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:

• Dec'2023-present: Research Scientist, Section 4.4 Hydrology, GFZ German Research 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 German Research 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