Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), IDP Climate Studies

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Provisional Thesis: Examining the potential of Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission in hydrometeorology

Advisor: Prof. J. Indu

Co-Advisor: Prof. S. Karmakar

July 2019 - Pursuing

Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Climate Science and Technology

Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

Thesis: Analysis of suspended sediments in the Hooghly estuary and its environs

Advisor: Prof. Debadatta Swain

Co-Advisor: Dr. Chiranjivi Jayaram

Research Review Thesis: Air-sea interaction, a vital key to monsoon prediction

Advisor: Prof. Sandeep Pattnaik

CGPA: 8.6 / 10

July 2017 - May 2019

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering

Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Thesis: Design & fabrication of mini formula-1 car

Advisor: Prof. Hitesh Dhingra

July 2012 - May 2016

Research Interest

• River monitoring using remote sensing

• Flood mapping

• SWOT mission

• Flood hazard and risk mapping using a hydrological and hydrodynamic model

• Remote sensing of ocean color

• Total suspended matter monitoring

• Air quality

Skills 

• Programing languages 

  • Matlab, Python

• Software and Packages

  • SeaDAS, SNAP, ArcGIS, ferret, Climate Data Operators (CDO), SWOT large-scale hydrologic simulator.

• Models

  • Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System (HEC-RAS).

  • Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT).

• Cloud computing and Big data handling

  • Google earth engine, NASA Openscape 2i2c.

Achievements and Scholarships

• ISRO sponsored Emerging Space Technology Applications for Compound EXtremes (STAC-X) at the Department of Hydrology IIT Roorkee from May 9 to May 20, 2022.

• Department of Science & Technology (DST) fellowship to pursue Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2019 to ongoing).

• Best student project presentation NRSC, Hyderabad 2019 

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018, national level exam cleared in atmospheric and oceanic science (XE-H)

• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) fellowship to pursue Masters of Technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (2017-2019).

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2017, national level exam cleared in mechanical engineering (ME).

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2016, national level exam cleared in mechanical engineering (ME).