SAM 6229

Dr. K. Sreelash

Scientist D,Environmental Hydrology Group (EHG)

Email : k[dot]sreelash[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in

Phone(Off) : 0471-2511604

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

Post Doc : Feb, 2014 to Jan, 2016, INRA, Avignon, France.
Ph. D. : 2014, Estimation of root zone soil hydraulic properties by inversion of a crop model using ground or microwave remote sensing observations. Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
ME : 2009, Hydrology and Water Resources Engg., Centre for Water Resources, College of Engg, Guindy, Chennai.
BE : 2005, Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.

Area of Specialization & Interest:

  • Hydrology, Remote Sensing of agro-hydrological variables, Critical Zone Studies, Submarine Groundwater Discharge.

Professional career:

2023(July) - Present Scientist D, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
2019(July) - 2023 (June) Scientist C, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
2016(Aug) - 2019(June) Scientist B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
2016(Feb) - 2016(Aug) Research Engineer @ INRA, Avignon, France.

Honours/Awards/Fellowships:

  1. Post-Doctoral Research grant from CNES, France (Feb 2014 to Jan 2016).
  2. Visiting research fellow at INRA, Rennes, France, (May 2012 to July 2012).
  3. Visiting research fellow at INRA, Avignon, France, (Feb 2013 to March 2013).
  4. Gold Medalist and First Rank in Master of Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering) from Centre of Water Resources, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India for the year 2009.
  5. Recipient of Dr. Jayasekar Endowment award for the “Best Outgoing Student in Master of Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering)” from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India for the year 2009.
  6. Best presentation award in the International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2022) on ‘Effective Management of (Sub)-Surface Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid regions’ during 2-4 Nov, 2022, Dept. of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee.
  7. Best paper award in the area of Environmental Science, Wildlife and Forestry of the 29th Kerala Science Congress, Thiruvalla, April, 2017.

Invited Lectures:

  1. Delivered a 2-day course comprising 7 lectures Delivered seven lectures on “Applications of Remote Sensing in Critical Zone Studies” conducted by Dept. of Civil Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamin Nadu on 21st and 28th August, 2021.
  2. Delivered an invited lecture on “Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions” as a part of Two-day online workshop on Sustainable Water Resources Management conducted by Dept. of Civil Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamin Nadu on 16th November, 2021.
  3. Delivered an invited lecture on “Critical Zone Observatories: The NCESS Initiatives” on 3rd November, 2020 in the International Workshop on “The Joy, Opportunities and Challenges in Field Hydrological Research’ jointly organized by NIE, Mysuru and IIT, Guwahati.
  4. Delivered an invited lecture on the topic “Introduction to Hydrological modeling” at Dept. of Environmental Science, Kerala University, Trivandrum on 30th Jan, 2018.
  5. Delivered an invited lecture on the topic “Introduction to modeling and inverse modeling” at Dept. of Environmental Science, Kerala University, Trivandrum on 29th Jan, 2018.
  6. Delivered an invited lecture on the topic “Introduction to inverse modeling in hydrogeology” at Dept. of Geology, Anna University, Chennai on 10th Jan, 2018.

Membership in Professional Bodies:

  1. Member of International Association of Hydrogeologists
  2. Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences
  3. Life member of Indian Association of Hydrologists
  4. Life member of Ocean Society of India

Google Scholar Links:

  • https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=UB0t9SoAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID:

  • 0000-0002-1384-9287

Vidwanid:

  • 549624

Other Professional Activities (Professional Training/Committees/Editorial Services):

  1. Water Resources Modelling (MIKE HYDRO and MIKE FLOOD), 6-10th May, 2019 at NIT Calicut.
  2. Brainstorming meeting on Critical Zone Observatories, conducted by CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur during 28th and 29th May, 2019.
  3. Indo-French monsoon school on Remote Sensing held at IISc, Bangalore during 29th to 30th October, 2019.
  4. 5-day workshop on Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and its Geophysical Applications at IIT Delhi during 12th to 16th February, 2018 (GIAN).
  5. 2-Day workshop on SWAT-MODFLOW at IIT Madras during 8th and 9th January, 2018.
  6. 1-Day iMOD ground water modeling workshop at NASC complex New Delhi on 14th December 2017.
  7. 6-day training on Techniques in Hyperspectral data analysis and Processing (29th May to 3rd June, 2017) at IIT BHU, Varanasi.
  8. 4-day MATLAB training on Data processing, Image processing and computer vision analysis during 26th to 29th Sep, 2016 at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram.
  9. 3-day-training on Virtual laboratory environment (VLE) - a platform for coupling models (25/11/2011 to 27/11/2011) @ INRA, Toulouse, France.
  10. 3-day training on STICS crop model (01/04/2014 to 03/04/2014) @ INRA, Laon, France.
  11. 5-day-training on STICS crop model and RECORD Platform (a platform for coupling models) (13/10/2014 to 17/10/2014) @ NBSSLUP, Bangalore, India.
  12. 3-day training on writing scientific articles (09/03/2015 to 11/03/2015) @ INRA, Sophia Antipolis, France.
  13. 3-day training on ‘Introduction to R’ (15/12/2015 to 17/12/2015) @ INRA, Avignon, France.
  14. 3-day training on ‘Statistical treatment of data with R’ (12/01/2016 to 14/01/2016) @ INRA, Avignon, France.
  15. 3-day training on ‘Advanced R’ (21/06/2016 to 23/06/2016) @ INRA, Avignon, France.

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