Department of Water Resources Development & Management - IIT Roorkee

Valedictory address by Shri G. Asok Kumar, DG NMCG at International conference on future of water resources. He highlighted the importance of water in daily life and also shared the progress of Namami Gange.

International Conference on Future of Water Resources (ICFWR-2024) - Addressing the Urgency of Water Management in a Changing World

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International Conference on Future of Water Resources (ICFWR-2024) - Addressing the Urgency of Water Management in a Changing World •        Collaborative initiatives transcending institutiona

coverage Amar Ujala 19/01/24

Day 2: Special Session on

Impact of Climate Change of Water Resources System of Indus Basin

Under the agis of Bharat Singh Chair

Venue: Society Room, NIH Roorkee (14:30 - 16:00)

Keynote talks by:

1. Praveen Kumar Gupta
Title: Hydrological modeling of upper Indus River basin using WRF- Hydro and improved satellite rainfall

2. Anil K Gupta
Title: Localization Models for Integrated Water Resilience in Multi- hazard Environment – Indus Basin Contexts

3. Dr. Anil Kumar Lohani
Title: Assessment and simulation of glacier lake outburst floods for a basin in Himalayan region

4. Avtar Singh Jasrotia
Title: Impact of climate variability on the hydrological regime of Jhelum, Chenab and Indus catchment

Day 1: Plenary Session III - Keynote Talks
(17:30 to 18:10)

Prof. Shiv Prasher, McGill University, Canada
Title: Issues in Global Water, Food, and Environmental Safety and Security

Prof. Chihhao Fan, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Title: Microplastics and Beyond..

Chairs: Prof. K. P. Sudheer (KSCSTE) and Prof. S.K. Mishra

Day 1: Plenary Session II - Keynote Talks
(11:30 to 12:30)

Prof. Mukand Babel, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Title: Integrating top-down and bottom-up approaches for climate adaptation: Concept and application

Prof. T. I. Eldho, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
Title: Regional Scale Assessment of Future Climate Change and Land Use Land Cover Impacts on Hydrologic Processes

Prof. Ramesh Kanwar, Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, USA
Title: Climate Change and Water Security: Watershed Planning and Policy Issues

Chairs: Dr. S.K. Ambast and Prof. Mukund Behera

Day 1: Plenary Session I - Keynote Talks
(10:00 Hrs to 11:00 Hrs)

Prof. Vijay P. Singh, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas
Title: Emerging Areas in Hydrology

Dr. Manmohan K. Goel, Director, NIH Roorkee
Title: Water Resources of India – Current Challenges and Future Directions

Shri A.B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID
Title: Role of integrated management for water-related disasters and extreme weather events.

Join us tomorrow at for a special session by Deen Dayal Research Institute (DRI). Keynote talks by Shri. Atul Jain, Dr. Meena Kumari Jangid, and Dr. Amit Goswami from DRI. Don’t miss these insightful discussions shaping the future of water resources! Deendayal Research Institute

It's a moment of great pride and pleasure for the WRD&M family that five of our students have been selected for the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH).

1. Dr. Shakti Suryavanshi: Scientist-C
2. Dr. Shailendra Kumre: Scientist-B
3. Mr. Ruchir Patidar: Scientist-B
4. Mr. Sachidanand: Scientist-B
5. Mr. Ishan Sharma: Scientist-B

We wish everyone all the best in their new journeys and future endeavors.

Hearty Congratulations to all the faculty members!

Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee, organized a farmer awareness program under the project entitled “Improving irrigation efficiency through on-farm water management” funded by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, on 15-03-2023 at Nagla Aimed village, of Narsan block Haridwar. Around 150 farmers were present at the event.

During the inaugural session, project in-charge Prof. Ashish Pandey explained the utility of micro-irrigation methods, scientific irrigation scheduling and on-farm management to increase farm production and water productivity. The co-PI of the project, Prof. SK Mishra, highlighted the importance of irrigating as per the water requirement of crops throughout the crop growth cycle.

Commissioner Anuj Kanwal, the chief guest of the program, Command Area Development and Water Management and Water Use Efficiency Bureau (CADWM & BWUE), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, said in his address that farmers need to be aware today so that water can be managed and saved. Another guest of the program, Member Secretary of the Indian National Committee on Climate Change (INCCC), Dr. R. P. Pandey talked about the history and management of the Ganga Canal.

Mr. Sandeep Chaurasia (Research Scholar) who is working on the project, reported that 40% of irrigation water could be saved with the use of drip irrigation in sugarcane fields. Mr. Dhananjay Paswan (Research Scholar) advised the farmers to develop a drainage network to pass excess water during the rainy season and not to plant poplar trees within 1m from the watercourse as it damages the watercourses.

Dear Prospective Students,

The updated admission brochure (2023-24) for admission to post-graduate programs in Water Resources Development (WRD), Irrigation Water Management (IWM), and Drinking Water & Sanitation (DWS) is available at the following link:

iitr.ac.in