Publications

* mark represents corresponding author papers 

1. Poonia, Vikas, Mukherjee, A., Singh, A.D., Swarnkar, S. (2025). Clustering-Based Assessment of Long-Term Surface Water Scarcity and Per Capita Vulnerability in Arid India, Earth Systems and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-025-00849-y [IF: 4.7]

2. Raj, C., Swarnkar, S., Poonia, Vikas, and Sahu, V. (2025). Compound Extreme Dry and Hot Events in Madhya  Pradesh: Temporal Shifts, Regional Hotspots, and Adaptation Strategies, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156, 333. 10.1007/s00704-025-05573-1 [IF: 2.8]

3. Poonia, Vikas, Jha, S., Srinivas, V.V., and Wang, L. (2024). Spatial distribution, trend, intensification rate and triggers of flash drought over Indian river basins, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 25(9), 1357-1369. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-23-0080.1 [IF: 3.1]

4. Ghosal, M., Swarnkar, S., Poonia, Vikas, Kundu, S., and Pandey, S. (2024). Hydrological dichotomy: Streamflow drought in dammed vs. undammed regions of the largest Indian Peninsular basin, Journal of Arid Environments, 225, 105273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105273 [IF: 2.7]

5. Pandey, S., Swarnkar, S., Poonia, Vikas, Kundu, S., and Ghosal, M. (2025). Human versus climate interactions on riverine flood characteristics in the largest Indian Peninsular basin, Anthropocene, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2025.100463 [IF: 3.3]

6. Mishra, K., Tiwari, H. L., and Poonia, Vikas*. (2025). Integrated Approach of Machine Learning Coupled with Cellular Automation for Monitoring and Forecasting of Land Use and Land Cover, Journal of Arid Environments, 226(3), 105293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105293 [IF: 2.7]

7. Raj, C., Swarnkar, S., Poonia, Vikas, and Sahu, V. (2024). Compound Extreme Dry and Hot Events in Madhya Pradesh: Temporal Shifts, Regional Hotspots, and Adaptation Strategies, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Minor Revision Received [IF: 2.8]

8. Goyal, M. K., Poonia, Vikas, and Jain, V. (2023). Three Decadal Urban Drought Variability Risk Assessment for Indian Smart Cities, Journal of Hydrology, 625,130056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130056 [IF: 5.9]

9. Rakkasaggi, S., Poonia, Vikas, and Goyal, M.K. (2023). Flash drought as a new climate threat: drought indices, insights from India’s study, and implications for future research, Journal of Water and Climate Change, 14 (9), 3368–3384. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2023.347 [IF: 2.7]

10. Poonia, Vikas, Goyal, M. K., Jha, S., and Dubey, S. (2022). Terrestrial ecosystem response to flash droughts over India, Journal of Hydrology, 605, 127402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127402 [IF: 5.9]

11. Poonia, Vikas, Jha, S., Goyal, M.K. (2021). Copula based analysis of meteorological, hydrological and agricultural drought characteristics across Indian river basins, International Journal of Climatology, 41 (9), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7091 [IF: 3.609]

12. Poonia, Vikas, Goyal, M.K, Gupta, B.B, Gupta, A.K, Jha, S. and Das, J. (2021). Drought Occurrence in Different River Basins of India and Blockchain Technology based Framework for Disaster Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, 127737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127737 [IF: 9.8]

13. Poonia, Vikas, Das, J., and Goyal, M.K. (2021). Impact of climate change on crop water and irrigation requirements over eastern Himalayan region, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 35, 1175–1188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-020-01942-6 [IF: 3.9]

14. Kumar, N., Poonia, Vikas, Gupta, B.B. and Goyal, M. K. (2021). ). A novel framework for risk assessment and resilience of critical infrastructure towards climate change, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 165,120532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120532 [IF: 12.9]

15. Das, J., Poonia, Vikas, Jha, S., and Goyal, M.K. (2020). Understanding the Climate Change Impact on Crop Yield over Sikkim, India: Ascertaining GCM and Scenario Uncertainty, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 142, 467-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03332-y [IF: 2.8]

16. Poonia, Vikas, and Tiwari, H.L. (2020). Rainfall-runoff modelling for the Hoshangabad Basin of Narmada River using artificial neural network, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 13, 944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05930-6 [IF: 1.327] 

1. Raj, C., Sahu, V., Swarnkar, S., and Poonia, Vikas, and Sahu, V. (2024), “Evaluating Compound Dry and Hot Events in Bhopal: Past Trends and Insights from Future Climate Projections”, Chapter in Blue Sky, Blue Water – Strategies for Protecting Air and Water Quality in the 21st Century, Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Accepted)

2. Panigrahi, M., Sharma, A., and Poonia, Vikas. (2024), “Advancements and Challenges in Flood Modeling: A Comprehensive Review of Empirical, Conceptual and Physically Based Approaches”, Chapter in Geoinformatics for Flood Risk Management: Applications and Strategies, Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Submitted)

3. Poonia, Vikas, Wang, L., and Goyal M.K. (2023), “Copula-Based Probabilistic Evaluation of Meteorological Drought Characteristics over India”, Chapter 14 in River, Sediment and Hydrological Extremes: Causes, Impacts and Management, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-99-4811-6_14

4. Poonia, Vikas, Goyal M.K., Gupta A.K. and Gupta, A. (2022), “Drought as a disaster and its characterization over Central India”, Chapter 14 in Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Disasters: Integrated Risk, Remediation and Sustainability, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-19-0725-8_14

5. Balvanshi, A., Poonia, Vikas, Tiwari, H.L., Goyal M.K., Gupta A.K. and Gupta, A. (2022), “Quantitative Assessment of Climate Change on Crop Evapotranspiration and Yield in Central Region of India”, Chapter 12in Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Disasters: Integrated Risk, Remediation and Sustainability, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-19-0725-8_12

6. Pandey, B.K., Poonia, Vikas, Khare, D., and Goyal M.K. (2022), “Understanding of Future Water Challenges in a River Basin Under Ensemble of CORDEX Simulated Projections”, Chapter 13 in Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Disasters: Integrated Risk, Remediation and Sustainability, Publisher:Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-19-0725-8_13

7. Poonia Vikas, Goyal M.K.; Madramootoo C.A.; Gupta A.K.; Saraswat C. (2020), “Impact of COVID-19 on Agro- Food Industry and Transitions towards Food Security”, Chapter 12 in Integrated Risk of Pandemic: Covid19 Impacts, Resilience and Recommendations, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7679-9_12

8. Borana, L., Bhowmik, S., Panwar, V.K., Goyal M.K., and Poonia, Vikas (2021), “Madhya Pradesh”, Chapter 21 in Geotechnical Characteristics of Soils and Rocks of India, Publisher: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003177159 

1. Gupta, A. K., Goyal, M.K., Poonia, Vikas, Verma, K., Jain, V. and Rakkasagi, S. (2023). Mayor’s Handbook: City Guide for Disaster Risk and Resilience: For Mayors and Municipal Administration. National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi.

2. Goyal, M.K., Poonia, Vikas, Kumar, N., Jha S., Gupta, A.K. and Acharya, P. (2020). Agriculture Resilience Assessment Over Central India Under Climate Change. National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, Pages 84. 10.13140/RG.2.2.15790.23360 

1. Presented a paper at the 41st International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) World Congress at Singapore EXPO, Singapore during 22-27th June 2025.

2. Presented a paper at the 40th MP Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Government of India, 27-29 March, 2025 Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.

3. Presented a paper at the International Perspectives in Water and Environment Conference (IPWE) organized by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Water Resources Department (MPWRD) at Bhopal during 8-10th January 2025. 

4. Presented a paper at HYDRO-2024, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 18-20th December 2024.

5. Presented a poster at 8th India Water Week, 2024 organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi during 17-21th September 2024.

6. Presented a paper at the International Water Conference for Sustainable Development Goals (IWCSDG2024), organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh during March 22-23, 2024.

7. Presented a paper at the 39th MP Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Government of India, 21-23 February, 2024 Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.

8. Presented two papers at HYDRO-2023, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal NITW, in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 21-23 December, 2023.

9. Presented a paper at AGU23, San Francisco, CA, USA held during 11-15 December, 2023. 

10. Presented a paper at HYDRO-2021, 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 23-25 December, 2021.

11. Presented a paper at the International Conference on “Ecosystem Restoration for Resilience and Sustainability: Living with Nature” (World Environment Day-Launch of UN decade for Ecosystem Restoration), jointly organized by Indian Institute of Technology Indore and National Institute of Disaster Management, Delhi during 05-07 June, 2021.

12. Presented a paper at HYDRO-2020, 25th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 26-28 March, 2021.

13. Presented a paper at the International Conference on “Water and Environment” (ICWE-2021), organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh during March 22-23, 2021.

14. Presented a paper at the 36th MP Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Government of India, 23-26 March, 2021 Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.

15. Presented a poster at Innovations in Agriculture- Agricultural Scientists Meet: Sixth edition of India International Science Festival (IISF-2020-Virtual) organized by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Earth Sciences in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) during 22-25 December, 2020.

16. Presented a paper presentation at IGU India International Conference (Virtual) 2020, on Global to Local Sustainability & Future Earth organized by Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, MLSU, Udaipur, India during 18-20 December, 2020.

17. Attended three weeks online certificate program on Hydrometeorological and Extreme Events Disaster Risk Management jointly organized by Discipline of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore and National Institute of Disaster Management, Delhi during 01-21 June, 2020.

18. Presented a paper at the 35th MP Young Scientist Congress organized by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Government of India, 28-29 February, 2020 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

19. Presented a paper at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Life Sciences for Betterment of Environment and Human Health, organized by Government Holkar Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 14-15 December 2019. 

1. Ankita Mukherjee presented a paper at the 5th International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET‑5), jointly organised by the University of Tokyo (Japan), UPES Dehradun (India), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India), National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (India), and Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) at Dehradun from August 06-08, 2025.

2. Joitree Mukherjee presented a paper at the 5th International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET‑5), jointly organised by the University of Tokyo (Japan), UPES Dehradun (India), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India), National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (India), and Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) at Dehradun from August 06-08, 2025.

3. Ankita Mukherjee presented a paper at the 1st International Conference on Advances in Water Resources, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering and the Centre of Excellence in Water Management at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India, in association with Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakthi, Govt of India during 10-12 June 2025.

4. Ankita Mukherjee presented a paper at the International Perspectives in Water and Environment Conference (IPWE) organized by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Water Resources Department (MPWRD) at Bhopal during 8-10th January 2025.

5. Shweta Kushwaha presented a paper at the International Perspectives in Water and Environment Conference (IPWE) organized by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Water Resources Department (MPWRD) at Bhopal during 8-10th January 2025.

6. Ankita Mukherjee presented a paper at HYDRO-2024, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 18-20th December 2024.

7. Himanshu Jhariya presented a paper at HYDRO-2024, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, organized by the Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), in association with the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) held during 18-20th December 2024.

8. Shreejit Pandey (IISER Bhopal) presented a paper at AGU24, Washington, D.C, USA held during 9-13 December 2024.

9. Meghomala Ghosal (IISER Bhopal) presented a paper at AGU24, Washington, D.C, USA held during 9-13 December 2024.

10. Ankita Mukherjee presented a poster at H2O and Climate Conference organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on 27-28 October 2024.