Assistant Professor at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Former National Postdoctoral Fellow at ICWaR, IISc Bangalore
PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur
M Tech, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur
B Tech, Department of Civil Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Dr. Swarnkar obtained his B. Tech degree in Civil Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in 2012, his M. Tech degree in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2014, and his PhD degree in Earth Sciences from IIT Kanpur in 2020. He works in the area of hydrology, and his Ph.D. thesis was on “Sediment Dynamics of the Ganga River Basin”. His Ph.D. thesis advisors were Prof. Rajiv Sinha and Prof. Shivam Tripathi. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Swarnkar worked as a National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore under the guidance of Prof. Pradeep Mujumdar from January 2021 to June 2022.
Dr. Swarnkar joined IISER Bhopal as an Assistant Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences in July 2022. After joining IISER Bhopal in 2022, Dr. Swarnkar obtained two externally funded projects on analyzing the impacts of climate change and human activities in the Narmada and Ganga basins. These sponsored projects are funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board and the Ministry of Education. As an event organizer, he conducted a SERB Karyashala workshop and shortlisted 25 candidates out of the overwhelming responses of 400 applications received from various Indian academic institutions.
His approach to research has been an amalgamation of theoretical, numerical, and programming methods in the domain of Earth and Environmental Sciences. In recent times, his primary focus has been on understanding the role of human-climate-water interactions on various Indian river basins. He is a passionate teacher and researcher and has distinguished himself in teaching and research amongst his colleagues at IISER Bhopal.
Office
Room 208, Academic Building 4
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Pin - 462066
Lab
Room 210, Academic Building 4
Email:
Phone: +91 755 269 1473 (Office)
+91 755 269 1474 (Lab)
Residence
Flat - 102, Tower C, IISER Bhopal Campus, Bhopal, M. P. Pin - 462066
Recent News
As Keynote Speaker at MANIT Bhopal
Group Discussion with Dr. Vikas Poonia (MANIT Bhopal) on 3rd August 2024
Current Openings at Stochastic Hydrology Lab (SHL), IISER Bhopal
Interested candidate for joining as PhD students under my group may send their CV and any relevant details/published papers etc. The SHL group is continuously looking for young and motivated students.
A SERB Funded High-End Workshop on "Application of Machine Learning in Hydrology (HydroML)" at IISER Bhopal
