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Dr. Vikas Poonia
Dr. Vikas Poonia
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Qualification: PhD (Hydro-climatology), IIT Indore
Research Interests: Drought and flood monitoring, Flash drought and forecasting, Flood Climate change impact assessment, Extreme events, Risk and resilience assessment, Crop modelling, Climate-vegetation interactions
Doctoral Scholars
Doctoral Scholars
Ankita Mukherjee
Ankita Mukherjee
Year of Joining - 2024 (June)
Funding - Institute Funding
Qualification -
M.Sc (GIS and Remote Sensing), Amity University, GATE qualified (2023)
B.Sc (Geography), University of Calcutta
Research Interest - Hydro-climatic Extremes
Shweta Kushwaha
Shweta Kushwaha
Year of Joining- 2024 (June)
Qualification -
ME (Geotechnical), Jabalpur Engineering College
BE (Civil)
Research Interest - Sedimentation in Reservoirs
Joitree Mukherjee
Joitree Mukherjee
Year of Joining - 2025 (June)
Funding - Institute Funding
Qualification -
M.Sc (Applied Geology), Aligarh Muslim University, UGC-NET qualified (2025)
B.Sc (Geology), Kazi Nazrul University
Research Interest - Marine Heatwaves and Glaciers
Deepika Yadav
Deepika Yadav
Year of Joining - 2025 (August)
Funding - Institute Funding
Qualification -
M.Tech (Agri. Engineering), Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Jabalpur, M.P, ICAR-NET qualified (2018)
B.Tech (Agri. Engineering), Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Jabalpur M.P.
Research Interest - Micro Irrigation, Precision Farming & protected cultivation
Pragya Baheshwar
Pragya Baheshwar
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Funding - Project Funding (ANRF)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Water Resource Engineering and Management), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering), Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Research Interest - Traditional vs Flash Droughts
Sunil Mahato
Sunil Mahato
Year of Joining - 2026 (August)
Funding - Project Funding (ANRF)
Qualification -
M.Tech in Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Jharkhand
M.Sc in Geo-Informatics, Bankura University, West Bengal
Research Interest - Flash Drought and impact on agriculture
Raj Dixit
Raj Dixit
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Water Engineering and Management), Central university of Jharkhand, Ranchi
B.Tech (Civil Engineering) Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus Ferozepur
Research Interest - Hydrological Modeling
Lucky Shukla
Lucky Shukla
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
B.Tech (Civil Engineering), Axis Institute of Technology and Management, Kanpur
Research Interest -Soil Moisture Dynamics
Project JRF
Project JRF
Pragya Baheshwar
Pragya Baheshwar
Year of Joining - 2026 (June)
Funding - Project Funding (ANRF)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Water Resource Engineering and Management), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering), Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Research Interest - Traditional vs Flash Droughts
Sunil Mahato
Sunil Mahato
Year of Joining - 2026 (June)
Funding - Project Funding (ANRF)
Qualification -
M.Tech in Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Jharkhand
M.Sc in Geo-Informatics, Bankura University, West Bengal
Research Interest - Flash Drought and impact on agriculture
Rajul Ratna Chourasiya
Rajul Ratna Chourasiya
Duration - October, 2025 to January 2026
Funding - Project Funding
Qualification -
ME (Environmental Engineering), Jabalpur Engineering College, Gate Qualified
BE (Civil Engineering), Shriram Institute of Science and Technology Jabalpur (MP)
Research Interest - Flash Drought
Master Students
Master Students
Himanshu Jhariya
Himanshu Jhariya
Year of Joining - 2023 (August)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Water Resource Engineering and Management), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), GEC Chhatarpur
Research Interest - Heatwaves
Pragya Baheshwar
Pragya Baheshwar
Year of Joining - 2025 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Water Resource Engineering and Management), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering), Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Research Interest - Compound Drought and Heatwave Events (CDHW)
Riya Gokhale
Riya Gokhale
Year of Joining - 2025 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Vikram University, Ujjain
Research Interest - Precipitation and Temperature Extremes
Anurag Boudh
Anurag Boudh
Year of Joining - 2025 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus Bhilai
Research Interest - Disaster Risk and Resilience
Sandeep Kumar
Sandeep Kumar
Year of Joining - 2025 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Ambalika Institute of Management and Technology, Lucknow
Research Interest - Extreme Precipitation and Wind Events
Divyanshu Singh
Divyanshu Singh
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Infrastructure Engineering and Construction Management), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Research Interest - Heatwaves and Population Exposure
Rishabh Mishra
Rishabh Mishra
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar
Research Interest - Compound Drought and Heatwave Events (CDHE)
Harsh Malviya
Harsh Malviya
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Chameli Devi Group of Institutions, Indore
Research Interest - Compound Extreme Events
Ashish Kumar Jain
Ashish Kumar Jain
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), SGSITS, Indore
Research Interest -Humid Heatwaves
Rishab Singh Baghel
Rishab Singh Baghel
Year of Joining - 2026 (July)
Qualification -
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), MANIT Bhopal
B.Tech (Civil), Rewa Engineering College, Rewa
Research Interest - Urban Drought
Undergraduate Project Students
Undergraduate Project Students
Satyam Patel
Satyam Patel
(Jan- April. 2026)
Pawan Suthar
Pawan Suthar
(Jan- April. 2026)
Deepak Raj
Deepak Raj
(Jan- April. 2026)
Jayvardhan Bhardwaj
Jayvardhan Bhardwaj
(Jan- April. 2026)
Harsh Garg
Harsh Garg
(Jan- April. 2024)
Aditya Pratap Singh
Aditya Pratap Singh
(Jan- April. 2024)
Abhinav Sagar
Abhinav Sagar
(Jan- April. 2024)
Krishna Baghel
Krishna Baghel
(Jan- April. 2024)
Abhishek Shrivastava
Abhishek Shrivastava
(Jan- April. 2024)
Varun Piple
Varun Piple
(Jan- April. 2024)
Kanishk Singh
Kanishk Singh
(Jan- April. 2024)
Pulket Vishwakarma
Pulket Vishwakarma
(Jan- April. 2024)
Research Internship Students
Research Internship Students
Basant Goswami
Basant Goswami
Year of Joining - 2025 (February)
Qualification -
B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), BTKIT, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand
Research Interest - Compound Drought and Heatwave Events
Mohd Ashkan Khan
Mohd Ashkan Khan
Year of Joining - 2025 (February)
Qualification -
B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), BTKIT, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand
Research Interest - Precipitation Extremes and Temperature
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