PROFILE



Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering


Dr. Anil Kumar


DESIGNATION:Professor & Head
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Soil & Water Conservation Engg., Surface Hydrology, Watershed Management
EMAIL:anilkumar_swce61[at]rediffmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9412121117 (M)

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • Water harvesting and management
  • Hydrologic modelling
  • ANN and soft computing
  • Soil erosion studies

  • Selected Research Publications

    1. Manish Kumar, Pravendra Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ahmed Elbeltagi and Alban Kuriqi (2022). Modeling stage–discharge–sediment using support vector machine and artificial neural network coupled with wavelet transform. Applied Water Science. 12:87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01621-7

    2. Ram Kumar, Anil Kumar, A. K. Shankhwar, D.K. Vishkarma A. Sachan, P.V. Singh, J. Jahangeer, A.Verma, (2021) “Modelling of meteorological drought in the foothills of Central Himalayas: A case study in Uttarakhand State, India”. Ain Shams Engineering Journal. Vol. 13(3), Online 101959. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej. 2021.09.022.

    3. Daniel Prakash Kushwaha, Anil Kumar and Sumit Chaturvedi (2021). “Determining the Effectiveness of Carbon-Based Stabilizers Blends in Arresting Soil Erosion and Elevating Properties of Mollisols Soils of North Western Himalayas.” Environmental Technology and Innovation. Vol. 23, 101768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101768. Online

    4. Anurag Malik and Anil Kumar (2021). “Application of Standardized Precipitation Index for Monitoring Meteorological Drought and Wet Conditions in Garhwal Region (Uttarakhand) by Using Artificial Intelligence and Regression Models”. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14, 800. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s12517-021-07158-4. April

    5. Anurag Malik, Anil Kumar, Priya Rai, Alban Kuriqi (2021). “Prediction of Multi-Scalar Standardized Precipitation Index by Using Artificial Intelligence and Regression Models”. Climate, 9(2), 28: 1-25. doi.org/10.3390/cli9020028.

    6. Sonam S. Dash, D. R. Sena, U. Mandal, Anil Kumar, Gopal Kumar, P. K. Mishra and M. Rawat (2021). A hydrological modelling-based approach for vulnerable area identification under changing climate scenarios. Journal of Water and Climate Change. Vol. 12(2). 433-452. https://doi.org/10.2166/ wcc.2020.202.

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    Other Information

  • Worked as Head of the department w.e.f. June 2015 to June 2020
  • Supervised six Ph.D. Theses and three more continuing
  • Supervised 13 M.Tech. Theses
  • 14 Chapters in Book/Manual
  • 42 Papers in Proceedings (Seminar/Conference)