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Dr. Anurag Ohri

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU)
Email:
aohri.civ@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
80 81 76 56 86
Website:
Area of Interest:
UAV based Photogrammetry, Spatial Decision support System, Geospatial Data Quality, Remote Sensing and

Educational Qualification:

Degree (Subjects)

Institution/ Board

Year

Percentage & Division

10th

Board of School Education Haryana

1993

74.83%, First Division

12th

Board of School Education Haryana

1995

70.5%, First Division

B.Tech (Civil Engineering)

Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra

2000

75.72%, First Division (Honors)

M. Tech (Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Engineering)

IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

2002

9.19 (CGPA), First Division, First Position

PhD (Civil Engineering)

IIT(BHU) Varanasi

2011

8.5

PhD Topic: GIS Based Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management
 
Work Experiences:
 (a) Teaching Experience:

  • Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi since 13thJune 2023.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 17th November 2015 to 12thJune 2023.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 10th June 2004 to 16th November 2015.

Job responsibilities: Teaching, Research, Educational Administration and Consultancy

(b) Industrial Experience: Kampsax India Pvt. Ltd Gurgaon (Haryana, India) from 21st January 2002 to 9th June 2004 as Executive in R&D division.
Job responsibilities: To execute the topographical mapping project using remote sensing, aerial photographs and photogrammetry techniques. I was involved in the topographical mapping projects of Ordinance Survey of Great Britain, Ordinance Survey of Ireland, and Ordinance Survey of El Salvador.

Teaching Experience: 20+ Years

Courses Taught:

CE301: Advance Surveying
CE101: Basic Surveying
CE461: Geoinformatics
CE2303: Building Planning, Drawing and Estimation
CE3304: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE5147: GIS Applications in Transportation Engineering
CE5247 : Transport Economics
CE-5115: Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management and Environmental Management
CE630: Principles of Remote Sensing
CE640: Digital Image Processing
CE634: Geodesy and Global Navigation Satellite System
CE641: Principles of Surveying and Photogrammetry
CE648: Spatial Decision Support System​

Courses Developed:

CE301:   Advance Surveying
CE101:   Basic Surveying
CE461:   Geoinformatics
CE5147:  GIS Applications in Transportation Engineering
CE631:    Geographical Information System
CE-5115:  Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management and Environmental Management
CE-630:   Principles of Remote Sensing
CE640:    Digital Image Processing
CE634:   Geodesy and Global Navigation Satellite System
CE641:   Principles of Surveying and Photogrammetry
CE648:   Spatial Decision Support System​

Teaching Practicals:

CE 101: Surveying laboratory
CE 632: Laboratory Geoinformatics Engineering -1

Teaching Labs Developed: Surveying lab, Geoinformatics lab

 

(a) Journal 

  1. Gaur S., Bhattacharjee R., Shivani S., Banoth V., Ohri A., Joshi D., Chander S. (2026), Improving the Multi-Temporal Dissolved Oxygen Estimation Using Statistically Enhanced Remote Sensing Proxies in Data-Scarce, Optically Complex Inland Water. Journal of Cleaner Production, 540, 147481, IF-11.1.

  2. Mishra A., Ohri A., Singh P.K., Singh N., Calay R.K. (2025), Urban Rivers Under Pressure: Human-Induced Modifications, Pollution, and Prospects for Restoration—A Case Study of the Assi River, Varanasi. Geographies, 5(4), 69, IF-3.3.

  3. Sheela, Jha M., Ohri A. (2025), Machine Learning-Based Modelling of Land Surface Temperature Dynamics in Response to Landscape Fragmentation in Industrial Areas. Environmental Research Communications, 7(12), 125017, IF-3.0.

  4. Mishra A., Ohri A., Singh P.K., Singh N., Calay R.K. (2025), Improving the Prediction of Land Surface Temperature Using Hyperparameter-Tuned Machine Learning Algorithms. Atmosphere, 16(11), 1295, IF-2.3.

  5. Mishra S., Gaur S.,  Kacem M., Ohri A. (2025), Exploring Simulation–Optimization for Sustainable Groundwater Management: A Critical Review. CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water, 53(1), IF-1.5.

  6. Bhattacharjee R., Dwivedi S.B., Gaur S., Chander S., Ohri A. (2025), A Review of the Evolution of Satellite Radar Altimetry for Hydrological Monitoring: Water Level and Discharge Estimation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 104039, IF-3.5.

  7. Kumar, R., Bhattacharjee, R., Gaur, S., Ohri, A. (2025), Groundwater sustainability in the Varuna river basin: impacts of climate change and population growth. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84(11), 1-19, IF-2.8.

  8. Kumar, R., Ohri, A., Gaur, S. (2025), Sensitivity of permissible aquifer recharge rate to hydrogeological and well design parameters . Journal of Hydrology , 660, IF-5.9.

  9. Gond A., Ohri A., Gaur S., Das, N. (2025), Accuracy Assessment and Optimization of the Photogrammetric Process Variables for 3D Mapping Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drones), Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1-24, IF-2.2.

  10. Gaur, S., Bhattacharjee, R., Chander, S., Ohri, A., Srivastava, P.K. (2025),  Globally validated non-unique inversion framework to estimate optically active water quality indicators using in situ and space-borne hyperspectral data sets. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 19, 10., IF-6.3.

  11. Srivastava M.K., Gaur S., Ohri A. (2024), Analysing the Effectiveness of MCDM and Integrated Weighting Approaches in Groundwater Quality Index Development, Water Conservation Science and Engineering, 9(2):35, IF-1.3.

  12. Bhattacharjee, R., Gaur, S., Chander, S. Ohri, A., Srivastava, P.K., Mishra, A. (2024), Stacked Ensemble with Machine Learning Regressors on Optimal Features (SMOF) of hyperspectral sensor PRISMA for inland water turbidity prediction. Environ Sci Pollut Res, 31, 65464–65480.

  13. Bhattacharjee R., Gaur S., Ohri A., Das N., Chaturvedi S., Kumar R. (2024) Reconnaissance of spatio-temporal variability in ecological stability with local adaptability based on multi-temporal LANDSAT archive in ganga river basin. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C,135:103667, IF-2.8.

  14. Mishra, A.,  Ohri, A., Singh, P.K., Gaur, S.,  Bhattacharjee, R. (2024), Water quality hotspot identification using a remote sensing and machine learning approach: A case study of the River Ganga near Varanasi, Advances in Space Research, IF-2.8.

  15. Kumar, R., Gaur, S., Soni,P., Maurya, P., Ohri, A. (2024), HRU-based Downscaling of GRACE-TWS to Quantify the Hydrogeological Fluxes and Specific Yield in the Lower Middle Ganga Basin, Journal of Hydrology 639, 131591, IF-5.9.

  16. Mishra S., Bosc L., Gaur S.,  Kacem M., Ohri A. (2023), Handling Large Decision Variables in Multi-Objective Groundwater Optimization Problems: Aquifer Parameter-Based Clustering Approach. Water Resources Management, 37(11): 4553-4568, IF-3.9.

  17. Bajpai M., Gaur S., Kumar R., Ohri A. and Piégay H. (2023)- Suitable sites for groundwater development: A capture map-based approach integrated with weighted overlay analysis , AQUA—Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 72(7): 1184-1197, IF-4.3.

  18. Gaur S., Kumar R., Ohri A, Mishra S., Gond A.K.,  Dwivedi S.B., Jha M., Chaturvedi A., Singh B.N.(2023) Study of hydrologically critical subbasins under climate change. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 14 (5): 1723–1740, IF-2.8.

  19. Gond A., Ohri A., Maurya S.P., Gaur S. (2023), Accuracy assessment of Relative-GPS as function of distance and duration for CORS Network, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 51 (6), 1267-1277, IF-2.2.

  20. Gaur, S., Das, N.,  Bhattacharjee, R., Patra, D.,  Ohri, A., (2023), A novel band selection architecture to propose a built-up index for hyperspectral sensor PRISMA, Earth Science Informatics, 16 (1): 887-898, IF-2.7.

  21. Bhattacharjee, R., Gaur, S., Das, N., B, Agnihotri, A.K,  Ohri, A., (2023), Analysing the relationship between human modification and land surface temperature fluctuation in the Ramganga basin, India, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195 (1), 104, IF-2.9.

  22. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Gupta, A.,  N Das, Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Analysis of algal bloom intensification in mid-Ganga river, India using satellite data and neural network techniques, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194 (8), 1-20,   IF-2.9.

  23. Das, N., Sagar, A., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Time series forecasting of temperature and turbidity due to global warming in river Ganga at and around Varanasi, India, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194 (9), 1-27, IF-2.9.

  24. Bajpai, M.,  Mishra, S., Gaur, S., Ohri, A., Piégay, H., Graillot, D., (2022) optimization of groundwater pumping and river-aquifer exchanges for management of water resources, Water Resources Management,  36 (6), 1863-1878, IF-3.9.

  25. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2022), development of environmental decision support system for sustainable smart cities in india, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, e13817, IF-2.1.

  26. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A.,  N Das, Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Analysis of the spatio-temporal variation of the thermal pattern of River Ganges in proximity to Varanasi, India, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing,  IF-2.2.

  27. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Agnihotri, A.K.,  Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2021), Analyzing the change in water quality parameters along river Ganga at Varanasi, Mirzapur, and Ghazipur using Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 satellite data during pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown associated with COVID-19,  Journal of Earth System Science. 131 (2):102, IF-1.3.

  28. Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Das, N., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2021), Analysis of the groundwater scenario with respect to the crop water productivity for the Betwa-Dhasan river basin, Bundelkhand using remote sensing techniques, Journal of Earth System Science. 130:1-17,, IF-1.3.

  29. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A.,  Ohri, A., Dwivedi, S.B., Gaur, S., (2021),Time series analysis of automated surface water extraction and thermal pattern variation over the Betwa river, India, Advances in Space Research, IF-2.8.

  30. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2021), Evaluating the environmental sustainability of smart cities in india: the design and application of the Indian Smart City Environmental Sustainability Index, Sustainability, 13,327, IF-3.3.

  31. Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Das, N., Ohri, A., Gaur, S.,  (2020), Detecting the Carotenoid Pigmentation due to Haloarchaea Microbes in the Lonar Lake, Maharashtra, India Using Sentinel-2 Images" Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, I.F.=2.2.

  32. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2020), "Selecting environmental indicators for sustainable smart cities mission in india", Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 19(01), 201-210.

  33. Maurya, S.P., Singh, P.K., Ohri, A., Singh, R., (2020),  Identification of indicators for sustainable urban water development planning, Ecological Indicators, 108, IF-7.0.

  34. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A.,Gaur, S., Das, N.m  Mishra, S. (2019), Flood inundation mapping and monitoring using SAR data and its impact on Ramganga River in Ganga basin, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 191:760, IF-2.9.

  35. Sahu, M., Ohri. A., (2019), Vector map generation from aerial imagery using deep learning, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, 157-162.

  36. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K, (2019), Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill leachate on groundwater quality in Varanasi, India, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 9, 1-11.

  37. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A.,  Mishra, S. (2019),  Channel planform dynamics of lower Ramganga River, Ganga basin, GIS and remote sensing analyses, Geocarto International, 1-20, I.F.=4.889.

  38. Maurya, S.P., Ohri, A., Singh, P.K. (2018), Evaluation of urban water balance using decision support system of Varanasi City, India, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 17 (4), 1219-1225.

  39. Gaur, S., Dave, A., Gupta, A., Ohri, A., Graillot, D., Dwivedi, S.B. (2018), Application of artificial neural networks for identifying optimal groundwater pumping and piping network layout, Water Resources Management, 32 (15), 5067-5079, IF-3.9.

  40. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K. (2018), Assessment of groundwater quality using WQI and GIS near the Karsara municipal landfill site, Varanasi, India, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 11(11), 252, I.F.=1.827.

  41. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A. (2018), Leachate characterisation and evaluation of leachate pollution potential of urban municipal landfill sites, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management , 21(4), pp. 217-230.

  42. Maurya, S.P., Ohri, A., Singh, P.K., Debnath, A. (2018), Development of a decision making tool for selection of waste water treatment technology based on urban water reuse, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 9(2), pp. 497-506.

  43. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D. Ohri, A. and Agnihotri, A., (2018), Spatial Analysis of Groundwater Quality around MSW landfill site, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 17(3), 963-971.

  44. Mishra, S., Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A. (2018), Impact of green spaces on the urban microclimate through Lansat 8 and TIRS Data, in Varanasi, India, International Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 7(2), 72-80.

  45. Mishra, S., Akhtar, J., Agnihotri, A.K., Tiwari, D.,  Ohri, A. (2018), Assessment of water quality of River Assi by using WQI, Varanasi, India, India, International Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 7(2), 114-121.

  46. Srivastava, M.K., Goyal, A, Ohri, A. (2017), Land Use classification and watershed analysis of Assi River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Journal of Advanced Research in Construction and Urban Architecture, Vol 2 Issue 3&4,pp. 32-37.

  47. Sahu, M., Lahari, S., Gosain, A.K., Ohri, A. (2016), Hydrological modeling of Mahi basin using SWAT, Journal of Water Resource and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 5 Issue 3, PP. 68-79.

  48. Gupta, DK; Kumar, P; Mishra, VN; Prasad, R; Dikshit, PKS; Dwivedi, SB; Ohri, A.; Singh, RS; Srivastava, V (2015)   Bistatic measurements for the estimation of rice crop variables using artificial neural network, Advances in Space Research, 55, 1613–1623, IF-2.8

  49. Tahlyan, D.; Ohri, A. (2015). GIS Based Simplistic Noise Prediction Model For Urban Areas,  International Journal of Civil, Structural, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Research and Development,  5(1), 75-82.    

  50. Verma, R. P; Srivastav, A. L; Ohri, A.; Singh, P.K; Banerjee, S.; Sharma, Y.C.;  (2014).    Application of GIS in ground water quality mapping for Varanasi city. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 91(9), 1687-1697, IF- 0.284

  51. Ohri, A; Singh, P.K. (2013).   GIS based Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Landfill Site Selection, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal,   24(5),   583-598, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

  52. Ohri, A., and Poonam, (2012). “Urban Sprawl Mapping and Land Use Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, International Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, 1 (1), 12-25.

  53. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2011). “Error Involved in Estimation of Site Sensitivity Index (SSI) for Land filling of Municipal Solid Waste”, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1 (5), 772-785.

  54. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K., (2010). “Spatial Multi Criteria Analysis for Siting Industries”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Research & Development, 1 (1), 99-114.

  55. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K., (2010). “GIS based Secondary Storage and Transportation System Planning for Municipal Solid Waste: a Case Study of Varanasi City”, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 1(1), 108-130.

  56. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2010). “Development of Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management in India: A Review”, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1 (4), 440-453.

(b). Conferences/Symposia

  1. Sheela, Jha M., Ohri A. (2025), Correlation with Air Temperature for Environmental Monitoring. Sustainable Technologies for Water and Environment Under Climate Change Scenario: Select Proceedings of SMET 2024—Vol 2, Springer Nature.

  2. Pandey A., Ohri A., Gaur S., Tiwari A., Narwal S. (2025), Explainable Machine Learning Approach for Assessing Groundwater Quality and Pollution Stress in the Ganga River Basin under a Changing Climate. AGU25, AGU.

  3. Kumar, R., Gaur, S., Ohri, A. (2025), Parametrization of River Aquifer Exchanges Enhancements in Managed Aquifer Recharge for Baseflow Restoration, EGU25, 27 April-2 May 2025, Vienna, Austria.

  4. Gaur S., Kumar R., Ohri A. (2025), Quantification of Baseflow Enhancement due to Managed Aquifer Recharge. IS Rivers 2025 – International Conference on Integrative Sciences and Sustainable Development of Rivers.

  5. Singh N., Gaur S., Ohri A., Joshi D. (2025), Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers—An Approach to Small River Rejuvenation in India. IS Rivers 2025 – International Conference on Integrative Sciences and Sustainable Development of Rivers.

  6. Singh P.K., Mishra A., Ohri A. (2025), Impact of Degradation of River Assi Catchment on Flood Dynamics of Varuna Basin in the Middle Ganga Plain (India). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU25-20068.

  7. Kachari, J., Bhattacharjee, R.,Piégay H., Gaur S., Ohri A., Kumar R. (2024), 2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 2-5 Dec 2024, Goa

  8. Mishra S., Bajpai M.,  Kacem M., Gaur S., Ohri A. (2024), Many Objective Optimization of Water-Energy-Environment Nexus for Sustainable Groundwater Management, AGU Fall Meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024, Washington DC.

  9. Kumar, R., Gaur, S., Ohri, A. (2024), The Permissible Aquifer Recharge Capacity for Determining Recharge Rates for Aquifer Storage and Recovery, AGU Fall Meeting 2024, 9-13 December 2024, Washington DC.

  10. Sahu, M., Ohri, A. (2019), Vector Map generation from Aerial Imagery using Deep Learning, Accepted for publication in ISPRS proceeding of Geospatial Week 2019, 10-14 June 2019, The Netherlands.

  11. Charitha, V.S., Shashi, M., Ohri. A. (2019), Slope Stability Analysis For Mine Hazard Assessment Using UAV, Proceedings of 1st International Conference On Unmanned Aerial System In Geomatics – 2019, 6-7 April 2019, Greater Noida.

  12. Gaur, S.,  Dave, A., Gupta, A., Ohri, A., Dikshit, P.K.S., Diwedi, S.B. (2017), Artificial Neural Networks and Particle Swarm Optimization based Model for the Solution of Groundwater Management Problem, Proceedings of 10th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, 5-7 July 2017, Athens, Greece,pp 1819--1826.

  13. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A. (2016), “Urban Green Space Assessment In The Holy City Of Varanasi Using Remote Sensing And GIS”, International Conference on Urban Geoinformatics, 22-23 February 2017, New Delhi.

  14. Ohri, A., Sahu, M. (2016),  3D Modeling of the Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi Using Close Range Digital Photogrammetry, in the 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference “FROM IMAGERY TO MAP: digital photogrammetric technologies”, 14-16 November, 2016, Agra

  15. H. Nagrath, B. Behra, M. Sahu, A. Ohri, (2016),  3D Modelling of IIT BHU Varanasi campus, using photogrammetric techniques on UAV captured data, in the 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference “FROM IMAGERY TO MAP: digital photogrammetric technologies”, 14-16 November, 2016, Agra

  16. D.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, P. Kumar, V.N. Mishra, P.K.S. Dikshit, S.B. Dwivedi, A. Ohri, R.S. Singh, V. Srivastav, P.K Srivastava, 2015, Crop variables estimation by adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system using bistatic scatterometer data,  International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, ISM Dhanbad.

  17. V.N. Mishra, R. Prasad, P. Kumar, D.K. Gupta, P.K.S. Dikshit, S.B. Dwivedi, A. Ohri, (2015), Evaluating the effects of spatial resolution on land use and land cover classification accuracy,  International Conference on Microwave, Optical and Communication Engineering, IIT Bhubhneshwar.

  18. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Spatial and statistical analysis of road accidents hot spots using GIS” accepted in CTRG-2015, 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, India.

  19. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Identification of Road Accidents Hot Spots in Varanasi using QGIS" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 7-13.

  20. Maurya, S.P.,  and Mishra, S. (2015),"Open Source GIS: A Review" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 150-155.

  21. Ohri, A    Singh, P.K.,  Maurya, S.P.,  and Mishra, S. (2015),"Sanitary Landfill Site Selection by Using Geographic Information System" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference On Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 170-180.

  22. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2015), “Application of EDSS-MSWM for Primary Collection and Secondary Storage of Municipal Solid Waste Management” in ICSW 2015: Proceeding of the 30th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

  23. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “GIS based Road Accidents Database and Analysis System for Varanasi”, Proceedings of International Conference of Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, Vellore, pp. 763-769.

  24. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Emerging Methodologies of Road Accidents Hot Spot Identification”, Proceedings of National Conference of Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Chandigarh, pp. 416-425.

  25. Mahajan, K., Gupta, A. and Ohri, A. (2015), “Study of Parametrs Influencing Roadway Capacity”, Proceedings of National Conference of Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Chandigarh, pp 321-328.

  26. Shrivastva, P., Maurya, S.P. and Ohri, A. (2015), “An Adaptation of GIS Approach for Urban Planning” in Proceeding of the National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Practice and Sustainable Infrastructure Development,  Ludhiana, India, pp 306-311.

  27. Ohri, A., Kumari, S.,  Devi, A,  and  Bala, S. (2014), Spatial Decision Support System for Educational Planning and Management, ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

  28. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2013), “Development of an Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management and Its Application in Primary Collection Process” in ICSW 2013: Proceeding of the 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

  29. Singh, P.K.,  Ohri, A., and Verma, R.P.,  (2011).  “GIS Based Water Quality Mapping of Varanasi City” in GWD 2011: Proceedings of the National Conference on Groundwater for Drinking : Issues and Options, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.214-226.

  30. Singh, P.K., Ohri, A., and Bhardwaj, A.K., (2011).  “Site Selection for Ground Water Recharge Using Treated Municipal Wastewaters- A Case Study of Varanasi (India)” in RACE 2011: Proceeding  of the National Conference on Recent advances in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.122-130.

  31. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2011).  “Decision Support Tool for Segregation of Municipal Solid Waste Management” in IconSWM 2011: Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata,  pp. 102-108.

  32. Abbas, S.H., Tiwari, R.P., Srivastava, R.K.,  Ramudu, P. B. and Ohri, A. (2009), “ GIS for Post Flood Damage and Relief Assessment”, in "Geomatics 2009", Dehradun.

  33. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2009). “Landfill Site Selection Using Site Sensitivity Index - A case study of Varanasi City in India” in IconSWM 2011: Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Solid Waste Management,Khudiram Anushilan Kendra (KAK) & Netaji Indoor Stadium(NIS), Kolkata, India, pp. 31-38.

  34. Singh, P.K.  and Ohri, A., (2009).  “Development of environmental decision support system for municipal solid waste management in India” in ICSW 2009: Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., pp. 210-221.

  35. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2009). “Landfill Site Selection for Municipal Solid Waste Using Geographic Information System and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis” in ICSW 2009: Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., pp. 932-941.

  36. Singh, P.K., Singh, B.N. and Ohri A. (2009). “Towards a Green Campus- A case study of Banaras Hindu University” in RAWM-2009: Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.503-511.

  37. Ohri A., and Singh, P.K. (2009). “Private sector participation in municipal solid waste management in India: observations and options” in RAWM-2009: Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.141-149.

  38. Kaushik, I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Short Term Traffic Volume Prediction on NH-1 Using Time Series Analysis” in proceedings of international conference on Road Safety on Four Continents held in Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 November 2007.

  39. Kaushik, I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Modeling Traffic Arrival Patterns on a Cross Section of Highway”, published in the proceedings of TGF07, international conference on Traffic and Granular flow held in Paris-Sud University, Orsay, France, 20-22 June 2007. http://www.th.u-psud.fr/TGF07/tgf07files/tgf07/abstract_poster_trafic.html

  40. Ohri, A. and Kaushik, I. (2007). “Analysis of traffic flow in Varanasi city using GIS and Regression Analysis for Varanasi City”, published in the proceedings of International Conference of Map-World-07, Hyderabad, India, 22-25 January 2007. pp-44 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/Utility/transport/mwf_144abs.htm

  41. Kaushik,  I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Queue Approach for Uninterrupted Traffic flow”, published in the proceedings of CMASM 2007 FIM-XIV international
    conference on Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Methods, IIT Chennai, India, 6-8 January 2007.

  42. Singh, P.K. and Ohri, A. (2006). “Developing an Environmental Decision Support System for Inter Basin Water Transfer Proposal in India”, ASCE Conference on An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources 2006, New Delhi.

  43. Mallik, M., Maiti, P.R., Ohri, A. (2006). “Application of GIS in watershed management” Conference on Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in resource management. B.I.E.T Jhansi, Bundelkhand University.

  44. Mallik, M., Maiti, P.R., Ohri, A. (2006). “Parameters of watershed and GIS models”, National conference on Civil Engineering –Trends, Issues and Challenges (CETIC), 11-12 march,2006, Department of Civil Engineering, M.S. University , Baroda and UGC, New Delhi.

  45. Sinha, A.N., Ohri, A., Jha, M. and Maiti, P.R. (2006). “Disaster mitigation, Management and capacity building strategies” National conference on  Earthquake disaster: Technology and management, EARTH-06,  11-12 February 2006, MNNIT Allahabad.

  46. Ohri, A., Godara, A. and Singh, L. (2005). “TTIT (Tourist and Travel Information Tool) for Varanasi City using GIS”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.

  47. Oberoi, S.V.,  Ohri, A.,  Singh L.,  and Gaurav (2005). “Solid Waste  Management (SWM) in Varanasi City using Geographic Information Systems”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.

  48. Hemraj, Mohapatra, S.N., Swain, A.K., Soni, V.K., Ohri, A., and Saroj, S.K. (2005). “Intelligent Tracking, Navigation and Guidance System for Vehicles”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.

 

Book Chapter:

  1. Srivastava, M.K., Gaur, S., Ohri, A.,  Srivastava,P.K.,  Chaturvedi,S. (2025), Chapter 10 - Hyperspectral remote sensing: Potential prospects in water quality monitoring and assessment, In Earth Observation, Earth Observation for Monitoring and Modeling Land Use, Elsevier, 241-264.

  2. Bhattacharjee R., Gaur S., Ohri A., Srinivasan, S., Shanmugam, H.M., (2024), Development of a New Built-Up Index: Studying the Impact of Tree and Building Height Variation on Urban Thermal Field Variance Index, Natural Resource Monitoring, Planning and Management Based on Advanced Programming, Springer Nature Singapore, 167-197.

  3. Mishra,A.,  Agnihotri, A.K., Pipil,S.,  Gaur S., Ohri A.,(2024), Surveying techniques for urban areas, Earth Observation in Urban Monitoring, Elsevier, 69-91.

  4. Srivastava, M.K., Gaur S., Ohri A.,  Srivastava,P.K., Singh, N., (2024), Chapter 12 - Applications of remote sensing in water quality assessment, In Earth Observation, Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture, Academic Press, 217-236.

  5. Maurya,S.P., Ohri, A., Gaur, S. (2022), Relevance of Spatio-temporal Data Visualization Techniques in Healthcare System, Geospatial Data Science in Healthcare for Society 5.0, 59-78, Publisher: Springer, Singapore.

  6. Das, N., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K., Omar,, P.J., Mishra, S. (2020), Wetland Dynamics Using Geo-Spatial Technology, Advances in Water Resources Engineering and Management, 237-244, Publisher: Springer, Singapore

  7. Mishra, S,  Tripathi, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K.,  Vishwakarma, A.K., (2021), Application of Visual MODFLOW in Groundwater Flow Modeling at the Left Crescent of the Ganga River, Varanasi, India, Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants, 105-124, Publisher: Springer, Singapore.

Book Published :

Title

Publisher

Year

Edition

Level

Reference

Co-author

 

Proceedings of Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges

Research Publishing Group

2015

1st

Edited

ISBN 978-81-921121-0-7

Dr. Medha Jha

Proceedings of Recent Advances in Civil Engineering

 

BHU, Varanasi

2011

1st

Edited

ISBN 978-81-921121-0-7

S.B. Dwivedi, Rajesh Kumar, K.K. Pandey, Kesheo Prasad, Medha Jha, P.B. Ramudu

Proceedings of Groundwater for Drinking: Issues and Options

Oxford Publishing House, Kolkata

2011

1st

Edited

ISBN 81 – 86862 - 34 – X

Prabhat Kumar Singh

Projects:

 

Sr. No.

Title

Cost (in rupees)

Duration

Agency

Status

1

Characterization of Groundwater Depletion Induced Land Subsidence as a Function of Aquifer Properties by Spaceborne Geodetic Techniques including DGPS Observations and dual frequency NISAR

33.46 Lakh

2025-28

ISRO

Ongoing

2

Environmental Flow Assessment for Kosi, Gandak and Mahananda Rivers

73.76 Lakh

2025-28

NMCG, New Delhi

Ongoing

3

Decision Support System for Water Resource Management

4.35 Crore

2024-26

NMCG, New Delhi

Ongoing

4

IPSA-Kumbh: Mapping Impact of Floating Population on Sewerage during Maha Kumbh 2025

1.30 Crore

2024-25

NMCG, New Delhi

Ongoing

5

Smart Laboratory in Clean Rivers in India

4.80 Crore

2024-27

The Danish Embassy, New Delhi

Ongoing

6

Hydrological experiment and water fluxes modeling for SWOT and Sentinel-3A/3B missions: Ganga River

10.34 Lakh

2023-24

ISRO

Completed

7

Bringing Global Sustainable Solutions for Clean Rivers in India through the Concept of Living Lab

59.05 Lakh

2023

The Danish Embassy, New Delhi

Completed

8

Development of Algorithms for water quality monitoring using ground instrumentation and optical sensors onboard Unmanned Airborne Vehicle and Satellite Data

25.18 Lakh

2022-25

ISRO

Ongoing

9

A System for Quality Control and Certification of Geospatial Data for NSDI

18.03 Lakh

2021-23

NSDI, DST

Completed

10

Automatic Map Generation from High Resolution Images Applying Deep Learning Techniques

33.22 Lakh

2021-24

SERB, DST

Completed

11

Strategic Planning for Water Resources and Implementation of Novel Biotechnical Treatment solutions and Good Practices (SPRING)

71.28 Lakh

2020-25

Indo- EU Collaborative research project, DBT, GOI

Ongoing

12

Development of Unmanned Surface Water Vessel with Integrated Sensors For Surface Water Studies

5 Lakh

2018-2020

DIC, IIT(BHU),MHRD

Completed

13

Quantitative & Qualitative Assessment of Groundwater for the Future Planning & Development of the Water Resources in Varanasi Region

10 Lakh

2018-20

DIH, IIT(BHU) Varanasi

Completed

14

Adopting river Assi Catchment for Improved Environmental Management in Varanasi (2016)

33 Lakh

2016-18

IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Completed

15

3D Mapping of IIT(BHU) Campus

5 Lakh

2016

IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Completed

16

Crop-signature Studies by Microwave Remote Sensing with Soft Computing Techniques (2014)

25 Lakh

2014-16

IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Completed

17

Study of Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction along the Bank of River Ganga at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

11.25 Lakh

2014-16

IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Completed

 

Major Consultancy and Professional Projects: at IIT(BHU)

Sr. No.

Period

Organization

Nature of work

1

2026

Nitya Nara civil Solutions

Flood Plain Zoning of River Varuna

2

2025-26

National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi

Shallow Aquifer Management Project (SAM 2.0) in Cluster 3 Cities of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh

3

2025

SJVN Thermal (P) Ltd., Chausa, Buxar, Bihar

Comprehensive Hydrology and Hydrogeology Study for the Proposed 1x800 MW (Unit#3) of Buxar Thermal Power Project (BTPP) at Chausa, Buxar, Bihar

4

2024-25

Prayagraj Power Corporation Limited

Carbon Sequestration Study of PPGCL Power Plant

5

2024-25

Prayagraj Power Corporation Limited

GIS Mapping of PPGCL Power Plant

6

2023-24

Prayagraj Power Corporation Limited

Geo-environment study of PPGCL Prayagraj

7

2021-22

Reliance Power

Hydrological Studies In and Around Sasan Power Limited, Sasan Power Limited, Singrauli, M.P.,

8

2022

Hindalco Industries

Hydrological and Geomorphological Study of Gopad River w.r.t. Sustainability for next 40 years, Hindalco Industries Limited Mahan, M.P.,

9

2018-19

Nagar Nigam, Agra, Allahabad and Meerut

Vetting of DPR for Municipal Solid Waste management

10

2015

PWD Ballia

Selection of Site and Alignment of approach road in bridge over River Ganga in Ballia

11

2014, 2022

WWF India

Field Survey for Assessment of Environmental Flows in the Ramganga  and Beas River

12

2014

ICAR Mau

Preparation of Master plan for ICAR, Mau

13

2008-2013

U.P. State Archeological Department, Lucknow

Preparation of Plan and Elevation of old heritage structures (15 monuments)

14

2010

University works Department, Banaras Hindu University

Topographical Survey of 2700 acre land of Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, BHU, Barkachha

15

2009

U.P.State Bridge Corporation Ltd. Varanasi

Cross Sections at River Ganga near Samne Ghat, Varanasi

16

2008

Hari Fertilizers Ltd, Chandauli

Topographical Survey of 335 Acre SEZ in Sahupuri, Chandauli

17

2008

U.P.State Bridge Corporation Ltd. Varanasi

Design and alignment of curve at ROB,  Manduadih, Varanasi

18

2006-08

U.P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd. Varanasi

Alignment of Bridges at River Ganaga in Balua, Ramangar, Saidpur and Jamania Varanasi

19

2007

Factory Manager, Coca cola, Varanasi

Design and Development of DPR for Rejuvenation of Lehartara Pond, Varanasi

20

2007

Reitukai, New Delhi

Topographical Survey of Spiritual Centre  at Sarnath, Varanasi

21

2006

Standard Test House, Varanasi

Topographical survey at various sites in Varanasi and nearby districts.

22

2005-07

Technical Associates, Varanasi

Topographical survey at various sites in Varanasi and nearby districts

 

In Industry (COWI India Private Limited)

Sr. No.

Period

Organization

Nature of work

1.

2003-2004

Ordinance Survey of Great Britain

Topographical mapping project using remote sensing, aerial photographs and photogrammetry techniques. It covers the area of thousands of Sqkm.

2.

2002-2003

Ordinance Survey of Ireland

Topographical mapping project using remote sensing, aerial photographs and photogrammetry techniques.

3.

2002-2003

Ordinance Survey of El Salvador

Topographical mapping project using remote sensing, aerial photographs and photogrammetry techniques

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

Sl. No.

Name of the Student(s)

Year of completion or in Progress

Name of Institution

Title of Thesis
(Tentative)

Guide or Co-guide

1

Satya Prakash Maurya

2019

IIT(BHU)

Spatial Decision Support System for Waste Water Management

Prof. P.K Singh

2.

Sachin Mishra

2019

IIT(BHU)

Effect of Leachete from Landfill site in groundwater

Dr. D. Tiwari

3.

Vishnu Murari

2020

IESD, BHU

Modeling Approaches for particulate Matter Source Profiling and its Management

Dr.T. Banerjee

4.

Ashwini Kumar Agnihotri

2021

IIT(BHU)

Study of River Ramganga Plainform Dynamics using Remote Sensing and GIS

 

5.

Shruti

2022

IIT(BHU)

Decision Support System for Evaluating the Environmental Sustainability of a
Smart City

 Dr. P.K.Singh

6.

Ranveer Kumar 

2025

IIT(BHU)

A Decision-Making Framework for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Enhance River Aquifer Exchanges 

Dr. Shishir Gaur

7.

Shreyansh Mishra 

2025

IIT(BHU)

Large Scale Simulation-Optimization for Sustainable River-Aquifer Exchanges

Dr Mariem Kacem

8.

Rajarshi Bhattacharjee

2026

IIT(BHU)

A comprehensive framework for the inversion of selected water quality parameters using space-borne remote sensing

Dr. Shishir Gaur

9.

Ajeet Kumar Gond 

In Progress

IIT(BHU)

Accuracy Assessment of UAV derive models

 

In Progress: 2

At Master's Level

Sl. No.

Name of the Student(s)

Year of completion

Name of Institution

Title of Thesis

Guide or Co-guide

M.Tech

1

Janardan Kachari

2024

IIT(BHU)

Spatio-temporal Insights into Water Surface Temperature in the River Ganges and Yamuna using Satellite archives

 

2

Himanshu Yadav

2024

IIT(BHU)

Numerical Modelling and Performance Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier System for Nitrate Mitigation Under Parameter Uncertainty

 

3

Saksham Kumar

2023

IIT(BHU)

Building Detection and Vectorisation from Aerial Imagery

 

4

Bhoomi Reddy Krishna Kanth Reddy

2022

IIT(BHU)

Accuracy Assessment of UAV Photogrammetric Mapping Based on Ground Control Points Using Pix4D

 

5

Shivaji Mishra

2022

IIT(BHU)

Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Landsat-8 Data and Study of Relationship Between Land Use/ Land Cover and Surface Temperature

 

6

Debashish Dash

2021

IIT(BHU)

IIT BHU Geo-Web Portal – An Effort To Create A Smart Campus Mapping Portal Using GIS

Dr. Shishir Gaur (Guide)

7

Anurag Tiwari

2021

IIT(BHU)

Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from LANDSAT-8 Data Using Emissivity Estimation

 

8

Aman Sharma

2021

IIT(BHU)

Analysis & Future Prediction of Urban Sprawl Using MLP- Markov Chain Analysis

 

9

Rahul Raj

2021

IIT(BHU)

Study of relationship between land use /land cover and surface temperature using remote sensing

Dr. Shishir Gaur

10

Anurag Mishra

2020

IIT(BHU)

Surface water model of Betwa River Basin using Arc SWAT

Dr. Shishir Gaur

11

Nishant Kumar

2020

IIT(BHU)

Land Use prediction and simulation using GIS and Machine Learning

Dr. Shishir Gaur

12

Ajay Kumar

2020

IIT(BHU)

Development of WebGIS Based Application For Tourism For Varanasi City Using ArcGIS Enterprise’

Dr. Shishir Gaur

13

Amar Kumar Saini

2020

IIT(BHU)

Accuracy Assessment of Uav-Photogrammetric Mapping Based On Ground Control Points

Dr. Shishir Gaur

14

Ajeet Kumar Gond

2020

IIT(BHU)

3D Mapping of IIT (BHU) Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone) To Achieve Higher Positional Accuracy

Dr. Shishir Gaur

15

Manish Singh

2019

IIT(BHU)

Groundwater Modelling of Ganga Basin near Varanasi Region

Dr. Shishir Gaur

16

Pankaj Rawat

2019

IIT(BHU)

Transportation of Contaminants in Ground Water of Ganga Basin near Varanasi Region

Dr. Shishir Gaur

17

Mohit Kumar Srivastava

2017

NIT Kurukshetra

Watershed
Management and Modeling of Assi Nala (Varanasi) using GIS

Prof. Arun Goel

18

Jayvant Choudhary

2015

IIT(BHU)

Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Road Accident Hot Spots Using GIS

Dr. Brind Kumar

19

Kirti Mahajan

2015

IIT(BHU)

Effect of Slow Moving Vehicles on Capacity of Urban Roads: A case Study of Varanasi City

Dr. Ankit Gupta

20

Prachi Shrivastva

2015

DAVV Indore

Spatial Decision Support System for Water Management of Varanasi City

 

21

Pasumarthi Pallavi

2014

IIT(BHU)

Development of Transportation Management System Using GIS

Dr. Brind Kumar

22

Jinka Chandrasekhar

2014

IIT(BHU)

Feasibility Study Of Monorail For Varanasi City Using GIS

Dr. Brind Kumar

23

Arunabh Pandey

2013

IIT(BHU)

Alignment of Ring Road, Varanasi using Geographical Information System(GIS)

Dr. Brind Kumar

24

Amit Kumar

2012

IIT(BHU)

Effects of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Leachate on Ground Water Quality

Prof. P.K.Singh

25

Ratin Sinha

2008

IIT(BHU)

Integrated crop water management using remote sensing and GIS

 Dr. P.R.Maiti

26

Mallik Mritunjay R B

2006

IIT(BHU)

Application of remote sensing, GIS and optimization technique in watershed management

 Dr. P.R.Maiti

M.Sc./MSc. Tech.

1

Vishnu Murari

2012

BHU

Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT) Site Selection in Varanasi Using GIS

Prof. P.K.Singh

2

Poonam

2012

BHU

Urban Sprawl Mapping and Land Use Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS

 

3

Abhishek Bhardwaj

2011

BHU

Selection of ground water recharge sites for treated water from STP using GIS

Prof. P.K.Singh

4

Pooja

2010

BHU

Monitoring Ganga water quality at Varanasi for bathing purpose

Prof. P.K.Singh

5

Ravindra Pratap Verma

2010

BHU

Geographical Information System based drinking water quality mapping of Varanasi city

Prof. P.K.Singh

6

Priyanka Kumari Singh

2009

BHU

Industrial Site Selection using GIS: A case study of Varanasi

Prof. P.K.Singh

7

Shilpa Chandra

2009

BHU

GIS based ground water quality mapping of Varanasi District

Prof. P.K.Singh

8

Sugandha Mishra

2008

BHU

Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste Management in Varanasi Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Prof. P.K.Singh

9

Priyanka Mishra

2007

BHU

Environmental Evaluation of Inter Linking of Rivers using Remote Sensing and GIS- A case study of Ken-Betwa link

Prof. P.K.Singh

10

Sayantani Pal

2007

BHU

Solid Waste Management of Varanasi Using GIS and Remote Sensing,

Prof. P.K.Singh

11

Manoj Kumar

2006

BHU

Watershed Management of South Campus, B.H.U. using Remote Sensing and GIS: Water Harvesting Site Identification

Prof. B.S. Raghubanshi

12

Rachita Jha 

2006

BHU

Watershed Management of South Campus, B.H.U. using Remote Sensing and GIS: Land Use Land Cover Analysis

Prof. B.S. Raghubanshi

Experience in Educational Administration:

  • Associate Dean (Academic Affairs), IIT(BHU), Varanasi, since 01.07.2023
  • Professor In-charge. Shreenivas Deshpande Library, IIT(BHU), Varanasi,  01.07.2023 to 30.06.2024.
  • Convener, Hall Management Committee, 13th Convocation, 2024
  • Chairman, Senate Undergraduate Committee, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, 2018-19
  • Member, Institute Investment Committee, 2021-24
  • Member, Institute Anti Ragging Committee, 2018-20, 2022-25
  • Member, Regional Coordination Council (RCC), Regional Academic Centre-Space (RAC-S), IIT(BHU) - ISRO, Since April 2021
  • Coordinator, Smart City Cell, 2019-24
  • Proctor, IIT(BHU) since February 2024
  • Member, Standing Student Disciplinary Committee, 2024-25
  • Convener, Departmental Budget & Finance Committee, 2024-25
  • Convener, Department Postgraduate Committee, 2021-22
  • Convener, Department Undergraduate Committee, 2018-20
  • Convener, Department Lab Committee, 2017-19
  • Professor In-charge, Geoinformatics lab, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, 2005-2020, 2023-24.
  • Section In-charge, Surveying Section, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  • Administrative Warden, A.S.N. Bose Hostel, IIT (BHU), Varanasi July 21, 2012 to March 31, 2018
  • Nominated Member, Senate, IIT(BHU) from 2012-2015.
  • Treasurer, Civil Engineering Society, Department of Civil Engineering, 2015-16
  • Member, Furniture Purchase Committee, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 2015-16
  • Member Hostel and Department Purchase Committee, 2014-15
  • Convener, Hostel Space Committee, 2015
  • Member, Institute Master Plan Committee, 2015-2017
  • Member, DPGC, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi
  • Warden, Vishwakarma Hostel, IT-BHU from October 11, 2011  to July 20, 2012.
  • Warden, Vishvesvarayya Hostel, IT-BHU from December 14, 2007 to July 15, 2010.
  • Member, Result Tabulation Committee of Department of Civil Engineering,2012-14.
  • Faculty In-charge, Attendance, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 2011 to 2013.
  • Member, Web Management Group, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 2012 to 2015.
  • Member, Consultancy Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi 2011-12.
  • Vice Chairman, Cultural wing, IT Gymkhana, IT-BHU in 2007-08.

Conferences/Seminar/Short term courses organized:

  • Organizing Secretary, 4th International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2025), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 30- November 01, 2025.
  • Co-convener, One Day Workshop on Revival of River Assi- Roles of Ponds and Wetlands, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,October 18, 2024.
  • Coordinator and Treasurer, 3rd International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2023), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 12-14, 2023
  • Coordinator,  SERB sponsored High-End Workshop (KARYASHALA) on 3D Mapping and Modeling using Drone and GIS Software, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, December 5-11, 2022.
  • Coordinator, one day workshop on Green and Sustainable Technologies Initiatives at IIT(BHU), November 26, 2022.
  • Coordinator, Technical discussion of experts on Geospatial Data Quality Certification, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, June 27, 2022.
  • Co-convener, 2nd International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2021), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 24-26, 2021
  • Coordinator, International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2019), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, February 14-16, 2019
  • Coordinator, QIP and CEP course on Principals and Applications of GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, January 7-12, 2019
  • Organising Secretary, One day workshop on Scope of Rain water Harvesting and Ground Water Recharging, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, March 29, 2016
  • Treasurer, Two days workshop on Strategies to Reduce, Reuse and Recycling of Wastewaters, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  March 5-6, 2016.
  • Convener, National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 9-10, 2015.
  • Convener, One day Workshop on Open Source GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 8, 2015.
  • Coordinator, International Workshop on Urban Development (IWUD) 2015, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, April1-9, 2015.
  • Joint Secretary, 8th All India Students’ Conference on Science and Spiritual Quest, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, February 1-2, 2014.
  • Coordinator, Short Term Course On Remote Sensing and GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, March 16 - 18, 2012
  • Organizing Secretary, National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, October 14-16, 2011.
  • Treasurer, National conference on Groundwater for Drinking: Issues and Options, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, February 11 - 13, 2011.

Membership in Societies

  • Life Member: Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  • Life member in Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG)
  • Life member: Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

Awards & Honours

  • Amba Prasad-Kalawati Memorial Prize for obtaining highest CGPA in M.Tech (R.S.P.E.)
  • MHRD Postgraduate Scholarship, August 2000 – February 2002.
  • Institute Merit Scholarship in B.Tech, Civil Engineering. 1996-98.
  • State Merit Scholarship from class 5th up to class 12th.