Resume
dr.shaily.gandhi@gmail.com
Summary
Dr. Shaily Gandhi
Experienced professional specializing in spatial solutions for Urban Development, Governance, and Smart Cities. Skilled in GIS, open data, and data science, with a passion for solving urban challenges through cross-domain collaboration.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geomatics
2012 - 2019
CEPT University
Major : “Critical success and failure factors for Pharmacutical Drugs Monitoring and Management using Geospatial Technology”
Minor : “Spatio - Temporal Analysis of Urban Settlement - A case study of Rajkot”
Spatial Statistics & Analysis, Geoinformatics Sumer School
4 - 14th June 2015
Wuhan University, China
CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science
4-15 July 2016
CAS, Beijing, China
3D Modelling & Ubiquitous Positioning and Location- Based Services in Mobile Devices, Geoinformatics Sumer School
29th May – 9th June 2017
Wuhan University, China
CODATA- RDA Research Data Science Summer School
10th – 21st July 2017
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Master of Science (MS), Geoinformatics
2010 - 2012
Symbiosis International University
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Computer Application
2007 - 2010
Som-lalit Institute of Computer Application
Professional Experience
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Nov 2024 - Present
IT:U- Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria
- Project-based teaching, research and publications.
Postdoc
Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
Geo-social Analytics Lab, Z_GIS - Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg
- Co-teaching Basics of Software Development and Java programming, research and publications.
Deputy Center Head, Center for Applied Geomatics
Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
CEPT Research and Development Foundation
- Led geospatial technology projects for urban domain.
- Supervised teams on machine learning and GIS-based solutions.
Manager Informatics
Jun 2021 - May 2022
CEPT Research and Development Foundation
- Managed IT and GIS-based urban projects.
Program Chair - M.Tech in Geomatics
Mar 2022 - Oct 2023
CEPT University
- Program coordination and curriculum design for M.Tech Geomatics.
Visiting Lecturer
Dec 2012 - Mar 2022
CEPT University & NIRMA University
- Teaching GIS and IT subjects.
Teaching Assistant
Aug 2019
CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School, Italy
- Assisted in teaching foundational data science concepts.