Yashraj Patil - Yashraj Patil

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Yashraj Sandeep Patil (he/him/his) is a Final Year Research Student pursuing his Master's Degree in the "Master of Technology in Engineering Design" at the Symbiosis Institute of Technology(SIT), Symbiosis International University (Deemed University), Pune, India. He is working on his proposed Earth Observation-based Project Research investigating the changes in Indian Western Ghats UNESCO Biodiversity Hotspots & Ecosystem using Artificial Intelligence & Spatial Data Analysis based techniques.

He has successfully completed his diplomatic training in multilateral diplomacy under the Global Diplomacy Initiative, Spring 2023 Fellowship Programme and now is a UNITAR Global Diplomacy Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York, USA.

He is a Peer Mentor at NASA STEM Enhancement of Earth Sciences (SEES) for 2023 Earth Explorer NASA SEES Summer Internship Program.

He is an Experienced Software Engineer in the IMS Automation Department at Hexaware Technologies in Chennai, India.

He is a Mentor at the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Mentoring 365 Program.

In 2020, he earned a degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly the University of Pune) in Maharashtra, India, with a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology (B.E. IT).

He served as the Global Delegate representing India at the 9th Space Generation Fusion Forum and 36th Space Symposium, held in Colorado Springs, USA, from August 21 to August 23, 2021.

In July 2021, he was involved as a Space Explorer and GLOBE Scientist in India's first Earth and Space Exploration Program (ESEP 2021) in Ladakh, India. The program is focused on several multi-disciplinary experiments studying the Himalayas.

He is exploring the intersections of Earth and Space Science through the lens of STEM-Diplomacy-Research. Embracing the world as his classroom, he strive to bridge Philosophy, STEM, Diplomacy, and Earth & Space exploration, seeking to make meaningful contributions in the pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment.