Since microwave signals are sensitive to moisture in the soil, the MRS is preferred to study the vegetation and snow content in a large landscape. We study, design, and measure several passive and active devices e.g., antennas, radiometers, scatterometers, transceivers, and RADARs. The raw data collected as the backscattered electromagnetic radiation are analyzed and judiciously processed to provide information about the size, shape, and electrical properties of the surfaces or objects illuminated.

At the moment, the RF & Microwave team is working on establishing a central facility of remote sensing at IIT Tirupati under positioning and precision technologies for monitoring and analyzing spatially and temporally distributed resources.