Dr. Geetha Priya an alumni of Anna University obtained her Bachelors (E&C), Masters and Doctoral degree from Anna University, Chennai in the faculty of Information & Communication Engineering. She is currently working as Professor at the Centre for Incubation Innovation Research and Consultancy (CIIRC), Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bangalore Research Centre of the Sri Sharadha Peetham, Sringeri. Her areas of research include Signal processing, Optical & microwave Remote sensing, GIS and Polar Cryosphere. She has more than 18+ years of experience in different domains of academics and research with numerous research publications in peer reviewed high impact journals. Dr. Geetha currently has completed sponsored projects from Indian Space research Organization (ISRO), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), Vision Group of Science & Technology (VGST). Currently, she is actively carrying out research in the area of Remote Sensing which includes Polar Cryosphere and disaster management studies. Dr. Geetha was a member of the Indian Scientific Expedition to the Arctic (2019) and Indian Scientific expedition to Antarctica (2022-2023), organized by GoI and became the first Indian team to fly UAV’s (Drones) in Arctic and Antarctica polar regions to undertake remote sensing research activity. She has also extensively undertaken field visits in the Himalayas and Karakoram for ground truth verification. Besides she is also a trained mountaineer having been trained at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and a trained UAV pilot. Her other activities include supervision of doctoral scholars, post graduate and under graduate student projects. She is a life member of various professional bodies such as IETE, IAENG, ISG, IEI and has been a reviewer for various journals and conferences.