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Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land.
– Julia A. Carney
Current Members
Current Members
Dr. Meenu Ramadas | Team Leader | Associate Professor (Water Resources Engineering)
Mr. Siddik Barbuiya | Ph. D. Scholar | (Jan. 2023- current)
Mr. Kartick G M | Ph. D. Scholar | (Jan. 2023- current)
Ms. Bandu Himajwala | Ph. D. Scholar |(Jan. 2022- current)
Ms. Ankita Manekar | Ph. D. Scholar | (Aug. 2019- current)
Dr. Shanti Swarup Biswal | Project Manager (REWARD) | (Oct. 2023- current)
Mr. Akash Atnurkar | Project Assistant | (Sep. 2021- current)
Mr. Ajitesh Tripathy | Project Associate | (Sep. 2022- current)
Mr. Bijay Baral | Project Associate | (Sep. 2022- current)
Ms. Monika Singh | M.Tech. (WRE) student | 2022-2024
Ms. Shubham Saroj Tripathi | M.Tech. (WRE) student | 2022-2024
Ms. Meghana N | M.Tech. (WRE) student | 2021-2024
Ms. Uduta Ushadevi | B. Tech. CE final year student | 2023-2024
Mr. Chinmay Mathur | B. Tech. CE final year student | 2023-2024
Past Members
Past Members
Post-graduate Research/Project Students
Post-graduate Research/Project Students
- Mr. Alok Kumar Samantaray
Ph. D. Scholar | Aug. 2016- Nov. 2021 | Current Position: Post. Doc. Researcher, NORCE, Norway
Thesis Title: Development of Probabilistic Approaches for Drought Frequency Analysis and Regionalization of Drought Characteristics under Climate Change
Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Meenu Ramadas, Prof. R K Panda
2. Dr. Suraj Jena
2. Dr. Suraj Jena
Project Manager | Sep. 2022- Dec. 2022 | Current Position: Post. Doc. Researcher, Oregon State University, USA
Project: Comprehensive hydrologic assessment and monitoring for science-based watershed planning and management in selected districts of Odisha with additional emphasis on groundwater recharge and extraction - REWARD-ODISHA
Research Area: Groundwater Hydrology; Vadose Zone Hydrology; Hydrometeorological Monitoring & Modeling, Agricultural Water Management , DSS Development
3. Dr. Rijwana Parwin
3. Dr. Rijwana Parwin
Project Associate | Apr. 2022-Jun 2023
Project: Cost Effective ICT‐Data Analytics System for Efficient Management of Water and Fertilizer in Precision Agriculture
Research Area: Crop Growth Modeling; Climate Change; Agricultural Water Resources Management
4. Mr. Bithnath Pattnaik
4. Mr. Bithnath Pattnaik
Junior Research Fellow | Dec. 2019-June 2021 | Current Position: Water Resources Engineer
Project: Urban Flood Modelling – A Web Based Decision Tool Integrating UAV Based Information
Research Area: Stormwater Management, Urban GIS Modeling
Graduate Research Students
Graduate Research Students
- Ms. Triveni Majhi
M. Tech. 2021-2023 | Current Position: Ph.D. Student, IIT Kharagpur
Thesis Title: Performance evaluation of best management practices in a watershed using SWAT Hydrological Model
- Mr. Daneti Arun Sourya
M. Tech. 2021-2023 |Current Position: Ph.D. Student, IIT Hyderabad
Co-Supervisor: Prof. R K Panda
Thesis Title: Estimating evapotranspiration in a tropical savanna region using neural network
- Mr. Vikas Shankar Mane
M. Tech. 2020-2023 | Current Position: Trainee Engineer, TCS Engineering
Thesis Title: One dimensional floodplain mapping of upper Krishna River basin near Sangli city by using HEC-RAS
- Ms. B Laxmi Sowjanya
M. Tech. 2021-2023 | Current Position: Water Resources Engineer
Co-Supervisor: Prof. R K Panda
Thesis Title: Groundwater level prediction using predictor selection and neural network algorithm
- Ms. Aakanksha Agrawal
M. Tech. 2020-2022 | Current Position: Ph.D. Student, IIT Roorkee
Thesis Title: Assessment of hydrologic impacts of climate change on Jambhira Watershed in eastern India using statistical downscaling and SWAT model
- Mr. Ankush Kumar Patel
M. Tech. 2020-2022 | Current Position: Water Resources Engineer
Thesis Title: Meteorological drought monitoring of Subarnarekha River Basin using satellite based rainfall datasets
- Ms. Trupti Satapathy
M. Tech. 2019-2021 | DAAD-Germany exchange student | Current Position: Ph.D. Student, IISc Bangalore
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Jorg Dietrich
Thesis Title: Remote sensing-based drought monitoring for agricultural droughts
- Mr. Pranav Kumar
M. Tech. 2019-2021 | Current Position: Water Resources Engineer, Arcadis
Thesis Title: Modeling of rainfall intensity- duration-frequency relationships under non-stationarity
- Mr. Ankit Kumar
M. Tech. 2018-2020 | Current Position: Civil Engineer, L&T
Thesis Title: Assessment of impacts of climate change on streamflow of an ungauged rural watershed using SWAT model
10. Ms. Manisha Asok
10. Ms. Manisha Asok
(M. Tech. 2018-2020)
Thesis Title: Estimation of soil hydraulic properties using inverse modelling of tension disc infiltrometer data
11. Ms. Priyanka Sukla
11. Ms. Priyanka Sukla
M. Tech. 2018-2020 | Current Position: Asst. Executive Engineer, DoWR, Odisha
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Kiranmayi Landu
Thesis Title: Spatio-temporal variability in influence of Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) on hydroclimatology of Mahanadi River Basin
12. Ms. Arpita Das
12. Ms. Arpita Das
M. Tech. 2017-2019 | Current Position: Ph.D. Student, IIT Guwahati
Thesis Title: Development of intensity-duration-frequency curves for Bhubaneswar City under current and future climate
13. Mr. Kishor J M
13. Mr. Kishor J M
M. Tech. 2017-2019 | Current Position: Indian Railways
Thesis Title: Modelling vertical infiltration parameters at laboratory-scale and field-scale
14. Mr. Sandip Kumar Das
14. Mr. Sandip Kumar Das
(M. Tech. 2017-2019)
Thesis Title: Bivariate flood frequency analysis using copula
Undergraduate Research Students
Undergraduate Research Students
- Mr. Cheerla Nithin Sai
Thesis Title: Application of IMDAA datasets in drought analysis | Year: 2023
- Mr. G Abhinandan Reddy
Thesis Title: Assessing early warning potential of an agricultural drought monitoring model | Year: 2023
- Mr. Priyansh Meena
Thesis Title: Statistical downscaling using change factor method | Year: 2023
- Mr. Satyajeet Mourya
Thesis Title: Optimization methods to compute parameters of hydrological systems | Year: 2023
- Mr. Shivam Kumar
Thesis Title: Use of statistical downscaling technique for rainfall modeling | Year: 2022
- Mr. P Shiva Darshan
Thesis Title: Rainfall time series analysis at watershed scale| Year: 2022
- Mr. G Anil Kumar
Thesis Title: Application of advanced remote sensing satellite data for drought analysis| Year: 2022
- Ms. N S Harshitha Goud
Thesis Title: Comparison of pedotransfer functions used in soil studies| Year: 2022
- Mr. Shivam Saurav
Thesis Title: Statistical downscaling of climatic variables for hydrological applications| Year: 2021
10. Mr. Sandeep Singh
10. Mr. Sandeep Singh
Thesis Title: Effect of LULC changes on temperature and precipitation of Odisha | Year: 2021
11. Mr. Prachetas Mishra
11. Mr. Prachetas Mishra
Thesis Title: Assessment of trends in meteorological drought characteristics over state of Odisha | Year: 2021
12. Mr. Rishab Khawad
12. Mr. Rishab Khawad
Thesis Title: Agricultural drought monitoring using remote sensing | Year: 2021
13. Mr. Chandra Rahul Balaji
13. Mr. Chandra Rahul Balaji
Thesis Title: Drought onset and recovery over Odisha | Year: 2020
14. Mr. Asmit Yadav
14. Mr. Asmit Yadav
Thesis Title: Quantification of droughts using different drought indices at watershed scale | Year: 2020
15. Mr. Rinku Meena
15. Mr. Rinku Meena
Thesis Title: Morphometric analysis and prioritization of selected subwatersheds of Mahanadi River Basin using GIS | Year: 2019
16. Mr. Abhinav Saketh Alladi
16. Mr. Abhinav Saketh Alladi
Thesis Title: Spatiotemporal variability of reliability-resilience-vulnerability based drought management index in the Mid-Mahanadi River Basin | Year: 2018
17. Mr. A Nihar
17. Mr. A Nihar
Thesis Title: Vertical infiltration modeling at field scale using tension disc infiltrometer | Year: 2018
18. Mr. Vijay Kumar
18. Mr. Vijay Kumar
Thesis Title: Identification of spatial and topographical attributes of watersheds in IIT Bhubaneswar campus | Year: 2017
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