People
Leader
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Data-driven analysis of Earth System, Hydroclimatology, Hydro-climatic patterns, teleconnections, and extreme events, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, wavelets and complex network, Adaptation and Mitigation, Water Security
Email: ankit.agarwal@hy.iitr.ac.in
Post Doctoral Members
Dr. Sangeeta Verma
Project Coordinator cum Postdoc
Research Interest:
Rainfall-runoff modelling, Soil moisture, Land-atmosphere interaction, Remote sensing and GIS
Email: coprepare@iitr.ac.in
Dr. Divya Sardana
Research Associate
Research Interest:
Climate Extremes, Statistical Analysis, Extreme Value Theory, Projection Analysis
Email: divya.hy@sric.iitr.ac.in
Doctoral Students
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Flood Forecasting, Stochastic hydrology, Statistical modeling, Complex networks
Email: abinesh_g@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Application of hydrologic - hydrodynamic modelling and remote sensing data in flood hydrology and cryosphere studies
Email: pankaj_d@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Complex Networks, Indian Summer Monsoon
Email: s_kulkarni@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Anomalous Moisture Transport, Extreme Events, Hydrological Modelling
Email: akash_sr@hy.iitr.ac.in
Pragya Badika
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Rainfall-Runoff Modelling and Climate Change Studies
Email: pragya_b@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Atmospheric Processes, Tropical Cyclones, Atmospheric-Ocean Interactions, Machine Learning
Email: spandita_m@hy.iitr.ac.in
Deepak P
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
WRF Modelling, Precipitation Extremes, Remote sensing
Email: deepak_p@hy.iitr.ac.in
Geethika Moorthy
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Research Interests:
Hydrological Modelling, Data Assimilation
Email:
Master Students
Sandeep Kumar
Mtech Hydrology
Research Interests:
Compound Extremes, Teleconnections
Email: sandeep_k@hy.iitr.ac.in
Anjali Chaudhary
Mtech Hydrology
Research Interests:
surface water hydrology, climate change, compound events
Email: anjali_c@hy.iitr.ac.in
Bishnu Prasad Neupane
Mtech Hydrology
Research Interests:
Climate change, compound extremes
Email: bishnu_p@hy.iitr.ac.in
Amrutha K B
Mtech Dam Safety & Rehabilitation
Research Interests:
Hydrological design of dams with respect to climate change
Email: amrutha_kb@hy.iitr.ac.in
International Exchange Students
Alexander Plakias
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany
Thesis: Disconnected river flow due to run-of-the-river hydropower plants
Igo Silva De Almedia
Institute of Geosciences University of Potsdam, Germany
Thesis: Modelling of the Srinagar flood 2014 using GLOFAS and the floodos hydrodynamic model
Anusha Chintada
Institute for Geosciences, University of Postdam, Postdam, Germany
Thesis: Validation of Vertical Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) With Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) Data
Geetika Chauhan
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Thesis: Regionalization study for the Polish rivers
Sten Gilfert
M.Sc. Geoecology, University of Postdam, Postdam, Germany
Thesis: Update the database about damages of hydropower infrastructure, correlation of damages with the respective geomorphic and climatic condition, investigate the ecological impact of run-off-the-river hydropower facilities using remote sensing”
Monika Pfau
M.Sc. Geoecology (Focus on natural sciences), University of Postdam, Postdam, Germany
Thesis: Estimation of height changes of glaciers by comparing cast shadows in optical satellite image time series
Cristiane Fragata dos Santos
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
Thesis: RAINFALL FORECASTING USING MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES IN THE KRISHNA RIVER BASIN (INDIA)
Interns
R.B.Nithyasri
Topic: Detection of Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) using image processing technique.
Organization: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Anoop Kumar Pal
Topic: Detailed Hydraulic and Hydrologic Study of Stormwater Drainage Network for Controlling the Waterlogging/Flooding Situation during Monsoon In the Township Developed at Sector 108, Gurugram, Haryana.
Organization: Deptt of zoology and Environmental Sciences, Gurkukula Kangri University Haridwar
Sakshi Agarwal
Topic: Understanding the rainfall variability under changing climate
Organization: Department of Civil Engineering, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan (SKIT) Jaipur
Saurav Raj
Topic: Ranking and characterization of precipitation extremes for the past 113 years for Indian western Himalayas
Organization: Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Rukesh Rajbhandari
Topic: Application of LiCSBAS for Detection of Large Landslide’s Precursory Motion
Organization: Khwopa College of Engineering, Nepal
Yedla Prudvi Teja
Topic: Multiscale Multivariate Deep Learning Models for Forecasting Terrestrial Water Storage
Organization: Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College Of Engineering, India
Siddharth
Topic: Short-term Flood Forecasting in Tehri region using ARIMA and ANN
Organization: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Swarnendu Saha
Topic: To Study the Compound Event Relation Between The Indian Summer Monsoon and Heat Waves between 1981-2020 using Event Coincidence Analysis
Organization: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Ex-Members
Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Hydrology, Information theory, compound Events, Wavelets, complex networks, predictability, GRACE
Dr Tegegn Kassa Beyene
Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Rainfall-Runoff modelling, Hydro climatological extremes, teleconnections
Ankit
Mtech (2021-23)
Topic: Dam Safety and Rehabilitation
Hariom Gupta
Mtech (2021-23)
Topic: Groundwater Hydrology, Atmospheric Science, Partial Fraction, Differential Equation
Alka Kumari
Mtech (2021-23)
Topic: Surface water Hydrology, atmospheric science
Dr. Praveen Kumar
Postdoc (2022)
Topic: Socio-ecological Systems, Landscape Ecology, Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
Karisma Yumnam
Mtech (2019-21)
[DAAD KOSPIE Fellow - TU Munich 2020]
Topic: Uncertainties of gridded global precipitation products for hydrological modelling at regional scale
Tarun Pant
Mtech (2019-21)
Topic: Streamflow variability and connection to global climate indices for unregulated rivers in India
Mayuri Ashokrao Gadhawe
Mtech (2019-21)
Topic: A Complex Network Analysis of the Ganga River Basin
Bibhuti Anand
Mtech (2019-21)
Topic: Understanding Large Asian Summer Monsoon
Abhishek Pratap Singh
Mtech (2019-21)
Topic: Unraveling impact of climatic parameters on NDVI in Mahanadi Catchment, India
Shivam Rawat
Mtech (2020-22)
Topic: Drought characterization and propagation over Indian sub-continent
Prachi Singhal
Mtech (2020-22)
[Co-PREPARE Master Student Exchange Fellow - University of Potsdam]
Topic: Projection of flood Seasonality Changes in a Garhwal Himalayas River basin due to global warming
Ashish Manoj J
Mtech (2020-22)
[DAAD KOSPIE Fellow - TU Munich]
[ThinkSwiss Research Intern - University of Fribourg]
Topic: Spatiotemporal characteristics of Preconditioned Compound Events
Contact us
Prof. Ankit Agarwal
Assistant Professor
Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667
+91-1332-4927