Associate Professor, Department of Hydrology,
Joint Faculty at the International Center for Excellence in Dams
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Website: https://www.iitr.ac.in/~HY/Ankit_Agarwal
Visiting Scientist at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/agarwal
Web of Science ResearcherID X-6301-2018
DAAD Research Ambassador
Associate Editor for the Journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Associate Editor for the Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier
Associate Editor for Hydrological Sciences Journal (IAHS)
Associate Editor for American Meteorological Society-Weather, Climate and Society Journal
Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature)
Associate Editor for the Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA
Guest Editor for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) Special Issue: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region
Guest Editor for Atmosphere (MDPI) Special Issue: Emerging Hydro-Climatic Patterns, Teleconnections and Extreme Events in Changing World
Guest Editor for European Physics Journal-B Special Issue: Evolutionary Game Theory
Guest Editor for Water Security Journal for Special Issue Water Security for Sustainable Development
Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Professor, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee, has been selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru, in recognition of his outstanding research contributions and academic excellence.
Prof. Ankit Agarwal elected as INAE Young Associate 2025 and conferred the INAE Young Engineer Award 2025 by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in recognition of outstanding engineering contributions and impactful research in the field of hydrology.
Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology has been awarded the ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2023-24’ in Environmental Engineering discipline.
Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology has been awarded the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) travel Grant to participate in the IUGG Union in Berlin from 11-20th July 2023.
Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology has been elevated to Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS) by RMetS, London, UK. His outstanding contribution to meteorology and Climate has been widely recognized.
Prof. Ankit Agarwal has been selected as a Young Outstanding Faculty 2023 at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and awarded Institute Research Fellowship for 03 years.
Awarded the 2023 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Received the DAAD Research Ambassador title in an orientation meeting at the German Embassy, New Delhi.
Selection Panel member for the DAAD Falling Lab 2022.
Received SYSTA Award 2022 from the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Associate Professor in Department of Hydrology
Sept' 25 - present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Assistant Professor in Department of Hydrology
Oct' 19 - present
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Visiting Scientist in Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Section 4.4 hydrology
Jan' 20 - present
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Postdoc in complexity science research division.
Oct'18 - Sept' 19
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Guest doctoral researcher in complexity science research division under the
supervision of Prof. Jürgen Kurths.
Oct'15 - Sept'18
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Doctoral researcher at “Natural Hazards and Risk in a changing world (NatRiskChange)” Graduate school funded by DFG.
Oct'15 - Sept'18
Technical University-Dresden, Germany
Visiting researcher at the “Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Technical University-Dresden, Germany “funded by DAAD.
Sept'14- Mar' 15