Hydrological Aspects of Climate Change

This volume arises from the work of Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 and focuses on the hydrological aspects of climate change, hydrological extremes, and adaptation for water resources management. The research papers in this book are centred on themes such as climate change and water security, water resources management, and adaptation to climate change. This volume contains chapters on historical purview of the developments in water management, policy issues, latest development in sustainable water management including their practical applications, real time adverse impact on climate, and more. This volume will be useful to students, researchers as well as practitioners.

Dr. Ashish Pandey is currently a Professor at the Department of Water Resources Development & Management, IIT Roorkee. He received Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He pursued his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering and M.Tech. in Soil and Water Engineering from JNKVV, Jabalpur. He is a Fellow member of Institution of Engineers, the Indian Association of Hydrologists, and Indian Water Resources Society. He published 165 research papers in peer-reviewed and high impact international/national journals/seminars/conferences/ symposia. Prof. Pandey has over 20  years of experience in the field of  Irrigation Water Management, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Hydrological Modeling of Watershed, Remote sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar is currently working as Scientist ‘E’ at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Delhi Technological University (DTU), India. He pursued his B.E. in Civil Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad and obtained his M.E. in Hydraulics and Flood Control from DTU, Delhi. He has had more than 21 years of research experience in the field of hydrology. His research interests include surface water hydrology, flood modeling, design flood estimation, flood frequency analysis using L moments, climate change studies, time series modeling and reliability & uncertainty analysis of hydrologic systems. 

Prof. Arun Kumar is currently working as Professor of HRED, IIT Roorkee. He pursued his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee, Master's in Civil Engineering from IISc Bengaluru and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. He did Hydropower Diploma studies at NTH, Trondheim. His research areas are hydropower development, environmental management of water bodies, energy economics and policy. He was the coordinating lead author for IPCC special report on renewable energy for hydropower. Prof. Kumar has over 39 years of experience in the field of hydropower and environmental management of rivers and lakes.