Research Projects
Research Projects
Research Projects of the year - 2022
Project Title Project Administrator Role (PI / CO-PI) Start Date/Year Field/Domain Funding Amount (lacs) Funding Agency Other Officers
Water Security Assessment at the River Basin Level Using the Water Footprint Concepts Prof. Basant Yadav PI 31/05/2022 Water quantity and quality 24.69 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Prof. Ashish Pandey (Co-I) , Dr. K. Chandrasekar (Co-I)
Potential for scaling up indigenous rainwater harvesting techniques in semi-arid regions of India Prof. Basant Yadav PI 1/1/2022 Rainwater harvesting 81.07 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Prof. Mohit P. Mohanty (Co-I), Dr. Alison Parker (PI-UK), Prof. Jerry Knox (Co-I), Dr. Abdou Khouakhi (Co-I)
Development of decision support system for integrated operation of Tehri hydropower complex Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah PI 1/1/2022 Hydro Power 56.0 THDC India Ltd. (Rishikesh)
Identification of critical soil erosion prone areas and preparation of CAT plan Prof. Ashish Pandey PI 1/1/2022 Soil erosion 40.4 National Mission for Clean Ganga, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India Prof. Mohit P. Mohanty (CO-PI)
Rethinking Disaster Management- A multi-hazard approach of floodplain mapping over a coastal region in India Prof. Mohit Prakash Mohanty PI 10/1/2021 Flood risk management 20.0 Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy, IIT Roorkee NIL
Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS). Prof. Ashish Pandey PI 7/1/2022 Agricultural Advisory 11.0 Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Prof.D.S. Arya & Dr. R. Prasad
Forecasting Agricultural output using Space Agrometeorology and Land based Observations (FASAL). Prof. Ashish Pandey PI 7/1/2022 Agricultural Forecasting 6.0 Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Prof.D.S. Arya & Dr. R. Prasad




Research Projects of the year - 2021
Project Title Project Administrator Role (PI / CO-PI) Start Date/Year Field/Domain Funding Amount (lacs) Funding Agency Other Officers
Hindon Roots Sensing: River Rejuvenation through Scalable Water- and Solute Balance Modelling and Informed Farmers' Actions Prof. Vinnarasi R. PI 12/15/2021 Ecohydrology - Crop - Nutrients - Water Quality 160.0 DST-NWO Prof. Idhaya Chandhiran .I
Design of Climate Resilient MAR Strategy for Safe Water Supplies and Improved Groundwater Protection in Hindon River Basin Prof. Basant Yadav PI 12/30/2021 Managed Aquifer Recharge 28.51 SERB, Govt. of India NIL
Capacity development program on-site suitability mapping for managed aquifer recharge (MAR) Prof. Basant Yadav PI 10/1/2021 Groundwater recharge 25.62 APN Capacity Development Programme (CAPaBLE) Prof. Ashish Pandey (Co-I), Prof. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka Co-I), Er. R D Singh (Co-I), Dr. Nitesh Patidar (Co-I), Dr. Gopal Krishan (Co-I) , Dr. Surjeet Singh (Co-I), Prof. Yutaka Matsuno (Co-I), Prof. Sanghyun Jeong (Co-I)
Improving Hydrologic Predictions of Extreme Events using Machine Learning in India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma PI 5/1/2021 Predictions of Extreme Events 11.0 Microsoft AI for Earth (AI4Earth) Grants Prof. Basant Yadav (CO-PI)
Assessing the Viability of MAR as a Water Management Strategy in the Geogenically Contaminated Semi-Arid Regions Prof. Basant Yadav PI 2/1/2021 Groundwater 19.92 FIG IIT Roorkee NIL
Development of Hack-Free Hydro Plant Control Systems Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah PI 1/1/2021 Hydro Power 150.0 IHub, DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee, National Mission on Cyber-physical Systems (India) NIL
Smart Cyber-physical Security of Electric Powertrains in Autonomous e-mobility Systems Prof. Deepak Ronanki PI 1/1/2021 Electric Vehicle 20.0 TIH, IIT Kanpur CO- PI: Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS). Prof. Ashish Pandey PI 7/1/2021 Agricultural Advisory 11.0 Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Prof. D.S. Arya & Dr. R. Prasad
Forecasting Agricultural output using Space Agrometeorology and Land based Observations (FASAL). Prof. Ashish Pandey PI 7/1/2021 Agricultural Forecasting 6.0 Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Prof. D.S. Arya & Dr. R. Prasad