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Prof. Vema Vamsi Krishna

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: CE37/4 +91-870-2464249
vvamsikr@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Agricultural Water Management

 Climate and Land Use Change Modelling

 Decision making under uncertainty

 DSS for watershed management

 Flood Modelling

 Hydrological Modelling

 Optimal Management and Allocation of Resources

 Parameterization of watershed models

 Spatial Optimization

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Water Resources Engineering Lab(CE76009)
  • Advances in Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Engineering(CE76005)
  • Comprehensive Viva(CE6747)
  • Applied Hydrology(CE76001)
  • Fluid Mechanics-II(CE202)
  • Dissertation Part - A(CE6749)
  • Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Lab(CE76008)
  • Groundwater Hydrology(CE76004)
  • Dissertation Part - B(CE6799)
  • Advanced Hydrologic Modelling(CE76028)
  • Minor Project(CE76096)
  • Integrated Watershed Management(CE5713)
  • Computational Lab(CE5706)
  • Engineering Hydrology(CE252)
  • Advanced Hydrologic Modelling(CE5764)
  • Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Lab(CE5754)
  • Seminar - I(CE5748)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0001-7925-3294
  • ISI Researcher ID: AAN-2422-2020
  • SCOPUS ID: 57194601267
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K3RSIJAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


  • Spatial and temporal classification and prediction of LULC in Brahmani and Baitarni basin using integrated cellular automata models, By Indraja, G., Aashi, A. and Vema, V.K. , Springer, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol.196, pp., 2024
  • Assessing the soil erosion susceptibility of watersheds based on morphometric parameters using different MCDM techniques and their evaluation with field survey, By Das, B. and Vema, V. K. , Springer, Environmental Earth Sciences, vol.82, pp.598, 2023
  • Assessment of the structural uncertainty of hydrological models and its impact on flood inundation mapping, By Dasari, I. and Vema, V. K., Taylor and Francis, Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol.68, pp.2404, 2023
  • Formulation of Wavelet Based Multi-Scale Multi-Objective Performance Evaluation (WMMPE) Metric for Improved Calibration of Hydrological Models, By Manikanta, V., and Vema, V.K., Wiley, Water Resources Research, vol.58, pp., 2022
  • Impact of water conservation structures on the agricultural productivity in the context of climate change, By Vema, V.K., Sudheer, K.P., Rohith, A.N., and Chaubey, I., Springer, Water Resources Management, vol., pp., 2022
  • A decision support system for the identification of critical zones in a watershed to implement land management practices, By Kumar, A., Vema, V.K., Kurian, C., Thomas, J., Sudheer, K.P., Springer, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol.35, pp.973, 2021
  • Uncertainty on the hydrologic design of water conservation structures and its impact on the effectiveness of the structure., By Vema, V. K., Sudheer, K. P., Chaubey, I., Springer, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol.34, pp.973, 2020
  • Towards quick parameter estimation of hydrological models with large number of computational units., By Vema, V. K. and Sudheer, K P., Elsevier , Journal of Hydrology, vol.587, pp., 2020
  • Improving the crop productivity in rainfed areas with water harvesting structures and deficit irrigation strategies, By Mandal, S., Vema, V. K., Kurian, C., Sudheer, K P. , Elsevier , Journal of Hydrology, vol.586, pp., 2020
  • Fuzzy Inference System for Site Suitability Evaluation of Water Harvesting Structures in Rainfed Regions, By Vema, V, Sudheer, K. P., Chaubey, I., Elsevier , Agricultural Water Management, vol., pp., 2019

Formulation of Sustainable Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on the Groundwater Systems of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor INCGW, Ministry of Jal Shakti
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5005132
  • Status Ongoing

Ecohydrological Modelling

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type GIAN Course
  • Sponsor Ministry of Education
  • Duration 0 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 664000
  • Status Completed

System studies for identification of most appropriate alternative plan for Subernarekha-Mahanadi Link project

  • Role Joint-Principal Investigator
  • Type Consultancy
  • Sponsor National Water Development Agency
  • Duration 19 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 8200000
  • Status Completed

Decision Support System for Agriculture Water Management Strategies in Rainfed Agricultural Regions with Water Conservation Structures

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NITW Research Seed Money
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed


Aashi Agarwal

  • Area of Research: Improving ecohydrological model predictions using remote sen

C. Mahammad Rafi

  • Area of Research: Strategies to mitigate climate change impacts in a river bas

K. Veerendra Gopi

  • Area of Research: Assessing the Surface water and ground water interactions un
  • DST International Travel Support
  • IGCS Visiting Scholar Grant
  • Prof. Gerhard Rouve Memorial Prize
  • S.N. Bose Scholars Program Fellowship