Civil Engineering Department

Sharma Pramod Kumar

Sharma, Pramod Kumar
Professor
Specialization : Hydraulics Engineering
Room No : 308-A,B
pramod.sharma[at]ce[dot]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
(O) 91-1332-285684 (R) 91-1332-285121
Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest

Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics
Flow and Contaminant Transport through Porous media and Fractured-Porous Rock
Experimental studies on flow and solute transport through the subsurface aquifer system
Mathematical and Numerical modeling for flow and contaminant transport through subsurface

Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics

Flow and Contaminant Transport through Porous media and Fractured-Porous Rock

Experimental studies on flow and solute transport through the subsurface aquifer system

Mathematical and Numerical modeling for flow and contaminant transport through subsurface

Honors and Awards

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award	DEEWR, Australian Government	2015
G. M. Nawathe best paper award	Indian society for Hydraulics (ISH)	2014
Jalvigyan Puraskar	Indian society for Hydraulics (ISH)	2011

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Oct 2023	Continuing	Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Apr 2014	Oct 2023	Associate Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
May 2008	Apr 2014	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Jun 2003	May 2008	Lecturer	Civil Engineering Department, M.M.M. Engineering College, Gorakhpur

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Civil Engineering (HWRE)	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	2004
M. Tech.	Civil Engineering (WRD&I)	Government Engineering College, Raipur (Presently N. I. T.)	1996
B.E.	Civil Engineering	M.M.M. Engineering College, Gorakhpur, (Presently MMMTU)	1994

Journal Publication

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Srivastava, R., Sharma, P. K., and Brusseau (2002). Spatial Moments for Reactive Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media. J. Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2002)7:4(336)

Srivastava, R., Sharma, P. K. and Brusseau, M. L. (2004). Reactive Transport in Homogeneous Porous Media: Analytical Solutions for Temporal Moments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

Ojha, C.S.P., Surampalli, R. Y., Sharma, P. K. and Joshi, N. (2011). Breakthrough curves and simulation of virus transport through fractured porous media. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000374

Sharma, P. K. and Srivastava, R (2011). Numerical analysis of virus transport through heterogeneous porous media. Journal of Hydro Environment Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2011.01.001

Sharma, P. K., Joshi, N. and Ojha C. S. P. (2011). Reactive transport through porous media using Finite difference and Finite Volume Methods. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2011.648751

Kashyap, D, Sharma, P. K. and Subrahnanyam , P. (2011). Stochastic modeling of groundwater contamination around an ash slurry holding dyke. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2011.10515033

Joshi N., Ojha C. S. P. and Sharma, P. K. (2012). A non-equilibrium model for reactive contaminant transport through fractured porous media: Model development and semi analytical solution. Water Resour. Res.. DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011621

Sharma, P. K., Sekhar, M., Srivastava, R. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2012). Temporal Moments for Reactive Transport through Fractured Impermeable / Permeable Formations. Journal Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000586

Sharma, P. K. and Srivastava, R. (2012). Concentration profiles and spatial moments for reactive transport through porous media. ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000112

10.

Joshi, N., Ojha, C.S.P, Sharma P. K. and Surampalli, R.Y. (2013). Parameter identification of virus transport in porous media using equilibrium and non-equilibrium models. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2013.08.023

11.

Sharma, P. K. (2013). Temporal moments for solute transport through fractured porous media. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering published. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2013.798908

12.

Deepak, S., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha C. S. P. (2013). Experimental investigation of solute transport through stratified porous media. ISH, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering published. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2013.793930.

13.

Sharma, P. K., Joshi, N. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2013). Stochastic Numerical Method for Analysis of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2012.06.001

14.

Sharma, P. K., Joshi, N., Srivastava, R. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2014). Reactive Transport in Fractured Permeable Porous Media. Journal of hydrologic Engineering, ASCE. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001096

15.

Sharma, P. K. and Srivastava, R. (2014). Numerical analysis of spatial moments for reactive transport through fractured porous media. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2014.884360

16.

Sharma, P. K., Savant, V.A., Shukla, S.K. and Khan, Z. (2014). Experimental and numerical simulation of contaminant transport through layered soil. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. DOI: 10.1179/1939787913Y.0000000014

17.

Sharma, P. K. and Dixit, U. (2014). Contaminant Transport through Fractured Porous Media: An Experimental Study. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2013.08.003

18.

Deepak, S., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha C. S. P (2014). Simulation of experimental breakthrough curves usingmultiprocess non-equilibrium model for reactive solute transport in stratified porous media. Indian Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12046-014-0287-9

19.

Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C.S.P. and Joshi, N. (2014). Finite volume model for reactive transport in fractured porous media with distance and time dependent dispersion. Hydrological Sciences Journal. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.932910

20.

Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P., Swami, D., Joshi, N. and Shukla, S. K. (2015). Semi-Analytical Solutions of Multiprocessing Non-Equilibrium Transport Equations with Linear and Exponential Distance-Dependent Dispersivity. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1116-6

21.

Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P., Abegaze, T. A., Swami, D. and Yadav, A. (2015). Simulation of Fluoride Transport through Fine Sand Column Experiments. Journal of Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Engineering. DOI: 10.4172/2325-9647.1000121

22.

Lodhi, A. S., Jain, R. K. and Sharma, P. K. (2015). Influence of cohesion on scour around submerged dike founded in clay–sand–gravel mixtures. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2015.1075916

23.

Abgaze, T. A. and Sharma, P. K. (2015). Solute transport through porous media with scale-dependent dispersion and variable mass transfer coefficient. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2015.1021281

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Sharma, P. K. and Abgaze, T. A. (2015). Solute transport through porous media using asymptotic dispersivity. Sadhana. DOI: 10.1007/s12046-015-0382-6

25.

Joshi, N., Ojha, C. S. P., Sharma, P. K. and Madramootoo, C. A. (2015). Application of non-equilibrium fracture matrix model in simulating reactive contaminant transport through fractured porous media. Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016500

26.

Pandey, M., Ahmad, Z., and Sharma, P. K. (2015). Estimation of Maximum Scour Depth near a Spur Dike. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2015-0280

27.

Swami, D., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2016). Behavioral Study of the Mass Transfer Coefficient of Nonreactive Solute with Velocity, Distance and Dispersion . Journal of Environmental Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001164

28.

Sharma, P. K., Shukla, S.K., Choudhary, R. and Swami, D. (2016). Modeling for solute transport in mobile-immobile soil column experiment . ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2016.1155181

29.

Rajsekhar, K., Sharma, P. K. and Shukla, S. K. (2016). Numerical modeling of virus transport through unsaturated porous media . Cogent Geoscience. DOI: 10.1080/23312041.2016.1220444

30.

Sharma, P. K., Kakani, S. and Shukla, S. K. (2016). Numerical Study of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Porous Rock with Distance Dependent Dispersivity. Journal of Water Resource and Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.5963/JWRHE0502001

31.

Swami, D., Sharma, A., Sharma, P. K. and Shukla, D. P. (2016). Predicting suitability of different scale-dependent dispersivities for reactive solute transport through stratified porous media . Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2016.07.005

32.

Pandey, M., Sharma, P.K., Ahmad, Z., Singh, U. K. and Karna, N. (2017). Three dimensional velocity measurements around bridge piers in gravel bed. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology. DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2017.1362085

33.

Pandey, M., Sharma, P. K., Ahmad, Z. and Singh, U. K. (2017). Evaluation of existing equations for temporal scour depth around circular bridge piers. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. DOI: 10.1007/s10652-017-9529-9

34.

Pandey, M., Ahmad, Z. and Sharma, P. K. (2017). Scour around impermeable spur dikes: a review. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2017.1342571

35.

Pandey, M., Sharma, P. K., Ahmad, Z. and Singh, U. K. (2017). Experimental investigation of clear-water temporal scour variation around bridge pier in gravel bed. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. DOI: 10.1007/s10652-017-9570-8

36.

Sharma, P. K., Mayank, M. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2018). Numerical analysis of breakthrough curves and temporal moments for solute transport in triple-permeability porous medium. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2018.1498751

37.

Pandey, M., Sharma, P. K., Ahmad, Z. and Karna, N. (2018). Maximum scour depth around bridge pier in gravel bed streams. Natural Hazards. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-3157-z

38.

Swami, D., Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P., Guleria, A. and Sharma, A. (2018). Asymptotic Behavior of Mass Transfer for Solute Transport Through Stratified Porous Medium. Transport in Porous Media. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1090-6

39.

Pandey, M., Zakwan, M., Sharma, P. K. and Ahmad, Z. (2018). Multiple linear regression and genetic algorithm approaches to predict temporal scour depth near circular pier in non-cohesive sediment. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2018.1457455

40.

Sharma, P. K., Mayank, M., Ojha, C. S. P. and Shukla, S. K. (2018). A review on groundwater contaminant transport and remediation. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2018.1438213

41.

Lodhi, A. S., Jain, R. K., Sharma, P. K., and Karna, N. (2018). Influence of cohesion on scour at wake of partially submerged spur dikes in cohesive sediment mixtures. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2018.1525325

42.

Singh, U., Sharma, P. K., and Ojha, C. S. P. (2019). Groundwater investigation using ground magnetic resonance and resistivity meter. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2019.1661802

43.

Pandey, M., Chen, S. C., Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P. and Kumar, V. (2019). Local Scour of Armor Layer Processes around the Circular Pier in Non-Uniform Gravel Bed. Water. DOI: 10.3390/w11071421

44.

Pandey, M., Oliveto, G., Pu, J. H., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S.P. (2020). Pier Scour Prediction in Non-Uniform Gravel Beds. Water. DOI: 10.3390/w12061696

45.

Sharma, P. K., Agarwal, P. and Mehdinejadiani, B. (2020). Study on non-Fickian behavior for solute transport through porous media. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2020.1727783

46.

Agarwal, P., and Sharma, P. K. (2020). Analysis of critical parameters of flow and solute transport in porous media. Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2020.245

47.

Singh, U., and Sharma, P. K. (2021). Drought forecasting using the stochastic model in the Betwa river basin, India. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s40808-021-01187-4

48.

Okwir, G., Komakech, H. C., Sharma, P. K., Gao, H., and Njau, K. N. (2021). Mapping groundwater in ungauged lake basin in Tanzania: A comparison between two topography-based methods. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100697

49.

Singh, U., Desai, V. R., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2022). Simulating pre-monsoon and post-monsoon flows at Farakka barrage, India. Sustainable Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s40899-021-00594-w

50.

Singh, U., Agarwal, P. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Meteorological drought analysis with different indices for the Betwa river basin, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-022-04027-2

51.

Mayank, M. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Numerical and experimental study on solute transport through physical aquifer model. Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2021.281

52.

Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Seasonal groundwater monitoring using surface NMR and 2D/3D ERT. Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-022-10325-9

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Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Study on Geometric Factor and Sensitivity of Subsurface for Different Electrical Resistivity Tomography Arrays. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-022-09844-3

54.

Agarwal, P. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Analyzing the Effects of Irrigation on the Sensitivity and Estimability of Soil Hydraulic Parameter.(accepted). ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. DOI: -

55.

Paswan, A. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Numerical analysis of spatial moment for colloid-facilitated contaminant transport through porous media. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2022.2154619

56.

Okwir, G., Sharma, P. K., Gao, H., Selemani, J., and Njau, K. (2022). Multi-variate regression analysis of lake level variability: A case of semi-closed, shallow rift valley lake in Northern Tanzania. Environmental Challenges. DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100533

57.

Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Seasonal Uncertainty Estimation of Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Water Content using Bootstrap Statistics. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-022-03155-8

58.

Pandey, S. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Study on non-Darcian flow and solute transport characteristics through a filled single fracture. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2023.2187711

59.

Paswan, A. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Two‐Dimensional Modeling of Colloid‐Facilitated Contaminant Transport in Groundwater Flow Systems with Stagnant Zones. Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1029/2022WR033130

60.

Okwir, G., Kumar, S., Pramod, K. S., Gao, H. and Njau, K. N. (2023). Conceptualization of groundwater-surface water interaction with evidence from environmental isotopes and hydrogeochemistry in lake Babati Basin in Northern Tanzania. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100940

61.

Gupta, R. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). A review of groundwater-surface water interaction studies in India. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129592

62.

Gupta, K. R. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Study on multispecies solute transport through heterogeneous porous media. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-023-11580-1

63.

Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Comparison of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimated by Surface NMR and Empirical Equations. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128929

64.

Sharma, P. K. and Paswan, A. (2023). Flow and Colloid-Facilitated Contaminant Transport in the Vadose Zone: A Numerical Study. ASCE, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG.5987

65.

Pandey, S. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Experimental study on non-Darcian flow through a single artificial fracture for different fracture apertures and surface roughness. Journal of Hydroinformatics. DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2023.143

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Das, B., Ahmad, Z., and Sharma, P. K. (2024). Discharge characteristics of lateral rectangular orifice intakes in open channel flow. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-023-11816-0

67.

Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2024). Study on aquifer characterization using surface nuclear magnetic resonance. Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-023-11334-y

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Agarwal, P. and Sharma, P. K. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigation of ammonium migration attenuation in soils with different clay contents. ASCE's Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste.

Research Projects

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1. Title:- Development of Stochastic Numerical Model for Reactive Solute Transport through Fractured-Impermeable Porous Formations with Random Matrix Diffusion
Sponsor: Faculty Initiation Grants (F.I.G.)	Sanctioned Year:	Amount: ₹ 4.75 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- Experimental evaluation and numerical modeling for flow and solute transport through soil column and two-dimensional fractured porous formations
Sponsor: DST New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2009-10	Amount: ₹ 18.24 Lakhs	Role: PI

3. Title:- Numerical modeling of solute transport through fractured porous media
Sponsor: Endeavour Research Grant Australia	Sanctioned Year: 2009-10	Amount: ₹ 13.00 Lakhs	Role:

4. Title:- Pier and jet scour in cohesive sediments consisting of clay-sand-gravel mixtures
Sponsor: DST New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2009-10	Amount: ₹ 29.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

5. Title:- Submerged Vanes for River Training and Sediment Management in Streams and their Field Application.
Sponsor: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, New Delhi, India	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 172.50 Lakhs	Role:

6. Title:- Co-creating Sustainable Agri-Water Use in the Hindon sub-basin – A Multi-Scale Participatory Approach
Sponsor: Joint DST-NWO (Indo-Dutch)	Sanctioned Year: 2022-23	Amount: ₹ 51.00 Lakhs	Role:

7. Title:- Morphological and hydrological study of Mohand River for Elevated Delhi-Dehradun Highway
Sponsor: NHAI Dehradun	Sanctioned Year: 2023-24	Amount: ₹ 48.60 Lakhs	Role:

Membership

S. No.	Membership
1.	Institution of Engineers, Member
2.	Indian Water Resources Society, Member
3.	Indian Society for Hydraulics, Member
4.	Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS), Member
5.	Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Life Fellow

Book / Book Chapters

Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Non-invasive Subsurface Groundwater Exploration Techniques In: Shukla, P., Singh, P., Singh, R.M. (eds) Environmental Processes and Management. 978-3-031-20207-0 Springer, Cham

Sharma, P. K., Mayank, M. and Agarwal, P. (2023). Numerical Solution of Space Fractional Advection–Dispersion Equation and Application. In: Shukla, P., Singh, P., Singh, R.M. (eds) Environmental Processes and Management. 978-3-031-20207-0 Springer, Cham

M. Tech. Dissertations

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	Effect of industrial effluent on the engineering properties of expensive clay	Thakur Narendra Singh	Dr. S.M. Ali Jawaid, MMMEC Gorakhpur	PG	2006
2.	Dye Waste Water to Remove Color and Dissolved Organic Matter from Waste Product (FLYASH & BAGASSE)	Satya Narain		PG	2006
3.	Numerical Analysis of Microbial Contaminant Transport through Porous media	Ravi Ranjan Sahay	Dr. S.M. Ali Jawaid, MMMEC Gorakhpur	PG	2007
4.	Treatment of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater using Iron Oxide and Local Sand	Ram Milan Verma	Dr. S.M. Ali Jawaid, MMMEC Gorakhpur	PG	2007
5.	Lead removal from industrial wastewater using absorbent material	Ravi Pratap Gupta	Dr. S.M. Ali Jawaid, MMMEC Gorakhpur	PG	2008
6.	Analysis of Furrow Irrigation and Estimation of Infiltration Parameters	Chaitanya Gowri prasad Varanasi		PG	2009
7.	Stochastic modeling of Groundwater flow and Contaminant Transport	Pesala Subrahmanyam	Dr. D. Kashyap	PG	2009
8.	Experimental and numerical study of solute transport in layered soil	Manish Kumar Meena	Dr. C.S.P. Ojha	PG	2010
9.	Transport of reactive contaminants through porous media-an experimental study	Arvind Kumar Yadav		PG	2011
10.	Simulation of riverbank filtrate turbidity – case study	B. Kranthi Kumar Reddy		PG	2011
11.	Contaminant transport through fractured porous media: An experimental study	Umang Dixit		PG	2012
12.	Simulation and experimental study on solute transport in soil columns	Rahul Choudhary		PG	2012
13.	Planning of Groundwater Development using Embedding Technique	Devraj Patel	Dr. D. Kashyap	PG	2012
14.	Numerical modeling of contaminant transport through layered soil	Zubair Khan	Dr. V.A. Sawant	PG	2012
15.	Solute transport through homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media: Experimental study	Yogendra Kumar		PG	2013
16.	Model Assisted planning of Ground water Development	Murari Kumar	Dr. D. Kashyap	PG	2013
17.	Sediment removal efficiency of vortex chamber type of sediment extractor	Manish Kumar Sant	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2013
18.	Discharge characteristics of orifice type Spillway under oblique Approach Flow	Sabir Hussain	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2013
19.	Modeling contaminant transport through fractured porous media	Suman Pran Sonowal		PG	2014
20.	Modeling of unsaturated flow using HYDRUS Software	Sumit Kumar	Dr. K.S. Hari Prasad	PG	2014
21.	Modeling Pathogen transport through subsurface	Niranjan Kumar	Dr. K.S. Hari Prasad	PG	2014
22.	Numerical modeling of virus transport through unsaturated porous media	K Rajsekhar		PG	2015
23.	Experimental study on contraction scour in cohesionless soil	Ravinder Kumar Singh	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2015
24.	Scour in cohesionless sediment bed under submerged inclined jets	Angad Kumar Sharma	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2015
25.	Numerical modeling of reactive transport through fractured porous media	Sourabh Kakani	Dr. C.S.P. Ojha	PG	2016
26.	Modeling of solute transport through unsaturated porous media	Muskan Mayank	Dr. C.S.P. Ojha	PG	2016
27.	Bridge scour in constricted flows	Rishi Kumar Garhewal	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2016
28.	Flow and scour pattern around submerged spur dikes	Deepika Sharma	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2016
29.	Groundwater Exploration using Ground Magnetic Resonance (GMR)	Sagar Manchanda	Dr. C.S.P. Ojha	PG	2017
30.	Solute transport through triple permeability media: An experimental Study	Anuj Singh Chaudhary	Dr. C.S.P. Ojha	PG	2017
31.	Flow of Fluids through porous media: An experimental study	Hansraj Kalwaniya		PG	2017
32.	Scour Around Pier under Submerged condition	Ashutosh Kumar Gupta	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2017
33.	Scour below underwater pipes in a channel	Melsew Berihun	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2017
34.	Effect of Interference of piers on scour	Monil Garg	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2018
35.	Solute transport in porous media using spatial fractional advection-diffusion equation	Shashank Singhal		PG	2019
36.	Scour around bridge pier in gravel bed	Brijesh Kumar Singh	Dr. Z. Ahmad	PG	2019
37.	Study on geophysical exploration using electrical Resistivity tomography	Joshit Kumar Singh		PG	2020
38.	Study on infiltration characteristics of soil	Krishan Kant Gautam		PG	2020
39.	Study of reactive solute transport through dual permeability porous media	Pratibha Singh Dodve		PG	2021
40.	Study on subsurface water content using Electrical Resistivity Tomography	Siddhant Gautam		PG	2021
41.	Hydraulic modelling of Tapi river basin using HEC-RAS	Abhishek Yadav		PG	2021
42.	Drought forecasting using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Vidarbha region	Bhushan Nagnath Ubale		PG	2022
43.	Flood forecasting using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Godavari region	Sudhanshu Kumar		PG	2023
44.	Sediment transport modelling of rivers Bharathapuzha & Periyar using HEC-RAS	Rahul P. R.		PG	2023
45.	Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution in aquifer in Haridwar District, India	Himanshu Patel		PG	2023
46.	Mapping Groundwater Recharge Potential Zones in Khondalitic Terrain of India Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques	Gaurav Verma		PG	2023

Research Scholars

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	Numerical modeling of contaminant transport through fractured porous rock	Snigdha Pandey	2018
2.	Critical submergence for multiple Hydraulic Intakes	Bhagwan Das	2019	Prof. Pramod Kumar Sharma,
3.	Hydraulics of trench weir	Ashish Dabral	2019
4.	Multispecies transport through porous media	Kumar Rishabh Gupta	2019
5.	Study on the surface and subsurface water interaction	Rishabh Gupta	2020
6.	To be decided	Hariom Gautam	2020	Prof. Pramod Kumar Sharma
7.	Numerical study of colloid-facilitated contaminant transport through porous media	Akhilesh Paswan	2021
8.	Investigation on Flow and Sediment Transport in Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh State	Syed Khateeb Ahmad	2021	Prof. Pramod Kumar Sharma,
9.	Hydraulic Structures	Angad Kumar Sharma	2021	Prof. Pramod Kumar Sharma,

Ph.D. Supervised

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Status	Awarded Year
1.	Modeling of contaminant transport through porous media	Teodrose	Awarded	-
2.	Reactive contaminant transport through fractured porous media	Nitin Joshi	Awarded	-
3.	Scour around circular piers in clay-sand gravel mixtures	Ajay Singh Lodhi	Awarded	-
4.	Study on reactive solute transport through porous medium	Deepak Swami	Awarded	-
5.	Scour around Bridge pier in gravel stream	Manish Panday	Awarded	2018
6.	Flow and contaminant transport through variable saturated porous media	Muskan Mayank	Awarded	2021
7.	Aquifer Characterization Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	Uttam Singh	Awarded	2022
8.	Flow And Ammonium Transport Through Variably Saturated Porous Media	Pooja Agarwal	Awarded	2023

Teaching Engagements

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Fluid Mechanics	CEN-108	B. Tech.	Spring
2.	Channel Hydraulics	CEN-205	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24
3.	B. Tech. IV Project	CEN-400A	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
4.	Advanced Fluid Mechanics	CEN-532	M. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
5.	Advanced Fluid Mechanics	CEN-532	M. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24
6.	Modeling Simulation and Optimization	CEN-534	M. Tech.	Autumn

Visits To Outside Institutions

S. No.	Visiting Institute	Purpose of Visit	Start Date	End Date
1.	Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia	Post-Doctoral Fellowship	04/May/2015	03/Nov/2015

Conference Publication

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Sharma, P. K., and Srivastava, R. (2008). Analysis of Spatial Moments for Reactive Transport through Fracture-Porous Matrix System. 12th IACMAG–2008. Place: GOA, India Page No: 2456-2462

Shriram, Sharma, P. K., and Jawaid, S. M. A. (2008). Numerical Analysis of Solute Transport through Porous Media. 12thIACMAG–2008. Place: GOA, India Page No: 2529-2535

Sharma, P. K., and Srivastava, R. (2009). Analysis of Concentration Profiles for Reactive Transport in Fractured-Porous media. WEES–2009. Place: India Page No: 1228-1234

Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2010). Virus transport through fractured permeable porous media. EWRI of ASCE India 2010,3rd International conference. Place: IIT Chennai

Sharma, P. K., Joshi, N. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2011). Reactive transport through porous media with distance and time-dependent dispersion model. International conference on sustainable water resources management and climate change adaptation. Place: NIT Durgapur

Sharma, P. K. and Dixit, U. (2012). Simulation and experimental study of solute transport through fractured porous media. ICER-12. Place: UMT Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Sharma, P. K., Ojha, C. S. P., Joshi, N. and Choudhary, R. (2012). Numerical simulation of solute transport with observed data in soil column experiment. ENSURE. Place: IIT Guwahati

Swami, D., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha C. S. P. (2013). Reactive transport through stratified porous media. Proceeding of HYDRO-2013. Place: IIT Madras, Chennai Page No: 381-387

Lodhi, A. S., Sharma, P. K., Jain, R. K. and Karna, N. (2013). Time dependent scour around spur dykes in gravel and sand gravel bed. Proceeding of HYDRO-2013. Place: IIT Madras, Chennai, India Page No: 616-623

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Sharma, P. K., Swami, Deepak, Ojha C. S. P (2013). Simulation and experimental study of solute transport in stratified porous media. IPWE 13. Place: Izmir, Turkey

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Sharma, P. K. and Srivastava, R. (2014). Modeling of virus transport in unsaturated porous media using HYDRUS SOFTWARE. Proceeding, 5th International and 41st National conference on fluid mechanics and Fluid Power. Place: IIT Kanpur, India

12.

Sharma, P. K. and Sonowal, S. (2014). Experimental investigation of solute transport through Fractured Porous Rock. HYDRO 2014 INTERNTIONAL Conference. Place: M.A.N.I.T. Bhopal, India

13.

Teodrose, A. A., Sharma, P. K. and Swami, D. (2014). Modeling solute transport through porous media with scale dependent dispersion. HYDRO 2014 INTERNTIONAL Conference. Place: M.A.N.I.T. Bhopal, India

14.

Pandey, M., Ahmad, Z. and Sharma, P. K. (2014). Evaluation of existing equations for maximum scour depth near spur dikes. HYDRO 2014 INTERNTIONAL Conference. Place: M.A.N.I.T. Bhopal, India

15.

Pandey, M., Ahmad, Z., Sharma, P. K. and Lodhi A. S. (2014). Scour and flow behaviour around single & multiple spur dike. Proceeding, ICES'14 (ASCE). Place: VIT University Page No: 74-82

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Lodhi, A. S., Jain, R. K., Sharma, P. K. and Karna, M. (2014). Time Evolution Of Clear Water Bridge Pier Scour. Proceeding, ICES'14 (ASCE). Place: VIT University Page No: 252-260

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Sharma, P. K. and Shukla, S. K. (2015). Flow and contaminant transport through heterogeneous fractured rock. HYDRO 2015 INTERNTIONAL Conference. Place: IIT, Roorkee, India

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Swami, D., Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2015). Comparative study of MPNE using different scle dependent dispersivity for reactive solute transport through heterogeneous porous medium. HYDRO 2015 International Conference. Place: IIT, Roorkee, India

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Pandey, M., Ahmad, Z., Sharma, P. K. and Sharma, U. K. (2015). Evaluation of existing equation for maximum scour depth near a spur dike. HYDRO 2015 International Conference. Place: IIT, Roorkee, India

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Sharma, P. K., Pandey M. and Ahmad, Z. (2017). Scour around vertical wall abutment in cohesionless sediment bed, Poster presentation. AGU fall meeting. Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Sharma, P. K. and Ojha, C. S. P. (2017). Groundwater exploration using Ground Magnetic Resonance. 7th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2017).

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Sharma, P. K. and Pandey M. (2018). Investigations of subsurface characterization using Ground Magnetic Resonance. European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly. Place: Vienna, Austria

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Singh, U. and Sharma, P. K. (2021). Study on subsurface hydraulic conductivity and soil moisture using Ground Magnetic Resonance (GMR). Hydro 2020. Place: NIT Rourkela

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Agarwal, P. and Sharma P. K. (2021). Investigating the effects of clay present in the soil on ammonium migration in the subsurface. American Geophysical Union (AGU). Place: New Orleans, USA

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Paswan, A. and Sharma P. K. (2022). Study on flow and colloid-facilitated contaminant transport in the unsaturated porous media: a numerical modeling. 9th international groundwater conference (IGWC-2022). Place: IIT Roorkee

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Pandey, S. and Sharma P. K. (2022). Study on flow and reactive solute migration through synthetic single fracture under non-Darcian flow conditions. 9th international groundwater conference (IGWC-2022). Place: IIT Roorkee

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Kumar, R. G, and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Numerical Analysis of two-dimensional multispecies solute transport through unsaturated porous media. 9th international groundwater conference (IGWC-2022). Place: IIT Roorkee

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Kumar, R. G, and Sharma, P. K. (2022). Simulation of two-dimensional multispecies reactive transport in porous media with variable dispersivity. AGU Fall Meeting 2022. Place: Chicago, USA

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Das, B., Ahmad, Z. and Sharma, P. K. (2023). Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Critical submergence for Water Intakes. 25th EGU General Assembly EGU23. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-279 Place: Vienna, Austria and Online

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