Dr. Rajarshi Das Bhowmik


Assistant Professor

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering North Carolina State University, 2016.
  • Tech in Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2012.
  • E. in Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology Shibpur, 2009.

Employment

  • Assistant Professor at Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research Indian Institute of Science, Dec-2020-Present
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Sep 2018-Dec 2020
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2017-2018.
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate in Civil Engineering North Carolina State University, Jan- Apr 2017.
  • Graduate Research Assistant in Civil Engineering North Carolina State University, 2012-2016.

Awards

  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award in Engineering Sciences. Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 2018.
  • Academic Excellence Award. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. 2010-2011

Fundings

Sl. No.

Name of the project

Funding Agency

Role

1

Post-processed Global Climate model outputs for India

DST INSPIRE

PI

2

Development and application of a stochastic rainfall generator (SRG) to account for unprecedented rainfall events.

SERB Core Research Grant

PI
(Co-PI: Prof. D Nagesh Kumar)

3

Start-up grant

IISc

PI

4

Development of adaptive machine learning based approach for robust calibration of hydrological models

STARS, MOES

PI

5

Urban Modelling: Development of multi-sectorial simulation lab and science based decision support framework to address urban environment issues

NSM, MEITY

PI

6

LOw-cost Disaster & Emergency Services for communitTes At Risk

DST-NWO

Co-PI and Lead
(PI: Anamika Barua
and Jeroen Warner)