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Dr. M.B.Rajani is an assistant professor in NIIT University. She conducted research towards PhD in the field of remote sensing and GIS applications to archaeology at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) from 2005 to 2010 and got her PhD degree from University of Mysoure in 2011. She has presented her research in several National and International Conferences including the ’1st International Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management’ Rome (2008), organized by CNR Italy, and 2009 International Conference on Space Information Technology (ICSIT)’ Beijing, sponsored by China Academy of Space Technology.

As part of Post Doctoral research at NIAS, she initiated collaborations with colleagues in the field of GIS applications for Social Sciences: 1) Organized summer workshop in GIS for school children, April-May 2011. 2) Analyzing geospatial dimensions of female child deficit in India.

Rajani did MA in Surrey Institute of Art and Design: University College, UK, and a certificate course in Art and Archaeology of Indian Sub-continent at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London, UK (2002-3) and also five-year certificate course in Karnatic music theory, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London (2001-4).

Publications
Articles published in peer-reviewed journal:

1. Meera Iyer, Harini Nagendra and M.B.Rajani, ‘Using satellite imagery and historical maps to investigate the original contours of Lalbagh Botanical’ (submitted June 2011) accepted by Current Science.
   Rajani M.B., Bhattacharya, S., and Rajawat A.S., ‘Synergistic Application of Optical and Radar Data for Archaeological Exploration in the Talakadu Region, Karnataka’, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Springer, 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0102-6
2. Rajani M.B., and Rajawat A.S., ‘Potential of satellite based sensors for studying distribution of archaeological site along palaeo channels: Harappan sites a case study’ Journal of archaeological sciences, Elsevier, 2011, DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.008
3. Rajani, M.B., Patra S.K., and Verma, Mamta ‘Space observation for generating 3D perspective views and its implication to the study of the archaeological site of Badami in India’ Journal of Cultural Heritage, Elsevier, Volume 10, Supplement 1, December 2009, pp. e20-e26. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.08.003
4. Rajani M.B., and Patra, S.K., ‘Application of satellite image processing techniques for Talakadu, a unique archaeological landscape in India’, PHOTO-INTERPRETATION, ESKA, Paris, France, 2009-4 (volume 45)
5. Rajani, M.B., ‘Bangalore from Above: An Archaeological Review’ Current Science 93(10): 2007, 1352-53
6. Narasimha, R, Menon, Sangeetha, Bhattacharya, Papiya and Rajani, M. B., ‘Six months after the tsunami’, Current Science, 89 (9): 2005, pp.1459-1461

Guest Editing of a volume:

1. Kasturirangan, K. and Rajani, M. B. (eds.) (2007).Indian Space Programme: A Multidimensional Perspective.Special Section: Indian Space Programme.Current Science 93(12)

 
Articles published in conference proceedings:

1. M.B. Rajani and Asha Kuzhiparambil, ‘Epicentres of missing daughters: geo-spatial analysis of the child sex ratio in India’, in Proceedings of 12th ESRI Inida User Conference 2011, Noida, India
2. I.A.Oltean, M.B. Rajani and N.S.Nalini, ‘Archaeometallurgy in the Telangana regaion: a GIS approach’, UKIERI Dissemination Seminar, in G Juleff, S Srinivasan and S Ranganathan (Eds.), Pioneering Metallurgy, the origins of iron and steel making in the southern Indian subcontinent: Telangana field survey interim report 2011, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore and University of Exeter, UK.
3. N.S. Nalini and M.B. Rajani, ‘The importance of precision in georeferencing demonstrated in the case study of archaeological GIS of Chitradurga, Karnataka’ in Stefano Campana, Maurizio Forte and Claudia Liuzza (Eds.), BAR –S2118, 2010 Space, Time, Place Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, ISBN 978 1 4073 0659 9, pp.173-177.
4. M.B. Rajani and S. Settar, ‘Application of multispectral remote sensing imagery in detection of ancient forts in South India’ in Stefano Campana, Maurizio Forte and Claudia Liuzza (Eds.), BAR –S2118, 2010 Space, Time, Place Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 17th-21st August 2009, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, ISBN 978 1 4073 0659 9, pp.123-127.
5. M.B. Rajani, “Space based remote sensing applications for archaeology”, Proc. SPIE 7651, 76511O (2009); doi:10.1117/12.855565
6. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., and Verma, Mamta, ’3D perspective views and their applications to Archaeology: A case study on the site of Badami’ in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
7. Rajani, M.B., and Rajawat, A.S., ‘Lost courses of River Sarasvati and spatial distribution of Harappan settlements – Observations based on multisensor satellite data’ in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
8. Rajani, M.B., Patra, S.K., 2008. ‘The applicability of image processing techniques for archaeological exploration using space imagery: Talakadu – a case study’ in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.
9. Rajani, M.B., Rajawat, A.S., Krishna Murthy, M.S., Kamini, J., and Srinivas Rao, ‘Archaeological exploration in the Talakadu region along the bank of the Cauveri river, Karnataka, Southern India using multi-sensor satellite data and Geographic Information System (GIS)’ in Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (Eds,) Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome 2008.