National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Water Resource Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Surface Hydrology
  • Flow and Solute Transport Dynamics
  • Soft Computing in Hydrology
  • Remote Sensing and GIS application in Water Resources
  • Watershed Development & Management
  • Water Quality Assessment

Ratnakar Swain Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

swainrk@nitrkl.ac.in

33

PUBLICATIONS

5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

3

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Ratnakar Swain

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

Room Number: CE-003

Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2017

Ph.D.
A Coupled Flow and Solute Transport Model for Real-Time Monitoring of Conservative River Pollutants using Remote Sensing Observations
IIT Kharagpur

2009

M.Tech
Hydraulic & Water Resources Engineering
IIT Kharagpur

2007

B.Tech
Civil Engineering
IGIT Sarang/ BPUT Rourkela

Teaching Experience
  • B.tech (Civil Engineering),  PMEC Berhampur (Govt.),   23 Dec 2016 - 09 Mar 2020
  • B.tech (Civil Engineering),  KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (DEEMED TO BE University),   23 Jul 2010 - 23 Dec 2012
  • B.tech (Civil Engineering),  CET Bhubaneswar (Govt.),   10 Aug 2009 - 22 Jul 2010

Total Publications: 33

R. Swain, N. K. Sahoo, and A. Mishra,"Potential Soil Erosion Mapping and Priority-Based Adaption Strategies Using RUSLE and Geospatial Techniques", Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol.29, no.3, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), March 2024, 10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6110       Article

M. K. Pujari and R. Swain,"Unravelling the Intricacies of Hydrological System Dynamics: A Case Study on the Impact of Climate and Land Use Shifts", in 3rd Roorkee Water Conclave, IIT Roorkee 2024, View Details       Inproceedings

M. K. Pujari and R. Swain,"Unveiling future landscapes: predicting 2075’s transformative changes using advanced hybrid models", Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol.29, no.6, American Society of Civil Engineers, October 2024, 10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6240       Article

B. Bar, R. Swain, P. Das, J. Sahoo, and D. N. Das,"Spatial analysis and forecasting of coastal dynamics using optical and SAR imageries: a case study of contai coastal tract of Bay of Bengal", Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Springer 2024, 10.1007/s12524-024-02047-1       Article

P. Das, R. Swain, and B. Bar,"Assessment and Prediction of Shoreline Shifting Using VNIR AND SAR Imageries", in 3rd International Workshop on ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change – Sustainable Development Perspective (BDCC 2023)’ during 16-19 February, 2023 at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, no.ts-i: 04-r, pp.5, 3rd International Workshop on ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change – Sustainable Development Perspective (BDCC 2023)’ during 16-19 February, 2023 at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2023       Inproceedings

Computer Applications in Water Resources Engineering (CAWRE-2024) Civil Engineering (Workshop)
Computer Applications in Water Resources Engineering (CAWRE-2023) Civil Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 01 Jun 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
  • Brochure
HYDRO 2020 INTERNATIONAL (25th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering) Civil Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 26 Mar 2021 - 28 Mar 2021
  • Brochure

  • CE3401 : Water Resources Engineering {Theory}
  • CE4400 : Hydraulic Engineering {Theory}
  • CE4401 : Irrigation Engineering {Theory}
  • CE6434 : Ground Water Assessment and Development {Theory}
  • CE6435 : Integrated River Basin Management {Theory}
  • CE1010 : Computer Aided Drawing and Graphics {Practical}
  • CE1701 : Engineering Drawing {Practical}
  • CE3703 : Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines Laboratory {Practical}
  • CE4702 : Water resources Engineering Design Practice {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [5]
Surface flow and solute transport modelling
Chitrabhanu Sahoo
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
WATER RESOURCES
Prachi Pragyan Mahanta
Enrolled: Aug 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Environmental Engineering
Jayashree Ojha
Enrolled: Aug 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Water Resources Engineering
Debabrata Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Development of a physically-based coupled flow and solute transport modelling
Manoj Kumar Pujari
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Parametric Analysis of Tailings Dam Breach
Ayashkant Sahoo
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • G.M. Nawathe Best Paper Award, 2022 by Indian Society of Hydraulics during HYDRO-2022 International Conference,   2022
  • Best Presentation Award, HYDRO-2020 International Conference,   2021
  • Best Poster presentation Award in CBSA-2019,   2019
  • University Foundation Day Research Award-2019 from BPUT for outstanding research contribution during 2017-19,   2019
Memberships / Fellowships
  • International Water Association (IWA) (2023-2025),   2023
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1340208) (2022-2023),   2022
  • The Institution of Engineers (IE) (ID: M-1757711) (Life Member),   2022
  • Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) (ID: L-5650) (Life Member),   2021
  • Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG-L-2251) (Life Member),   2020
  • The Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) (LM-1526) (Life Member),   2020