The Department of Civil Engineering received the prestigious FIST-2022 grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

Focus of the research grant

• Mapping of crop water stress and crop water use using remote sensing for:
• Understanding the spatial variation of water use and water demand
• Developing water-efficient irrigation methodology
• Development of strategies for real-time assessment of instream water quality
• Development of cascading instream storage strategies to promote self-sustained water demand of neighboring regions and to mitigate flood scenario

Funding Agency: DST, Govt. of India

Funding Amount: ₹ 98 lakhs

Duration: 5 years (2023-2028)

Sanctioned Equipment

• Hyperspectral camera (Geoinformatics Laboratory)
• Tilting flume (Hydraulics Laboratory)

Image 1. Hyperspectral camera system mounted on a hexacopter drone

Image 2. Titling flume installed at the Hydraulics Laboratory

Project Implementation Group:

• Gopal Das Singhal
• Hitesh Upreti
• Ghanshyam Pal
• Susant Padhi
• Manoj Kumar Singh