REWARD-HYDROLOGY @ IIT-BBS
REjuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through innovative Development
REjuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through innovative Development
Congrats to Dr. Shanti Swarup Biswal for assuming the position of Project Manager.
Welcome Akash Atnurkar as a member of the REWARD team!
REWARD Hydrology-IIT BBS team members Siddik Barbhuiya, Dr. Shanti Biswal and Dr. Meenu Ramadas attended the two-day training program on DPR preparation conducted at Krushi Bhawan during Sep. 1-2, 2023.
Kartick G M (Ph.D. student) presented his work on "Delineation of Sustainable Groundwater Extraction and Recharge Potential Zones in Agricultural Micro-watersheds Using an Integrated RS-GIS-AHP Approach" as an oral presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2023) in the session D3-PM2, held at Singapore during 30th July to 4th August, 2023.
Siddik Barbhuiya (Ph.D. student) attended the Capacity Building -cum- Workshop programme on "Application of RS & GIS in LRI under REWARD, Odisha Project" organized by ICAR- NBSS&LUP Regional Centre at Kolkata, during July 24-28, 2023.
REWARD Hydrology-IIT BBS team successfully installed digital water level recorder (DWLR) and staff gauges at the select outlet points in study micro-watersheds of Dhenkanal district for regional hydrological modeling studies. This is complemented by the current meter data collected on a daily basis at the gauging locations. | July 2023 | Well done team - Dr. Shanti, Ajitesh, Sujeet, Alok, Bijay, Gurcharan and Yasobanta!
World Bank official team visited the hydro-meteorological monitoring sites in the our REWARD project district Dhenkanal (Odisha) to take stock of the ongoing field work and research activities undertaken by REWARD Hydrology team at IIT Bhubaneswar | May 2023
Abstract submitted by Kartick G M has been accepted for oral presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2023), at SUNTEC Singapore. Congrats Kartick!
Siddik Barbuiya designed DSS based on criteria for soil water conservation structures and drainage line treatment and presented the same at the REWARD-Hydrology Training Workshop| March 2023 | Keep up the good work Siddik!
We successfully organized the “REWARD-Hydrology Training Workshop” at School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar, mentored by Principal Investigators of REWARD project | March 2023 | LinkedIn LinkedIn
Dr. Shanti Biswal attended five-day training programme on DPR preparation under REWARD programme at Bangalore | Dec. 2022
Hydro-meteorological data starts coming from AWS installed in Hindol | Nov. 2022
Abstract submitted by Dr. Suraj Jena on "Investigation of Groundwater Recharge Variability in Eastern India under Climate Change" is accepted in the International Conference on Climate and Weather-related Extremes (ICCWE 2022) organized at IIT Roorkee during 19-20 Sept. 2022.
Field visit begins to Dhenkanal district to kick start REWARD-hydrology activities. | Aug. 2022 | Great going by team led by Dr. Suraj Jena!
Welcome REWARD project team members to IIT Bhubaneswar | Aug-Dec. 2022
MoU is signed between DSC&WD, Govt. of Odisha and SRIC, IIT Bhubaneswar as part of the World Bank-funded REWARD project | May 2022
Prof. R K Panda and Dr. Meenu Ramadas attended REWARD Orientation Workshop at UAS Bangalore | April 2022
Dr. Meenu Ramadas
Prof. R K Panda
Dr. Shanti Swarup Biswal
Dr. Shanti Swarup Biswal (Sep. 2022 -Sep 2023)
G. M. Kartick
Siddik Ahmed Barbhuiya
Ajitesh Tripathy
Bijaya K Baral
Office Assistant
Akash Atnurkar
Sujit Kumar Mohanty
Alok Kumar Sahu
Bijay Kumar Gochi
Gurucharan Sahoo
Yasobanta Singh