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Prof. Litan Kumar Ray

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Civil Engineering

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Room No: CFCR - 7-B/28 +91-870-2464250 litan@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 10
    • Book Chapter(s): 3
    • PhD: Current - 4

    13

    PUBLICATIONS

    4

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    3

    PROJECTS

    Research Areas

    Climate Change
    Compound climate extreames
    Drought Analysis
    Flood Forecasting
    Hydrologic Modelling
    Machine learning Applications in water resources
    Remote sensing and GIS application in Water
    Risk and Reliability analysis
    Stochastic Hydrology
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy IIT Roorkee 2018
    Master of Technology IIT Kharagpur 2012
    Bachelor of Technology Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya 2010
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Groundwater Development(CE413) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Integrated Watershed Management(CE76023) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Irrigation Engineering(CE302) 2-0-0 2 UG
    Watershed Management(CE464) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Remote Sensing & GIS in Water Resources(CE76022) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Engineering Hydrology(CE252) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Land and Water Management(CE5714) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Computational Methods in Water Resources Engineering(CE5703) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Fluid Mechanics-I(CE152) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Applications of Remote Sensing & GIS in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering(CE5768) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Integrated Watershed Management(CE5713) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Exploring the Influence of Sea Surface Temperature Extremes on Precipitation Extremes Across India's Climate Zones: A Complex Network approach, By VM Reddy, Litan Kumar Ray , & Velpuri Manikanta, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., International Journal of Climatology, vol., pp., 2025
    Concurrent and dynamical interdependency of compound precipitation and wind speed extremes over India, By V.M. Reddy & Litan Kumar Ray, Elsevier, Atmospheric Research, vol.304, pp.107389, 2024
    Effects of compound hydro-meteorological extremes on rice yield in different cultivation practices in India, By Anshuman Mishra, Litan Kumar Ray, & V. Manohar Reddy, Springer Vienna, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol.155, pp.4507–4520, 2024
    Past and future joint return period of precipitation extremes over South Asia and Southeast Asia, By V.M. Reddy & Litan Kumar Ray, Elsevier, Global and Planetary Change, vol.239, pp.104495, 2024
    Change and coincidence risk analysis of floods in the Mahanadi River Basin, India, By S. R. Shalini, Manohar Reddy & Litan Kumar Ray, IWA Publishing, Journal of Water and Climate Change, vol.15, pp.4254, 2024
    Non-Stationary Flash Drought Analysis and Its Teleconnection With Low-Frequency Climatic Oscillations, By Krishna Priya, V. M. Reddy, Litan Kumar Ray & Jew Das, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Hydrological Processes, vol.38(10), pp.1-19, 2024
    Spatio-temporal change in rainfall over five different climatic regions of India, By Litan Kumar Ray, Narendra Kumar Goel, IWA Publishing, Journal of Water and Climate Change, vol.12, pp.3124-3142, 2021
    Trend analysis and change point detection of temperature over parts of India, By Litan Kumar Ray, Narendra Kumar Goel, Manohar Arora, Springer Vienna, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol.138, pp.153-167, 2019
    Flood frequency analysis of Narmada River Basin in India under nonstationary condition, By Litan Kumar Ray, Narendra Kumar Goel, American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol.24, pp.05019018, 2019
    Limitation of automatic watershed delineation tools in coastal region, By Litan Kumar Ray, Taylor & Francis, Annals of GIS, vol.24, pp.261-274, 2018
    Book Chapter(s)
    Evaluating Drought Dynamics in the Krishna Basin: A Nonstationary Approach By V. Neerajakshi, Lita Kumar Ray, Jatoth Mounika in Surface Hydrology in a Changing Climate - Proceeding of International Conference: AWaRe 2025 Volume 3, Springer Nature Singapore, e Book, 2026
    Characterizing Flood Frequency and Magnitude in the Godavari Basin: Insights from Local and Regional Flood Frequency Analysis By G Vaishnavi, Litan Kumar Ray, VM Reddy in Hydrology and Hydrologic Modelling, Springer Nature Singapore, e Book, 2023
    Development of Machine Learning Based Flood Prediction Model for Godavari River Basin By V. Manohar Reddy, Litan Kumar Ray in River Dynamics and Flood Hazards, Springer Singapore, e Book, 2022
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    lntegration of polar and geostationary EO datasets for a synthesized hourly LST product
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ISRO
    Project Cost (INR): 3359512
    Date of Commencement: 09-09-2025  
    Duration: 37 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Formulation of Sustainable Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on the Groundwater Systems of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: INCGW, Ministry of Jal Shakti
    Project Cost (INR): 5005132
    Date of Commencement: 16-12-2024  
    Duration: 37 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    System Studies on the Subarnarekha-Mahanadi Link Project
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Consultancy
    Sponsor: National Water Development Agency (NWDA)
    Project Cost (INR): 81000000
    Date of Commencement: 19-11-2022   Date of Completion: 31-05-2024
    Duration: 19 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    B Jagadeesh
    Area of Research: Development of mitigation strategies for drought
    Jatoth Mounika
    Area of Research: Drought Analysis
    Manohar Reddy V
    Area of Research: Compound climate extreames
    T Nagendra Babu
    Area of Research: Climate change Impact on Floods
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Third Year Faculty Advisor (July, 2024 - June, 2026)
    •  Co-ordinator Water Resources Programme (April, 2022 - June, 2024)
     Last updated on July 9, 2026