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
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PUBLICATIONS2
DOCTORAL STUDENTS3
CONTINUING EDUCATIONPERSONAL INFORMATION
Ratnakar Swain
Assistant Professor Grade-II
Civil Engineering
Room Number: M-6
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 ObservationsIIT Kharagpur
2009
M.Tech
Hydraulic & Water Resources EngineeringIIT Kharagpur
2007
B.Tech
Civil EngineeringIGIT 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: 29
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
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
R. Swain and D. Sahoo,"Historical Perspective of Qual2k Surface Water Quality Model with A Case Study", 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: 21-o, pp.20, 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
R. Swain and P. Barai,"Study on the impact of climate change on urban drainage system", 3rd International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change – Sustainable Development Perspective, vol.ts-iv: 08-o, pp.116, February 2023 Misc
Computer Applications in Water Resources Engineering (CAWRE-2024) Civil Engineering (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 31 May 2024 - 04 Jun 2024
- Brochure
Computer Applications in Water Resources Engineering (CAWRE-2023) Civil Engineering (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 01 Jun 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
- Brochure
HYDRO 2020 INTERNATIONAL (25th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering) Civil Engineering (Conference)
- 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 [2]
Development of a physically-based coupled flow and solute transport modelling
Manoj Kumar PujariEnrolled: Aug 2021ContinuingSupervisor
Water Resources Engineering
Debabrata MishraEnrolled: Jul 2022ContinuingSupervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Geotechnical Engineering
Ayashkant SahooContinuingCo-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