Function and Responsibilities:

Research Scientist in the section of Hydrology. Currently working on the following project.

AVOSS – Impact-based forecasting of heavy rain and flash floods at different scales: potentials, uncertainties and limitations

Research Interests:

• Water Resources Engineering
• Statistical Hydrology
• Hydroinformatics
• Complexity Science
• Hydroclimatological Extremes
• Compound Extremes
• Risk Assessment

Career:

• Since Dec'2023: Research Scientist, Section 4.4 Hydrology, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
• Jan’2020-Nov'2023: Doctoral Researcher (Prime Minister's Research Fellow), Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee, India
• Oct’2021-Sep'2022: Visiting Doctoral Researcher (DAAD Funding), Section 4.4 Hydrology, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
• Dec’2018-Dec’2019: Junior Research Fellow at Department of Civil Engineering, MVGR College of Engineering (A)

Education:

• Jan’2020-Nov'2023: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), Department of Hydrology, IIT–Roorkee, India
• Aug’2016-Aug’2018: Master of Technology, Hydraulics, Coastal & Harbor Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Aug’2011-Apr’2015: Bachelor of Technology, Civil Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh, India

Projects:

AVOSS

Awards:

• 2024:    Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for outstanding PhD work across all the Engineering Disciplines of the Institute at Convocation-2024 given by IIT Roorkee, India
  
• 2023:    SYSTA Grant to attend the STAHY 2023 Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• 2022:   Best Paper Award at the 2nd Roorkee Water Conclave in 2022, which was organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and the National Institute of Hydrology in Roorkee, India
• 2021:   DAAD fellowship by the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2021:   Prime Minister's Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Education, Government of India
• 2021:  INSPIRE Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
• 2020:   Travel grant from the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences to participate in the 6th IAHR Europe Congress 2020 in Warsaw, Poland
• 2020:    Institute assistantship to pursue a PhD at IIT Roorkee, India
• 2018:    Institute Gold Medal and Cash Prize for getting 1st rank in M.Tech. at Andhra University, India
• 2018:    Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Sciences, & Management, organized by RGM College of Engineering & Technology in Nandyal, India