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Ashutosh Sharma
Assistant Professor
ashutosh.sharma[at]hy.iitr.ac.in
Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee
​0133-228-4896
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Research Interests
Process-based and data-driven (AI/ML) modeling of hydrological processes and extremes (floods/droughts), Terrestrial ecohydrological processes and interactions at different scales, Eco-hydrological resilience analysis, Machine learning/AI, Hydroclimatology and climate change impact assessment
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Educational Details
NIT Hamirpur
2014
B Tech, Civil Engineering
IIT Guwahati
2016
M Tech, Water Resources Engineering and Management
IIT Guwahati
2019
PhD, Hydroclimatology
Professional Background
Assistant Professor, Department of Hydrology
16 Dec 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Joint Faculty, International Centre of Excellence for Dams (ICED)
01 Oct 2023 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Postdoctoral Scholar
01 Jan 2020 - 16 Oct 2020
Penn State University, USA, United States Of America
Visiting Researcher
01 Aug 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA, United States Of America
Visiting Researcher
01 Mar 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
McGill University, Canada, Canada
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Leveraging NCMRWF Weather Forecasts for Enhanced Streamflow Forecasting with Deep Learning 01 Jun 2025 Hydrological forecasting Rs. 1.19 Cr. Monsoon Mission III, MoES, IIT Indore, IIT Bombay, NCMRWF, India
REgional cooperation for FReshwater Ecosystem Services in Himalayas (REFRESH) 01 Oct 2022 Ecosystem Services in Himalayas USD 92,000 Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, IIT Indore, NIH Roorkee, IIT Mandi, Nepal Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan, Japan
Probabilistic floods and sediment transport forecasting in the Himalayas during the extreme events (Indo-Italy Joint project) 01 Jun 2022 Hydrology of Himalayas Rs. 34 lac DST, CNR-IRPI, Italy, Italy Prof. Sumit Sen (PI)
Improving primary healthcare for patients with non-communicable diseases during severe flooding in India 01 Apr 2025 Flood impacts Rs. 1.03 Cr National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), United Kingdom (UK), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Prof. Brijesh Yadav
Understanding the Interactions between Hydroclimatic Extremes and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Indian Western Himalayas 21 Nov 2021 Western Himalayas Understanding the Interactions between Hydroclimatic Extremes and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Indian Western Himalayas 20 lac SRIC, IIT Roorkee
AI4Water (Advanced Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence Tools in Water Resources) Workshop 01 May 2024 Workshop 5 lacs SERB Prof. Ankit Agarwal (Co-PI)
Improving Hydrologic Predictions of Extreme Events using Machine Learning in India 01 May 2021 India 15 lac Microsoft AI for Earth (AI4Earth) Grants Prof. Basant Yadav (Co-PI)
Hydrological and Hydraulic studies of river Tarnah using software for delineation of Gair Mumkin Khad of village Kore Qusba 01 Dec 2023 Flood mapping 5.9 lacs One - For - All Consultancy Services Prof. Ankit Agarwal (Co-PI)
Study on Assessment of Impact of Climate Change on West Seti and SR-6 Hydro Electric Projects 01 Jul 2023 Climate change 39.5 lacs NHPC Ltd. Prof. Brijesh Yadav (PI), Prof. Ankit Agarwal (Co-PI), Prof. Sumit Sen (Co-PI)




Publications

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=15sE22kAAAAJ&hl=en  

 

* Corresponding author, # - supervised student. 

 

    1. Nikunj K. Mangukiya, Anupal Baruah, Diganta Barman, B. M. Arjun, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025) Integrating Analytical Hierarchy Process and Machine Learning for Enhancing Flood Hazard Mapping, ASCE Natural Hazards Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2188
    2. Gopeshwar Sahu#, Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). Does MC-LSTM model improve the reliability of streamflow prediction in human-influenced watersheds? Journal of Hydrology, 134711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134711
    3. GE Nagashree#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). Evaluating sectoral water use and precipitation variability on blue water scarcity under historical and future climate conditions in the Mahi River Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 322, 110006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.110006
    4. Akriti Singh#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). Agricultural catchments exhibit enhanced climate and drought resilience compared to forested catchments in Peninsular India. Journal of Hydrology, 134618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134618
    5. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025) Integrating Reservoir Dynamics into Differentiable Process-Based Hydrological Model for Enhanced Streamflow Estimation. Water Resources Research, 61(7), e2025WR040268. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040268
    6. Vijaykumar Bejagam, Ashutosh Sharma (2025) Increasing Cumulative Impacts of Droughts Under Climate Change Does Not Alter the Ecosystem Resilience in India, Earth's Future, 13(6), e2024EF005888. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005888
    7. Pooja Patle, Ashutosh Sharma (2025). A novel coupled hydrological model-water accounting framework for quantification of water resources and agricultural production. Journal of Hydrology, 133676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133676
    8. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Kanneganti Bhargav Kumar, Pankaj Dey, Shailza Sharma, Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Pradeep P. Mujumdar and Ashutosh Sharma* (2025). CAMELS-IND: Hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 228 catchments in Peninsular India. Earth System Science Data, 17(2), 461–491. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-461-2025
    9. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2025) Deep learningbased approach for enhancing streamflow prediction in watersheds with aggregated and intermittent observations, Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR037331. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037331
    10. Prakhar Sharma#, Swathi S Prashanth#, Ashutosh Sharma* and Sumit Sen (2024) Spatial heterogeneity of ecosystem services and their valuation across Himalayas: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 013002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9abc 
    11. Farhad Bahmanpouri, Anshul Yadav, Christian Massar, Domenico De Santis, Ashutosh Sharma, Ankit Agarwal, Sumit Sen, Luigi Fraccarollo, Tommaso Moramarco, Silvia Barbetta (2024) Application of the Entropy Model to Estimate Flow Discharge and Bed Load Transport with Limited Field Measurements, Water, 16(24), 3684.  https://doi.org/10.3390/w16243684
    12. Akriti Singh#, Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2024). Investigating the role of groundwater in Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in India considering irrigation, climate and land use. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 27, 101363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101363
    13. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Shashwat Kushwaha#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2024). A novel multi-model ensemble framework for fluvial flood inundation mapping. Environmental Modelling & Software, 180, 106163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106163
    14. Batalini de Macedo, M., Mangukiya#, N. K., Fava, M. C., Sharma, A., Fray da Silva, R., Agarwal, A., Razzolini, M. T., Mendiondo, E. M., Goel, N. K., & Kurian, M. (2024). Performance analysis of physically-based (HEC-RAS, CADDIES) and AI-based (LSTM) flood models for two case studies. Proceedings of IAHS, 386, 41–46.
    15. Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Ashutosh Sharma*, Xiaohua Wei (2024) “Projected decline in the strengths of vegetation carbon sequestration under climate change in India”, Science of the Total Environment, 916, 170166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170166
    16. Nikunj K. Mangukiya# and Ashutosh Sharma* (2024) “Alternate Pathway for Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in Data-sparse Region”, Journal of Hydrology, 629, 130635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130635
    17. Ankit Agarwal, Archana Sarkar, Ashish Pandey, Arun Kumar, and Ashutosh Sharma (2023) "Editorial of “Water security for sustainable development”." Water Security, 20, 100157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100157
    18. Yanan Chen, Xuguang Tang, Li Yao, Yan Zhao, Guo Li, Chaoyang Wu, Yanlian Zhou, Ashutosh Sharma (2023) “Management practices regulate the response of canopy and ecosystem water use efficiency in cropland ecosystems”. Field Crops Research, 304, 109166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109166
    19. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Abhishek Kumar#, and Ashutosh Sharma* (2023) “Machine Learning-based Regional Flood Frequency Analysis of Indian Watersheds”, CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, Wiley.  https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202300120
    20. Pooja Patle#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2023) “Evaluation of Water Resources in a Complex River Basin using Water Accounting Plus (WA+): A case study of Mahi River Basin in India”, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149 (12). https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6125
    21. Nikunj K. Mangukiya#, Ashutosh Sharma*, Chaopeng Shen (2023) “How to enhance hydrological predictions in hydrologically distinct watersheds of the Indian subcontinent?”, Hydrological Processes, 37(7), e14936. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14936
    22. Joel Z. Harms, Julien J. Malard, Jan F. Adamowski, Ashutosh Sharma, and Albert Nkwasa (2023) “Dynamically Coupling System Dynamics and SWAT+ Models using Tinamït: Applications of Modular Tools for Coupled Human-Water Systems Models”, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(8), 1683–1693. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1683-2023.
    23. Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Akriti Singh#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2023) “Spatiotemporal variability and controlling factors of ecosystem water use efficiency in India” Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 152, 816-824. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04418-z.
    24. Gilbert Hinge, Jay Piplodiya#, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohamed A. Hamouda*, Mohamed M. Mohamed (2022) “Evaluation of Hybrid Wavelet Models for Regional Drought Forecasting”, Remote Sensing, 2022, 14(24), 6381; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246381.  
    25. Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2022) “Remote sensing-based multi-scale characterization of ecohydrological indicators (EHIs) in India”, Ecological Engineering, 187, 106841.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106841.
    26. Gilbert Hinge, Biswadeep Bharali, Anupal Baruah, Ashutosh Sharma* (2022) “Integrated groundwater quality analysis using Water Quality Index, GIS and multivariate technique: a case study of Guwahati City. Environmental Earth Sciences, 81, 412 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10544-0.
    27. Vijaykumar Bejagam#, Ashutosh Sharma* (2022) “Impact of climatic changes and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem net primary productivity in India during 2001–2019”, Ecological Informatics, 70, 101732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101732.  
    28. Ashutosh Sharma*, Anupal Baruah, Nikunj Mangukiya#, Gilbert Hinge, and Biswadeep Bharali (2022) “Evaluation of Gangetic dolphin habitat suitability under hydroclimatic changes using a coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic approachEcological Informatics69, 101639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101639.
    29. Nikunj K. Mangukiya# and Ashutosh Sharma* (2022) “Flood risk mapping for the lower Narmada basin in India: a machine learning and IoT-based framework. Natural Hazards, 113, 1285-1304.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101639.  
    30. Saket Dubey, Ashutosh Sharma, Venkatesh Kishor Panchariya, Manish Kumar Goyal, Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang (2021). “Regional sustainable development of renewable natural resources using Net Primary Productivity on a global scale Ecological Indicators127, 107768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101639.
    31. Kai Ma, Dapeng Feng, Kathryn Lawson, Wen-Ping Tsai, Chuan Liang, Xiaorong Huang, Ashutosh Sharma, Chaopeng Shen (2021). “Transferring Hydrologic Data Across Continents–Leveraging DataRich Regions to Improve Hydrologic Prediction in DataSparse RegionsWater Resources Research57(5), e2020WR028600. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028600. [Top Cited Article 2021-2022]
    32. Judy P. Che-Castaldo, Rémi Cousin, …, Ashutosh Sharma, Chaopeng Shen, …, David S. Matteson (2021). “Critical Risk Indicators (CRIs) for the electric power grid: A survey and discussion of interconnected effects.” Environment Systems and Decisions, 41, 594–615. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-021-09822-2
    33. Ashutosh Sharma* and Manish Kumar Goyal (2020) “Assessment of Drought Trend and Variability in India using Wavelet Transform”Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65(9), 1539-1554. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2020.1754422
    34. Ashutosh Sharma* and Manish Kumar Goyal (2020) “Assessment of the Changes in Precipitation and Temperature in Teesta River Basin in Indian Himalayan Region under Climate Change”, Atmospheric Research, 231, 104670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104670
    35. Srinidhi Jha, Jew Das, Ashutosh Sharma, Budhaditya Hazra and Manish Kumar Goyal (2019) “Probabilistic evaluation of vegetation drought likelihood and its implications to resilience across India”, Global and Planetary Change, 176, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.01.014
    36. Manas Khan, Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2019) “Assessment of future water provisioning and sediment load under climate and LULC change scenarios in a peninsular river basin, India”, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64(4), 405-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2019.1584401
    37. Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2018) “District-level assessment of the ecohydrological resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances and its controlling factors in India”, Journal of Hydrology, 564, 1048–1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.07.079
    38. Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2018) “Assessment of ecosystem resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances in India”, Global Change Biology, 24(2), e432–e441. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13874
    39. Jhilam Sinha, Ashutosh Sharma, Manas Khan, and Manish Kumar Goyal (2018) “Assessment of the impacts of climatic variability and anthropogenic stress on hydrologic resilience to warming shifts in Peninsular India”, Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1383. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32091-0
    40. Manish Kumar Goyal, Venkatesh Panchariya, Ashutosh Sharma, and Vishal Singh (2018) “Comparative assessment of SWAT model performance in two distinct catchments under various DEM scenarios of varying resolution, sources and resampling methods”, Water Resources Management, 32(2), 805–825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1840-1
    41. Manish Kumar Goyal, Ashutosh Sharma, Konstantinos Katsifarakis (2017) “Prediction of flow rate of Karstic springs using Support Vector Machines”, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(13), 2175-2186. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2017.1371847
    42. Vishal Singh, Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2017) “Projection of hydro-climatological changes over eastern Himalayan catchment by the evaluation of RegCM4 RCM and CMIP5 GCM models”, Hydrology Research, 50(1), 117-137. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2017.193
    43. Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2016) “A comparison of three soft computing techniques, Bayesian regression, support vector regression, and wavelet regression, for monthly rainfall forecast”, Journal of Intelligent Systems, 26(4), 641-655. https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2016-0065
    44. Manish Kumar Goyal and Ashutosh Sharma (2016) “A Fuzzy c-Means approach regionalization for analysis of meteorological drought homogeneous regions in Western India”, Natural Hazards, 84, 1831-1847. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2520-9
    45. Ashutosh Sharma and Manish Kumar Goyal (2016) “Bayesian network for monthly rainfall forecast: a comparison of K2 and MCMC algorithm”, International Journal of Computers and Applications, 38(4), 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/1206212X.2016.1237131
Books

Book Chapters

    1. Priyank J. Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma* (2023) “Spatio-temporal drought analysis”, Chapter 2 in Integrated Drought Management, Vol. 2, CRC Press. Edited by: Vijay P. Singh, Deepak Jhajharia, Rasoul Mirabbasi, Rohitashw Kumar. ISBN: 9781032231587. 
    2. Ashutosh Sharma*, Vijaykumar Bejagam and Manish K. Goyal (2022). “Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Disasters” In: Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Disasters, Springer. Edited by: Manish Kumar Goyal, Anil Kumar Gupta, Akhilesh Gupta
    3. Manish Kumar Goyal, Ashutosh Sharma, and Rao Y. Surampalli (2020) ”Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability”, Chapter 28 in Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications. Edited by : R. Y. Surampalli, T. C. Zhang, M. K. Goyal, S. K. Brar and R. D. Tyagi.
    4. Ashutosh Sharma, Manish Kumar Goyal and Deepak Jhajharia (2017) “Application of machine learning techniques in drought forecast”, Chapter 20 in Sustainable Holistic Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate, Pages 351-365, M/S Jain Brothers, New Delhi, Edited by: K. S. Raju and A. Vasan
    5. Manish Kumar Goyal and Ashutosh Sharma (2017) “Regionalization of drought prediction”, Chapter 15 in Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity: Principles of Drought and Water Scarcity. Vol. 1, 253–278, Taylor and Francis, Edited by S. Eslamian and F. A. Eslamian.
Honors And Awards
Honors
The Institution of Engineers (India), India
2025
IEI Young Engineers Award 2025-26
ASCE, United States Of America
2025
ASCE-EWRI Quentin Martin Best Practice Oriented Paper Award (2025).
Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF), University of Nebraska-Linco, United States Of America
2018
Water Advanced Research Innovation (WARI) Fellowship
Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI), McGill University, Canada
2018
Shastri Research Student Fellowship
MemberShips
Journal of Hydrology
01 Sep 2024 - Present
Associate Editor
Scientific Reports
01 Oct 2024 - Present
Editorial Board Member
Acta Geophysica Journal (Hydrology and Hydraulics Section)
01 Aug 2023 - Present
Associate Editor
Data in Brief
01 Jan 2023 - Present
Editorial Board Member
Water Security journal
01 Aug 2022 - Present
Guest Editor
Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS)
01 Dec 2022 - Present
Life Member
Frontiers in Water
01 Aug 2022 - Present
Review Editor
Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS)
01 Mar 2021 - Present
Life Member
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
01 Sep 2022 - Present
Member
AGU
01 Aug 2022 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Hydrological Data Collection, Processing and Analysis ( HYN-538 )
Autumn
Ecohydrology ( HYN-578 )
Spring
Engineering Hydrology ( HYN-102 )
Spring
Systems Analysis and Applications in Hydrology ( HYN-528 )
Spring
Basics of Disaster Management and its implementation Concepts ( DS-520 )
Autumn
Students
SuperVisions
Multi-scale Characterization of Ecohydrological Indicators (EHIs) and Ecosystem Resilience to Hydroclimatic Disturbances in India, India
01 Jan 2021 - 31 Jul 2025
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Vijaykumar Bejagam (PMRF)
Deep Learning-based Models for Hydrological Predictions in Distinct Indian Watersheds, India
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2025
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Nikunj Kalubhai Mangukiya
Water accounting in a human-influenced complex river basin in India
01 Jan 2022 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Pooja Patle (PMRF)
Impact of extremes on crop productivity
01 Jan 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sudheer Kumar
Food-Energy-Water-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus
01 Jan 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Nagashree GE (PMRF)
Ecohydrology
01 Jul 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Akriti Singh
Freshwater Ecosystem Services in Himalayas
01 Jul 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Prakhar Sharma
Hydroclimatic Changes in Himalayas
01 Jul 2024 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anusha Somisetty
Miscellaneous
Events
Himalayan Freshwaters Workshop
06 Jun 2023 - 06 Jun 2023
APN
AI4Water: Advanced Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence Tools in Water Resources
20 Aug 2023 - 26 Aug 2023
SERB
Training Program on Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for Dams
29 Jan 2024 - 01 Feb 2024
ICED
Training Program on Ecohydrology
27 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023
ITEC
Pravaaha 2023
22 Mar 2023 - 22 Mar 2023
STAC-X 2022
09 May 2022 - 20 May 2022
ISRO
EcoHydrology Symposium
28 Feb 2022 - 01 Mar 2022
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Pravaaha (Water Tech Fest of Hydrology Department)
20 Mar 2022 - 22 Mar 2022
Roorkee Water Conclave 2022
02 Mar 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
IIT Roorkee/NIH Roorkee
Visits
Royal University of Bhutan, Thimpu, Bhutan
2025-06-12
Research project workshop
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
2025-11-16
Research Meeting
ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
2024-05-21
APN REFRESH project workshop
CNR-IRPI, Perugia, Italy
2023-07-05
Research Meeting
Pennsylvania State University, United States Of America
Research
University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA, United States Of America
WARI Fellowship
McGill University, Canada, Canada
Research
Administrative Positions
Convener
01 Jan 2022 - 01 Jan 2024
Departmental Faculty Search Committee (DFSC)
Department Representative
01 Sep 2022 - 31 Jul 2024
Career Development Cell, IIT Roorkee
Faculty Advisor, M Tech 1st year
01 Jun 2022 - 31 Jan 2024
Department of Hydrology
Professor Incharge Time Table
01 Dec 2023 - Present
Department of Hydrology
Warden
01 Jan 2024 - Present
Cautley Bhawan
Convener in Centre Faculty Search Committee (CFSC), ICED
01 Jan 2024 - Present
ICED, IIT Roorkee
Professor Incharge Time Table
01 Jan 2024 - Present
ICED, India
Member
08 Jun 2021 - 30 Sep 2023
Department Administrative Committee (DAC)
O.C. Observatory
01 Jun 2021 - Present
Department of Hydrology
O.C. Maintenance
01 Jun 2021 - Present
Department of Hydrology
O.C. Tour
01 Jun 2021 - Present
Department of Hydrology
Member
01 Jun 2021 - 01 Jan 2024
Department Faculty Search Committee, Department of Hydrology
Dept. In-Charge, Hindi Cell
01 Jun 2021 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Conferences
    1. Sharma. A., and Mangukiya, N.K. (2024). “Enhancing Hydrological Predictions in Sparsely Sampled Watersheds using Deep Learning Alternatives.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024.
    2. Bejagam, V., Sharma, A., and Wei, X. (2024). “Assessing Net Primary Productivity (NPP) Responses to Droughts in India: Insights into Resistance, Recovery, and Resilience.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024.
    3. Patle, P., and Sharma, A. (2024).  “A coupled hydrological model-water accounting framework for water resources and agricultural production assessment in Tapi River basin.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024.
    4. Nagashree, G.E., and Sharma, A. (2024).  “Water Resource Analysis through Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus Perspective: A case study of Mahi Basin, India.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024, , 9-13 December 2024.
    5. Sharma, P., Sharma, A and Sen, S. (2024).” Mapping the Spatial Heterogeneity of Ecosystem Services Across the Himalayan Region.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024.
    6. Bejagam, V., Sharma, A., and Massari, C. (2024). “Unraveling the impacts of meteorological drought on terrestrial ecosystems in the Mediterranean region.” AGU Annual  meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024.
    7. Bejagam, V., Sharma, A., & Wei, X. (2024). Projected decline of CO2_22 fertilization effects on vegetation carbon sequestration in India. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4893
    8. GE, N., & Sharma, A. (2024). Assessment of ecohydrological response of Himalayan forest ecosystems to forest fires. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1123
    9. Patle, P., & Sharma, A. (2024). Assessing water resource availability and utilization in the Mahi River Basin: A comprehensive analysis using Water Accounting Plus (WA+). EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-839
    10. Mangukiya, N. K., & Sharma, A. (2023). Machine Learning-based Flood Risk Mapping Framework for the Lower Narmada Basin in India. 13th International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2023), IIT Roorkee, India, 28–30 September. Paper ID: IDRiM2023/ABSN/166
    11. Mangukiya, N. K., & Sharma, A. (2023). Hydrological Modeling in Data-Sparse Regions Using Long Short-Term Memory Network: A Case Study in India. 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG 2023), Germany, 11–20 July. https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-0081
    12. Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2023). Characterization of ecohydrological indicators (EHIs) in India: A multi-scale perspective. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-340
    13. Mangukiya, N. K., & Sharma, A. (2023). Evaluating Machine Learning Approach for Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in Data-sparse Regions. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1278
    14. Patle, P., Sharma, A., Singh, P. K., Ahmad, I., Matsuno, Y., Leh, M., & Ghosh, S. (2023). Assessment of Water Consumption Pattern & Agricultural Production using Water Accounting Plus (WA+) Framework: A case study of Mahi River basin. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2510
    15. Singh, A., Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2023). Examining the role of groundwater in the spatio-temporal variation of Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in India. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1618
    16. Sahoo, T., Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2023). Assessment of compound extremes using statistical methods in India. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2305
    17. Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2023). Characterization of ecohydrological indicators (EHIs) at multi-spatial scales in India. National conference on “Land-atmosphere interactions controlling weather & climate: Applications of numerical models and observations (LAI-2023)”, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 9–12 January.
    18. Singh, A., Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2022). Role of groundwater in spatiotemporal variations of Water Use Efficiency in India. 9th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC) 2022, 2–4 November.
    19. Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2022). Quantification of impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem net primary productivity in India using residual trend (RESTREND) analysis. AsiaFlux 2022 Conference, 22–24 September.
    20. Sharma, A., Bejagam, V., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Streamflow prediction using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model across 55 hydrologically-distinct watersheds in India. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, 13–17 December.
    21. Sharma, A., & Bejagam, V. (2021). Impact of climatic changes and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem’s net primary productivity in India during 2001–2019. Second International Conference on Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World 2021, 5–6 October.
    22. Vishwakarma, A., Bejagam, V., & Sharma, A. (2021). A review on the influence of droughts on Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services (ES). International Conference on Ecosystem Restoration for Resilience and Sustainability: Living with nature (2021), 5–7 June.
    23. Hinge, G., & Sharma, A. (2021). Comparison of wavelet and machine learning methods for regional drought prediction (No. EGU21-218). EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April.
    24. Sharma, A., & Shen, C. (2020). Improving multi-month streamflow forecast in CONUS using Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) networks. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 1–17 December.
    25. Liu, J., Sharma, A., Tsai, W. P., Ma, K., Feng, D., Lawson, K., & Shen, C. (2020). Automated deep-learning-based soil moisture planning and forecast system for planning against natural disasters. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 1–17 December.
    26. Sharma, A., Goyal, M. K., & Sarma, A. K. (2018). Comparative assessment of ecosystem resilience to droughts in two large scale river basins in India. AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington DC, 10–14 December.
    27. Sharma, A., Goyal, M. K., & Sarma, A. K. (2018). Remote sensing-based assessment of terrestrial ecosystem resilience to droughts in India. Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture All Hands Meeting, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 21 September.
    28. Goyal, M. K., & Sharma, A. (2017). Wavelet transform based trend analysis for drought variability over 566 stations in India. 10th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment (Panta Rhei), European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Athens, Greece, 5–9 July.
    29. Sharma, A., Khan, M., & Goyal, M. K. (2017). Assessment of the impact of changes in climate and land use/land cover on ecosystem services of a river watershed in Peninsular India. Sixth International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning & Economics (CEMEPE), Thessaloniki, Greece.
    30. Muñoz-Arriola, F., Sharma, A., Werner, K., Chacón, J.-C., Corzo, G., & Goyal, M.-K. (2017). Hydrocentric view of agro-ecosystem resiliency to extreme hydrometeorological and climate events in the High Plains, US. EGU General Assembly 2017 (EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 19, 11865), Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April.
    31. Goyal, M. K., & Sharma, A. (2017). Assessment of the ecosystem resilience in an urbanized river basin in India. ASCE India Conference 2017 on Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Moving Towards Resilient Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure, 12–14 December.
    32. Sharma, A., & Goyal, M. K. (2016). Modelling rainfall prediction using Bayesian approach with interstation dependencies. 2016 Sixth IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), Chandigarh, 5–7 May.
    33. Sharma, A., & Goyal, M. K. (2015). Bayesian network model for monthly rainfall forecast. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICRCICN), Kolkata, India, 20–22 November, 241–246. IEEE.
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Invited talks

S.N.

Topic

Event and Organizer Details

Date

1

Assessment of ecosystem resilience to drought conditions in India

Faculty Development Program, organized by Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal

June 20, 2020

2

Climate Change and its Impacts

Training program on “Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering" under TEQIP-III organized by Rajkiya Engineering College (REC), Azamgarh

March 17, 2021

3

Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Indian Himalayas: What we know and future directions

Panel Discussion on "Breaking Silos: Future of water research for Himalayas” during Natural-hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas (NISH), IIT Roorkee

October 26, 2021

4

Analyzing Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change: Working with Climate Model data

Training program on “Fluvial Disasters and Strategies in Risk Reduction" organized by IIT Jammu and NIDM

October 28, 2021

5

Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Droughts in India

Training program on “Water security for resilience to deal with disasters and outbreaks”, organized by National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee

November 03, 2020

6

Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Systems and Terrestrial Ecosystems

Department of Civil Engineering, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla

January 22, 2022

7

Understanding the interactions between water, climate and ecosystems

Society of Young Agriculture and Hydrology Scholar of India (SYAHI)

February 05, 2022

8

Overview of Experimental Facilities and Hydrometeorological Observatory

Short-term program on Soil Pollutants Impact Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites at Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee

March 11, 2022

9

Ecosystem functioning and responses to hydroclimatic extremes

ISRO funded two-week training program on Emerging Space Technology Applications for Compound eXtremes (STAC-X 2022) at the Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee

May 13, 2022

10

Training on Hydrometeorology Observatory

STUTI workshop on Hands-on Training Program on Tools and Techniques of Experimental Hydrology, at the Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee

May 24, 2022

11

Applications of Machine Learning in Water Resources

APN funded PRAJAL training program on ‘Approaches for management of Groundwater Quantity and Quality with a special focus on Managed Aquifer Recharge’ at the Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee

June 10, 2022

12

Applications of Machine Learning in Water Management

IGSTC funded Indo-German workshop on “Securing sustainable treatment for drinking water production and water recycling with focus on anionic contaminants (SuWaRec)”, organized by TUHH, Germany and IIT Roorkee at TUHH

July 22, 2022

13

Increasing Climatic Extremes and Flood Risk in India (Application of Machine Learning in Flood Risk Mapping)

International Conference on Systems Analysis for Enabling Integrated Policy Making, organized by TIFAC and IIASA at New Delhi

August 12, 2022

14

Introduction to Downscaling Techniques (Statistical and Dynamical)

1-week training program on “Climate Change and Hydrological Impact Assessment” organized at NIH, Roorkee

December 14, 2022

15

Trend Analysis of Hydroclimatic Data

5-day training course on ‘Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Data Analysis: Basic and Advanced Techniques (HyMCBAT-2023)’ at NIH Roorkee

February 27, 2023

16

Overview of Methods of Data Collection, Processing and Analysis in Hydrology

Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Aspects of Research Methodology at Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering and Research Center, Nashik

March 01, 2023

17

Hydro-meteorological Data Collection, Processing and Analysis

Short Term Training Program on ‘Hydrological Analysis and Planning for the Hydro and Thermal Power Projects’, sponsored by NTPC, at Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee

March 14, 2023

18

Introduction to Ecohydrology and Ecohydrological Processes

Training Program on Ecohydrology during March 27th–31st, 2023, sponsored by the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme (e-ITEC), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.

March 27, 2023

19

Resilience of terrestrial ecosystems to hydroclimatic disturbances

Brainstorming Workshop under IMPRINT 2 on Climate Resilient Agricultural Water Resources Management: Prospects and Challenges at School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar

April 8, 2023

20

Deep Learning-Based Streamflow Prediction for Large-Scale River Networks

“Big Data and Machine Learning” workshop, organized by Early Career Committee (ECC) of the IAHS during IUGG 2023

July 15, 2023

21

Overview of Methods of Hydrological Data Collection and Processing

3-days Residential Training Program on "Revival of Traditional Water Bodies for Source Sustainability", during 28 -30 September 2023 at CCDU Training Centre Mandi.

September 30, 2023

22

Assessing the Efficacy and Constraints of Deep Learning for Advancing Hydrological Predictions in Indian Context

41st AHI Annual Convention and National Seminar on Hydrology on “Hydrological Solutions for Sustainable Development”, Association of Hydrologists of India, PSG Institute of Advanced studies, Coimbatore

December 2, 2023

23

Flood Risk Mapping

STAtistical tools for Modelling Big data in Hydroclimatology (STAMBH) workshop, organized by Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee

March 23, 2024

 

 

 

 

24

Introduction to Ecohydrological approach for watershed management: Assessment of Ecosystem Services across Himalayas

Five-day FDP cum Workshop on ‘Water Resources Management & Fluvial Hydraulics in Steep Mountain Streams’ at NIT Jalandhar

March 27, 2024

25

Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for Dams

International Workshop on Dam Safety (IWDS-2024), IIT Guwahati

June 27-29, 2024

26

Advancing streamflow prediction and flood risk mapping using deep learning

Short Term Training Program on Extreme Hydro-meteorological Events in a Changing Climate & Application of RS & GIS, at MANIT Bhopal

July 10, 2024

27

Application of earth observation datasets in ecohydrology and hydroclimatic change analysis

1-week training on “Hydroclimatic Indices and Extreme Analyses for Climate Change Assessment using Python and R”, organized by NIH Roorkee (12 – 17 August 2024)

August 14, 2024

28

Applications of Machine Learning in Agriculture

Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) for Agricultural Sciences (AIML4Agris) 2024 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology (SVPUAT), Meerut

December 10, 2024

29

Advancing streamflow prediction and flood risk mapping using deep learning

Two-weeks Online Faculty Development Program on ‘Transforming Water Resources Management, Traffic Systems, and E-Mobility with Quantum Computing and AI’, at NIT Patna

February 21, 2025

30

Advancing streamflow prediction and flood risk mapping using deep learning

SPARC project workshop on “AI and ML-Driven Approaches for Flood Prediction and Hazards Mapping in Himalayan Regions” at NIT Jalandhar

March 01, 2025

31

Emerging Artificial Intelligence Tools for Hydrological Predictions

One-day seminar on "Save Water, Save Glacier, Save Life" at Budge Budge Institute of Technology, Kolkata.

March 28, 2025

32

Emerging Artificial Intelligence Tools for Hydrological Predictions

 Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Advances in Satellite Tracking and Geospatial Techniques for Water Resources Management”, NIT Surathkal

April 11, 2025

33

Hydraulic Modeling and Flood Inundation Mapping using HEC-RAS and Machine Learning

Workshop on Modeling River Hydraulics: A Hands-on Approach Using FLOW-3D and HEC-RAS
Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Rourkela

July 07, 2025

34

Flood inundation and risk mapping using Machine Learning

SPARC Project Workshop on Next-Gen AI Frameworks for Real-Time Flash Flood Risk Management in Mountainous Terrains from 7th  July to 11th July 2025, at NIT Jalandhar.

July 10, 2025