Projects & Grants

Sponsored Research Projects/Workshops/Grants

Project Title: Assessing Flash Drought Hotspots and Cascading Impacts on Indian Agriculture in a Changing and Warming Climate: An Integrated Approach for Early Warning Signs and Resilience [Year of Approval: 2025]

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Name of Funded Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Project Duration and Status: 3 Years (Ongoing)

Project Title: Geo-Social Synergies for Drought Adaptation: Integrating Geospatial Technologies, Social Vulnerability, and Cultural Strategies in the Marathwada region, Maharashtra [Year of Approval: 2025]

Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Name of Funded Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Project Duration and Status: 3 Years (Ongoing)

AICTE-QIP-PG Course: Hydrometeorological Extremes and Climate Disasters: Data-Driven Approaches, Impacts and Resilient Strategies [Year of Approval: 2025]

Role: Course Coordinator (Single Only)
Name of Funded Agency: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Course Duration and Status: 6 Months (Ongoing)

Refresher Course: Climate Change, Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Emerging Solutions [Year of Approval: 2025]

Role: Course Coordinator (Single Only)
Name of Funded Agency: UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre
Course Duration and Status: 13 Days (17 to 29 July 2025)

Project Title: A novel approach to evaluate the occurrence and mechanisms of flash drought and its impacts on crop yield over Indiana [Year of Approval: 2023]

Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Name of Funded Agency: Indiana Water Resources Research Center (IWRRC) through the United States Geological Survey
Project Duration and Status: 1 Years (Completed)

GIAN Course Title: Climate Change and Compound Hydrometeorological Events: Insights from Data and Modeling [Year of Approval: 2024]

Role: Host Faculty and Course Coordinator
Other Course Coordinators: Dr. Somil Swarnkar (IISER Bhopal)
Name of Funding Agency: Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), Ministry of Education.
Total Grant: 6,64,000 INR
Date of GIAN Course: 13 to 17 May 2025

Course Title: Hydrological Modeling using Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) [Year of Approval: 2025]

Role: Course Coordinator
Other Course Coordinators: Dr. Priyamitra Munoth(MANIT Bhopal) and Dr. Somil Swarnkar (IISER Bhopal)
Name of Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Date of Course: 05-09 May 2025

Events Organized (Short Term Training Programs)

Course Instructor of REFRESHER Course on- "Climate Change, Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Emerging Solutions” (2 Week during July 17- July 29, 2025) Sanctioned by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre.
Course Coordinator of AICTE-QIP-PG Certificate Programme for the academic session 2025-26 on “Hydrometeorological Extremes and Climate Disasters: Data-Driven Approaches, Impacts and Resilient Strategies” (6 months) sanctioned by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under AICTE-QIP-PG scheme.
Coordinator of GIAN Course on- "Climate Change and Compound Hydro-Meteorological Events: Insights from Data and Modeling" (1 Week during 19-23 may 2025) Sanctioned by Ministry of Education under 'Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)' Scheme.
Coordinator of one-week short term training program on Extreme Hydrometeorological Events in a Changing Climate and Application of RS and GIS jointly organized by the Centre of Excellence in Water Management and the Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal during 08-12 July 2024.
Coordinator of one-week short-term training program on Hydro-Climatic Extremes, Hydraulics and Groundwater Modelling organized by the Centre of Excellence in Water Management, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal during 10-14 June 2024.