Amit Mukherjee

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Assistant Professor
Phone
080-22185161
E-mail
amukherjee@nias.res.in
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A-02, II Floor, Auditorium
Department

Amit Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor in the International Strategic & Security Studies Program & Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme, at the School of Conflict and Security Studies in National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. His work involves use of GIS and Remote Sensing systems for national and international strategic security. His areas of research interests include homeland security, counter insurgency, terrorism studies, maritime security, weapons and warfare, military affairs and strategy, border security, and India-Israel security cooperation. He was previously a PBC-Post Doctoral Fellow at National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa, Israel, from 2013-2016, where he was also a Research Fellow (2016-2019 / non-resident & honorary). His research work focused on India-Israel strategic relations. He was actively involved in overseeing academic work of several International Students in the research group of the center. He was also an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Defence & Strategic Studies in North Maharsahtra University for the year session 2020-2021.

Some of his publications include research articles (work) on application of fuzzy-logic based method for international space cooperation, published in ISPRS. An article on comparative classification techniques in Geospatial analysis for defence applications, published in Geo-Eye, and a book chapter on GIS for Strategic Studies which is under acceptance. He is currently teaching credit / audit courses for PhD scholars on GIS for Strategic Studies, War & Warfare (Theory of War, Generations of Warfare, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Non-Traditional Security), and Modeling for Conflict Resolution. He has earlier taught masters level course in Defence and Strategic Studies on - Disaster Management in India, Nuclear Biological and Chemical Warfare, India’s Land Border, Regional Security Issues, Modeling in Strategic & Security Studies.

He has a PhD on, “Application of GIS for India’s Defence: To assess battlefield conditions and its effects on weapons and weapon systems”, University of Pune. Apart from this, he has a Masters in Computer Science, and has received GIS & Remote Sensing training at various institutes including NRSC Hyderabad, IIT Chennai, C-SAG & IIITB Bangalore, India, among others. Through his multi-disciplinary approach he aims to integrate knowledge based platforms to find solutions for security challenges at National, International and Regional dimensions, using concepts of Defense and Strategic Studies, Theoretical approaches & Modeling in IR, Security and Conflict Resolution Studies, GIS (Military GIS) & RS and Information Technology. He has been a member of the UN Statistic Division project phase I on 'Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure' led by GWF-Noida, under a NIAS-GWF MoU 2020, representing NIAS.

Dr Amit Mukherjee has been designated as a member of the Thematic Group-Strategic Technologies for the jointly initiated process of formulating India’s new Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP 2020), by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (Office of PSA), New & Emergent Technology Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Apart from this he has received several letters of commendation for meritorious work and research contributions from various institutions that include University of Allahabad, University of Haifa and Israel–Asia Chamber of Commerce.

Courses Teaching:

  1. School Level – Programme ISSSP:  Theory of War, Modern Warfare, Terrorism and Unconventional War, Generations of Warfare & Future of Warfare, Non-Traditional Security Threats
  2. School Level - Programme CRPRP: Modelling in Strategic and Security Studies.
  3. Faculty  Level - GIS for Strategic Studies: An Introduction
  4. Faculty Level – GIS for Maritime (& Security) Studies: An Introduction
INdia's National Security Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Geographic Information System (GIS) for National Security
In: Anshuman Behera, Sitakanta Mishra (Eds., Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives, Singapore: Springer, 2022
2022
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International Strategic and Security Studies
Hydropower projects in Tawang: Concerns and flood proximity estimation using GIS analysis
In: Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition, M Mayilvaganan, Nasima Khatoon and Sourina Bej (Eds). Singapore: Springer, pp. 115-133
2020
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
International Cooperation in Space Technology: an Abstraction with Fuzzy Logic Analysis
commission v, wg v/2 ISPRS Dehradun 2018. (PublishedScopus - Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.13-19 (2018)
28 November 2018
Journal Articles
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Comparative Classification Techniques in Geo-spatial Analysis: Defence Application (appeared in 2019)
Geographical Analysis of Union Geographic Information Technologists 6(2)
28 December 2017
Journal Articles
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Smart Cities in Karnataka - Experiences and Road Ahead, Workshop Technical Report. Disaster Resilience, Ecology and Environment Session
Co-organised by INAE, IISc, NIAS, CStep - Bengaluru, June 2021
2021
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Philippines, Covid-19 and the Changing Regional Dynamics
In: COVID-19 Pandemic in the Indo-Pacific: How the Countries are Dealing Amidst Changing Geopolitics, Bengaluru : NIAS, pp. 70-74
2020
Prakash Panneerselvam, Amit Mukherjee
co-authored
International Strategic and Security Studies
China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation (CPEC) Project: Satellite Image Analysis of Port Development at Makran Coast
NIAS Research Report No. NIAS/CSS/ISSSP/U/RR/14/2020.
2020
Amit Mukherjee, Prakash Panneerselvam
International Strategic and Security Studies
China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation (CPEC) Project: Satellite Imagery Analysis of Port Development at Makran Coast
NIAS/CSS/ISSSP/U/RR/14/2020, Bangalore, 2020
2020
Amit Mukherjee, Prakash Panneerselvam
International Strategic and Security Studies
Trench Warfare in the 21st Century: What Satellite Imagery Analysis reveals about Ukraine-Russia War
Indian Defence Review, 17 June 2022
17 June 2022
Other Publications
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Pakistan’s Quest for Ballistic Missile Capability – An Analysis of Shaheen III MRBM
Co-authored with Surya S. Delhi Defence Review: War and Ideas, 8 June 2022
8 June 2022
Other Publications
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
India and the US presidential elections: A comment
India Chapter
13 January 2021
Op-Eds and Comments
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Arctic Oil Leak 2020: Not a recent Phenomenon – Reveals Satellite Imagery
Diplomatist
27 June 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Role of GIS in national security is ubiquitous
Raksha Anirveda: Pursuing Self Reliance in Defence 2(8), pp. 90-93.
1 January 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Expert comments on “ Decision on Huawei should be based on country’s interest: Expert”
Aksheev Thakur, Deccan Chronicle
28 December 2019
Other Publications
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co-authored
International Strategic and Security Studies
Dynamics of China’s Defense White Paper 2019: Chinese Role in International Security and Implications for India
ISSSP Reflections No.59, July 31, 2019
31 July 2019
NIAS Comments
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
Expert comments on “Significant reduction in terror attacks in NDA’s four years, Navtan Kumar"
Sunday Guardian 2018
28 December 2018
Other Publications
Amit Mukherjee
International Strategic and Security Studies
India’s New Silent Hunter Killers: On the Prowl
Indian Defence Review, Issue Net
28 December 2017
Other Publications