Mr. Rajat Kumar Sharma
Scientist D, Hydrological Processes (HyP)
Email : rk[dot]sharma[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in
Phone(Off) : 0471-2511613
Fax : 0471-2442280
Education:
Ph.D. | : | Water Resources and Environmental Engg, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore. (Ongoing) |
B.Tech. | : | 2013, Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur. |
Professional career:
2023(Jan) | - | Present | Scientist D, National Centre for Earth Science Studies. |
2019(Jan) | - | 2022(Dec) | Scientist C, National Centre for Earth Science Studies. |
2016 (Feb) | - | 2018(Dec) | Scientist B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies. |
2015 (June) | - | 2016 (Feb) | Project Scientist B, National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida, UP. |
2013 (Aug) | - | 2015 (June) | CAT- Trainee Scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, and Maharashtra. |
Research Interests:
Hydrological modelling and Flood Inundation modelling.
Honours/Awards/Fellowships:
- Secured 4th Rank in State Merit List in the Intermediate Examination, Uttar Pradesh Board 2008.
- Awarded Certificate of Merit by Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
Workshops/Conferences attended & Paper presented:
- ICTP-IITM-COLA Targeted Training Activities (TTA): “Challenges in Monsoon Prediction” at International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy from 23 Jun 2014 to 4 Jul 2014.
- Brainstorming Workshop on ‘Changing Global Water Cycle and Polar Sciences’ organized by MoES at ESSO-NCAOR, Goa from 13-14 April 2016.’
- INDO-US Bilateral Workshop held at CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad on ‘Assessments of Regional Hydrology Using Space-Borne Gravity Observations from 14-16 Nov 2016.’
- International Conference on Water Challenges in India at New Delhi from 8-9 Feb 2017.
- 3rd International Conference on Worlds Large Rivers on ‘Status and Future of Worlds Large Rivers’ organized by BOKU University Austria and NIH, Roorkee at New Delhi from 18-21 April 2017.
- K Sreelash and Rajat Kumar Sharma. Hydroclimatic trends in Periyar and Netravati river basins, South West India: Implications on sustainable river basin management. 26th Swadeshi Science Congress, 7 – 9 Nov, 2016, CMFRI, Kochi.
- Participated and presented NCESS Poster in the Scientific Exhibition organized by Ministry of Earth Sciences, at Parliamentary Complex, New Delhi from 26 July to 4 July 2017.
- K Sreelash, Rajat Kumar Sharma, Gayathri J A and Vipin T Raj. (2017). Effect of changes in the land surface and precipitation on the hydrology of small catchment rivers of southern Western Ghats, India. 7th International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Vision-2030, 11-13 Dec, 2017, New Delhi.
Membership in Professional Bodies
- Life Member, Indian Association of Hydrologists, NIH, Roorkee.
Publications:
- Rajat Kr Sharma, S B Goswami, Sarita tiwari and S C Kar 2015: Evaluation of Daily Rainfall-Runoff Simulations in Narmada River Basin: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 8(3):1123-1132.JULY 2015.
- Aradhana Yaduvanshi, Rajat Kr Sharma, Sarat C.Kar, Anand K. Sinha: Rainfall-runoff simulations of extreme monsoon rainfall events in a tropical river basin of India: Natural Hazards Nat Hazards (2018) 90: 843
- K. Sreelash, Rajat Kr Sharma, J.A. Gayathri, B. Upendra, K. Maya and D. Padmalal (Nov, 2018) Impact of rainfall variability on river hydrology: a case study of southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Geological Society of India 92 (5), 548-554
Projects:
- Modelling of Changing Water Cycle and Climate at NCMRWF, MoES, Noida. (from June 2015-Jan 2016)
- Hydrology and Bio-geochemical characteristics of Peninsular River Basins (2016, Ongoing at NCESS).
- National Network Project on Assessment of Regional Hydrological Systems using Space Borne Gravity Observations: Work Package: Assimilation of space-borne gravity observation into hydrologic models. Investigator – Dr. S C Kar, Rajat Kumar Sharma (CSIR-NGRI, Dept. of Science and Technology, 2019-2022).