Faculty at School of Engineering

Hitesh Upreti

Hitesh Upreti

Assistant Professor


Contact Information

Evapotranspiration remote sensing in hydrology, Flow in unsaturated soil, and Root water uptake irrigation hydrology

2019, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

2013, M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

2011, B.Tech., Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

03/20-06/20

Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Kanpur

07/19-02/20

Research Associate, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee

  1. Yadav, A., Sharma, N., Upreti, H., Singhal, G.D. (2022). 'Techno-economic analysis of irrigation systems for efficient water use in the backdrop of climate change.' Current Science, 122 (6), 664-673.
  2. Upreti, H., and Ojha, C.S.P (2020). "Closure to 'Evaluation of the vapor pressure models in the estimation of actual vapor pressure and evapotranspiration.'" ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 146 (3), 07019015, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001443.
  3. Nema, M.K., Thakur, H.P., Upreti, H., Jain, S.K., Mishra, P.K., . . , and Jain, S.K. (2020). 'Estimation of evapotranspiration in lesser Himalayas using remote sensing based surface energy balance algorithm.' Geocarto International, 37(3), 841-859. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2020.1745300.
  4. Upreti, H., and Ojha, C.S.P. (2018). 'Evaluation of the vapor pressure models in the estimation of actual vapor pressure and evapotranspiration.' ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (ASCE), 144(11), 05018007, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001346.
  5. Upreti, H., and Ojha, C.S.P. (2017). 'Estimation of relative humidity and dew point temperature using limited meteorological data.' ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 143(9), 05017005, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001225.
  6. Upreti, H., Ojha, C.S.P., and Hari Prasad, K.S. (2015). 'Estimation of deep percolation in sandy-loam soil using water-balance approach.' Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering, 4 (S1), 002.

  1. Jaisankar, D., Behera, S.N., Yadav, M. and Upreti, H. (2021). 'Current trends and future challenges for solid waste management: Generation, characteristics and application of GIS in mapping and optimizing transportation routes.' In: Sustainable Approaches of Urban Mining for Waste Management and Resource Recovery, CRC Press Taylor and Francis.
  2. Shankar, V., Ojha, C.S.P., Govindaraju, R.S., Hari Prasad, K.S., Adeloye, A.J., Madramoottoo, C.A., Upreti, H., Shrivastava, R., and Singh, K.K. (2017). Optimum use of irrigation water. In: Sustainable Water Resource Management, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Conference Presentations:

  1. Pandey, R., Yadav, M., Upreti, H., and Singhal, G.D. (2022). Irrigation Application Efficiency of Rice Crop Under Flood and Drip Irrigation Regimes, AOGS 2022 Virtual, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 19th Annual Meeting.
  2. Upreti, H., and Ojha, C.S.P. (2018). Numerical Model for Soil Moisture Simulation in Cropped Area, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting 2018, Washington DC.

Sponsored Research Projects:

  1. Development of AI based DSS for Improved Crop Water Use Efficiency under Regulated Deficit Drip Irrigation Regime in the Backdrop of Climate Change (Co-PI), DST, Govt. of India, INR 105 lakhs, 2 years.
  2. Externally-funded Workshop Agricultural Water Management in the Backdrop of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing, GIS, and IoT Techniques. (Dr. Gopal Das Singhal, Dr. Hitesh Upreti, Dr. Rohit Singh), Karyashala, SERB, INR 5 lakhs (21-27 July, 2022).
  3. Externally-funded Faculty Development Program Use of GIS & Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Environment (Dr. Gopal Das Singhal, Dr. Hitesh Upreti), AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy, INR 0.93 lakhs (2-6 August, 2021).