DOCTORAL THESES (Hydrology): Recent submissions

  • UNDERSTANDING HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES OF LESSER HIMALAYAN HILLSLOPES 
    NANDA, ALIVA (IIT Roorkee, 2021-02)
    The understudied Himalayan region is susceptible to various natural calamities. Thus, a detailed understanding of the hydrology of the Lesser Himalayan region is the need of today's time. In developing countries like ...
  • IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE ON DROUGHTS OVER INDIA 
    Gupta, Vivek (I I T ROORKEE, 2019-10)
    The alteration of the hydrological cycle due to climate change and rapid growth in demand for freshwater due to population growth has posed increasingly complex challenges related to water resources management in 21st ...
  • MULTI-SCALE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF LNAPL UNDER VARYING SUBSURFACE FLOW CONDITIONS 
    Gupta, Pankaj Kumar (IIT Roorkee, 2018-08)
    Pollution of soil-water resources by release of hydrocarbons such as light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) is of major concern because of their high water solubility and wide coverage under dynamic subsurface conditions. ...
  • FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING ENSEMBLE OF GCMS AND ITS APPLICATION IN CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES 
    Ganguly, Titas (IIT Roorkee, 2019-06)
    Climate change, as defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), refers to “a change in the state of climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and ...
  • ARSENIC REMOVAL IN GROUNDWATER USING ENGINEERED MAGHEMITE (γ-Fe2O3) NANOPARTICLES 
    Kumar, Ajay (IIT Roorkee, 2019-03)
    Arsenic has a global concern as a groundwater contaminant due to its potential for fatal health consequences. The long term consumption of arsenic contaminated water and food results in damage to the liver, kidney and ...
  • DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL INFLOW FORECASTING SYSTEM FOR TEHRI DAM 
    Agrawal, Niraj Kumar (IIT Roorkee, 2018-12)
    Tehri is a multipurpose project, located at 145 km downstream of Gangotri glacier on river Bhagirathi. Tehri project is important for power generation, irrigation and flood control. Tehri reservoir is a major source of ...
  • HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED OF LESSER HIMALAYA 
    Kumar, Vikram (IIT Roorkee, 2018-10)
    Water availability over the earth surface as 97% in sea and 3% as fresh water, out of which very less amount is available for the utilization of mankind. Further climate change, growing population and poor management poses ...
  • CLIMATIC VARIABILITY STUDIES OVER PARTS OF INDIA WITH FOCUS ON HYDRO-CLIMATIC VARIABLES 
    Ray, Litan Kumar (I.I.T Roorkee, 2017-10)
    India is a developing country facing tremendous challenges to sustain its fast growing economic growth with the threat of global warming. Global warming or climate change may affect the livelihood of the most vulnerable ...
  • FORMULATION AND VALIDATION OF HYBRID CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR RUNOFF GENERATION 
    Ahirwar, Ajay (I.I.T Roorkee, 2018-06)
    A number of well-established conceptual and physically based modelling approaches are available for the purpose of simulation of rainfall-runoff process of various catchments. In the development of such models, the runoff ...
  • SOIL WATER FLOW AND NITRATE TRANSPORT STUDY THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS VADOSE ZONE 
    Jahangeer (I.I.T Roorkee, 2018-06)
    Nitrate, because of its intensive use as fertilizers/manure to increase the agricultural productivity of soils, is necessary to fulfil the demand of growing population. However, its high mobility in vadose zone is making ...
  • OPTIMALLARGE SCALE WATER TRANSFERS IN SPACE AND TIME 
    Padhi, Chandra Sekhar (Dept. of Hydrology Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-10)
    In the domain of planning for optimal development, supply management is a crucial issue. Given the uncertainties and vagaries associated with monsoon precipitation in space and time, and given the ever increasing demands ...
  • OPTIMAL PLANNING AND OPERATION OF A WATER TRANSFER LINK 
    Choudhary, Mahendra Kumar (Dept. of Hydrology Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-10)
    The National Water Development agency (NWDA), Ministry of water Resources, Government of India has carried out studied on inter basin water transfer in India. It has identified 30 links for preparation of feasibility reports ...
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PV DRIVEN NF-RO HYBRID WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM 
    Garg, Manoj Chandra (Dept. of Hydrology Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-02)
    Inland salinity of groundwater, having a total dissolved solids (TDS) of 1500–3000 mg/L, has been found in substantial volumes throughout the majority of India. However, these parts of the India also receive a 5.5 – 6 ...
  • SCHEDULING OF WIND-PSP GENERATION UNDER DAY-AHEAD MARKET 
    Dhillon, Javed (Dept. of Hydrology Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-08)
    The world today is facing major environmental challenge in meeting energy needs. Rising fossil fuel prices, oil insecurity, concerns about climate change and erratic weather patterns cast a shadow over the future use of ...
  • OPTIMAL PLANNING OF INTEGRATED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS 
    Bansal, Mohit (Dept. of Hydrology Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-11)
    Energy is the vital input for the sustainable development of a nation. With the rising population, the demand has increased manifold. This rising energy demand led to the evolution of some new and alternative energy ...
  • IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES IN BHIMA BASIN (INDIA) 
    Ramkrishna, Murumkar Asmita (Dept. of Hydrology iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    The impacts of future climate change on water resources and agriculture have become a world-wide concern these days. India and many other developing countries are expected to be seriously affected by the consequences of ...
  • MODELLING OF A RIVER SYSTEM USING MIKE-11 
    Parvaze, Sabah (HYDROLOGY IITR, 2016-05)
    An integrated MIKE 11 NAM and HD model has been developed to simulate the rainfall-runoff process in the Ram Munshi Bagh Sub-basin of Jhelum Basin. The model was calibrated using daily rainfall, evaporation, temperature ...
  • REGIONALIZATION OF FLOW DURATION CURVES OF MESO-SCALE CATCHMENTS 
    Kumar, Hemendra (DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY IITR, 2016-05)
    The demand for water supply is increasing day-by-day due to increasing population. So to meet the needs of water for different purposes like domestic water supply, irrigation, industrial use, hydropower and environmental ...
  • FLOOD DISCHARGE ESTIMATION ONLY USING AT-SITE STAGE INFORMATION 
    Singh, Takhellambam Bijoychandra (DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY IITR, 2016-05)
    Flood discharge estimation at a river site is generally made by converting observed flood stage hydrograph at the site using the established stage-discharge relationship developed for that site based on either few direct ...
  • REVISITING THE KIRPICH FORMULA USING RAINFALL SIMULATOR EXPERIMENTS 
    Singh, Anvesh Pratap (DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY IITR, 2016-05)
    In this study, experimental investigation of overland flow time parameters was carried out at varying surface slopes (0.5% to 3%), antecedent soil moisture (8% to 28%) and rainfall intensity (45mm/hr to 90mm/hr). Thirty ...