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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 nine 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.

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Schedule of End Term Exams (Autumn Semester) 2023-24

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Teaching Schedule M.Tech. Ist Year (Autumn Semester) 2023-24

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Hydrology Course Contents

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UPCOMING EVENTS

18-20

Oct

International Workshop

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

12

Oct

Bharat Singh Memorial Lecture

"Navigating the Complexities of Climate Change in the Water Sector: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road to a Sustainable Future" by Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy.

10

Oct

Expert Lecture

“Overview of Snow and Glacier Hydrology” by Dr. Federico Covi

27

Sep.

1-DAY WORKSHOP EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS DAY 2023

"EMERGING HYDRO- CLIMATIC EXTREMES AND APPROACHES"

25

Aug

UDAN Lecture Series

Analyzing Water Dynamics and Mitigating Hazards through the HILLTOP: “Himalayan Instrumentation Laboratory and Long-Term HydrOlogical Pathways Observatories”

20-26

Aug

Workshop (AI4WATER)

on 20-26 August,2023.

09

June

Co-PREPARE lecture by Prof. Ed McBean

Glacier depletion and Arctic ice cover loss and potential linkages to the Himalayas

HIGHLIGHTS

Bharat Singh Memorial Lecture

"Navigating the Complexities of Climate Change in the Water Sector: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road to a Sustainable Future" by Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy on 12 October 2023.

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.

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.

One day workshop

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

Bharat Singh Memorial Lecture

"Low-Tech Water Treatment Technology for Producing Safe Water" by Prof. Edward McBean,June 07, 2023.

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.

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.

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.

Expert Talk

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

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.

UDAN Online lecture series

PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli, Head of Mountain Hydrology Group, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, gives a lecture on "The hydrological significance of mountains" Friday, 26 August 2022.

9th INTERNATIONAL GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE

"Effective Management of (sub)-surface water resources in arid and semi-arid regions" November 02 - 04, 2022.

PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING ON GROUNDWATER MODELLING USING FEFLOW

31 October – 1st November 2022, 2-day preconference workshop on Groundwater modelling using FEFLOW is being jointly organized by Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee and DHI (India).

Indo-German workshop by IITR and Hamburg University of Technology

"Workshop on Securing sustainable treatment for drinking water production and water recycling with a focus on anionic contaminants” 20 to 22 July,2022.

UDAN Lecture Series

lecture on "Climatic and neotectonic interplay during Late Quaternary in Ladakh - the high altitude cold desert of India" Friday, 24 February 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Berlin), 2:30 p.m. (Delhi).

HANDS-ON TRAINING PROGRAMME ON TOOLS & TECHNIQUES OF EXPERIMENTAL HYDROLOGY

Organized by: Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee. MAY 24 – 30, 2022.

Two-week Training

Two-week Training on “Emerging Space Technology Applications for Compound Extremes (STAC-X)” 09 to 20 May,2022.

Workshop on 20 July,2022

"Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) and its Applications" by Prof. Roopam Shukla Centre of Excellence for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. & Dr. Praveen Kumar

1-day workshop on 1D- 2D Dam Break Modelling using the MIKE platform

DHI EXPERT AND TRAINER Mr. Mark Falcon Britton, Date: 5 July 2022 Time: 9:00 – 6:00 PM

Welcome Ceremony

On completion of the glorious 50 years of Hydrology program at the Department of Hydrology IIT, we are organizing a Welcome Function on 1st October for our new M Tech and PhD students.

Hydrometeorological Observatory

A group of 100 students from Espee Global School visited our Hydrometeorological Observatory. Wonderful experience of interacting with young minds.

Workshop on 20 July,2022

"Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) and its Applications" by Prof. Roopam Shukla Centre of Excellence for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. & Dr. Praveen Kumar Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

Soil Pollutants Impact Assessment and Remediation of Contamination Sites

Three-day Training on Soil Pollutants Impact Assessment and Remediation of Contamination Sites.

IEI Young Engineers Award 2023-24

Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology has been awarded the ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2023-24’ in Environmental Engineering discipline. The award consists of a Plaque and a Certificate which will be presented during the inaugural session of the 37th National Convention of Environmental Engineers to be held at Himachal Pradesh (Shimla) during September 15-16, 2023.

Recent Awards & Recognitions

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

has been selected as an Executive Committee member of the Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS), 2023 – 2025.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

been selected as Associate Editor of the Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS) Journal.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

has been selected as Associate Editor of the Hydrology and Hydraulics Section of Acta Geophysica journal.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

has been selected as Editor for Cambridge Prisms: Water journal, published by Cambridge University Press.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

has been selected as Editorial Board Member of Data in Brief journal, published by Elsevier.

Ajay Gupta

Received the prestigious 'American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023 David Miller Young Scientist Scholarship.

Newsletter

Recent Publications

Tiwari, S., and Yadav*, B. K. (2023).

Role of hydrogeological factors on Aquifer Storage andRecovery (ASR) performance in saline groundwater regions.

Journal of Water ResourcesPlanning and Management (ASCE). Accepted

Shubhanshu, Verma, A and Yadav* B K (2023)

“Unravelling the Effects of Shifting (Jhum)Cultivation on Physicochemical and Hydraulic Properties of Soil and Water ResourcesPublication,

ASEC Journal of Environmental Engineering (Accepted)

Nikunj K. Mangukiya, Abhishek Kumar, and Ashutosh Sharma* (2023)

“Machine Learning-based Regional Flood Frequency Analysis of Indian Watersheds”, CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water,Wiley.

Kundu, A., Gao, X., Khandelwal, N., Banerjee, A. & Ghoshal, S.

Oleic-acid functionalizedmesoporous silica nanoparticles with a hydroxyapatite core enhanced growth of thehydrocarbon degrader Dietzia maris at oil–water interfaces.

Journal of Hazardous Materials,132653

Patidar, N., Yadav, B., Kumar, S., Raj, A., Krishan, G., Singh, S., Deka, B. J., Jeong, S., Pandey, A.,Matsuno, Y., Singh, R. D. (2023).

A web-enabled tool for site suitability mapping forManaged Aquifer Recharge (MAR) using Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Multi-CriteriaDecision Analysis (MCDA)

Water Resources Management (Accepted, Q1, Impact factor:4.426).

Jahangeer; Yadav*, B K; Beegum, S (2023)

Modeling of nitrate transport in the vadose zone by considering the mobile-immobile approach using sand tank experiment,

ASCE's Journal of of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. Q2 (IF=0.415)

Ravindra Kumar Singh, Satish Kumar, Srinivas Pasupuleti, Vasanta Govind Kumar Villuri, Ankit Agarwal;

Evaluating evolutionary algorithms for simulating catchment response to river discharge. Journal of Water and Climate Change 2023;

jwc2023083. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2023.083.

Tegegn Kassa Beyene, Ankit Agarwal, Manoj Kumar Jain, Brijesh K. Yadav;

Investigation of the propagation of meteorological to hydrological drought and water required to recover from drought over Ethiopian basins.

Journal of Water and Climate Change 2023; jwc2023024.

Agarwal A, Kuriqi A and Matthews J (2023) Editorial:

Emerging talents in water science. Front. Water 5:1275554. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2023.1275554

Tiwari, S., and Yadav*, B. K. (2023).

Role of hydrogeological factors on Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) performance in saline groundwater regions.

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE). Accepted (IF=3.457) Q1.

Observatory Document

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