H2O & Climate Conference

Welcome to the H20 & Climate Conference 2024!

H2O is essential for all civilizations. Effective planning and efficient management of water resources requires a sound understanding of hydraulics and hydrology. Satisfying the increasing anthropogenic water demands is one of the biggest challenges for sustainable water resources management. Climate change due to anthropogenic activities has compounded the challenge due to time-delayed feedback effects on the hydrology and hydraulics of the watersheds and changes in water cycle. Several of these effects are already being observed in many watersheds, e.g., receding glaciers, perennial rivers turning seasonal, depletion of aquifers, increasing frequency of extreme hydrologic events like storms, floods and droughts, etc.

The objectives of the conference are:

to impart in-depth knowledge of hydraulics, hydrology and the effects of climate change to the young researchers and PhD scholars of the country.

to facilitate the exchange of ideas among the stakeholders regarding the challenges in water resources management in India.

to address the applications of AI, ML and IoT in hydrology, hydraulics and water resources management.

These will be achieved through a series of keynote lectures by the leading subject experts in the country. The young researchers and PhD scholars will have the opportunity to present their work in three thematic poster sessions and interact with the experts about their research endeavours.