhan, P, I., Mahanta, K, K., & Shukla, P, D. (2022, December). Evaluation of the probable permafrost distribution of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh.. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL	View More
2	Mahanta, K, K., Pradhan, P, I., & Shukla, P, D. (2022, December). Permafrost in Northern Hemisphere are shrinking at higher rate than in Southern Hemisphere.. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL	View More
3	Mahanta, K, K., Singh , A., & Shukla, P, D. (2023, July). Tracking and Investigating Land Subsidence in Himalayan town using PSInSAR techniques: Lessons from Joshimath. XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin	View More
4	Pradhan, P, I., Mahanta, K, K., Gupta, P., & Shukla, P, D. (2023, June). Machine Learning based probable Permafrost mapping of Higher Himalayas in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh.. European Conference on Permafrost, Puigcerdà, Spain	View More
5	Mahanta, K, K., Pradhan, P, I., Singh , A., Gupta, K, S., & Shukla, P, D. (2023, June). Integrating Machine Learning and Statistical methods to enhance rock glacier-based Permafrost prediction in Northern Kargil regions. EUCOP6, Puigcerda, Spain	View More
6	Mahanta, K, K., Pradhan, P, I., Gupta, K, S., Shukla, P, D., & Gupta, N. (2024, July). Monitoring the spatial and temporal patterns of rock glacier melt induced subsidence using Multi-Temporal Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar techniques. 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea	View More