Welcome to the EcoHydroLab at the Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee. The research group focuses on understanding the complex interactions between ecosystems, water, and climate in the context of a rapidly changing world. By combining field studies, remote sensing, and advanced modeling techniques, the group aims to provide valuable insights for sustainable water resource management and environmental conservation. This website describes our current research projects, people in the group, recent publications and resources. We specifically focus on:
Large-sample hydrology
Process-based and Data-driven Hydrological Modeling
Climate Change Impacts and Hydroclimatic Extremes
Terrestrial Ecohydrology
Ecosystem Services
Water Accounting and the Nexus Approach
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[Dec 2025] New Publication: Gopeshwar Sahu's work on MC-LSTM for human-influenced watersheds
Gopeshwar Sahu, Nikunj K. Mangukiya, & Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). Does MC-LSTM model improve the reliability of streamflow prediction in human-influenced watersheds? Journal of Hydrology, 134711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134711
[Nov 2025] New Publication: Nagashree's work on blue water scarcity
GE Nagashree & Ashutosh Sharma (2025). Evaluating sectoral water use and precipitation variability on blue water scarcity under historical and future climate conditions in the Mahi River Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 322, 110006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.110006
[Nov 2025] New Publication: Akriti Singh's work on Climate and Drought Resilience
Akriti Singh & Ashutosh Sharma (2025). Agricultural catchments exhibit enhanced climate and drought resilience compared to forested catchments in Peninsular India. Journal of Hydrology, 134618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134618
[July 2025] PhD student, Vijaykumar Bejagam is now Dr. Vijaykumar Bejagam. 🎉
Vijaykumar Bejagam defended his thesis.
Title: Multi-scale Assessment of Indian Terrestrial Ecosystems under Climate Change
[June 2025] New Publication: PhD Student, Nikunj Mangukiya's work on Differential Modeling is published in WRR
Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025) Integrating Reservoir Dynamics into Differentiable Process-Based Hydrological Model for Enhanced Streamflow Estimation. Water Resources Research, 61(7), e2025WR040268. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040268
[June 2025] PhD student, Nikunj Mangukiya is now Dr. Nikunj Mangukiya. 🎉
Nikunj Mangukiya defended his PhD thesis. He is the first PhD graduating from our group.
Title: Deep Learning-based Models for Hydrological Predictions in Distinct Indian Watersheds
[June 2025] New Publication: PhD Student, Vijaykumar Bejagam's work on Ecosystem resilience to droughts under climate change
Vijaykumar Bejagam, Ashutosh Sharma (2025) Increasing Cumulative Impacts of Droughts Under Climate Change Does Not Alter the Ecosystem Resilience in India, Earth's Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005888
[May 2025] New Publication: PhD student, Pooja Patle's work on improving Water Accounting
Patle, P., & Sharma, A. (2025). A novel coupled hydrological model-water accounting framework for quantification of water resources and agricultural production. Journal of Hydrology, 133676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133676
[May 2025]: Quentin Martin Best Practice Oriented Paper Award : Our paper by PhD student, Ms. Pooja Patle, has been selected for this year's Quentin Martin Best Practice Oriented Paper Award by ASCE-EWRI. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6125
[Feb 2025] New Publication: CAMELS-IND Published
Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Kanneganti Bhargav Kumar, Pankaj Dey, Shailza Sharma, Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Pradeep P. Mujumdar and Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). CAMELS-IND: Hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 228 catchments in Peninsular India. Earth System Science Data, 17(2), 461–491. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-461-2025
[Jan 2025] New Publication:
Nikunj K. Mangukiya, Ashutosh Sharma (2025) Deep learning‐based approach for enhancing streamflow prediction in watersheds with aggregated and intermittent observations, Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR037331. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037331
[Dec 2024] New Publication:
Prakhar Sharma, Swathi S Prashanth, Ashutosh Sharma and Sumit Sen (2024) Spatial heterogeneity of ecosystem services and their valuation across Himalayas: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis, Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9abc
hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 472 catchments in Peninsular India
We introduce CAMELS-INDIA (Catchment Attributes and MEteorology for Large-sample Studies – India), which provides daily meteorological time series, available observed and LSTM-based predicted streamflow, and static catchment attributes for 472 catchments in peninsular India, to foster large-sample hydrological studies in India and promote the inclusion of Indian catchments in global hydrological research.
Data: https://zenodo.org/records/13221214
Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-461-2025