Baggam Spandana
Associate Professor, Physics, GSS, VSP
Spandana is a passionate teacher & believes in experiential learning. She did her PhD in Atmospheric Physics from Andhra University supported by ISRO & CSIR fellowships. Her current interests are Air Quality Studies & extreme weather events. She is actively involved in designing the syllabi and worked for the GITAM Career Guidance Center. Her skills include programming, statistical & machine learning tools.
Research Publications
- Spandana, B., Rao, S.S., Upadhya, A.R., Kulkarni, P. and Sreekanth, V., 2021. PM2. 5/PM10 ratio characteristics over urban sites of India. Advances in Space Research.
- Mahesh, B., Rama, B.V., Spandana, B., Sarma, M.S.S.R.K.N., Niranjan, K. and Sreekanth, V., 2019. Evaluation of MERRAero PM2. 5 over Indian cities. Advances in Space Research, 64(2), pp.328-334.
- Niranjan, K., Spandana, B., Anjana Devi, T., Sreekanth, V. and Madhavan, B.L., 2011, June. Measurements of aerosol intensive properties over Visakhapatnam, India for 2007. In Annales geophysicae (Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 973-985).
- Spandana, B., Niranjan, K. and Devi, T.A., 2012. Advection induced short period anomalies and seasonal features in aerosol optical depth over Bay of Bengal in the W-ICARB region. Atmospheric environment, 51, pp.175-186.
- Sreekanth, V., Kushwaha, M., Kulkarni, P., Upadhya, A.R., Spandana, B. and Prabhu, V., 2021. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the fine particulate matter concentration levels: Results from Bengaluru megacity, India. Advances in Space Research, 67(7), pp.2140-2150.
Ongoing Research Projects
- Let Us DO Science (LuDoS): Embarking Scientific Innovation by School Children funded by NCSTC, DST
Authored Books
- Antharangam (ISBN: 978-81-936731-8-8): a compilation of Telugu poems, literally means the Mind wave/the reflection of mind.
Expertise
- Aerosols and Air Quality Studies
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Heigher Education and Social Relavance
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