Monsoon School

Monsoon School on Urban Floods – 2023

Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (ICWaR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore organised a one-week workshop titled “Monsoon School on Urban Floods” during 07 – 12 August, 2023. The Monsoon School was funded by the research project titled, “National Supercomputing Mission”, sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The Monsoon School comprised of lectures and tutorials by experts, covering topics of urban meteorology, urban hydrology, radar and remote sensing analysis of rain events, monsoon and extreme precipitation dynamics, urban groundwater, engineering practices and post-flood responses. Group discussions were arranged to bring out the relevance of the state-of-the-art tools and methodologies for managing urban floods in Indian cities in a rapid assessment scenario. The Monsoon School target participants included practicing engineers and young researchers working with government or private bodies and educational institutes.

Venue for the Lectures and Tutorials: Lecture Hall, Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (ICWaR)

Overview of the event: The event consisted of 39 participants from India and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Prof. Dev Niyogi from University of Texas, Austin and Dr. Bhanu Neupane from UNESCO, Paris joined the workshop as resource persons. Indian speakers, Prof. Arindam Chakraborty, Dr. Akshara Kaginalkar, Prof. D. Nagesh Kumar, Prof. M. Sekhar, Prof. P. P. Mujumdar, Prof. V. V. Srinivas, Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik, Dr. Shubha Avinash and Dr. Sanskriti Mujumdar delivered lectures on different topics related to urban floods.

The participants of the workshop came from different backgrounds. Young faculty members, research scholars from different educational institutes not limited to various NITs and IITs ; Scientists/ Researchers/Project associates from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) , Bihar Mausham Seva Kendra (BMSK), Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Govt. of Nepal, Govt. of Srilanka and practitioners from NGO’s and private organizations joined the Monsoon School. The participants were further divided to 7 versatile groups that helped to develop a very dynamic learning process to address issues related to floods for 7 different cities in India with history of recent floods through the workshop.

Each day of the Monsoon School was divided into two sessions. In the morning sessions, lectures were conducted and in the afternoon sessions: tutorials, short assignments on the topics covered were given, group discussions were arranged etc. A visit to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) was organized on 10th August, 2023 in the afternoon session of the workshop. All the participants visited KSNDMC where the officials described the functioning of disaster and specifically the flood early warning systems, telemetric rain gauges and other weather monitoring instruments to the participants.


Monsoon School on Urban Floods – 2019

Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (ICWaR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in collaboration with Knowledge Societies Division UNESCO, Paris, organised a one-week Monsoon School on Urban Floods during 05 – 10 August, 2019. The School was supported by UNESCO and partially funded by the research project entitled, “Urban Flood Model for Bangalore“, sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The School comprised of lectures and tutorials by experts, covering topics of urban meteorology, urban hydrology, radar and remote sensing analysis of rain events, monsoon and extreme precipitation dynamics, urban groundwater, engineering practices and post-flood responses. Group discussions were arranged to bring out the relevance of the state-of-the-art tools and methodologies for managing urban floods in Indian cities. The School targeted the practicing engineers and young researchers working with government or private bodies and educational institutes.

Venue for the Lectures and Tutorials: Lecture Hall, Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (ICWaR)

Overview of the event: The event consisted of 39 participants from India and neighboring country Nepal. Prof. Dev Niyogi from Purdue University and Dr. Bhanu Neupane from UNESCO, Paris joined the workshop as resource persons. Indian speakers, Prof. D Nagesh Kumar, Prof. M Sekhar, Prof. MS Mohan Kumar, Prof. P P Mujumdar, Prof. V V Srinivas, Dr. J Indu and Dr. Subimal Ghosh delivered lectures on different topics related to urban floods.

The participants of the workshop came from different backgrounds. Young faculty members, research scholars and graduate students from different educational institutes; Scientists researchers from Symbiosis Institute of Geo-informatics, various NITs and IITs, WRIDD and WRRDC, Government of Nepal, and practitioners from private organizations and freelancers joined the workshop. This versatile group of participants helped to develop a very dynamic learning process through the workshop.

Each day of the workshop was divided into two sessions. In the morning sessions, lectures were conducted and in the afternoon sessions, tutorials, short assignments on the topics covered were given, group discussions were arranged etc. A visit to KSNDMC was organized on 9th August, 2019 in the afternoon session of the workshop. All the participants visited KSNDMC office where the officials described the functioning of flood early warning systems, telemetric rain gauges and other weather monitoring instruments to the participants.

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Monsoon School on Urban Floods – 2018

The Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore had organized a one-week Monsoon School on “Urban Floods” during 2-7 July, 2018, as one of the outreach activities in the research project entitled, Urban Flood Management in India: Technology Driven Solutions, sponsored by ITRA (Information Technology Research Academy), Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The School comprised of lectures and tutorials by experts, covering topics of urban meteorology, urban hydrology, radar and remote sensing analysis of rain events, monsoon and extreme precipitation dynamics, urban groundwater, engineering practices and post-flood responses. Group discussions were arranged to bring out the relevance of the state-of-the-art tools and methodologies for managing urban floods in Indian cities. The School targeted the practicing engineers and young researchers working with government or private bodies and educational institutes.

Venue for the Lectures: GJ Hall, Dept of Civil Engg

Venue for Tutorials: Conference Room, Dept of Civil Engg

Overview of the event: The event consisted of 37 participants from India and neighbouring countries (Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka). Prof. Dev Niyogi from Purdue University and Dr. Bhanu Neupane from UNESCO, Paris joined the workshop as resource persons. Indian speakers, Prof. D Nagesh Kumar, Prof. M Sekhar, Prof. MS Mohan Kumar, Prof. P P Mujumdar, Prof. V V Srinivas, Dr. J Indu, Dr. Subimal Ghosh and Dr. Chandra Rupa R delivered lectures on different topics relating to urban floods.

The participants of the workshop came from different backgrounds. Young faculty members, research scholars and graduate students from different educational institutes; Scientists from KSNDMC, CSTEP and CSSRI – RRS, Lucknow; Officials from Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka and practitioners from private organizations joined the workshop. This versatile group of participants helped to develop a very dynamic learning process through the workshop.

Each day of the workshop was divided into two sessions. In the morning sessions, lectures were conducted and in the afternoon sessions, tutorials, short assignments on the topics covered were given, group discussions were arranged etc. A visit to KSNDMC was organized on 6th July, 2018 in the afternoon session of the workshop. All the participants visited KSNDMC office where the officials described the functioning of flood early warning systems, telemetric rain gauges and other weather monitoring instruments to the participants.


Monsoon School on Urban Floods – 2017

The Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore had organized a one-week Monsoon School on “Urban Floods” during July 3 – 8, 2017, as one of the outreach activities in the research project entitled, Urban Flood Management in India: Technology Driven Solutions, sponsored by ITRA (Information Technology Research Academy), Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India. The School comprised of lectures and tutorials by experts, covering topics of urban meteorology, urban hydrology, radar and remote sensing analysis of rain events, big data analysis for urban processes, engineering practices and post-flood responses. Group discussions were arranged to bring out the relevance of the state-of-the-art tools and methodologies for managing urban floods in Indian cities. The School targeted the practicing engineers and young researchers working with government or private bodies and educational institutes.

Venue for the Lectures: GJ Hall, Dept of Civil Engg

Venue for Tutorials: Conference Room/Computer Room, Dept of Civil Engg

Overview of the event: The event consisted of 39 participants across India and neighbouring countries (Bhutan and Nepal) joined the workshop. Prof. Dev Niyogi from Purdue University and Dr. Bhanu Neupane from UNESCO, Paris joined the workshop as resource persons. Indian speakers, Prof. D Nagesh Kumar, Prof. M Sekhar, Prof. MS Mohan Kumar, Prof. P. P. Mujumdar, Prof. V V Srinivas, Prof. Arpita Mondal, Prof. J Indu delivered lectures on different topics relating to urban floods.

The participants of the workshop came from different backgrounds. Young faculty members from different educational institutions; Scientists from CDAC; Officials from Nepal and Bhutan; Research Scholars and graduate students from different education institutes including IIT Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore joined the workshop. This versatile group of participants helped to develop a very dynamic learning process through the workshop.

Each day of the workshop was divided into two sessions. In the morning sessions, lectures were conducted and in the afternoon sessions, tutorials, short assignments on the topics covered were given, group discussions were arranged etc. A visit to KSNDMC was organized on 7th July, 2017 in the afternoon session of the workshop. All the participants visited KSNDMC office where the officials described the functioning of flood early warning systems, telemetric rain gauges and other weather monitoring instruments to the participants.

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