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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.

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Mid Term Exam (MTE) Schedule for Autumn Semester 2024-25

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR (AUTUMN SEMESTER 2024-25)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

07

Oct.

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.

08-10

Oct.

NSIH 2024

Natural Hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas 2024

25-26

Nov.

Working Group Meeting

Theme: Palaeo-Hydrology: Ancient Disasters, Modern Application (PHADMA)

04-06

Dec.

International Workshop

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

International Workshop

The Department of Hydrology, jointly with the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee, India is organizing an international workshop on "Fostering Deep Membrane Science Research for Desalination, Brine Reclamation, and Resource Extraction (MemSci-Brine)," during 4-6th December 2024 at IIT Roorkee. The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is one of the organizing partner institutes. The event is supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. This event is dedicated to recent developments in membrane technologies and their various applications in desalination, brine management, resources recovery, energy and water/wastewater purification. Pleased to inform you that Prof. Ho Kyong Shon (Editor-in-Chief of the Desalination journal from University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Prof. Alicia KJ An (HKUST) along with other eminent international and national speakers will be delivering key talks during MemSci-Brine event.

HIGHLIGHTS

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

joined the Editorial Board of Journal of Hydrology as an Associate Editor.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

joined the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports as an Editorial Board Member.

Ajay Gupta, Research Scholar,

has been awarded a Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship, tenable at University of Birmingham for studies in Hydrology.

Satyajit Singh Saini, Research Scholar

has been awarded Antarctic Geospace and Atmosphere Research (AGATA) mentoring programme, travel Grant to participate the eleventh Open Science Conference of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (XI SCAR OSC).

Dr. Ravikumar Guntu (Ph.D.)

Received Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for outstanding PhD work in Engineering stream under the category of Applied Research.

Newsletter

Recent Publications

Ankush, Narendra Kumar Goel, Vinnarasi Rajendran (2024).

Modelling climate change-induced nonstationarity in rainfall extremes: A comprehensive approach for hydrological analysis,

Technological Forecasting and Social Change,Volume 208,2024, 123693,ISSN 0040-1625,

Ajay Gupta, Manoj Kumar Jain, & Rajendra Prasad Pandey (2024).

The changing characteristics of propagation time from meteorological drought to hydrological drought in a semi-arid river basin in India.

Hydrological Processes, 38(8), e15266.

Kumar Vyas, J., Perumal, M., Moramarco, T.,

Non-contact discharge estimation at ariver site by using only the maximum surface flow velocity,

Journal of Hydrology (2024), doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131505

Das, S., Jain, M.K. and Gupta V. (2024).

GloRESatE: A Dataset for Global Rainfall Erosivity derived from multisource data.

Scientific Data, 11:926, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03756-5

Gupta, H., Raghuvanshi, A. S., Agarwal, A. (2024).

Extreme precipitation events in the Brahmaputra River basin during the Indian summer monsoon and its association with atmospheric moisture transport.

Journal of Water and Climate Change, jwc2024486.

Arheimer, B., Cudennec, C., Castellarin, A., Grimaldi, S., Heal, K. V., Lupton, C., … Xia, J. (2024).

The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world (HELPING).

Hydrological Sciences Journal, 69(11), 1417–1435.

Guo, J., Jiang, M., Li, X., Farid, M. U., Deka, B. J., Zhang, B., Sun, J., Wang, Z., Yi, C., Wong, P. K., Jeong, S., Gu, B., An, A. K.* 15, 7750.

"A green springtail-inspired omniphobic slippery membrane with nano-concave re-entrant structures for membrane distillation",

Nature Communications (2024),

Jilagam, N. K., Vaghela, G., Chakrabarty, T., Guo, J., Farid, M. U., Jeong, S., Shon, H. K., An, A. K., Deka, B. J.*

"Frontier of metal-organic framework nanofillers for pre-eminent membrane distillation applications",

Desalination (2024), 592, 118127,

Nikunj K. Mangukiya, Kanneganti Bhargav Kumar, Pankaj Dey, Shailza Sharma, Vijaykumar Bejagam, Pradeep P. Mujumdar, and Ashutosh Sharma*

(preprint, 2024). CAMELS-INDIA: hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 472 catchments in Peninsular India.

Earth System Science Data Discussion.

Schwanghart, W., Agarwal, A., Cook, K., Ozturk, U., Shukla, R., and Fuchs, S.:

Preface: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region,

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 3291–3297, 2024.

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