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DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE AND THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Hydrology is one of the 23 academic departments of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The Department came into existence with the inception of the International Post Graduate Course in Hydrology in 1972, being the first such a program in a developing country. The courses, offered by the Department are presently sponsored by the Government of India and UNESCO. The Department has ten dedicated full-time faculty members having specializations in surface water hydrology (Floods, Droughts), water resources systems, watershed management, Geo-hydrology, groundwater geophysics, stochastic hydrology, hydro-informatics, environmental hydrology, atmospheric physics, climate change, etc.

NOTICEBOARD

Mid-Term Exam (MTE) Schedule (Spring Semester, 2024-25) Revised Notice

UPCOMING EVENTS

11

Feb.

Expert Lecture

Topic: The impact of increasing climate extremes in southern Europe

12

Feb.

Expert Lecture

Topic: Assessment of the vulnerability of the Portuguese territory to climate change in the 21st century—science for the Portuguese National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100

03-07

March

Indo-German School

Indo-German School on "The Second Law in Earth System Science" from 3rd to 7th March 2025 at hydrology IITR.

22

March

PRAVAAHA 2025

05-10

Oct.

IAHS 2025

XIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

HIGHLIGHTS

Indo-German School

Indo-German School on "The Second Law in Earth System Science" from 3rd to 7th March 2025 at hydrology IITR.

IAHS 2025

XIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 5th-10th October 2025.

International Workshop

Fostering Deep Membrane Science Research for Desalination, Brine Reclamation, and Resource Extraction MemSci-Brine 2024.

German Research Day: Faculty-Student Interaction

German Research Day: Faculty-Student Interaction at IIT Roorkee on Monday, October 7, 2024: 15.00 onwards jointly organized by the International Relations office and Department of Hydrology under the framework of the Co-prepare project.

Expert Lecture

“TU Dresden and ABCD-Centre, study and research opportunities” by Dr. Firas Aljanabi, August 09, 2024, 12 pm

Natural Hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas 2024

Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee and the University of Potsdam, Germany under the Co-PREPARE project (sponsored by UGC and DAAD) shall jointly organize the closing conference “Natural Hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas 2024 (NSIH 2024)” from 08 -10 October 2024 at the Department of Hydrol

UDAN Lecture

UDAN Lecture by Prof. Ajanta Goswami on "Joshimath Town Sinking: Field-based Analysis" 📅 Aug 2, 2024 🕑 2:30 PM.

TWO DAYS WORKSHOP

GROUNDWATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT USING GEOPHYSICAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP APRIL 25-26, 2024

Workkshop on (STAMBH)

STAtistical tools for Modelling Big data in Hydroclimatology, 17th – 24th March, 2024

International Workshop

on "Membrane Technologies for Desalination, Energy, and Water Sustainability (MemDEW)" on October 18–20, 2023, IIT Roorkee, India.

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS DAY 2023

1-DAY WORKSHOP EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS DAY 2023 "EMERGING HYDRO- CLIMATIC EXTREMES AND APPROACHES" 27 September 2023.

One day workshop

Himalayan Freshwaters: Assessing the Services and Vulnerability of Freshwater Ecosystems in Himalayas,June 6, 2023.

e-ITEC Sponsored Training Program on Ecohydrology

Hydrology, IITR is organizing a short-term (online) training program on ecohydrology on March 27th-31st 2023, sponsored by TECnetwork.

Workshop on 20-26 August 2023.

ADVANCED DATA-DRIVEN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS IN WATER RESOURCES (AI4WATER), Funded by: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Expert Talk

"Modelling fluid flow through porous media using MATLAB" on April 15, 2023 during 11:00-1:00 PM at DOH.

NATURAL-HAZARD SYMPOSIUM FOR THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS 2022 (NSIH 2022)

On October 12–13, 2022 at the Department of Hydrology, IITR, sponsored by UGC India and DAAD Germany.

Co-PREPARE lecture by Prof. Ed McBean

Glacier depletion and Arctic ice cover loss and potential linkages to the Himalayas, 09 June, 2023.

PRAVAAHA 2023

Celebrating World Water Day 2023 and Research Scholar’s Day,22 March 2023.

International e-ITEC training course during 28th to 30th November 2022.

"Emerging technologies for water/wastewater treatment" Supported by Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.

Expert Lecture

"Water-Climate Nexus and Interactions" by Prof Atul Jain on 05 January 2024.

MOUs

IIT Roorkee & BMC sign an MoU for a stormwater management plan, using drone mapping, simulations, & real-time monitoring to enhance flood resilience. Prof. K K Pant & Shri Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, IAS, emphasize its role in sustainable urban planning.

MOU

IIT Roorkee led by Department of Hydrology signed an MOU with the Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rainfed Farming Project, Watershed Management Directorate, Dehradun to serve as the Scientific Consortia to support in project implementation, by providing technical knowledge in achieving inclusive climate-resilient productivity and mitigation in agriculture, in selected micro-watersheds of Uttarakhand state for the World Bank Funded “Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project.

MOU Signing ceremony with TIIAME National Research University,Uzbekistan.

Prof. K.K. Pant, the head of IIT Roorkee, and his colleagues met with Prof. Bakhadir Mirzaev, the head of TIIAME National Research University, to discuss ways to work together on academic projects and research.

IIT Roorkee delegation to Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan.

IIT Roorkee has significantly strengthened its global collaborations by signing two landmark agreements with Samarkand State University. These include a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic and research collaborations, and a intent to start Joint Master’s Degree Program in Hydrology. These MoUs aim to foster cooperation in water, environmental science, renewable energy and sustainable development. This partnership will promote academic excellence, cutting-edge research, and cultural exchange between India and Uzbekistan.

IIT Roorkee delegation to Indian Embassy in Uzbekistan.

Director IIT Roorkee Prof. K.K.Pant & faculties met H.E. Smita Pant Ambassador to Uzbekistan to discuss deepening ties. This follows landmark partnership of iitroorkee with Uzbekistan universities, fostering academic cooperation and research innovation.

Recent Awards & Recognitions

Ms. Pragya Badika

has been honored with the Digital Green Talent Award for the year 2024 at Digital Green Tech Award Ceremony in Berlin on 13 Nov 2024. The prestigious 'Digital Green Talents - High Potentials in Sustainable Development' Award is hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to promote the international exchange of innovative ideas related to digitalization and sustainability.

Aniruddha Shah

has received AGU travel grant to attend AGU 2024.

Ajay Gupta

has received a Commonwealth split-site fellowship for one year to continue his research at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Subhankar Das

has received offer for post-doctoral fellowship at the School of Public Science, University of Jdaho, USA.

Aishwarya Bhattacharya, M.Tech. Student(2022-2024 batch),

has received Ph.D. offer from Baylor University, USA. She will be working on "Tracking the fate and transport of Nano fertilizers and pesticides in soil and plant systems".

Newsletter

Recent Publications

Anksuh, Goel, N. K., & Rajendran, V. (2025).

Integrating regionalisation, uncertainty, and nonstationarity in modelling extreme rainfall events in India.

Journal of Environmental Management, 376, 124377. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124377

J.K. Rajak, N. Khandelwal*, Z.A. Ganie, D. Schild, G.K. Darbha,

Reactive transport and sorption behavior of pollutants in presence of redox-sensitive nano Fe0 impregnated graphene: Advancing towards continuous water filtration,

Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 23 (2025) 101053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2025.101053

N. Singh, N. Khandelwal*, R. Nakajima, A.K. Stoddart, G.A. Gagnon,

"Nanoplastic mitigation technologies: challenges and sustainability considerations,"

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2025.101107

Galkate R.V., R.P. Pandey, S. Yadav and R.K. Jaiswal (2025).

Modification and Evaluation of Groundwater Drought Index for its Applicability in Central India Region.

Journal of Earth System Science, Vol. 134, Article no. 31 Indian Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02495-w

Simon, M. and Joshi, H. (2024)

“Dynamics of pollution and trophic status in selected sub-tropical surface water bodies in Haridwar district, India”

Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35724-2

Abhishek Kumar, Manoj K Jain.

Addressing Uncertainties in Surface Velocity Profiles and Discharge Estimation through Non-contact Methods: Case Study of Two Himalayan Rivers.

https://doi.org/10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-63

Kulkarni, S., & Agarwal, A. (2025).

Arctic sea ice variability and its multiscale association with Indian summer monsoon rainfall at different time scales.

Journal of Hydrology, 132729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.132729

Chaudhary, A., Guntu, R. K., Sharma, S., & Agarwal, A. (2025).

Changing spatiotemporal dependence of the precipitation-temperature during Indian Summer Monsoon using observational and CMIP6 model simulations.

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 57, 102169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.102169

Galkate R.V., R.P. Pandey, S. Yadav and R.K. Jaiswal (2025).

Modification and Evaluation of Groundwater Drought Index for its Applicability in Central India Region.

Journal of Earth System Science, Vol. 134, Article no. 31 Indian Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02495-w

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