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Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
Assistant Professor
srikrishnan[at]dm.iitr.ac.in
DM-05 Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
01332 -285863
https://sedire-lab.github.io/index.html
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Research
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Publications
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Books
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Honours and Awards
Honors
Memberships

Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

Students
Supervisions
Associate Scholars

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Events
Visits
Administrative Positions
Miscellaneous
Research Interests
Shallow landslides, Debris flows, Spatiotemporal modelling of geohazards, Multiscale numerical modelling of geohazards, Rainfall Intensity-Duration (ID) thresholds for debris flows, Soil Water Index (SWI) based early warning of sediment disasters, Landslide dams
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Educational Details
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
2017
Dr. Eng., Field Engineering for the Environment (Geotechnical Engineering)
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
2012
M.Sc., Geosciences (Research Based Five Years Integrated)
Professional Background
Assistant Professor
25 Oct 2021 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Post-Doctoral Fellow
11 Apr 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Post-Doctoral Researcher
01 Sep 2018 - 28 Feb 2021
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP) China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Post-Doctoral Researcher
01 Oct 2017 - 30 Mar 2018
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Implementation of Japanese early-warning criteria Soil Water Index (SWI) into TELWs in India for landslide disaster mitigation 08 Jan 2024 Disaster Management The research explores the applicability of Japanese Soil Water Index based early warning criterion to Uttarakhand, India within the ISRO’s Experimental Territorial Early Warning System. Eight Lakhs Twenty Two Thousand Department of Science and Technology (DST) India, Hokkaido University, Japan Prof. Sumit Sen & Prof. Piyush Srivastava
Experimental and Process-based Multi-Scale Understanding of Mechanisms of Extreme-Precipitation-induced Mass Movements. 11 Oct 2022 Landslides Science Understanding the prefailure mechanisms of shallow landslides and debris flows subjected to rainfall. Twenty lakhs IIT Roorkee
Development of a prototype territorial early warning system for landslides and debris flows in India 22 Jun 2022 Disaster Management Developing a database of landslides through Resourcesat-2 LISS-IV imagery and CartoDEM based spatiotemporal numerical simulations to improve the predictive capacity of ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organisation) Experimental Territorial Early Warning System (TeLEWS) for Rainfall Triggered Landslides in India Thirty seven lakhs ISRO-IIRS, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO, India Prof. Sumit Sen




Publications
A FEM-MPM hybrid coupled framework based on local shear strength method for simulating rainfall/runoff-induced landslide runout
2022
Yulong Zhu, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Yafen Zhang, Binh T Nguyen, Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian | Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Journal: Landslides Pages: 1-12 ,
Imminent threat of rock-ice avalanches in High Mountain Asia
2022
Xuanmei Fan, Ali. P Yunus, Ying-Hui Yang, Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian, Chengbin Zou, Lanxin Dai, Xiangyang Dou, Allu Chinna Narayana, Ram Avtar, Qiang Xu, Runqui Huang | Elsevier
Journal: Science of The Total Environment
Extreme precipitation induced concurrent events trigger prolonged disruptions in regional road networks
2021
Dave, R., Siva Subramanian, S. S., & Bhatia, U. | Institute of Physics
Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Changes in debris-flow susceptibility after the Wenchuan earthquake revealed by meteorological and hydro-meteorological thresholds
2022
Marino, P., Siva Subramanian, S. S., Fan, X., and Greco, R. | Elsevier
Journal: CATENA Pages: 105929 , Volumes: 210 ,
New simplified transient method for determining the coefficient of permeability of unsaturated soil
2022
Binh T Nguyen, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Yulong Zhu, Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian, Thanh-Truong Nguyen | Elsevier
Journal: Engineering Geology Pages: 106564 , Volumes: 300 ,
Basin-wide flood depth and exposure mapping from SAR images and machine learning models
2021
Hao, C., Yunus, A. P., Siva Subramanian, S. S., & Avtar, R. | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management Pages: 113367 , Volumes: 297 ,
Probability Assessment of Slope Instability in Seasonally Cold Regions under Climate Change
2021
Zhu, Y., Ishikawa, T., Yamada, T.J. and Siva Subramanian, S, | Springer
Journal: Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience
Catastrophic debris flows triggered by the 20 August 2019 rainfall, a decade since the Wenchuan earthquake, China
2021
Yang, F., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., et al. | Springer
Journal: Landslides
Recent technological and methodological advances for the investigation of landslide dams
2021
Fan X, Dufresne A, Whiteley, J, Yunus, AP, Siva Subramanian S, et al. | Elsevier
Journal: Earth-Science Reviews Pages: 103646 , Volumes: 218 ,
Early warning system for rainfall- and snowmelt-induced slope failure in seasonally cold regions
2021
Zhu, Y., Ishikawa, T., Siva Subramanian, S. & Luo, B | Elsevier
Journal: Soils and Foundations Pages: 198-217 , Volumes: 61 ,
Probabilistic rainfall thresholds for debris flows occurred after the Wenchuan earthquake using a Bayesian technique
2021
Jiang, Z., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., Yang, F., Tang, R., Xu, Q. & Huang, R. | Elsevier
Journal: Engineering Geology
Rapidly evolving controls of landslides after a strong earthquake and implications for hazard assessments.
2021
Fan, X., Yunus, A. P., Scaringi, G., Catani, F., Siva Subramanian, S., Xu, Q., & Huang, R | Americal Geophysical Union
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
Unraveling the drivers of intensified landslide regimes in Western Ghats, India
2021
Yunus, A.P., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., Jie, D. & Xu, Q. 2021 | Elsevier
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
A sequentially-coupled catchment-scale numerical model for snowmelt-induced soil slope instabilities
2020
Siva Subramanian, S., Fan, X., Yunus, A.P., van Asch, T., Scaringi, G., et al., | Americal Geophysical Union
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Simultaneous analysis of slope instabilities on a small catchment-scale using coupled surface and subsurface flows
2020
Zhu Y, Ishikawa T, Siva Subramanian S., Luo, B | Elsevier
Journal: Engineering Geology
The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art
2020
Fan X, Dufresne A, Siva Subramanian S, Strom A, Hermanns R, Tacconi Stefanelli C, et al. | Elsevier
Journal: Earth-Science Reviews Pages: 103116 , Volumes: 203 ,
Formation and chemo-mechanical characteristics of weak clay interlayers between alternative mudstone and sandstone sequence of gently inclined landslides in Nanjiang, SW China
2020
Liu, J., Xu, Q., Wang, S., Siva Subramanian, S., Wang, L. and Qi, X., | Springer
Journal: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Prediction of a multi-hazard chain by an integrated numerical simulation approach: the Baige landslide, Jinsha River
2019
Fan, X., Yang, F., Siva Subramanian, S., Xu, Q., Feng, Z., Mavrouli, O., et al., | Springer
Journal: Landslides
Successful early warning and emergency response of a disastrous rockslide in Guizhou province, China
2019
Fan, X., Xu, Q., Liu, J., Siva Subramanian, S., He, C., et al., | Springer
Journal: Landslides
Coseismic landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido, Japan (Mw 6.6), earthquake: spatial distribution, controlling factors, and possible failure mechanism
2019
Wang, F., Fan, X., Yunus, A. P., Siva Subramanian, S., Alonso-Rodriguez, A., Dai, L., et al. | Landslides
Journal: Landslides Pages: 1551-1566 , Volumes: 16(8) ,
Successive landsliding and damming of the Jinsha River in eastern Tibet, China: prime investigation, early warning, and emergency response
2019
Fan, X., Xu, Q., Alonso-Rodriguez, A., Siva Subramanian, S., Li, W., Zheng, G., et al. | Springer
Journal: Landslides.
An early warning criterion for the prediction of snowmelt induced soil slope failures in seasonal cold regions
2018
Siva Subramanian, S., Ishikawa, T., Tokoro, T. | Elsevier
Journal: Soils and Foundations
Stability assessment approach for soil slopes in seasonal cold regions
2017
Siva Subramanian, S., Ishikawa, T., Tokoro, T., | Elsevier
Journal: Engineering Geology
Slope stability assessment approach for multiple seams Highwall Mining extractions
2014
Porathur, J.L., Siva Subramanian, S., Verma, C.P., Jhanwar, J.C., Pal Roy, P., | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Pages: 444–449 , Volumes: 70 ,
Impact of earthquake on mining slopes-a numerical approach
2014
Siva Subramanian, S., Porathur, J.L., Agarwal, H., | Springer
Journal: Arabian Journal of Geosciences Pages: 5193–5208 , Volumes: 7 ,
Books
Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure
Year: 2019 , ISBN: 978-981-13-6700-7
Tatsuya Ishikawa, Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian, Tetsuya Tokoro | Springer
Contribution: Ishikawa T, Siva Subramanian S, Tokoro T 2019 Applicability Evaluation of Slope Disaster Risk Assessment Method in Snowy Cold Regions In Sundaram R, Shahu J, Havanagi V (eds) Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , Pages: 467-498 , Volumes: 28
Honors And Awards
Honors
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2014
Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship for pursuing Dr. Eng.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2019
Best presentation award for young scientist in Silk Road Disaster Mitigation Event.
MemberShips
Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)
25 Jul 2023 - Present
Life Member
Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
15 Jul 2022 - Present
Life Member
The South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (SAADRI)
20 Nov 2021 - Present
Head’s Nominee among Board of Directors and co-coordinator WG-1
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Application of Geo-spatial data for Disaster Mitigation ( DMN-606 )
Spring
Hazard Monitoring, Prediction and Microzonation ( DMN-601 )
Spring
Landslide Hazard Assessment & Mitigation ( DMN-505 )
Autumn
Natural Hazards and Impact Assessment ( DMN-502 )
Autumn
Students
SuperVisions
Hillslope debris characterization and modelling of rainfall induced debris slides to improve landslide early warning systems in the Himalayas
08 Dec 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Manish Dewrari
Complexity-based approach to understand the catchment dynamics towards cascading hazards mitigation
08 Dec 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. Sumit Sen, Scholar: Sudhanshu Dixit
Near real-time rapid risk assessment of earthquake-induced landslides
02 Jan 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Shivani Joshi
Intensity-duration thresholds of rainfall for territorial landslide early warning systems (Te-LEWS) in India
11 Jan 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anamika Sekar
Physical vulnerability of roads to landslides
14 Jul 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Akshat Vashistha
Miscellaneous
Events
Disaster Management Action Frontiers
10 Oct 2022 - 13 Oct 2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Disaster Management Knowledge Frontiers
01 Feb 2022 - Present
CoEDMM
Visits
Florence Italy
2023-11-13
6th World Landslide Forum
Administrative Positions
Representative to the ICL Associates
01 Jan 2024 - Present
International Consortium on Landslides
Member and Associate
15 Dec 2022 - Present
LandAware: The international network on Landslide Early Warning Systems
Nodal Person for MoU between IIT Roorkee and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
13 Jun 2022 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
CFSC Convener
01 Jan 2022 - 01 Jan 2024
CoEDMM IIT Roorkee
Publication List with DOI

1.      Dixit, S., Siva Subramanian, S., Srivastava, P., Yunus, A. P., Martha, T. R., & Sen, S. (2024). Numerical model derived intensity-duration thresholds for early warning of rainfall-induced debris flows in a Himalayan catchment. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 1-18. (Accepted)

2.     Nguyen, B. T., Ishikawa, T., He, W., Siva Subramanian, S., & Zhu, Y. (2024). Effect evaluation of grass on shallow stability of unsaturated volcanic soil slope in seasonal cold region. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 83(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-023-03459-y

3.     Yang, F., Fan, X., Wei, Z., Siva Subramanian, S., Van Asch, T. W., & Xu, Q. (2023). Modelling the evolution of debris flows after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Engineering Geology, 321, 107152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107152

4.     Yunus, A. P., Xinyu, C., Catani, F., Siva Subramanian, S., Fan, X., Jie, D., ... & Avtar, R. (2023). Earthquake-induced soil landslides: volume estimates and uncertainties with the existing scaling exponents. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 8151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35088-6

5.       Dai, L., Fan, X., Wang, D., Zhang, F., Yunus, A. P., Siva Subramanian, S., ... & Havenith, H. B. (2023). Electrical resistivity tomography revealing possible breaching mechanism of a Late Pleistocene long-lasted gigantic rockslide dam in Diexi, China. Landslides, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-023-02048-0

6.       Siva Subramanian, S., Srivastava, P., Yunus, A. P., Martha, T. R., & Sen, S. (2023). Numerical model derived intensity-duration thresholds for early warning of rainfall-induced debris flows in the Himalayas. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-297

7.     Fan, X., Yunus, A. P., Yang, Y. H., Siva Subramanian S., Zou, C., Dai, L., ... & Huang, R. (2022). Imminent threat of rock-ice avalanches in High Mountain Asia. Science of The Total Environment, 155380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155380

8.     Y Zhu, T Ishikawa, Siva Subramanian S, BT Nguyen (2022) A FEM-MPM hybrid coupled framework based on local shear strength method for simulating rainfall/runoff-induced landslide runout. Landslides. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-01849-z

9.     BT Nguyen, T Ishikawa, Y Zhu, Siva Subramanian S, TT Nguyen (2022)  New simplified transient method for determining the coefficient of permeability of unsaturated soil. Engineering Geology. 106564 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106564

10.   Marino P, Siva Subramanian S, Fan X and Greco R (2022) Changes in debris-flow susceptibility after the Wenchuan earthquake revealed by meteorological and hydro-meteorological thresholds. CATENA 210: 105929. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105929

11.   Dave, R., Siva Subramanian, S., & Bhatia, U. (2021). Extreme precipitation induced concurrent events trigger prolonged disruptions in regional road networks. Environmental Research Letters, 16(10), 104050. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2d67

12.   Zhu, Y., Ishikawa, T., Yamada, T.J. and Siva Subramanian, S, 2021. Probability Assessment of Slope Instability in Seasonally Cold Regions under Climate Change. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience. 2, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43065-021-00034-1

13.   Yang, F., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., et al. 2021. Catastrophic debris flows triggered by the 20 August 2019 rainfall, a decade since the Wenchuan earthquake, China. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01713-6

14.   Fan X, Dufresne A, Whiteley, J, Yunus, AP, Siva Subramanian S, et al. 2021. Recent technological and methodological advances for the investigation of landslide dams. Earth-Science Reviews. 218: 103646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103646

15.   Zhu, Y., Ishikawa, T., Siva Subramanian, S. & Luo, B. 2021. Early warning system for rainfall- and snowmelt-induced slope failure in seasonally cold regions. Soils and Foundations, 61, 198-217, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2020.11.009.

16.   Jiang, Z., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., Yang, F., Tang, R., Xu, Q. & Huang, R. 2021. Probabilistic rainfall thresholds for debris flows occurred after the Wenchuan earthquake using a Bayesian technique. Engineering Geology, 280, 105965, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105965

17.   Fan, X., Yunus, A. P., Scaringi, G., Catani, F., Siva Subramanian, S., Xu, Q., & Huang, R. 2021. Rapidly evolving controls of landslides after a strong earthquake and implications for hazard assessments. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 e2020GL090509. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090509

18.   Yunus, A.P., Fan, X., Siva Subramanian, S., Jie, D. & Xu, Q. 2021. Unraveling the drivers of intensified landslide regimes in Western Ghats, India. Science of the Total Environment, 145357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145357

19.   Siva Subramanian, S., Fan, X., Yunus, A.P., van Asch, T., Scaringi, G., et al., 2020. A sequentially-coupled catchment-scale numerical model for snowmelt-induced soil slope instabilities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 125, e2019JF005468. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005468

20.   Zhu Y, Ishikawa T, Siva Subramanian S.,Luo, B. 2020. Simultaneous analysis of slope instabilities on a small catchment-scale using coupled surface and subsurface flows. Engineering Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105750

21.   Liu, J., Xu, Q., Wang, S., Siva Subramanian, S., Wang, L. and Qi, X., 2020. Formation and chemo-mechanical characteristics of weak clay interlayers between alternative mudstone and sandstone sequence of gently inclined landslides in Nanjiang, SW China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-020-01859-y

22.   Fan X, Dufresne A, Siva Subramanian S, Strom A, Hermanns R, Tacconi Stefanelli C, et al. 2020. The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art. Earth-Science Reviews . 203: 103116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103116

23.   Fan, X., Yang, F., Siva Subramanian, S., Xu, Q., Feng, Z., Mavrouli, O., et al., 2019. Prediction of a multi-hazard chain by an integrated numerical simulation approach: the Baige landslide, Jinsha River, China. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01313-5

24.   Fan, X., Xu, Q., Liu, J., Siva Subramanian, S., He, C., et al., 2019. Successful early warning and emergency response of a disastrous rockslide in Guizhou province, China. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01269-6

25.   Wang, F., Fan, X., Yunus, A. P., Siva Subramanian, S., Alonso-Rodriguez, A., Dai, L., et al. 2019. Coseismic landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido, Japan (Mw 6.6), earthquake: spatial distribution, controlling factors, and possible failure mechanism. Landslides, 16(8), 1551-1566. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01187-7

26.   Fan, X., Xu, Q., Alonso-Rodriguez, A., Siva Subramanian, S., Li, W., Zheng, G., et al. 2019. Successive landsliding and damming of the Jinsha River in eastern Tibet, China: prime investigation, early warning, and emergency response. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01159-x

27.   Siva Subramanian, S., Ishikawa, T., Tokoro, T. 2018. An early warning criterion for the prediction of snowmelt induced soil slope failures in seasonal cold regions. Soils and Foundations. 58(3), 582-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2018.02.021

28.   Siva Subramanian, S., Ishikawa, T., Tokoro, T., 2017. Stability assessment approach for soil slopes in seasonal cold regions. Engineering Geology. 221(1), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.03.008

29.   Porathur, J.L., Siva Subramanian, S., Verma, C.P., Jhanwar, J.C., Pal Roy, P., 2014. Slope stability assessment approach for multiple seams Highwall Mining extractions. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 70, 444–449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.04.023

30. Siva Subramanian, S., Porathur, J.L., Agarwal, H., 2014. Impact of earthquake on mining slopes-a numerical approach. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7, 5193–5208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-1144-6

Selected Scientific Contributions

A novel spatially distrbuted numerical model for precipitation-induced landslides.

A novel model to analyse triggering of debris flows considering initial soil moisture.

Early warning criterion and stability assessment approach for shallow slopes in seasonal cold regions.

Designing of highwall mining pit slopes using a novel 3D slope stability assessment approach.

Designing of open-pit slopes for mines in earthquake-prone regions. 

 

Complete Work Experience

October 2021 – Present: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

April 2021 – October 2021: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India  

Sep 2018 – Feb 2021: Post-Doctoral Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP), Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Oct 2017 – March 2018: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

Jan 2013 – Sep 2014: Project Assistant-1, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Regional Center, Nagpur, India