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Post-doctoral Research

Multicriterion Decision Making in Integrated Farming Systems (Dr. U. K. Behera; Presently Dean, College of Agriculture, Kyrdemkulai, Meghalaya, India), February 6 - May 25, 2008.

Doctoral Research

Optimal Reservoir Operation under Climate Change (Mr. Deepjyoti Deb, 2021PHXP0410H) (Co-guide: Prof A.Vasan) (under progress)
Rainfall-Runoff Modeling under Changing Climate (Mr Rishith Kumar Vogeti, 2019PHXF0415H) (under progress)
Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Urban Floods under Climate Change (Dr. R Madhuri, 2014PHXF0406H) (Viva held on October 13, 2022)
Analysing the Linkages Between Urban Floods, Climate Change and Land Use - Hyderabad, India (Dr. V. Swathi,2012PH440029H) (Viva held on September 24, 2020)
Fuzzy based Approach for Integrated Planning and Performance Evaluation of an Irrigation System (Dr. D.V. Morankar, 2006PHXF026P; Presently Professor, College of Military Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra) (Viva held on September 22, 2014)
Studies on Advanced Modeling Techniques for Optimal Reservoir Operation and Performance Evaluation of an Irrigation System (Dr A.Vasan, 2000PHXF409; Presently Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus) (Viva held on November 8, 2005)

Post Graduate Dissertation

Downscaling of Climate Variables using Multiple Linear Regression-A Case Study Lower Godavari Basin, India (Ms. Gayam Akshara, 2013H144043P)
Application of Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) in Urban Flood Management (Ms. V Swathi, 2012H144029P)

Under Graduate Thesis [Selected List]

Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in Climate Change (Mr. Raman Sarda, Second Semester 2021-2022)
Analysis of Non-stationary Floods for Historic and Climate based Future Data (Mr. Y.S.L.Sarath Raja, Second Semester 2020-2021)
Wavelet Neural Networks and Machine Learning Algorithms in Water Resources Engineering (Mr Agam Sachin, Joint guidance with Prof Malapati Aruna, First Semester 2019-2020)
Optimisation of Reservoir Operations using Non-stationary Conditions (Mr Nitin Kumar; Second Semester 2018-2019)
Evaluation of Uncertainty in Hydrological Models (Mr Aishwary Agrawal; First Semester 2018-2019)
Evaluation of Fuzzy based MCDM Methods for Irrigation Systems (Mr T.Vishal, joint guidance with Prof. NL Bhanu Murthy, Second Semester 2017-2018)
Evaluating Best Management Practices in an Urban Watershed (Mr A.Vishal Pramod Goud; Second Semester 2017-2018)
Optimal Operation of Multireservoir System in Lower Krishna River Basin (Mr Vikram Reddy; First Semester 2017-2018)
Prediction of Composite Material Properties using Wavelet Neural Networks (Mr Abhishek Dave, joint guidance with Dr CP Kiran; First Semester 2017-2018)
Understanding and Diagnosing Various Differences in Hydrological Model Structures (Mr B. Sriman Pankaj; First Semester 2016-2017)
Impact of Climate Change on Precipitation (Mr A Santosh Kumar; First Semester 2016-2017)
Application of Non-traditional Optimization Techniques to Irrigation Planning (Ms. Siri Meghana; Second Semester 2015-2016)
Urban Flood Modelling using Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) (Ms. S Sai Veena; First Semester 2015-2016)
Flood Plain Mapping using HEC-RAS (Mr. Vem Anirud Reddy; First Semester 2015-2016)
Hydrologic Modelling in MATLAB Environment (Mr. A. Yugesh; Second Semester 2014-2015)
Decision Support System for Multicriterion Decision Making (Mr. Teja Srinivasa Ganesh; Second Semester 2014-2015)
Application of Hydrological Modelling Aspects for Water Resources Planning (HEC-HMS) (Mr. A. Anil Kumar Reddy; Second Semester 2013-2014)
Nature Inspired Meta Heuristic Optimization Algorithms: Firefly Algorithm (Mr. K. Krishna Chaitanya; Second Semester 2013-2014)
Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-making based on Positive and Negative Extreme Solutions (Mr. Anudeep Buddhi; Second Semester 2012-2013)

Project Type Courses

Guided more than 160 students from second semester 2001-2002 to second semester 2021-2022 (in project type courses) in the following topics:

Multicriterion Decision Making
Water Resources Systems
Climate Impact Studies
Fuzzy Logic
Machine Learning
Data Envelopment Analysis
Cognitive Mapping
Evolutionary Algorithms
Hybrid Approaches Integrating the above Methods for Real World Applications

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