ARL Members
ARL Members
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Mentor
Mentor
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, Kerala (2018-till date)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA (2016 - 2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University, Auburn, USA (2015 - 2016)
Graduate Research Fellow, Ph.D. (Major: Water Resources Engineering; Minor: Statistics),
Auburn University, Auburn, USA (2012 - 2015)
-Surfing the Waves of Climatic Oscillations and Hydrological Responses
Doctoral Members
Doctoral Members
Drisiya J.
(2024 - current)
162414002@smail.iitpkd.ac.in
Research Area:
Hydroclimatology
Qualifications:
BTech: Civil Engineering, Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
MTech: Geoinformatics, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram.
Jadeera Aboobaker
(2024 - current)
Research Area:
Understanding the linkage between heat waves and climatic oscillations in the context of India.
Qualifications:
BSc (Research) in Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISc Bangalore.
Athira K.
(2020 - 2025)
Research Area:
Hydroclimatic extremes, identification and quantification of the impact of climatic oscillation on ISMR and extreme precipitation, advanced statistical modelling of extremes, numerical weather forecasting, and Hydrological modelling.
Qualifications:
BTech: Civil Engineering, CEK, Kottayam.
MTech: Water Resources Engineering, NIT Calicut.
MS Students
MS Students
Sidhan S. V.
(2021 - 2023)
Research Area:
Hydroclimatic teleconnection analysis, Droughts, GIS & Remote Sensing.
Qualifications:
BTech: Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut.
MS: Water Resources Engineering, IIT Palakkad.
Current position: JRF, Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi.
AI-AgroSense Group
AI-AgroSense Group
-Integrating AI/ML and Remote Sensing for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Doctoral Members
Doctoral Members
Amrutha S.
(2025 - current)
102504004@smail.iitpkd.ac.in
Research Area:
Hydrological modeling and extreme event analysis.
Qualifications:
B.Tech: Civil Engineering, Toc H Institute of Science & Technology, Arakkunnam, Ernakulam.
M.Tech: Water Resources and Hydroinformatics, Government Engineering College, Thrissur.
Abinesh Colin
(2024 - current)
Research Area:
Geospatial approach on hydrological studies, Surface water hydrology, Remote Sensing & GIS.
Qualifications:
Integrated MTech: Geological Technology and Geoinformatics,
Bharathidasan university, Trichy.
Chinju Saju
(2023 - current)
Research Area:
Land and Water Management Engineering, Watershed Management, Hydrological Modelling, GIS & Remote Sensing, Drought Analysis.
Qualifications:
BTech: Agricultural Engineering, Kelappaji College of Engineering and Technology, Tavanur.
MTech: Land and Water Management Engineering, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Trichy.
MS Students
MS Students
A. Yeswanth
(2022 - 2025)
Research Area:
Soil Moisture Analysis, Remote Sensing & GIS.
Qualifications:
BTech: Civil Engineering, Acharya Nagurjuna University, Guntur, AP.
MS: Water Resources Engineering, IIT Palakkad.
Current position: Research Scholar, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA.
JRF
JRF
Jishitha. NP
(2025 - current)
Research Area:
Groundwater Hydrology, Heatwave event.
Qualifications:
M.Tech: Water Resources and Hydro-Informatics, GEC Thrissur.
K. S. Apsara
(2024 - 2025)
prj275@iitpkd.ac.in
Research Area:
Atmospheric modelling, Cloud Physics, Heatwave and other extremes.
Qualifications:
BS MS dual degree: Earth and Climate Science, IISER Tirupati.
Project Staff
Project Staff
Akhila. K
(2025 - current)
prj311@iitpkd.ac.in
Research Area:
Drought Modelling
Qualifications:
B.Tech: Civil Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad.
Student Awards & Recognitions
Student Awards & Recognitions
Athira K.
Best presentation award, SUWAM-2022, IIT Madras.
Received Early Career Scientist's Travel Support from EGU22 and EGU24.
Received the SERB Travel Grant to attend the EGU General Assembly, 2024.
Anand Kumar Sharma
Selected as one of the best three B.Tech. projects in CE, 2020.
Deepak Meena
Selected as one of the best three B. Tech. projects in CE, 2019.
Published a research article in the Journal of Meteorological Research titled 'Effects of Large-Scale Climatic Oscillations on the Variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall'.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-023-2133-7).
BTP Students
BTP Students
Pushpinder Kaushal, 2023
Saumil Gupta, 2023
Arpit Jain, 2022
Bangi Vamshi, 2022
Maddhepally Preetham, 2021
Vishnu Vishnoi, 2021
Anand Kumar Sharma, 2020
Deepak Meena, 2019
Summer Interns
Summer Interns
Helna Thomas, 2023
Government Engineering College, Thrissur
Debasis Beria, 2022
NIT Rourkela, Odisha
Ardhra S. Madhavan, 2019
BSc Geology, University of Calicut, Kerala
Vignesh P.M., 2019
M. Tech., Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamilnadu
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