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    Prof. N. V. Umamahesh

    Professor (HAG)

    Department of Civil Engineering

    National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Telangana, INDIA

    : mahesh@nitw.ac.in : 9849730834

     

    Specializations

    Water Resources Engineering

    Areas of Research: Hydrologic Modelling, Water Resources Systems,  Modelling Impacts of Climate Change, Hydroclimatic Extremes, Urban Floods, Applications of Soft Computing Techniques

     

    Message

    A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them,

    learns more from them than he teaches them.

    In this way, a true teacher regards himself

    as a student of his students
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Course Taught Previously

     

    Course Taught Previously


    Academic Year
    Semester
    Classes
    Course ID
    Course Name
    2019-20 I B.Tech CE303 Engineering Hydrology
    2022-23 I M.Tech CE5704 Stochastic Hydrology
    2022-23 I M.Tech CE5706 Computational Lab
    2022-23 II M.Tech CE5751 Water Resources Systems Planning and Management
    2022-23 II M.Tech CE5753

    Water Resources Systems Design Lab
    2020-21 I B.Tech CE420

    Systems Analysis in Civil Engineering
    2022-23 II B.Tech CE152 Fluid Mechanics-I

     

     

    Courses Currently Being Taught


    Classes
    Department
    Semester
    Course ID
    Course Name
    M.Tech Civil Engineering I CE5701 Applied Hydrology
    M.Tech Civil Engineering I CE5704 Stochastic Hydrology
    B.Tech Mechanical Engineering I CE234 Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines Lab


     

    Publications

     

    Publications - Journal Papers and Peer Reviewed Articles in Books

    1. Jew Das, Subhadarsini Das, N V Umamahesh, Surface latent and sensible heat trigger flash drought events in India, Hydrological Processes, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15037
    2. Sravanthi Dusa, Velpuri Manikanta, Jew Das, N V Umamahesh, Does the performance enhancement through multi-model averaging at the catchment outlet gets translated to the interior ungauged points?, Journal of Hydrology 627 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130389  
    3. Srikanth Kandula, N V Umamahesh, Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Cotton Yield in A Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 27, No 6, Page 2549-2562
    4. Ramani, K.; Rudraswamy, G.K.; Umamahesh, N.V. Optimal Design of Intermittent Water Distribution Network Considering Network Resilience and Equity in Water Supply. Water 2023, 15, 3265. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15183265
    5. Nikhil Teja, K., Manikanta, V., Das, J., Umamahesh, N.V., Enhancing the predictability of flood forecasts by combining Numerical Weather Prediction ensembles with multiple hydrological models, Journal of Hydrology (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130176 
    6. Velpuri, M., Das, J., & Umamahesh, N. (2023). Spatio-temporal compounding of connected extreme events: Projection and hotspot identification. Environmental Research, 235, 116615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116615 
    7. Velpuri Manikanta, N. V. Umamahesh; Performance assessment of methods to estimate initial hydrologic conditions for event-based rainfall-runoff modelling. Journal of Water and Climate Change 1 July 2023; 14 (7): 2277–2293. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2023.043
    8. Rudraswamy, G.K., Velpuri Manikanta, Nanduri Umamahesh, Hydrological assessment of the Tungabhadra River Basin based on CMIP6 GCMs and multiple hydrological models, Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2023, doi: 10.2166/wcc.2023.272
    9. Manikanta, Velpuri, K. Nikhil Teja, Jew Das, N.V. Umamahesh, On the Verification of Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts over the Godavari River Basin, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 616, 2023, p. 128794, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128794
    10. Jew Das, Subhadarsini Das & N.V. Umamahesh, Population Exposure to Drought Severities under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Scenarios in India, Science of The Total Environment, vol. 867, 2023, p. 161566, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161566
    11. Manikanta V, Titas Ganguli & N. V. Umamahesh, A Multi Criteria Decision Making Based Nonparametric Method of Fragments to Disaggregate Daily Precipitation, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 617, 2023, p. 128994, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128994
    12. Sagar Kumar M, N. V. Umamahesh; Simulation of flood hazard, prioritization of critical sub-catchments, and resilience study in an urban setting using PCSWMM: a case study. Water Policy 2022; wp2022291. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2022.291
    13. G. Venkata Rao, Keesara Venkata Reddy, Venkataramana Sridhar, Raghavan Srinivasan, N.V. Umamahesh, Deva Pratap, Evaluation of NCEP-GFS-based Rainfall forecasts over the Nagavali and Vamsadhara basins in India, Atmospheric Research, Volume 278, 2022, 106326, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106326
    14. Subhadarsini Das, Jew Das & N. V. Umamahesh (2022) Copula-based drought risk analysis on rainfed agriculture under stationary and non-stationary settings, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67:11, 1683-1701, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2022.2079416
    15. Das Subhadarsini, Jew Das, N.V. Umamahesh, (2022) Investigating the propagation of droughts under the influence of large-scale climate indices in India, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 610, 2022, 127900, ISSN 0022-1694, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127900
    16. Jew Das, Velpuri Manikanta, K. Nikhil Teja & N. V. Umamahesh (2022): Two decades of ensemble flood forecasting: a state-of-the-art on past developments, present applications and future opportunities, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2021.2023157
    17. Jew Das & N. V. Umamahesh (2021) Investigating risk, reliability and return period under the influence of large scale modes, and regional hydrological variability in hydrologic extremes, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2021.1998512
    18. Jew Das, Velpuri Manikanta & N V Umamahesh (2022), Population exposure to Compound extreme events in India under different emission and population scenarios, Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150424
    19. Das, S., Das, J. & Umamahesh, N.V. (2021) Investigating seasonal drought severity-area-frequency (SAF) curve over Indian region: incorporating GCM and scenario uncertainties. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-021-02073-2
    20. Rangari V A, Bhat C M, Umamahesh N V (2021), Rapid assessment of the October 2020 Hyderabad urban flood and risk analysis using geospatial data, Current Science 120(12): 1840-1847, doi: 10.18520/cs/v120/i12/1840-1847
    21. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2021), Heat Wave Magnitude over India under Changing Climate: Projections from CMIP5 and CMIP6 Experiments, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.7246
    22. Das S, Das J, Umamahesh NV. (2021), Identification of future meteorological drought hotspots over Indian region: A study based on NEX-GDDP data. International J of Climatology. 2021;1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7145
    23. Vinay Ashok Rangari, N. V. Umamahesh, Ajey Kumar Patel (2021), Flood-hazard risk classification and mapping for urban catchment under different climate change scenarios: A case study of Hyderabad city, Urban Climate 36 (2021) 100793,  DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100793
    24. Agilan V., N. V. Umamahesh, P. P. Mujumdar, (2020), Influence of threshold selection in modeling peaks over threshold based nonstationary extreme rainfall series, Journal of Hydrology, 593 (2021) 125625, DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125625
    25. Subhadarsini Das, Jew Das, N V Umamahesh, (2020), Nonstationary Modeling of Meteorological Droughts: Application to a Region in India, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002039
    26. Venkata Rao, G., Venkata Reddy, K., Srinivasan, R., Sridhar, V., Umamahesh, N.V., Pratap, D. (2020), Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall extremes in the flood-prone Nagavali and Vamsadhara Basins in eastern India, Weather and Climate Extremes, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2020.100265
    27. Leela Krishna Karnatapu, Srinivasa Prasad Annavarapu & Umamahesh V Nanduri (2020), ‘Multi-Objective Reservoir Operating Strategies by Genetic Algorithm and Nonlinear Programming (GA–NLP) Hybrid Approach’, Journal of Institute of Engineers (India) Series A, Vol. 101(1): 105-115, DOI 10.1007/s40030-019-00419-2
    28. Leela Krishna K, Umamahesh N V, Srinivasa Prasad A (2019) “Optimal crop water allocation coupled with reservoir operation by GA-NLP hybrid approach” Journal of Physics Conference Series, 1344 012006, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1344/1/012006
    29. Vinay Ashok Rangari, N.V. Umamahesh & C.M Bhat (2019), ‘Assessment of inundation risk in urban floods using HEC RAS 2D’, Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5: 1839-1851
    30. V. Agilan & N.V. Umamahesh (2019), ‘Rainfall Generator for Nonstationary Extreme Rainfall Condition’, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 24(9)
    31. Le Thi Hoa Binh, V. Agilan, N.V. Umamahesh & E.V. Rathnam (2019), ‘Modelling spatial variation of extreme precipitation over Ho Chi Minh City under nonstationary condition’, Acta Geophysica, DOI 10.1007/s11600-019-00295-1
    32. Le Thi Hoa Binh, N.V. Umamahesh & E. Venkata Rathnam (2019) High-resolution flood hazard mapping based on nonstationary frequency analysis: case study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64:3, 318-335
    33. Rangari V A, Gonugunta Roja, Umamahesh N V, Patel A K & Bhatt C M (2018), ‘1D-2D Modeling of Urban Floods and Risk Map Generation for the part of Hyderabad City’, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-5, 445-450
    34. Vinay Ashok Rangari, V Sridhar, N V Umamahesh & Ajey Kumar Patel (2018), ‘Floodplain Mapping and Management of Urban Catchment Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Hyderabad City’, Journal of Institute of Engineers (India) Series A, DOI: 10.1007/s40030-018-0345-0
    35. Le Thi Hoa Binh, N V Umamahesh, E V Rathnam & Vu Hai Son (2018), ‘Modeling Nonstationary Extreme Water Levels Considering Local Covariates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 23(10)
    36. Jew Das, Alin Treesa & N V Umamahesh (2018), ‘Modelling Impacts of Climate Change on a River Basin: Analysis of Uncertainty Using REA & Possibilistic Approach’, Water Resources Management , 32:4833–4852
    37. K. Leela Krishna, N. V. Umamahesh & A. Srinivasa Prasad (2018) Optimal multipurpose reservoir operation planning using Genetic Algorithm and Non Linear Programming (GA-NLP) hybrid approach, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 24:2, 258-265
    38. Jew Das & Umamahesh V. Nanduri (2018) Assessment and evaluation of potential climate change impact on monsoon flows using machine learning technique over Wainganga River Basin, India, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63:7, 1020-1046
    39. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2018), Assessment of uncertainty in estimating future flood return levels under climate change, Natural Hazards, 93:109–124
    40. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2018), Future Projection of Precipitation and Temperature Extremes Using Change Factor Method over a River Basin: Case Study, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 22(3), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000399
    41. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2018), 'Spatio-Temporal Variation of Water Availability in a River Basin under CORDEX Simulated Future Projections', Water Resources Management, 32: 1399-1419 
    42. Agilan V., N V Umamahesh (2018), 'El Nino Southern Oscillation cycle indicator for modeling extreme rainfall intensity over India', Ecological Indicators, 84, pp 450-458
    43. Alin Treesa, Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2017), 'Assessment of Impact of Climate Change on Streamflows using VIC Model', European Water, 59, 61-68
    44. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2017), 'Uncertainty and nonstationarity in streamflow extremes under climate change scenarios over a river basin', Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 22(10)
    45. Agilan V., Umamahesh, N.V. (2017), 'Covariate and parameter uncertainty in non-stationary rainfall IDF curve', International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.5181
    46. Agilan V., Umamahesh, N.V. (2017), 'Non-Stationary Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Relationship: A Comparison between Annual Maximum and Partial Duration Series', Water Resources Management, 31: 1825-1841, doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1614-9
    47. Agilan V., N. V. Umamahesh (2017), 'What are the best covariates for developing non-stationary rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency relationship?', Advances in Water Resources, 101, pp 11-22
    48. Jew Das, N V Umamahesh (2016), 'Downscaling Monsoon Rainfall over River Godavari Basin under Different Climate-Change Scenarios', Water Resources Management, 30(15), 5575-5587
    49. Agilan, V., Umamahesh, N.V. (2016), 'Is the covariate based non-stationary rainfall IDF curve capable of encompassing future rainfall changes', Journal of Hydrology, 541, pp 1441-1455
    50. Agilan V, N V Umamahesh (2016), 'Modelling nonlinear trend for developing non-stationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve', International Journal of Climatology, doi 10.1002-joc.4774
    51. Agilan V, N V Umamahesh (2015), 'Detection and attribution of non-stationarity in intensity and frequency of daily and 4-h extreme rainfall of Hyderabad, India', Journal of Hydrology, 530, pp 677-697
    52. Chandra Sekhar Matli and N V Umamahesh, 'Modelling Pollutants in Krishna River using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems', Journal of Institute of Engineers (India) Series A, Accepted for publication,  (DOI: 10.1007/s40030-14-0064-0)
    53. Prasad V K S V Gottipati and Umamahesh V Nanduri (2014) 'Equity in water supply in intermittent water distribution networks', Water and Environmental Journal, 28, pp 509-515
    54. Srinivasa Prasad, A., N V Umamahesh and G K Viswanath (2013), 'Short-Term Real-Time Reservoir Operation for Irrigation', Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 139(2), pp 149-158
    55. Srinivasa Prasad, A., N.V. Umamahesh and G.K. Viswanath (2011), 'Optimal Irrigation Planning Model for an Existing Storage Based Irrigation System in India', Irrigation Drainage System 25(1), pp 19-38
    56. Babel, M.S., N.D. Chien, M. R. Akter Mullick, and Umamahesh V Nanduri (2012), 'Operation of a Hydropower System considering Environmental Flow Requirements:  A Case Study in La Nga River Basin, Vietnam', Journal of Hydro-environment Research 6(1), pp 63-73
    57. Chandramouli, S and Umamahesh V Nanduri (2011), 'Comparison of Stochastic and Fuzzy Dynamic Programming Models for the Operation of a Multipurpose Reservoir', Water and Environment Journal, 25, pp 547-554
    58. Swain P.C. and Umamahesh V Nanduri (2009), 'Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Operation of a Multi-Purpose Reservoir', Hydroinformatics in Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources, IAHS Publication No. 331, pp 91-97
    59. Srinivasa Prasad, A., N.V. Umamahesh and G.K. Viswanath (2006), Optimal Irrigation Planning under Water Scarcity, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 3, pp 228-237
    60. Naga Malleswara Rao, B. and N.V. Umamahesh (2005), GIS Based Soil Erosion Modeling for Conservation Planning of Watersheds, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Special Issue), Vol. 11, No. 3, October 2005
    61. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh (2004). "Mass Balance Approach for Assessment of Pollution Load in a River", Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No. 2, pp.159-171
    62. Umamahesh, N.V., "Evaluation of Alternate Objective Functions for Optimal Operation of an Irrigation Reservoir under a Multi-Crop Environment", Water Resources Systems - Hydrological risk, management and development, IAHS Publication No. 281, 2003
    63. Chandra Mouli S. and N.V. Umamahesh (2003), "Application of Stochastic Dynamic Programming Model for Multi-Purpose Reservoir Operation", Journal of Applied Hydrology, Vol XVI, No. 3, pp 38-45
    64. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh (2002). "Impact of Monsoon rainfall on Stream Water Chemistry", Water Resource Management in Arid Regions, Singh. V.P. et al. (eds.), Balkema Publications, Vol.2, pp. 3-11
    65. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh (2002). "Impact of Landuse on Water Quality of the River Krishna", Hydrology Journal, Vol.25, No. 2&3, pp33-43
    66. Umamahesh, N.V. and Sreenivasulu, P.(1997), "Two Phase Stochastic Dynamic Programming Model for Optimal Operation of Reservoirs", Water Resources Management, Volume 11 No. 5, October, pp 395-406

     

     

    Book Chapters

    1. A. Sameer, N V Umamahesh, Streamflow Forecasting with one day lead using v-Support Vector Regression, In: Babel, M., Haarstrick A., Ribbe L., Shinde V.R., Dichtl N., (eds), Water Security in Asia, Springer Water, Springer, Cham.,  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54612-4_23 
    2. Rangari V.A., Umamahesh N.V., Patel A.K. (2021) Extraction of Surface Imperviousness from Land Use Land Cover Analysis for Part of Hyderabad City. In: Mehta Y.A., Carnacina I., Kumar D.N., Rao K.R., Kumari M. (eds) Advances in Water Resources and Transportation Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 149. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1303-6_14
    3. Das, J., Goyal, M.K. and Umamahesh, N.V. (2021). Water Harvesting, Climate Change, and Variability. In Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation, S. Eslamian (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119478911.ch28
    4. Rangari V.A., Sridhar V., Umamahesh N.V., Patel A.K. (2020) Rainfall Runoff Modelling of Urban Area Using HEC-HMS: A Case Study of Hyderabad City. In: AlKhaddar R., Singh R., Dutta S., Kumari M. (eds) Advances in Water Resources Engineering and Management. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 39. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8181-2_9
    5. Agilan V., Umamahesh N.V. (2018) Analyzing Non-stationarity in the Hyderabad City Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves. In: Singh V., Yadav S., Yadava R. (eds) Climate Change Impacts. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 82. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5714-4_9
    6. Agilan V., Umamahesh N.V. (2018) Changes in ENSO and IOD Effects on the Extreme Rainfall of Hyderabad City, India. In: Singh V., Yadav S., Yadava R. (eds) Climate Change Impacts. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 82. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5714-4_7
    7. Rangari V.A., Veerendra Gopi K., Umamahesh N.V., Patel A.K. (2018) Simulation of Urban Drainage System Using Disaggregated Rainfall Data. In: Singh V., Yadav S., Yadava R. (eds) Hydrologic Modeling. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 81. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5801-1_10
    8. Agilan V., Umamahesh N.V. (2017) Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves Under Non-Stationary Condition. In: Sustainable Holistic Water Resources Management In A Changing Climate Edition: 1st Chapter: 14 Publisher: Jain Brothers

    Publications - Conferences/ Seminars and Workshops

     

    1. Alin Treesa, Jew Das, N V Umamahesh, "Assessment of Impact of Climate Change on Streamflows using VIC Model", X World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, Athens, Greece, 5-9 July, 2017
    2. K Leela Krishna, N V Umamahesh, A Srinivasa Prasad, "Derivation of Optimal Rule Curves for Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir using Genetic Algorithm", National Conference on Water Resources Management in Coastal Regions, National Institute of Hydrology, Deltaic Regional Center, Kakinada, 8-9 December, 2016
    3. A. Sameer, N V Umamahesh, "Streamflow Forecasting with one day lead using Æ²-Support Vector Regression", International Conference on Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 29 November - 01 December 2016
    4. Agilan, V., Umamahesh N. V. (2016). �??Covariate generation using multi-objective genetic algorithm for developing non-stationary rainfall IDF curve�??, Conference on Water Resources and Flood Management with special reference to Flood Modelling, SVNIT Surat, October 14 �?? 15, 2016, Surat, India
    5. Agilan, V., Umamahesh N. V. , �??Climate change impacts on rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves of Hyderabad, India�??, Civil Engineering Conference-Innovation for Sustainability, NIT Hamirpur, September 09 -10, 2016, Hamirpur, India
    6. Vinay Ashok Rangari, Ajey Kumar Patel and N V Umamahesh, �??Development of different Modeling strategies for urban flooding: a case study of Hyderabad city�??, Civil Engineering Conference-Innovation for Sustainability, NIT Hamirpur, September 09 -10, 2016, Hamirpur, India
    7. Gauri J Pande, N V Umamahesh, �??Optimal Cropping Pattern and Water Allocation using GA under Deficit Irrigation Conditions�??, National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources and Development (SWARDAM-2016), Aurangabad, 4-5 July, 2016
    8. K Leela Krishna, N V Umamahesh, A Srinivasa Prasad, "Optimal Reservoir Operating Policies using Genetic Algorithm", National Conference on Water, Environment & Society (NCWES), JNTU, Hyderabad, 6-8 June 2016
    9. V. Agilan, N. V. Umamahesh, �??Changes in ENSO and IOD effects on the extreme rainfall of Hyderabad city, India�??, International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy & Society (ICWEES-2016), Bhopal, 15-18 March, 2016
    10. Vinay Ashok Rangari, K. Veerendra Gopi, Ajey Kumar Patel, N V Umamahesh, �??Simulation of urban drainage system using disaggregated rainfall data�??, International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy & Society (ICWEES-2016), Bhopal, 15-18 March, 2016
    11. V. Agilan, N.V. Umamahesh, �??Analyzing Non-stationarity In The Hyderabad City Rainfall Intensity-duration-frequency Curves�??, International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy & Society (ICWEES-2016), Bhopal, 15-18 March, 2016
    12. N V Umamahesh, �??Water Management under Changing Climate �?? Issues and Challenges�??, Invited Lecture, 103rd Indian Science Congress, Mysore University, Mysore, January 2016
    13. Vinay Ashok Rangari, Ajey Kumar Patel, N V Umamahesh, �??Review of urban storm water models�??, 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering (Hydro-2015), IIT Roorkee, 17-19 December, 2015
    14. K Leela Krishna, N V Umamahesh, A Srinivasa Prasad, "�??Forecasting Inflow into Srisailam Reservoir using Artificial Neural Network�??, National Conference on Water, Environment & Society (NCWES), JNTU, Hyderabad, 30-31 July 2015
    15. Jew Das, Umamahesh N V,  "Downscaling Monsoon Rainfall over River Godavari under Different Scenarios", EWRA 2015, 9th World Congress on Water Resources Management in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities, 10-13 June, 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
    16. Jew Das, Umamahesh N V, "Multisite Downscaling of Monsoon Precipitation over Godavari River Basin under the RCP 4.5 Scenario", Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI-2015), 17-22 May, 2015, Austin, Texas, USA
    17. Agilan V, Umamahesh N V Preparation of LULC map from GE images for GIS based Urban Hydrological Modeling, International Conference on Modeling Tools for Sustainable Water Resources Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad: 28-29 December 2014 (Received best paper award) 
    18. Agilan V, Umamahesh N V, Effect of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (Enso) Cycle on Extreme Rainfall Events of Indian Urban Area, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, VIT University, Vellore: 12-13 March, 2015 
    19. N V Umamahesh (2014), Applications of Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Water Resources Management, Key Note Address delivered at National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWaRM-14) held at MVGR College of Engineering, Vizianagaram during 21-22 February, 2014
    20. Jew Das and N V Umamahesh (2013), Impact of Climate Change on Monsoon Rainfall of Warangal District, Proceedings of National Seminar on Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Systems organized by Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vadodra during 23-25 November, 2013
    21. N V Umamahesh (2013), Sustainable Urban Water Management, Key note address given at Silver Jubilee Conference on Cities and Sustainability, held at IGIDR, Mumbai during 29-30 October, 2013
    22. Swain, P.C. and N.V. Umamahesh, Qualitative and Quantitative Prediction of Reservoir Inflows during Monsoon Season, Proceedings of 2nd Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology,University ofColorado,Boulder,USA, June, 2006
    23. Vara Prasad Gottipati, V.K.S, N.V. Umamahesh and Y. Sudheer Babu, Assessment in Variations in Nodal Demand Satisfaction of Water Distribution Networks, Proceedings of XXXI IAHR Congress, Seoul, Korea, September, 2005
    24. Umamahesh, N.V. and P.C. Swain, Streamflow Forecasting using Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System, Proceedings of XXXI IAHR Congress, Seoul, Korea, September, 2005
    25. Malleswara Rao, B.N., N. V. Umamahesh and G. Thimma Reddy, GIS Based Soil Erosion Modelling for Conservation Planning of Watersheds, Proceedings of National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources, HYDRO-2004, Nagpur, December, 2004
    26. Umamahesh, N.V. and S. Chandramouli, Fuzzy Dynamic Programming Model for Optimal Operation of a Multipurpose Reservoir, Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November, 2004
    27. Malleswara Rao, B.N. and N.V. Umamahesh, Hydrologic Modeling using GIS, Watershed Hydrology, Proceedings of International Conference on Water & Environment, Bhopal, December, 2003
    28. Chandra Sekhar, M and N.V. Umamahesh, Approaches for Modeling Non-point Source Pollution from a Watershed, Proceedings of National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, Pilani, October, 2003
    29. Umamahesh, N.V., Rainwater Harvesting through Public Participation - A Case Study, Proceedings of National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, Pilani, October, 2003
    30. Chandra Sekhar, M, and N. V. Umamahesh, (2002),Baseflow contributions to dissolved pollutant loads in krishna river, International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Amsterdam (October).
    31. Chandra Sekhar, M., N.V. Umamahesh and K. Sreenivasulu, Assessment of Pollutant Loads in a River by Indirect Approach, Proceedings of International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet 2002),Vienna,Austria, May 2002
    32. Swain, P.C. and N.V. Umamahesh, Rainfall-Runoff Modeling using Neural Networks, Proceedings of Advances in Civil Engineering, Volume I, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ed. J.N. Bandyopadhyay and D. Nagesh Kumar, Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, January 2002.
    33. Umamahesh, N.V. and S. Sudarsana Raju, Two Phase DP-LP Model for Optimal Irrigation Planning under Deficit Water Supply, Proceedings of Advances in Civil Engineering, Volume I, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ed. J.N. Bandyopadhyay and D. Nagesh Kumar, Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, January 2002
    34. Malleswara Rao, B.N, C. Sujana and N.V. Umamahesh, Hydrological Analysis of a Micro Watershed using GIS, National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Natural Resources Management, Mumbai, India, December, 2001
    35. M.Chandra Sekhar, N.V. Umamahesh and M.V.K. Satya Prasad, Modelling Dissolved Solids in River Water using Indirect Approach, 6th Scientific Assembly of the IAHS, Maastricht, the Netherlands, July, 2001
    36. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh, Application of Mass Balances for Separation of Point and Non-point Loads, V Int. Conf. on Diffuse/Non-point Pollution and Watershed Management,Milwaukee,USA, June, 2001
    37. Swain, P.C. and N.V. Umamahesh, Reservoir Inflow Prediction using Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System, Proceedings of MATLAB India Millennium Conference, November 15-17, 2000
    38. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N.V. Umamahesh, Approaches for Modelling Non-point Source Pollution from a Watershed, International Conference on Agricultural Effects on Ground and Surface Waters, Wageningen, The Netherlands, October, 2000.
    39. Prakash C. Swain, Ch. Seshachalam and N.V. Umamahesh, Flow Prediction : A Neural Network Approach, 44th Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,Warangal 1999.
    40. Swain, P.C. and Umamahesh, N.V., Flood Management using Neural Networks, Proc. of National Seminar on Disaster Management, University College of Engineering, Burla, India pp I-22 � I-29, November, 1999
    41. Swain, P.C. and Umamahesh, N.V., Artificial Neural Networks for Flow Forecasting, Proc. of International Symposium on Hydrological and Geochemical Processes in Large Scale River Basins � MANAUS� 99, Manaus, Brazil, November, 1999
    42. Umamahesh, N.V., Prakash C. Swain and B.Krishna, Predicting Streamflow using Artificial Neural Networks, in Meteorology Beyond 2000, Proc. of National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology, TROPMET-99, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, India, pp 377-382, February, 1999
    43. Prakash C. Swain and Umamahesh, N.V., Detection of Damages in Structures using Neural Networks, National Seminar on Restoration of Structures,Burla,India May,1998
    44. Malleswara Rao,B.N., Ravi Sankar, J, Umamahesh, N.V. and Deva Pratap,  Role of GIS in Watershed Management - A Case Study, National Symposium on Environmental Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Development, Aurangabad,India January, 1998
    45. Umamahesh, N.V. and Sreenivasulu, P, Reliability - Yield Relationship for Sri Rams Sagar Reservoir, Workshop on River Basin Management - Issues and Approaches, Institute ofEngineers(India), July, 1997
    46. Umamahesh, N.V., Warangal Water Supply System - Issues and Problems, Workshop on Urbanisation - A Case Study ofWarangal, December, 1996
    47. Umamahesh, N.V. and Sreenivasulu, P and Ravinder, T., Comparative Study of Alternate Cropping Pattern under the Command Area of Sri Rama Sagar Project, International R&D Session of CBIP, October, 1995,New Delhi
    48. Umamahesh, N.V., Ramana Murthy, T.V. and Sreenivasulu, P.,Drought Frequency Analysis, International Seminar on Hydrology,Kathmandu,Nepal, April, 1993
    49. Umamahesh, N.V , Sreenivasulu, P. And Subramanya Kumar, C.S.V., Reservoir Design Using Synthetic Streamflows, International Seminar on Hydrology,Kathmandu,Nepal, April, 1993
    50. Umamahesh, N.V., Ramakrishna D.V. and Sreenivasulu, P. Disaggregation Models for Multisite Monthly Streamflow Modeling, IX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Denver, Colorado, USA, July, 1992.
    51. Umamahesh, N.V. and Anand Raj, Monthly Streamflow Modeling of River Krishna, III National Symposium on Hydrology, CWPRS, Pune, July, 1990.

     

    PHDs Supervised

     

    Ph.D.'s Supervised


    Candidate
    Thesis
    Award Year

    M Chandra Sekhar
    Immission Approach for Water Quality Modelling of a River to Separate Point and Non-point Loads
    2001

    P C Swain
    Multipurpose Reservoir Management using Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System
    2001

    J R Patil
    Analysis and Design of Bored Piles in Rock using Neural Networks
    2002

    J Ravi Sankar
    GIS Based Simulation Model for Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management
    2004

    G V S Sridhar Vara Prasad
    Optimal Design of Water Distribution Network for Uniform Supply in Intermittent Systems
    2008

    B. Naga Malleswara Rao
    Development of GIS Based Support System for Watershed Management
    2011
    V. Agilan Non-Stationary Extreme Rainfall: Statistical Modelling 2017
    Jew Das Hydrologic Modelling and Uncertainty Analysis to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on a River Basin 2018
    Le Thi Hoa Binh Modeling Extreme Events under Nonstationary Condition in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2020
    Vinay A Rangari Hydrologic Modelling and Risk Assessment of Urban Floods: A Case Study of Hyderabad City 2020
    K. Leela Krishna Optimal Reservoir Operating Policies with Conflicting Objectives in Fuzzy Environment by GA-NLP hybrid approach - A Case Study 2021
    Subhadarsini Das Drought Characterisation, Propagation and Risk over Indian Region 2022
    V. Manikanta Assessing Hydrologic Uncertainty with an Event-Based Conceptual Model for Ensemble Flood Forecasting 2023

     

     PhD Supervision - Ongoing

     

    Name  Area of Research
    K. Ramani (Part-time) Analysis and Design of Intermittent Water Distribution Systems
    K Nikhil Teja

    Short- and Medium-range Ensemble Flood Forecasting using Multiple Distributed Hydrological models
    K Srikanth Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Systems
    G Rudraswamy Optimal Operation of Reservoirs under climate change
    M Sagar Kumar Impact of Climate and Land Use Changes on Urban Floods and Mitigation Strategies

     

    Workshops/Conferences

     

    Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Organized


    Title
    Coordinator
    Date

    Water Resources Systems Planning, Analysis and Management
    Prof. P. Srinivasulu & N V Umamahesh
    May, 1992

    Urbanization - A Case Study of Warangal City
    Dr. K V Jayakumar & Dr. N.V. Umamahesh
    21.12.1996

    Neuro-Fuzzy Applications in Civil Engineering
    Dr. N.V. Umamahesh & Mr. V.N. Kameswara Rao
    May, 2001

    International Conference on Advanced Modeling Techniques for Sustainable Management of Water Resources
    Dr. N.V. Umamahesh
    28-30, January, 2004

    National Workshop on Waste Management in Urban Areas
    Dr. M. Chandra Sekhar & Prof. N.V. Umamahesh
    September 24-25, 200

    ISTE Short Term Course on Water Quality Modelling and Management
    Prof. N V Umamahesh
    June 16-21, 2008
    ISTE- IIT Bombay Short term course on Computational Fluid Dynamics Prof. N V Umamahesh June 12-22, 2012
    Winter School on "Urban Flood Modelling" Prof. N V Umamahesh December 10-12, 2015
    Short term course on "Urban Flood Modelling" Prof. N V Umamahesh November 21-26, 2016
    International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development Prof. N V Umamahesh (one of the organizing secretary) September 13-15, 2019

     

     

    Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Attended


    Title
    Date
    Workshop
    Organized At

    1. International Seminar on Hydrology
    April, 1993
    Conference
    Kathmandu, Nepal

    2. II International R&D Session of Central Board of Irrigation and Power
    Ocober, 1995
    Conference
    New Delhi

    3. International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE-2002)
    January, 2002
    Conference
    Kharagpur

    4. International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet 2002)
    May, 2002
    Conference
    Vienna, Austria

    5. International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region
    November, 2004
    Conference
    Colombo, SriLanka

    6. 2nd International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology
    June, 2006
    Conference
    Colorado, USA
    7. Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI-2015) May 2015 Conference Austin, USA
    8.  X World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, EWRA- 2017 July 2017 Conference Athens, Greece
    9. 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG-2023) July 2023 Conference Berlin, Germany

     

    Projects

     

    DST/AICTE/MHRD or Other Sponsord R&D Projects


    Authority
    Project Name
    Project Cost
    Dur. & Sanct. Year

    Ministry of Rural Development, GOI
    Warangal Watershed Development
    Rs. 30 millions


    2000-2005
    Information Technology Research Academy Integrated Urban Flood Management in India - Technology Driven Solutions Rs. 67 lakhs

    4 years, 2014
    Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorolgy, MoES Short and Medium Range Flood Forecasting System for Godavari River Basin using Ensemble Weather Forecast Rs. 53.94 lakhs

    3 years, 2018
    National Water Development Agency (NWDA) System Studies on the Subarnarekha-Mahanadi Link Project Rs. 82.6 lakhs 18 months, 2022

     

     

    Awards and Honors

     

    Awards And Honours


    Award Name
    Detail

    Best Paper
    Awarded for the paper presented at 2nd International R&D Session of CBIP

    Jalamitra
    Awarded by the Govt. of AP in 2003 for successful implementation of Watershed Development Project in Warangal District

    G M Nawathe Award
    Awarded for the paper presented at Hydro 2004, conference organised by Indian Society for Hydraulics
    Best Engineering Faculty-2017 Awarded jointly by NITW and NITW Alumni Association

     

    Additional Responsibility

     

    Additional Responsibility

    1. Chief Warden, NITW Hostels - January 2005 to December 2006

    2. Head Department of Civil Engineering - July 2008 to June 2010

    3. Professor I/C, Project Engineering Unit - July 2010 to June 2012

    4. Dean, Students' Welfare - July 2012 to March 2013

    5. Dean, Planning & Development - April 2013 to June 2014

    6. Professor I/C, TEQIP-II - July 2015 - July 2017

    7. Internal Member of Board of Governors, NITW - November 2021 onwards

    8. Dean, Academic - March 2022 - June 2023