Achievements
Naik and Rastogi Award for Excellence in Ph.D. Research (Best Thesis Award), IIT Bombay, 2021
Received AGU general student travel grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2019, in San Francisco, USA.
Received AGU general student travel grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2018, in Washington D. C., USA
Received SERB International Travel Support to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2018
GATE fellowship of Ministry of Human Resource Development from 2014 till 2020
Secured 5th rank in Bachelor of Engineering examination (Civil Engineering) from University of Mumbai
Education
2016-2021 - Ph. D. (Indian Insitute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai)
2014-2016 - MTech (Indian Institue of Technology, Mumbai)
2008-2012- Bachelor of Engineering (University of Mumbai)
EXPERIENCE
Reviewer:
International Journals
Journal of Hydrology
Journal of Water and Climate Change
Lecturer:
St. John College of Engineering & Technology, Palghar [2012-2014]
Was involved in teaching different courses of Civil Engineering to undergraduate students.
Project experience:
Part of DST-CNRS project on SWOT validation in Mahanadi Basin
Dec 2019 – On Going
Role: I am actively involved in the collaborative work with the French research team on the proposed SWOT mission with Dr. Stephane Calamant. The project is sponsored by DST-CNRS.
Collaborative work on improving groundwater estimates with CSIRO
May 2018 – On Going
Role: The land data assimilation methodology proposed as a part of my Ph.D. thesis is being implemented in improving groundwater predictions over the Indo-Gangetic basin in collaboration with Senior Scientist Dr. Sreekanth of CSIRO, Australia.
Extended range hydro-meteorological forecasts for West Bengal at District Level
2017–2018
Role: Was involved in improving the land surface prediction of this project
Conducting an on-field survey of L-band microwave radiometer
April 2019
Role: Planning and conducting a survey using state of the art L-band microwave radiometer in IIT Bombay
Organizing training workshop on Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS for Hydrology and Water Management
15th July – 19th July 2019
Role: Was actively involved in organizing the workshop conducted by my Ph.D. Guide Prof. J. Indu.