PhD. Degree Awarded

LIST OF Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS COMPLETED / SUBMITTED

2026

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Sujata Kulkarni

Sujata Kulkarni successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Towards improved prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon considering Arctic teleconnections using the complexity-based approach" under the supervision of Prof. Ankit Agarwal on 29 September 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Akash Singh Raghuvanshi

Akash Singh Raghuvanshi successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Atmospheric Moisture Transport Linkages to Extreme Precipitation During the Indian Summer Monsoon: Mechanisms, Attribution and Prediction" under the supervision of Prof. Ankit Agarwal on 01 September 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Pankaj Ramji Dhote

Pankaj Ramji Dhote successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Integration of Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry and Hydraulic Modeling for River Flow Estimation" under the supervision of Prof. Ankit Agarwal on 25 August 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Abhishek Kumar

Abhishek Kumar successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Real-Time Discharge Estimation using Non-Contact Hydrometric Measurements" under the supervision of Prof. Manoj K. Jain on 07 August 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Stuti Shah

Ms. Stuti Shah successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Hydrology of Mid-Himalayan Lake System" under the supervision of Prof. Sumit Sen on 16 June 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Ankush

Ankush successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Multivariate Nonstationary Frequency Analysis of Hydrometeorological Variables" under the joint supervision of Prof. N. K. Goel and Prof. R. Vinnarasi on 02 June 2026.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Bhanu Sharma

Bhanu Sharma successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Streamflow prediction using a physically informed machine learning model for a himalayan catchment write all in capital case text " under the supervision of Prof. N. K. Goel on 23 December 2025.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Abinesh G

Abinesh G. successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Climate-informed approaches for flood risk assessment" under the supervision of Prof. Ankit Agarwal on 13 December, 2025.

PhD Thesis Defense Completed: Gaurav Vaghela

Gaurav Vaghela successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Development of innovative nanocomposite membranes for desalination and water reclamation" under the supervision of Prof. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka on 11 November 2025.

2021-2026

2011-2020

2001-2010

1991-2000

1981-1990

2026

Sujata Kulkarni (2026)- Towards improved prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon considering Arctic teleconnections using the complexity-based approach.

Akash Singh Raghuvanshi (2026)- Atmospheric Moisture Transport Linkages to Extreme Precipitation During the Indian Summer Monsoon: Mechanisms, Attribution and Prediction.

Pankaj Ramji Dhote(2026)- Integration of Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry and Hydraulic Modeling For River Flow Estimation.

Stuti Shah (2026)- Hydrology of Mid-Himalayan Lake System.

Ankush (2026)- Multivariate Nonstationary Frequency Analysis of Hydrometeorological Variables.

Abhishek Kumar(2026) -Real-Time Discharge Estimation using Non-Contact Hydrometric Measurements.

Bhanu Sharma(2026)-Streamflow Prediction.

Abinesh G (2026)-Climate-Informed Flood Frequency Analysis.

Gaurav Vaghela (2026)-Engineered Innovative Nanocompostie Membranes for Desalination and Water Reclaimation.

2025

Malla Mani Kanta (2025)-Analysis of Extreme precipitation Events and Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability in the Upper Indus Basin.

Ashish Mishra (2025)-Impact of Urban Heat Islands on Microclimate of a City.

Jaswant Singh (2025)- Management of Landfill Leachate.

Mangukiya Nikunj Kalubhai(2025)-Deep Learning-Based Models for Hydrological Predictions in Distinct Indian Watersheds.

Bejagam Vijaykumar (2025)-Multi-scale Assessment of Indian Terrestrial Ecosystems Under Climate Change.

Shubham Ketan Sharma (2025)- Selectively Recovering Resources from Impaired Water Using Hybrid Md-Adsorbents Technology.

Ajay Gupta (2025)- Drought Studies.

Subhankar Das(2025) A STUDY ON CLIMATE AND LAND USE CHANGE IMPACT ON SOIL EROSION IN INDIA.

Bharabnanda Dass(2025) Deceiphering Hydrological respones of springflow systems in the lesser Indian Himalayas.

2024

Ravikumar Guntu (2024)-Investigation of characteristics Drivers and Predictability of Compound and hot Extremes.

Tegegn Kassa Beyene (2024)-Hydrological Drought Propagation and Vulnerability in Ethiopia.

Sana Dhamija (2024)-Geostatistical Modelling, Plant Uptake and human Health Risk Assessment of Arsenic in Ganga Basin , India.

Anshul Yadav (2024)-Flow Resistance and sediment transport in High- Gradient Streams.

Rajesh Kumar Vishwakarma (2024)- Hydrological and environment Assessment of An Urban Stormwater System.

Sunil Yadav (2024)-Application of Membrane and Electrochemical Processes for Distillery Spentwash Treatment and Potash Recovery.

Monika Simon (2024)-Bioremediation of Polluted Surface Water Bodies: Evaluating Existing Microbial inoculants and Developing A Novel Consortium.

2023

Jagdeesh Kumar (2023)-Innovative Treatment of Metallic Industrial Effluents with Resource Recovery.

Shubham Tiwari (2023)- Managed Aquifer Recharge for Saune Groundwater Regions for Enhanced Recovery of Freshwater.

Anuradha Garg (2023)-Assessment of Napl And Heavy Metal Co-Contamination in Soil-Water System.

2022

Anooja Thomas (2022) -Water Uptake by Plants Under Varying Soil Moisture Conditions: An Experimental and Numerical Study for Unravelling Compensated Root Water Uptake and Hydraulic Redistribution.

Jitendra Kumar Vyas (2022) - Non- Contact Discharge Estimation Using Entropy Theory.

2021

Shashi Ranjan(2021) - In-Situ Remediation of Arsenic contaminated groundwater using Permeable Reactive Barrier.

Aliva Nanda (2021) - Understanding Runoff Generation Mechanism in the Lesser Himalayan region of India.

Rahul Kumar Singh (2021) - Quantifying Anthropogenic and Climate Change Impacts on Hydrologic Regime Alterations.

Bratati Chowdhury (2021) - Climate Extremes in India in a changing climate.

2020

Mulugeta Musie Abdi (2020) - Hydrologic Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Changes on an Ethiopian Rift Valley Lake

Vivek Gupta (2020) - Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Droughts Over India

Shachi (2020) - Geological Aspects of CO2 Sequestration and Its Risk Assessment

2019

Niraj Kr. Agrawal (2019) - Development of an Operational Inflow Forecasting System for Tehri Dam

Titas Ganguly (2019) - Development of a Framework for studying the effect of Climate Change on dams

Ajay Kumar (2019) - Arsenic Removal from Groundwater using Nanomaterials

Pankaj K. Gupta (2019) -Multi-Scale Fate and Transport of LNAPL under Varying Subsurface Flow Conditions

Vikram Kumar (2019) -Hydrological Response of an Experimental Watershed of Lesser Himalaya

2018

Ajay Ahirwar (2018) -Formulation and Validation of Hybrid Conceptual Models for Runoff Generation

Litan Kumar Ray (2018) -Climatic Variability Studies Over Parts of India with Focus on Hydro-Climatic Variable

Jahangeer (2018) -Soil Water Flow and Nitrate Transport Study Through Heterogeneous Vadose Zone

2016

Pinki Sharma (2016) -Pretreatment Options with RO as Tertiary Treatment of Distillery Spent Wash

Mahendra Kumar Choudhary (2016) - Optimal Planning And Operation Of A Water Transfer Link

Chandra Sekhar Padhi (2016) - Optimal Large Scale Water Transfers In Space And Time

2015

Manoj Chandra Garg (2015) -Performance Evaluation of PV Driven NF-RO Hybrid Water Treatment System

Asmita Ramkrishna Murumkar (2015) - Impact Of Climate Change On Hydrometeorological Variables In Bhima Basin (India)

2012

Anil Kumar Kar (2012) - Flood Estimation and Forecasting in Mahanadi River Basin Using Soft Computing Techniques

Chintalacheruvu Madhusudana Rao (2012) - A Hydrometric Data-Based Flood Forecasting Model Using A Simplified Routing Technique

Negash Wagesho Amencho (2012) - Impact Of Climate And Catchment Dynamics On Runoff Generation

2011

Salil Kumar Shrivastava (2011) -Evaluation of Temporal and Spatial Climatic Variability over Indian Himalaya

2010

Ashoke Basistha (2010) -Climate Change Studies: A Spatio – Temporal Analysis For Part of India

Kale Ravindra Vitthal (2010) -Overland Flow Modelling Using Approximate Convection-Diffusion Equation

Rakesh Kumar (2010) -Regional Flood Frequency Estimation in India

Sanimer Kaur (2010) - Optimal Water Utilization And Management Of An Irrigation System

Santosh Rangrao Yadav (2010) -Sustainable Development of Water Resources in an Intermontane Sub-Himalayan Watershed

2007

A.K. Lohani (2007) - ‘ANN and fuzzy logic in hydrological modeling and flow forecasting

Aruna Dattatraya Thube (2007) - ‘Optimal Development of Water Resources in Krishna River Basin’.

B.K. Sethi (2007) -’ Optimal Development of Water Resources of Cauvery Basin.

P.K. Parhi(2007) -’ Management of Irrigation Water in a command area

R.P. Pandey(2007) - ‘Characterization of Droughts’.

Richa Babbar(2007) - ‘Decision Support System for Water Quality Management’.

Bhabagrahi Sahoo( 2007) -Hydrological Land Surface Schemes Suitable for Climate Change Studies.

Jaivir Tyagi (2007) -Modelling Sediment Yield From Natural Watersheds.

V.K. Sharma, ‘Geohydrological Studies of Saharanpur Town, UP (India)’ with Earth Sciences.

R.K. Rai(2007) - ‘Rainfall-Runoff-Sediment Modelling of a Natural Watershed’.

2006

A.R.N. Al-Hello (2006) - ‘Assessment of Water Quality and Sediments in Shivalik Watersheds’.

Bibhash Sarma (2006) -Planning for Optimal Inter-Basin Water Transfer.

Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi (2006) -Optimal Water Utilization of Mahanadi River Basin.

Manohar Arora(2006) - ‘Climatic variability influences on Hydrological responses’

2005

H.M. Hussain, (2005) ‘Ground Water Pollution Potential for Alluvial Areas’.

A.H. Jawad, (2005)‘Assessment of Non-Point Pollution from Urban Area’.

M.Ashraf. Saleem(2005) ‘Environmental Impact of Irrigation Return Flows on Ground Water Quality of parts of Roorkee Area, Haridwar District, UP’.

2004

M.S.A.G. Al-Hadithi,(2004) ‘Groundwater Resource Evaluation in Ratmau Pathri Rao Watershed, Distt. Haridwar’.

J.G. Jena, (2004)‘Optimal Planning for Hydropower’.

T.A.M. Awchi, (2004)‘Optimal Planning and Operation of a Reservoir’.

Deepti Rani (2004) ‘Multi-level Optimization of a Water Resources System’ ( with Maths Department)

M.D. Patil (2004) ‘Optimal Water Utilization and Intra Basin Water Transfers in Cauvery Basin, India’.’( with WRDM)

2003

K.R. Harne (2003) - ‘Treatment of Domestic Wastewater by Constructed Wetlands’.

Vinod Kumar Bhatt (2003) -Estimation of Extreme Flows for Ungauged Catchments.

2001

M.K. Sharma, (2001) - ‘Studies on Hindon River System with Special Reference to Heavy Metals’

P.D. Dahe, (2001) - ‘Planning for Optimal Development of a Large River Basin’.

M.L. Gaur, (2000) - ‘Modelling of Surface Runoff from Natural Watersheds with Varied Roughness’.

Bipul Talukdar, (2000) - ‘Reservoir Operation Using Dynamic Programming’.

1999

S.K. Tyagi, (1999) - ‘Geo-Environmental Studies in Parts of a Mountainous Watershed, Kumaun Himalaya, India’.

S.K. Mishra, (1999) - ‘Operation of a Multipurpose Reservoir’.

1998

M.L. Waikar, (1998) - ‘Capacity Expansion of Water Resources Systems’.

Sunita Devi (1998) - ‘Optimisation of a Large Size Water Resources System’ with Maths Department

1997

Mohammad Shakeel (1997) -An Integrated Approach for Evaluation of Hydraulic Properties of Alluvial Aquifers.

Anupma Sharma (1997) -Numerical Modelling of Seawater Transport in Coastal Aquifers.

R.S. Kurothe, (1997) - ‘Development of Physically Based Flood Frequency Models’.

1996

Jose C. Samuel, (1996) - ‘Sediment Load Criteria for Prioritising Watershed for Resource Development Programme’.

Vidya Sagar Katiyar (1996) -Hydrological Studies of Disturbed Mountainous Watersheds.

1995

Kota Sri Rama Sastri (1995) -Space-Time Characteristics of Rainfall in East Rajasthan.

Abdullah Taheri Tizro, (1995) - An Integrated Hydrogeological Study of Mahendragarh District, Haryana, India.

Assadullah Kohistani, (1995) - ‘Integrated Planning and Operation of a Reservoir’.

Arun Kumar Tiwari (1995) - Temporal Variation of Sediment Yield from Small Catchments.

Mohammad Sadegh Sadeghian, (1995) -Systems Analysis of a Complex Water Resources System.

1994

Mohammad Reza Najafi Shahri, (1994) - ‘Modelling of Flood Flows in Natural Watersheds’.

Saleem Ahmed, (1994) - ‘Numerical Modelling of Two Dimensional Transient Subsurface Flow to Ditches’.

Kiran Bhatt, (1994) - ‘Hydrogeological Studies in the Southeastern Coastal Tracts of Kutch with Special Reference to Quality of Groundwater’ with Earth Sciences

1993

Sulekha Gupta, (1993) - ‘Modelling of Solute Transport Through an Unsaturated Zone Extending from Ground Surface to Water Table’.

1991

Md. Mubarak Hossain (1991) -Application of Kinematic Wave Theory to Small Watersheds.

N.K. Goel (1991) - Modelling for Flood Flows.

1988

Dwarka Nath Bhargava (1988) -A Study of Unconfined Seepage from Parallel Canals.

1986

K.M. Mohan Rao (1986) -Hydrological Response of Unsaturated Zone upto Water Table.

1985

G.G. Dikshit (1985) - Optimal Water Use of Crop Production.

1984

Mahendra Datt Nautiyal (1984) -Flow to a well in Multiple Aquifer System.

1983

Ashok Kumar Seth, (1983) - Hydrochemical Studies in Upper Hindon Basin Distt. Saharanpur, U.P., India’ with Department of Chemistry

1982

Devendra Kumar (1982) -Optimal Design of Barrage on Permeable Foundation.

Deepak Kashyap (1982) -Mathematical Modelling of Groundwater System.