DR. MANNE JANGA REDDY
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Research Interests
· Water resource systems: simulation and optimization modeling; optimal operations of single and multi reservoir systems; irrigation; hydropower; flood control; water distribution systems; multi-criterion decision making, sustainability analysis.
· Surface water hydrology- statistical modeling and forecasting of hydrologic & climatic variables; risk analysis of floods & droughts; uncertainty modeling; Copulas for multivariate modeling; climate change impacts on watersheds/river basins.
· Irrigation water management- irrigation planning, irrigation canal networks, design and performance evaluation of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems; impact assessment of climate change on agriculture.
· Evolutionary Algorithms for single & multi-objective optimization: Genetic Algorithms, Differential Evolution, Cross Entropy Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization, Artificial Bee Colony algorithms.
· Soft computing in hydrology & water resources: Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Model Trees and Genetic Programming.
· Remote sensing and GIS in management of watersheds, irrigated agriculture, and developing decision support systems.
PROJECT GUIDANCE
PhD Thesis
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Student Name
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Topic |
Degree |
Status |
Remarks, if any |
| Swati Sirsant | Multi-objective Design of Urban Water Supply Systems Considering Mechanical & Hydraulic Failures, Future Demand Projections | Ph.D. | on going (from July' 2015 ) | |
| Saswati Nandi | Flood Modeling and Developing Flood Forecasting and Warning System for Krishna Basin | Ph.D. | on going (from July' 2015 ) | |
| Shagupta Akbari | Change Detection and Attribution Analysis of Hydrological Time-series | Ph.D. | on going (from July' 2014 ) | |
| S. Adarsh | Multi-scale Analysis of Hydrological Time-series using Mathematical Transforms |
Ph.D |
ongoing (from July'2012) |
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| A. Sivasena Reddy | Integrated Watershed Management using Geo-spatial and Soft-computing Methods |
Ph.D. |
ongoing (from July'2010) |
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| Shibu A. | Performance-based Design of Water Distribution Networks considering Demand Uncertainty via Fuzzy-Probabilistic Approach and Cross Entropy Optimization |
Ph.D. |
Completed (2009-2014) |
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| Bholanath N.S. Ghimire | Optimal Reservoir Operation for Hydropower Production Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Programming |
Ph.D |
Completed (2008 - 2014) |
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| Poulomi Ganguli | Multivariate Frequency Analysis and Predictive Uncertainty Assessment of Droughts using Copulas |
Ph.D. |
Completed (2008-2012) |
Awarded excellence in Thesis Work (2013) |
M.Tech. Thesis
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Student Name
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Title of Topic |
Degree |
Status |
Remarks, if any |
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Nithin P |
Flood Modeling and Risk Analysis in middle Krishna River Basin using GIS, HEC HMS/RAS tools |
M.Tech. |
Ongoing (expected in June 2017) |
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Kailash Lohiya |
Deriving optimal hedging rules for operation of multi-objective reservoir system |
M.Tech. |
Ongoing (expected in June 2017) |
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Darsana KT |
Bivariate Flood Frequency Analysis under Stationarity and Non-stationarity Conditions Using Copula Methods |
M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2013) |
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Rakesh M |
Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks Considering Multiple Objectives Using DE |
M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2016) |
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Vamsi Krishna |
Multi-purpose Multi-reservoir Operation using Meta-heuristic Methods |
M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2015) |
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Mariam Zacharia |
Application of Entropy Theory and Copula Methods for Streamflow Generation and Ensemble Prediction of Reservoir Inflows |
M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2013) |
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Vijay Patil |
Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Genetic Algorithms | M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2011) |
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Shailesh S. Patil |
Multivariate Flood Frequency Analysis using Copulas
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M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2010) |
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Adarsh S. |
Optimal Design of Irrigation Canals Using Particle Swarm Optimization |
M.Tech. |
Completed (June 2009) |
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Sponsored Research Projects
Developing Copulas Based Tools for Managing Flood Risks, Principal Investigator, IRCC Sponsored project, Completed (2012-15)
Agricultural Drought Assessment in Arid and Semi Arid Regions under Climate Change, Principal Investigator, sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, (Completed in 2011-12)
Development of Integrated Water Resources Management Models using Soft Computing Techniques. Principal Investigator, Sponsored by IRCC, IIT Bombay, (Completed in 2007-10)
Extension Activities (CEP, QIP, Seminars, Workshops etc.)
Organized workshop/Organizing Secretary of IITB-Purdue workshop on "Droughts and Climate Change" held during March 12-13, 2013, at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
Joint-Organizing Secretary of National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO 2012), held during December 7-8, 2012, at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
Organized/coordinated a Brainstorming Workshop, “Application of Advanced Soft-computing techniques in Geo-spatial Data Analysis”, held during 22-23 September 2008 at IIT Bombay. (along with V. Jothi Prakash, and M.C. Deo)
Conducted a CEP-QIP short term training program, “Recent Trends in Water Resources Systems Planning and Management.” during 3-7 November 2008, IIT Bombay (along with V. Jothi Prakash)
Conducted a CEP-QIP short term training program, “Soft Computing Techniques in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering” during 2-6 November 2009, at IIT Bombay (along with V. Jothi Prakash)
Reviewed Technical Papers for
International Journals
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (2007, 2008, 2009,2010,2013, 2015)
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE (2008, 2009,2011, 2015)
Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, ASCE (2011,2012, 2013,2014,2015)
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015)
Hydrological Processes, Wiley Publ. (2008,2011, 2012)
Hydrological Sciences Journal, IAHS (2009, 2012,2013,2014)
Water Resources Research (2012,2013)
Journal of Hydrology (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2014,2015)
Water Resources Management, Springer Publ. (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015)
Irrigation and Drainage, Wiley Publ. (2008, 2009)
International Journal of Climatology (2012,2013)
Journal of Earth Science and Systems (2011, 2012,2013,2014, 2015)
ICE Journal of Water Management, (2011, 2012)
Environmental Modeling and Software (2010, 2011, 2012,2013,2014)
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (2012,2013,2014, )
Applied Soft Computing (2012, 2013,2014)
Engineering Optimization (2009)
Water Science and Technology (2012)
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines (2012)
International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics ( 2011)
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (2009)
International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control (2009)
Water management (2012)
Reviewed paper for National Journals
Institution of Engineers (India), Journal of Civil Engineering, (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012,2014)
ISH Journal of hydraulic engineering (2008, 2009, 2010,2012)
Reviewed Project Proposals for
Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mumbai.
Fast Track proposal for SERC, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi
