Research Students

Current

Siva Naga Venkat Nara
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Bombay, Water Resources Engg. (2012))
Email: venkatnara@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. M Sekhar and Prof. Prosenjit Ghosh
Research Topic: Analysis and modelling of Hydrogeochemical systems

Walter Samuel
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Guwahati, Water Resources Engg. and Management (2017))
Email: waltersamuel@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. V Venugopal and Prof. Ramananda Chakrabarti
Research Topic: The Physical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Brahmaputra River Basin

Biswajit Panda
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Guwahati, Geotechnical Engg. (2018))
Email: biswajitp@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. Ramananda Chakrabarti & Dr Sambudha Misra
Research Topic: Reverse Weathering and Heavy metal Contamination of Indian Rivers

Abhishek Chakraborty
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Guwahati, Water Resources Engg. and Management (2018))
Email: cabhishek@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. M Sekhar and Dr. Lakshminarayana Rao
Research Topic: Carbon Flux Estimation from Semi-arid Agro-ecosystem

Pavithra N
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.tech (NIT, Surathkal, Environmental Engineering (2018))
Email: pavithran@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. Praveen C Ramamurthy

Saubhik Das
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Guwahati, Water Resources Engg. and Management (2019))
Email: saubhikdas@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. V Venugopal and Prof. Jai Sukhatme

Chamarthi Sarat Chandra
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (NIT Rourkela, Water Resources Engg. (2019))
Email: saratc@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. M Sekhar and  Prof. V Venugopal

Diljit Dutta
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech (IIT Guwahati)
Email: diljitdutta@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. V.V. Srinivas, Prof. Govindasamy Bala
Research Topic: Impact of climate change on compound coastal flooding risk in India

Vishakha Chauhan
Degree registered: Ph.D. Engineering
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Sc in Chemistry
Email: vishakhac@iisc.ac.in
Name of supervisors: Prof. Praveen Ramamurthy and Prof. Prosenjit Ghosh

Shairik Sengupta
Degree Registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Sc, Environmental Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Email: shairiks@iisc.ac.in
Supervisor: Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik

Vivek Kumar Yadav
Degree registered: Ph.D. in Engineering
Highest degree and affiliation: BTech: Civil Engineering from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi
Email: viveky@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Bramha Dutta Vishwakarma

Sai Vikas Kona
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar,
Email: saikona@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik

Radhika Varshney
Degree registered: Ph.D. (Engg) in Water Research
Highest degree and affiliation: Integrated Master of Science (Chemistry), National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Email: vradhika@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. Praveen Ramamurthy and Prof. Ramananda Chakrabarti

Posa Poornima Chandra Lekha
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering and Management, NITK, Surathkal (2021)
Email: poornimaposa@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik

Balaram Shaw
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: MTech (Water Resources Engineering), NIT Calicut
Email: balaramshaw@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Bramha Dutta Vishwakarma

Vemuri Harini
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: MTech (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Email: vemuriharini@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik

Chethan V A
Degree registered: Ph.D. in Engineering
Highest degree and affiliation: MTech in Remote Sensing and GIS with Water Resources Specialization, IIRS-ISRO, Dehradun.
Email: chethanv@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Bramha Dutta Vishwakarma

Yuji Shigefuji
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M. Engg.: University of Tsukuba, Watershed Conservation Engg. (2008)
Email: yujis@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. M Sekhar

Vandana S
Degree registered: Ph.D.
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Sc. in Geoinformatics, TERI School of Advanced Studies (2022)
Email: svandana@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Dr. Bramha Dutta Vishwakarma

Endurance Orobosa Eguavoen
Degree registered: Ph.D. (Engg.) in Water Research
Highest degree and affiliation: M.Sc. Polymer Science and Engineering, Federal University of Technology Owerri Conservation Engg. (2008)
Email: enduranceo@iisc.ac.in
Supervisors: Prof. Praveen Ramamurthy and Prof. Krishna Sanjeev

Past

Sneha Santy
Ph.D student
M.Tech: NITK, Surathkal, Environmental Engg. (2015)

Tresa Mary Thomas
Ph.D student
M.Tech: IIT Roorkee, Hydraulics Engg. (2017)

Reshma Mohan T
Ph.D student
M.Tech: Government Engg. College, Thrissur, Water Resources and Hydroinformatics (2017)

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