Scholarly articles

2025

• Sinha M. K.*, Verma M.K., Azzam R. (2025): Forecasting land use land cover changes of an urban watershed to predict impacts on hydrological characteristics, in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

• Sinha M. K.*, Multaniya A. P., Choudhary R., Patel S. (2025): Introducing relationship matrix of combined USLE and MA for prioritization of Soil Erosion Susceptibility zones, in: International Soil and Water Conservation Research.

• Rajput P., Sinha M. K., Garg A. K., Verma M. K. (2025): Spatio-temporal Analysis of Drought Characteristics and Trend in Mahanadi River Basin Over the Last 121 years (1902–2022), in: Pure and Applied Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-025-03860-6 

• Sinha, M.K., Ghodichore, N., Multaniya, A.P., Shubham (2025). UAV-Based High Resolution 3D Imagery (HRI) for Water Resources Restoration Projects in Central India. In: Remote Sensing, GIS and Modelling for Water Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99497-5_19 

• Rajput P., Sinha M. K., Ghodichore N., Garg A. K., Verma M. K.  (2025): Introducing Normalized Surface-adjusted Precipitation Index (NSPI) for Regional Drought Assessment, in: Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180322 

• Rajput P., Verma M. K., Garg A. K., Sinha M. K. (2025): Correlating Precipitation Dynamics with Land-use Land-cover Change over Mahanadi River Basin in India, in: Disaster Advances. https://doi.org/10.25303/187da014024  

• Ghodichore N., Sinha M. K.*, Sahu A. (2025): Assessing the performance of reanalyses climatic data in reproducing past precipitation and temperature patterns over India, in: Journal of Water and Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2025.695 

• Rajput P., Verma M. K., Ghodichore N. Sinha M. K. (2025): Investigation of Spatiotemporal Changes of Drought Trend in Indian River Basin System Over the Century, in: Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-05328-4 

2024

• Rajput P., Sinha M. K.*, Taram R. (2024): Assessing Future hydrological response of an urban watershed using machine learning based LULC forecasting models, in: Disaster Advances. https://doi.org/10.25303/1711da035048 

• Amit Prakash Multaniya, Manish Kumar Sinha, Kamal Kishor Sahu, Shubham; Geospatial technique for the delineation of groundwater potential zones using multi-criteria-based AHP and MIF methods. Water Supply 1 April 2024; 24 (4): 1024–1047. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2024.062 

• Ganwer S., Sinha M. K.*, Multaniya A. P., Ghodichore N. (2024): Introducing Reverse multi-influencing factor technique in DRASTIC model for groundwater vulnerability assessment, in: Groundwater for Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101106 

• Sahu, J., Sinha, M.K., Ghodichore, N., Dewangan, S. (2024). Study River Dynamics: Backwater Effect in the Upstream of Kelo Dam in Mahanadi River, Chhattisgarh, India. In: Chembolu, V., Dutta, S. (eds) Advances in River Corridor Research and Applications. RCRM 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 470. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1227-4_6 

• Sinha, M.K., Multaniya, A.P., Ghodichore, N., Shubham, Dewangan, S. (2024). Ultra-High-Resolution Three-Dimensional UAV Imagery Application for Increasing the Efficiency of Irrigation System. In: Kumar, M., Kumar, P., Anand, S., Verma, N.K., Tripathi, D.K. (eds) Geographical Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability. IGUTC 2022. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0605-4_15 

• Sahu K. K., Multaniya A. P., Sinha M. K.* (2024) Hydro-geospatial investigation to propose water conservation sites for water management in limestone terrain, in: Sustainability of Natural Resources: Planning, Development, and Management. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003303237-7 

2023

• Sinha, M.K., Baier, K., Azzam, R., Choudhary, B., Verma, M.K. (2023). Study on Development of Design Rainfall for Stormwater Management System in an Urban Catchment. In: Pande, C.B., Kumar, M., Kushwaha, N.L. (eds) Surface and Groundwater Resources Development and Management in Semi-arid Region. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29394-8_20 

• Patil, S. R., Sinha, M. K., Deshmukh, M. A., Thenmozhi, S., Sujatha, A. (2023) Predicting and forecasting building energy performance using RSM and ANN, in: Asian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-023-00765-4 

• Shirgire A., Javanjal V., Shelar A., Sinha M. K., Marimuthu R., Peera D.G. (2023): Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Solar Energy Systems in Urban Areas, in: IEEE Xplore.  https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPCSN58827.2023.00294

2022

• Dansena H., Multaniya A. P., Sinha M. K.*, Sahu K. K., Beg M. K. (2022) Cadastral Resurvey and Integration of Geospatial Technique using High Resolution Satellite Image (HRSI): A Case Study in Indian District, in: Applied Geomatics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-022-00456-w 

• Sinha M. K.*, Baier K., Azzam R., Rajput P., Verma M. K. (2022) Establishing Spatial Relationships Between Land Use and Water Quality Influenced by Urbanization, in: Water Resource Modeling and Computational Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91910-4.00007-8 

• Sinha M. K.*, Sharma M., Baier K., Azzam R. Verma M. K. (2022) Modelling 1D-2D Hydrodynamic SWMM Model to Mitigate Flooding and Priorities Flood Prone Area, in: Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003282365-16 

• Sinha M. K.*, Baier K., Azzam R. Verma M. K., Kumar S. (2022) Impacts of Climate Variability on Urban Rainfall Extremes Using Statistical Analysis of Climatic Variables for Change Detection and Trend Analysis, in: Water Resources Management and Sustainability.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8_17 

• Rajput P., Sinha M. K.*, Nigam G. K. (2022) Strategic evaluation of multi-objective water quality monitoring network using GIS-AHP model in a large River system, in: Water Resources Management and Sustainability.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8_15 

• Verma V., Sinha M. K.*, Baghel T. (2022) Evaluating NOAA and PRISM Precipitation Data in Streamflow Generation using HAWQS model, in: Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003282365-18 

• Kumar P., Shreya O., Nigam G. K., Singh A., Sinha M. K. (2022) Water Resources, Livelihood Vulnerability and Management in Rural Desert Communities of Jaisalmer, India, in: Water Resources Management and Sustainability.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8_1 

2021

• Sinha M. K., Baier K., Azzam R., Verma M. K. Jha R. (2021) Analysis of Intensity-Duration-Frequency and Depth-Duration-Frequency Curve Projections under Climate Variability, in: Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64202-0_35

• Sinha M. K.*, Rajput P., Baier K., Azzam R. (2021) GIS based Assessment of Urban Groundwater Pollution Potential using Water Quality Indices, in: Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68124-1_15 

• Chandrakar S., Sinha M. K. (2021) Comparative analysis of NDVI and LST to identify Urban Heat Island effect using remote sensing and GIS, in: Water Resource Technology. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110721355-009 

• Baghel T., Sinha M. K.*, Verma M. K., Ahmad I. (2021) A Coupled Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Model for Flood Mitigation, in: Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68124-1_24 

• Deshpande V. P., Sinha M. K., Shende A. (2021) Identification of Critical Ground Water Potential Zones Using AHP & Geospatial Techniques, in: Design Engineering. http://thedesignengineering.com/index.php/DE/article/view/1733 

2020

• Rajput P., Sinha M. K.* (2020) Geospatial evaluation of drought resilience in sub-basins of Mahanadi river in India, in: Journal of Water Supply. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2020.178 

• Kumar L., Khalko D., Pandey V.K., Sinha M. K., Singh P., Nigam G.K. (2020) Morphometric analysis of small watershed using Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing, in: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. https://doi.org/10.5958/2455-7145.2020.00024.7 

• Suryawanshi N., Sinha M. K., Gouraha S. (2020) An Assessment of Trend Analysis and Variability of Rainfall at Upper Seonath River Basin, in: CSVTU Research Journal on Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.30732/CSVTURJ.20200902007

• Tiwari A., Sinha M. K. (2020) A Review on Gridded Rainfall Data for Hydrological Modelling, in: CSVTU Research Journal on Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.30732/RJET.20200901009

2019

• Sinha M. K.*, Baier K., Azzam R., Baghel T., Verma M. K. (2019): Semi-distributed Modelling of stormwater drains using integrated hydrodynamic EPA-SWM Model, in: Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0761-4_54 

• Sinha M. K.*, Baghel T., Verma M. K., Baier K., Jha R., Azzam R. (2019) Impact of Urbanization on Surface Runoff Characteristics at Catchment Scale, in: Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2044-6_3 

2018

• Sinha M. K.*, Rajput P., Verma M. K. (2018): Validation of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for Meteorological Drought Risk in Central India, in: Disaster Advances. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049078656&partnerID=MN8TOARS 

• Baghel T., Sinha M. K.*, Jangade A., Verma M. K., Ahmad I. (2018): Modeling Groundwater Flow in Upper Seonath Basin, Chhattisgarh, in: Ecology, Environment and Conservation. http://www.envirobiotechjournals.com/article_abstract.php?aid=8588&iid=247&jid=3 

2017

• Nigam G. K., Sahu R. K., Sinha M. K., Deng X., Singh R. B., Kumar P. (2017): Field assessment of surface runoff, sediment yield and soil erosion in opencast mines in Chirimiri area, Chhattisgarh, India, in: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2017.07.001 

• Sahu A., Baghel T., Sinha M. K., Verma M. K., Ahmad I. (2017): Soil erosion modeling using RUSLE and GIS on Dudhawa catchment, in: International Journal of Applied Environmental Science.  https://www.ripublication.com/ijaes17/ijaesv12n6_09.pdf 

• Sinha M. K., Rajput P., Verma M. K., Baier K., Jha R., Azzam R. (2017): Response of Urban Lakes Due to Informal Urban Settlements: A case study in Raipur city, in: Proceeding of conference, Acc.No. IGKV/Pub./Procee./2016/17. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4678685 

2014-2016

• Sinha M. K.*, Verma M. K., Ahmad I., Baier K., Jha, R., Azzam R. (2016): Assessment of groundwater vulnerability using modified DRASTIC model in Kharun Basin, Chhattisgarh, India, in: Arabian journal of geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-015-2180-1 

• Kumari S., Jha R., Singh V., Baier K., Sinha M. K. (2016): Groundwater Vulnerability assessment using SINTACS model and GIS in Raipur and Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, in: Indian Journal of Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i41/99247 

• Sinha M. K., Verma V., Verma M. K. (2014): A GIS Based Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment of Contamination Using DRASTIC Model, in: special issue of International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2586.0880