Academic Guidance (Ph.D) Program (17 completed, 4 submitted and 4 on going)

Sl.No	Name of the Scholar	Title of the Work	Status
1	Ganesan Shanthi	Derivation of Reservoir Operating Policies Using Genetic Algorithm	Completed Mar. 2007
2	Vaibhav Garg	Evaluation of reservoir sedimentation using data driven techniques 1. Received the Awards for Excellence in Thesis Work-2010 during the 48^th Convocation of IIT Bombay 2. SAARC-IAESTE-Academic Internship Program at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Jan 22 -Feb 13, 2009.	Completed Apr. 2010
3	Alka Kote S	Artificial Intelligence Models for Multi-site Reservoir Inflow Prediction Received The Union Ministry of Water Resources: Department of Irrigation Prize for the Best paper by Institution of Engineers (India), 25^th Indian Engg. Cong., Kochi	Completed Jul. 2010
4	Rajendra Magar	Real-time reservoir inflow prediction using soft computing techniques Received the Awards for Excellence in Thesis Work-2012 during the 50^th Convocation of IIT Bombay	Completed Jun. 2011
5	Bhosekar V V	Physical and Numerical Model Studies for Aerators on Orifice spillways	Completed Dec. 2011
6	Arunkumar R	Multi-Reservoir Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms Coupled with Chaos 1. Received The Union Ministry of Water Resources: Department of Irrigation Prize for the Best paper by Institution of Engineers (India), 28^th Indian Engg. Cong., Chennai 2. Received Prof. U.C. Kothyari Best PhD Thesis, by ISH Pune 3. Received the Awards for Excellence in Thesis Work-2015	Completed Jul. 2014
7	Fathima T A	Non-linear dynamic analysis of an intermittent reservoir inflow	Completed Mar. 2015
8	Zope Purushotham Eknath	Urban storm water management with changing hydrological scenarios	Completed Jul. 2016
9	Prajakta Pranil Gadge	Physical and Numerical Model Studies for the Roof Wall Profile of Orifice Spillways Received Prof. U.C. Kothyari Best PhD Thesis, by ISH Pune	Completed Mar. 2017
10	Vignesh R	Classification of Catchments Using Nonlinear Dynamics	Completed Apr. 2017
11	Poornima Unnikrishnan	Hydrologic Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Using Singular Spectrum Analysis Received Prof. U.C. Kothyari Best PhD Thesis, by ISH Pune	Completed Apr. 2018
12	Chemboli Jagarao	Optimal Design of Pipe network Using Finite Element Method Coupled with Evolutionary Algorithms	Completed May. 2018
13	Drissia T.K.	Regional Flood Frequency Analysis Using Complex Network Theory for West Flowing Rivers in India	Completed Nov. 2019
14	Priyank J Sharma (Co-Supervisor)	Integrated Assessment of Hydroclimatic Variability Including Streamflow Modelling of a Climatically Heterogeneous Basin in India. 1. Received Best Paper during HYDRO 2019 2. Received G.M. Nawathe Best Paper Award 2019 3. Received Best Paper during HYDRO 2018 4. Received Best paper in Water Resources Engineering Theme, Next Frontiers …. Civil Dept, IIT Bombay 2018 5. Awarded Prof. U.C. Kothyari Best PhD Thesis, by ISH Pune 2020	Completed Jan. 2020
15	Praveenkumar Ch	Streamflow Estimation Using SWAT Model with Storage Reservoirs along with Spatio-Temporal and Nonlinear Dimensional Analysis	Completed Jan. 2022
16	Seelam Naga Poojitha	Metaheuristic Algorithms Coupled with Chaos for Design and Analysis of Water Distribution Network 1. Naik and Rastogi Award for Excellence in Ph.D. Research 2023 2. Awarded Prof. U.C. Kothyari Best PhD Thesis, by ISH Pune 2023 3. SERB International Travel Support from DST to present a paper in EWRA Conference at Greece 4. Student Travel Graznt from AGU, to present a paper in AGU-2022 at California, USA 5. Best Paper in Sustainability in Water Resources Management ICRDSI 2020, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 6. Best Paper Award, NIT Rourkela, HYDRO-2020 7. Best Paper Award, NIT Warangal, HYDRO-2023	Completed Jan. 2023
17	Adam Riple	Non-linear dynamic analysis of hydrological variables in Slovakia Main Supervisor: Prof. Martina Zelenakova, Technical University of Kosice	Completed Jan. 2023
18	D. Ramkumar	Performance Evaluation and Modelling of Wastewater Treatment Facilities for Reuse Using Tertiary Treatment Plant 1. Received Best Oral Presentation Award, National Youth Conference of IKS, 2023	Completed Oct. 2024
19	Kanchan Sen Sharma	Comprehensive Analysis of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Policies in India-Special Emphasis on Projects in Chhattisgarh	Completed Nov. 2024
20	Vamsi Krishna	Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Evapotranspiration Using Complex Networks and Chaos Theory	Completed Jan. 2025
21	Namitha Elza Saji	A Multi-Variate Phase Space Reconstruction Approach for Chaos Identification and Prediction of Runoff	Completed Feb. 2025
22	Preeti Sharma	Pressure Driven analysis for Finding the efficiency of a pipe network.	On going from July 2020
23	Injila Hamid	A comprehensive SWAT model to simulate runoff, including storage, climate change and LULC change	On going from July 2022
24	Sanyukta Sathawane	Urban Stormwater Drainage Network with Holding Ponds and BMPs under Change in Climate in Coastal Mega City	On going from July 2023
25	Tarun Pant	Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Rating Curves for Reliable Streamflow Estimation	On going from July 2024
26	Vimlendra Mani Pandey	Spatio-Temporal Characterization of the Hydrological Variable Over a River Basin	On going from July 2024
27	Manish Bhagat	Atmospheric Rivers Associated with Extreme Precipitation and Floods in India	On going from July 2025