Advanced Hydroinformatics in Vulnerability Assessments and Mitigative Interventions

Dr.Mrinmoy Majumder is working as an Associate Professor in School of Hydroinformatics Engineering (under Civil Engg Dept.) of National Institute of Technology Agartala,Tripura,India. His topic of research is Water and Energy Nexus,Multi Criteria Decision Making,Risk Analysis and Non Invasive Instrument Design. He has published more than 100 research papers and 12 monographs from multiple international publishers like Springer Nature,Elsevier,Willey etc. He also act as a Founder and Honorary Editor of the HydroGeek Newsletter and International Journal of Water and energy Nexus. He is also one of the member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Water Conservation Science and Engineering. He has successfully supervised the PhD program of more than 10 scholars. He has completed his PhD from School of Water Resources Engineering,Jadavpur University,West Bengal,India in the year of 2010. V.P. Singh is a Professor of Water Engineering at Texas A and M University. Over his career he has won numerous awards including the Engineering Medal of Achievement (University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2017) and the Ven Te Chow lecture and Award (International Water Resources Association, 2017). He has published numerous books and journal articles and his research focuses on surface-water Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Quality and Water Resources. Principal research topics have encompassed: 1. Watershed modeling, 2. Erosion and Sediment Transport in Upland Watersheds, 3. Streamflow Forecasting, 4. Dam Break Analysis, 5. Entropy-Based Modeling, 6. Network Design, 7. Groundwater Modeling, and 8. Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change. Dr. Rajiv Srivastava is a Researcher at Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Germany. He did B.Tech, and M.Tech in Agricultural Engineering, and Ph.D. from Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, India with specialization in Land and Water Resources Engineering. His present research interest includes irrigation and drainage, integrated soil crop water management, surface water hydrology, climate change impact evaluation, and machine learning. He has published more than 24 research papers in peer reviewed journal in different domains such as vadose zone hydrology, surface water hydrology, water and nitrogen transport, climate change impact, crop modelling, 5 book chapters, 2 edited reference book, and co guest editor for a journal’s special issue. His Google Scholar citations are more than 370; h-index of 11; and I10-index of 12, and Scopus citations of more than 290; h-index of 11. Dr. Ganesh Dattatrayrao Kale is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. He has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience. He has completed his PhD from IISc Bangalore. He is currently guiding 4 PhD students. He has guided six UG projects and 15 M. Tech Dissertations. His research interest includes detection and attribution of climate change, effect of climate change on water resources, assessment of hydro-climatic teleconnection, design and analysis of water distribution network, design and analysis of storm drainage networks, flood modeling etc. He has published 24 journal papers and his two books are published by international publishers. He has published 25 papers in national and international conferences. Also, one patent is granted to him. He has reviewed research papers of many reputed journals and conferences.

• Section I: Application of Hydro informatics in Integrated Watershed Management1. Impact of Manholes in Flood Simulation of Micro Catchments: An AHP - GMDH Approach.2. Agricultural Runoff and Water Quality: Hydroinformatics in Action.3. Minimization of virtual water of a Peri-Urban capital city in face of climate change: case study of Tea Industry.4. Application of Modified Version of First Innovative Approach for Prioritization of Blocks in The Barmer District.5. Location Selection for Rain-Water Harvesting Plants with the help of GWA-Based Neural Networks.6. Prioritisation of Blocks in Udaipur Division with Investigation of Factors Affecting Declining Groundwater.7. Application of Two Innovative Approaches to Know Where and Why Groundwater Management Strategies are Necessary at The Jodhpur Division.8. Development of Desertification Potential Model for peri-urban Watershed Considering Climatic Vulnerability.9. Impact of Brick Industry on Surface Water Vulnerability Analysis: A PROMETHEE-ELECTRE Approach.10. Vulnerability Analysis of Peri-Urban Watershed with Respect to Climate Change and Urbanization.11. Development of a Groundwater Vulnerability Index with the Help of MCDM and GIS.12. Impact of Climate Change on Pollution Content of Peri-Urban River- A Polynomial Neural Network Approach.Section II: Application of Hydroinformatics in Water and Energy Nexus13. Development of a Spatial Predictive Model for Estimation of Flow Rate in Penstock Networks.14. Wave Powered Desalination for Delivering Clean Water to Developing Countries and Island Nations.15. Application of Nature-Based Optimization Techniques in Optimizing Water Used in Renewable Energy.16. Minimization of Energy Use in Surface Water Treatment Plant.17. Optimization of the Performance Management System of Wave Energy Converters with The Help of Multi-Criteria Decision Techniques and Bio-Inspired Algorithms.18. Development of Indicator-Based Real-time Pen Stock Condition Monitoring System by the Application of GIS and Cognitive Tools.19. Selection of A Suitable Location for The Installation of a Wave Energy Converter in The Indian Coastal Zone: An MCDM and Reliability Analysis Approach.20. Design and Development of Low-Cost Solar Based Domestic Water Filter.Section III: Application of Hydro informatics in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment21. Impact of Saline Water Intrusion on Water Conservation of a Coastal Zone in Equatorial India.22. Predictive Hydroinformatics: Reducing Flood Risks through Advanced Modeling.23. Flood Mitigation in Farmlands: Modeling and Simulation Techniques24. Satellite Remote Sensing for Flood Prediction and Management: A Case Study25. Application of Artificial Intelligence in Impact Analysis of Saline Water Intrusion on Coastal Wetlands.26. Impact of Tsunami on Island Coasts: The Most Effected Parameter Approach.27. Impact of Paper Industry on Coastal Zone Vulnerabilities: An AHP - GMDH Approach.28. Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts: A OPAAHP Approach.29. Optimal Resource Allocation within Peri-Urban Consumers of a Coastal Zone with The Help of Mine Burst and Glowworm Optimization Technique.30. Vulnerability Analysis of Tropical Coastal Zone Under Changed Climate Scenarios with The Help of Water Cycle and Dolphin Algorithm.31. Vulnerability Analysis of a Shallow Coastal Zone with Respect to Volcanic Storms: A MERC - GWA Approach. Section IV: Application of Hydro informatics in Vulnerability Assessment of Wetlands32. Monitoring Grey Water Recycle Potential of a Wetland: A Group Method of Data Handling Approach.33. Data-Driven Strategies for Reducing Agricultural Water Footprint34. WETMAN: An App to Manage Wetland Resources.35. Innovative Water Management: Hydroinformatics Solutions to Prevent Droughts in Agriculture.36. Vulnerability Analysis of Wetlands under Changed Climate Scenarios with The Help of Water Cycle and Poly-Neural Networks.37. Application of Particle Swarm and Cat Swarm Algorithm in Vulnerability Assessment of Blue Water Management with Respect to Wetlands.38. Risk Minimization of Wetlands from Climatic Vulnerabilities by Firefly and Glowworm Optimization Techniques.39. Wetland Reliability Analysis by Dynamic Soaring of Albatross Algorithm with respect to a Peri-Urban Stakeholders.