Educational background

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, U.S.A.                                                                                             2010

(Major: Water Resources Engineering, Minor: GIS)                                                                                        

M.Tech. in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, I.I.T. Kanpur                                                                                   2002              

B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India                                                                                            1999 

Employment History 

Professor, CE, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India                                                     2025-Prasent

Associate Professor, CE, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India                                 2018-2025 

Assistant Professor, CE, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India                                  2011-18

Assistant Professor, CE, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India                       2010-11

GIS and Water Resource Specialist, NM Water Resources Research Institute, U.S.A.                 2008-10

Assistant Professor, CE, G.V.P. College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India                            2003-06    

Teaching Assistant (Adhoc Faculty), CE, J.N.T.U. College of Enginnering, Kakinada, India     2002-03

Research Intrests

My research broadly sprawls into groundwater and agricultural water domains. In specific, I work in the following areas

• Geophysical exploration, Hydro-geologic characterization, and Groundwater Modeling

• Soil-water-crop interactions, and Agricultural water management

• Water use efficiency, and Micrometeorology in Agriculture

• Remote sensing and GIS for groundwater and agriculture