Faculty

Dr. Karthikeyan Lanka
Assistant Professor
Center of Studies in Resources Engineering
Associate Faculty, Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra
email: karthikl@iitb.ac.in
Personal Website: https://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/~karthikl/
Phone: +9122 2576 7665 (O)

Education:

  • PhD - Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2013-2018) [Fulbright Fellow]
  • MSc (Engg.) - Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2011-2013) [Gold Medal]
  • BTech - Department of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur (2007-2011)
  • CV

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor - CSRE, IIT Bombay - 2019-Present
  • Post Doctoral Researcher - Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson - Feb 2019-Jul 2019
  • Research Associate - Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - Mar 2018-Dec 2018

PhD Students

Ashish Navale
PhD Student (joined in 2019)
email: ashishnavale@iitb.ac.in

Topic: Soil Moisture-Precipitation feedbacks over India

Education:

  • MTech - IIRS, Dehradun (2017-2019)
  • MSc - University of Pune (2014-2016)
  • BSc - University of Pune (2011-2014)
  • CV

Preethi Konkathi
PhD Student (joined in 2019)
email: preethikonkathi@iitb.ac.in

Topic: Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture and vegetation

Education:

  • MTech - NIT Surathkal (2017-2019)
  • BTech - VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Secunderabad (2013 - 2017)

Amitesh Gupta
PhD Student (joined in 2021)
email: 214310001@iitb.ac.in

Topic: Drought propagation and prediction

Education:

  • MTech - IIRS, Dehradun (2017-19)
  • M.Sc - SPPU, Pune (2015-17)
  • B.Sc (Hons) - CGC, Chandangore (2012-15)
  • CV

Vishnu U Krishnan
PhD Student (joined in 2022)
email: 214400005@iitb.ac.in

Topic: Soil moisture estimation using hyperresolution land surface models

Education:

  • MTech in Water Resources Engineering, VNIT Nagpur (2017-2019)
  • BTech in Civil Engineering, Govt Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Technology, Kottayam (2012-2016)
  • CV

Manali Saha
PhD Student (joined in 2022).Co-Supervisor - Prof. Vishal Dixit, IDPCS
email: 22D1383@iitb.ac.in

Topic: Dynamics of Pre-Monsoon Heatwaves and its Impact on Monsoon Onset

Education:

  • MTech. in Remote Sensing and GIS (Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) (2020-2022)
  • MSc. in Atmospheric Sciences (2018-2020)
  • BSc. in Physics (2015-2018)
  • CV

Sandipan Paul
PhD Student (joined in 2022)
email: paulsandipan99.official@gmail.com

Topic: Assessment of Land – Atmosphere Interaction and Coupling

Education:

  • M.Sc. - Presidency University, Kolkata (2020 - 2022)
  • B.Sc. - Presidency University, Kolkata (2017 - 2020)
  • CV

Masters Students

Bharat Singh
Ashutosh Mitra


Masters Students (Completed)

Amit Kumar
Aazad Patle
Ali Nasir Bandukwala