Projects

Projects are grouped into three categories – 1) Sponsor Projects, 2) Projects related to Web Course Development, and 3) Consultancy Projects

 

1) Sponsor Projects

Sl. No.

Title of the Project

Sponsor

   Ref. No. and other details

PI/co-PI

Status

1

Hydroclimatological characteristics of spatio-temporal rainfall distribution over India

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

07IR020

 

PI

Completed

2

Assessment of hydroclimatic teleconnection for basin-scale, real-time streamflow and its use in real-time streamflow forecasting

Fast Track Project for Young Scientists Scheme, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India

SR/FTP/ETA-26/07

(IITKgp project code – RTS)

 

PI

Completed

 

The project was graded as ‘Excellent’ by SERC, DST (Ref. No. SR/FTP/ ETA-26/2007 dated 9th May 2014)

3

River basin stream flow simulation using remote sensing data

Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad

IIT/SRIC/CE/RSD/2009-2010

(IITKgp project code – RSD)

 

PI

Completed

4

Managing change in Soil Moisture and Agricultural Productivity under a Global Warming scenario using a Catchment Scale Climate Change Assessment Framework

Australia-India Strategic Research Funds (AISRF)

Bi-lateral Project Between India and Australia

Ref. No. DST/INT/AUS/P-27/2009

(IITKgp project code – CAF)

 

Indian Co-PI

Completed

5

Smarter water resources management, Disaster Mitigation & Diabatic Retinopathy (WDD)

IBM India Private Limited

IIT/SRIC/WDD/2011-20112/165

(IITKgp project code – WDD)

Co-PI

Completed

6

Probabilistic simulation and future estimation of soil moisture distribution over India using Hydroclimatic data

ISIRD, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur

IIT/SRIC/ISIRD/2012-2013

(IITkgp project code – FSH)

PI

Completed

7

Probabilistic estimation of soil moisture from RISAT1 data along with uncertainty quantification

Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad.

IIT/SRIC/CE/PMA/2013-14/5

(IITkgp project code – PMA)

PI

Completed

8

Effect of Climate Change on local sea level rise and its Impact on Coastal Areas: Kolkata Region as a Pilot Study

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

F.No. 4-22/2014-TS.I, Dt 23-01-2014

(IITKgp Project code – ILC)

PI

Completed

9

Spatio-temporal drought characterization and its future trend in Iran in a changing climate

India-Iran inter-governmental programme of cooperation in science and technology, Department of Science & Technology (International Bilateral Co-operation Division)

Bi-lateral Project Between India and Iran

(INT/Iran/ JP-07/2018 dated September 12,

2018)

Indian PI

Completed

10

Modelling of Soil Moisture in a Changing Climate using the Potential of Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Approach

 

Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), DST

MoES/PAMC/H&C/30/2013-PC-II

(IITkgp project code – MHA)

PI: Dr. Rajib Maity

Co-PI: Nil

Completed

11

Exploration of vertical soil moisture profile by assimilating the surface soil moisture data retrieved from remotely sensed SAR data

Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad.

IT/KCSTC/STC/Chair./Appr./NEW/P/16-17/07

PI: Dr. Rajib Maity

Co-PI: Nil

Completed

12

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment due to Various Environmental Drivers in a Climate Change Scenario over Eastern

India

Department of Science and Technology, Climate Change Programme (SPLICE),

 

IIT/SRIC/NA/VDI/2016-17/239

Co-PI

Completed

13

Assessment of extreme hydrological events in a changing climate

Department of Science and Technology, Climate Change Programme (SPLICE),

 

DST/CCP/CoE/79/2017(G), Dt. 30-03-2017

PI

Completed

14

Improvement of temporal resolution (~weekly to daily) of Sentinel-1 based high spatial resolution surface soil moisture estimates

Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad.

IIT/KCSTC/Chair/NEW/P/19-20/09

PI

Ongoing

15

Concept of temporal networks in hydroclimatic modelling in a changing climate: Application to streamflow and drought

Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), DST.

MoESfPAMCIH&CI12412019-PC-II

PI

Ongoing

 

2) Projects related to Web Course Development

Sl. No.

Title of the Project

Sponsor

Ref. No. and other details

Status

1

National Mission Project on Pedagogy Development for the course ‘Water Resources Engineering’

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

Project coordinated by Centre for Education Technology (CET), IIT Kharagpur (Worked as Principle Developer with another Co-Developer)

Completed

2

Development of a video course on ‘Probability Methods in Civil Engineering’ though National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTeL-II)

 

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

Project coordinated by Centre for Education Technology (CET), IIT Kharagpur (Worked as an Subject Matter Expert (SME); No co-SME)

Completed

3

Development of a web course on ‘Probability Methods in Civil Engineering’ though National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTeL-II)

 

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

Project coordinated by Centre for Education Technology (CET), IIT Kharagpur (Working as an Subject Matter Expert (SME); No co-SME)

Completed

4

NPTEL Online Certification (NOC) Course on “Probability Methods in Civil Engineering”

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

Project coordinated by Centre for Education Technology (CET), IIT Kharagpur (Working as an Subject Matter Expert (SME); No co-SME)

Completed

5

NPTEL Online Certification (NOC) Course on “Surface Water Hydrology”

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

Project coordinated by Centre for Education Technology (CET), IIT Kharagpur (Working as an Subject Matter Expert (SME); No co-SME)

Completed

 

 

3) Consultancy Projects

Sl. No.

Title of the Project

Client

Ref. No. and other details

PI/co-PI

Status

1

Expert’s Opinion on open channel ultrasonic flow meter.

City & Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra Ltd., Mumbai

DRD/CE/TIE-2/07-08

Co-PI

Completed

2

Performance Evaluation Study on Flood Control Scheme for “Kapaleswari-Keliaghai-Baghai” Drainage Basin  for Phase-I, 2010-2011

Superintending Engineer, Western Circle-II, I&W Directorate, Dist. Paschim Mednipur, Govt. of West Bengal

IIT/SRIC/CE/2010-2011/105

(IITKgp project code – KKBD

PI

Completed

3

Vetting the design of DNMC canal and associated hydraulic structures

Scott Wilson India Private Limited (SWIPL), A-26/4, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110044

IIT/SRIC/CE/2011-2012/28

(IITKgp project code – CSTI)

 

PI

Completed

4

Performance Evaluation Study on Flood Control Scheme for “Kapaleswari-Keliaghai-Baghai” Drainage Basin  for Phase-II, 2012-2013

Superintending Engineer, Western Circle-II, I&W Directorate, Dist. Paschim Mednipur, Govt. of West Bengal

IIT/SRIC/CE/REDS/2012-2013/44

 (IITKgp project code – REDS)

PI

Completed

5

Evaluation of Flood Management Scheme for Keliaghai-Kapaleswari-Baghai River Basin

Superintending Engineer, Western Circle-II, I&W Directorate, Dist. Paschim Mednipur, Govt. of West Bengal

IIT/SRIC/CE/FMKR/2015-15/04

 (IITKgp project code – FMKR)

PI

Completed

6

Scientific study to formulate design parameters for the proposed diversion

 

The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., Kothagudem Collieries Post

IIT/SRIC/CE/SDPC/2022-2023/99999

(IITKgp project code – SDPC)

PI

Completed

Last updated: June, 2023