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Current Members
Current Members
Sushmita Gouraha
Sushmita Gouraha
Supervisor: Prof. D.S. Arya
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: August 2020 to present | Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellow 2024-25
M.Tech. : Water Resources Development & Irrigation Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur
Research Interest: Urban Rainfall, Surface Water Hydrology, Urban Hydrology, RS & GIS Applications.
Email: s_gouraha@hy.iitr.ac.in
Anandu P
Anandu P
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: July 2022 to present | PMRF | Raman-Charpak Fellow 2024
M.Sc.: BS-MS Dual Degree in Geological Sciences, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata
Research Interest: Forest Fire Modelling, Fire Forecast, WRF-FIRE, Tropical Cyclones
Email: anandu_p@dm.iitr.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Mahua Mukherjee
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D. : January 2022 to present | PMRF
M.BEM. : Building Engineering and Management, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Research Interest : Urban Heat Stress
Email : k_kacker@ar.iitr.ac.in
Shiwam Singh
Shiwam Singh
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: July 2023 to present
M.Sc. : Department of Mathematics, IIT Hyderabad
Research Interest: Mountain Meteorology
Email: shiwam_s@dm.iitr.ac.in
Saurabh Singh
Saurabh Singh
Supervisor: Prof. Amit Dhiman
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: January 2023 to present
M.Tech. : Hydraulic Engineering, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT)
Research Interest: Surface-Atmosphere Interaction Processes for Extreme Weather Forecast
Email: saurabh_s@dm.iitr.ac.in
Balu Shaharica
Balu Shaharica
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: July 2024 to present
M.Sc.: BS-MS Dual Degree in Physical Sciences, Dept. of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata
Research Interest: AI/ML applications in Weather and Climate Models
Email: balu_s@dm.iitr.ac.in
Ashish Kumar Dubey
Ashish Kumar Dubey
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Kshama Gupta
Ph.D.: January 2025 to present
M.Tech. : Remote Sensing and GIS from IIRS Dehradun
M.Sc: MSc Physics from University of Allahabad
Research Interest: Urban Canopy Model, Weather Research and Forecasting
Email: ashish_kd@dm.iitr.ac.in
Arun Dev Singh
Arun Dev Singh
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: January 2025 to present
M.Sc: Environmental Sciences (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences), IESD, BHU, Varanasi
Research Interest: Atmospheric boundary processes and its Dynamics.
Email: arun_ds@dm.iitr.ac.in
Part-Time PhD scholars
Part-Time PhD scholars
Rajendra Singh Rawat
Rajendra Singh Rawat
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sandipan Mukherjee
Ph.D.: Since July 2023
M.Tech. : Computer Science & Technology, Central University of Punjab
Research Interest: Cloud Microphysics, WRF-modelling, Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Rainfall vertical structure, Big-Data Analysis
Email: rajendra_sr@dm.iitr.ac.in
Current Position: Scientist - B, CGRL, Indian Institue of Geomagnetism Kolaba
Rohit Thapliyal
Rohit Thapliyal
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Ph.D.: Since July 2025
MSc. : Environmental Sciences, Uttarakhand Open University
Research Interest: Severe Weather Forecasting, Mountain Meteorology, Impact-Based Weather Services structure, Big-Data Analysis
Email: rohit_t@dm.iitr.ac.in
Current Position: Scientist - D, Met Centre Dehradun, India Meteorological Department
M.Tech Scholars
M.Tech Scholars
Akshat Goel
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2024-present), IIT Roorkee
B. Arch. : Bachelors in Architecture, University of Pune, SPPU
Research Interest: Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Wildfire and Lightning Hazard.
Email: akshat_kg@dm.iitr.ac.in
Kummari Sai Kumar
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava & Prof. Sudip Roy
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2024-present), IIT Roorkee
B.Tech. : Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad (Civil Engg)
Research Interest: Application of AI/ML in DRR, Multi-Agentic workflows, RAG for IR and LLM fine tuning
Email: sai_kk@dm.iitr.ac.in
Adwit Patnaik
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2025-present), IIT Roorkee
MBA : Chandigarh University.
B.e-Com : Institute of Management Studies, DAVV, Indore.
Research Interest : Impact of Urban Cold and Heat Stress on Human Beings and its Bearing on Military Operations
Email: adwit_p@dm.iitr.ac.in
Jahnvi Gupta
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2025-present), IIT Roorkee
B.Tech. : MBM University, department of architecture and town planning
Research Interest: Urban Climate and Weather Modelling
Email: jahnvi_g@dm.iitr.ac.in
Alumni
Alumni
Abhinav Utpal
Current Affiliation: Associate Consultant at Tarutium Gobal Consulting
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava & Prof. S. Srikrishnan
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2023-2025), IIT Roorkee
B.Tech. : B.Plan. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
Research Interest: Urban Climate Modelling (Heat Stress)
Email: abhinav_u@dm.iitr.ac.in
Nidhi Patil
Current Affiliation: PhD Scholar, CTRANS, IIT Roorkee
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2023-2025), IIT Roorkee
B.Tech. : Bachelor of Architecture
Research Interest: Air Quality Modelling, WRF-Chem
Email: nidhi_p@dm.iitr.ac.in
Yalakala Gowtham
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM (2023-2025), IIT Roorkee
B.Tech. : B.Plan. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
Research Interest: Impact of LULC on Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Email: yalakala_g@dm.iitr.ac.in
Mahima Verma
Mahima Verma
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee (2022-2024)
B.Tech. : Civil Engineering (2017-21) from University Institute of Technology RGPV.
Dissertation: A Numerical Weather Prediction Modelling based Approach for Wind Energy Forecast over an Indian Region
Email: mahima_v@dm.iitr.ac.in
Anand B Pai
Anand B Pai
Current Affiliation: Virtual Design and Construction Engineer at vConstruct Private Limited
Supervisor: Prof. Piyush Srivastava
M.Tech. : CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee (2021-2023)
Dissertation: Application of Weather Research and Forecast Modelling System in Simulating Heavy to Extreme Rainfall Events
Email: anand_bp@dm.iitr.ac.in
Summer Interns
Summer Interns
Chaithanya BP
Chaithanya BP
SPARK Intern June to July 2023
BS-MS: BS-MS Dual Degree(2020-2025), Dept. of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata
Research Interest: WRF-Polar
Email: cbp20ms216@iiserkol.ac.in
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