Dr. Pramod Soni, Ph.D.

Employment History

Education

Research Projects

Consultancy Projects

Journal Articles (25)

1. Tiwari, Krishna Kumar; Gupta, Rajan Dev; Soni, Pramod (2026). Seasonal dynamics and transition patterns of land use land cover in Sher River Basin, Madhya Pradesh (India). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 198(5), 537.
2. Maurya, Saurabh; Soni, Pramod (2026). Comparative assessment of WRF-simulated raindrop size distribution using disdrometer observations in Varanasi. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 157(3), 179.
3. Maurya, Saurabh; Soni, Pramod; Chitravanshi, Ashwin; Prabhankur, Prabhankur; Ansari, Asif; Quaff, Abdur Rahman (2026). Comparative analysis of meteorological and air quality variables in urban and semi-urban environments: a case study of Varanasi and Azamgarh. Air Quality, Atmosphere \& Health, 19(3), 57.
4. Maurya, Saurabh; Soni, Pramod (2026). Modelling uncertainty in WRF-based extreme rainfall simulations over India: A review toward integrated atmosphere-chemistry-hydrology frameworks. Atmospheric Research, 109152.
5. Meena, Ram Raj; Singh, Raj Mohan; Soni, Pramod; Kumar, Rishi; Kumar, Sushil (2025). Intensification of Fluoride Removal using Electrocoagulation Reactor with Rotating Fins and Rings Electrodes (Aluminium and Iron) in Different Configurations. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification.
6. Kumar, Maniranjan; Soni, Pramod; Swargiary, Debshri (2025). Monitoring Terrestrial Water Storage Using GRACE/GRACE-FO Data over India: A Review. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering, 49(3), 2225--2239.
7. Prakash, Hari; Pandey, Kamlesh Kumar; Soni, Pramod (2025). Peak discharge estimation for ungauged basins: a review. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 16(11), 3483--3507.
8. Hari Prakash; Pramod Soni; Kamlesh Kumar Pandey (2025). Assessing Drought Trends and Prediction Using GCMs: A Case Study of South Bihar. MAUSAM.
9. Narahari, Megavath; Rawal, NR; Soni, Pramod (2025). Steady Flow Analysis Performed for Flood Inundation Mapping Using HEC-RAS. Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures: Select Proceedings of HYDRO 2023, 95.
10. Soni, Pramod (2024). The Impact of Data Uncertainty on Identifying Precipitation Trends in India. MAUSAM, 75(3), 895--904.
11. Kumar, Ranveer; Gaur, Shishir; Soni, Pramod; Maurya, Puneet; Ohri, Anurag (2024). HRU-based Downscaling of GRACE-TWS to Quantify the Hydrogeological Fluxes and Specific Yield in the Lower Middle Ganga Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 639, 131591.
12. Meena, Ram Raj; Singh, Raj Mohan; Soni, Pramod; Kumar, Rishi; Kumar, Sushil (2024). Fluoride removal using a rotating anode electro-coagulation reactor: parametric optimization using response surface methodology, isotherms and kinetic studies, economic analysis and sludge characterization. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122600.
13. Singh, Vishal Kumar; Pandey, HK; Singh, Sudhir Kumar; Soni, Pramod (2023). Groundwater analysis using Gravity Recovery, Climate Experiment and Google Earth Engine: Bundelkhand region, India. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 130, 103401.
14. Meena, Ram Raj; Kumar, Sushil; Soni, Pramod (2023). Hydrodynamic Simulation and Analysis Using Computational Fluid Dynamics: Electrochemical Reactors and Redox Flow Batteries. ChemBioEng Reviews, 10(5), 670--683.
15. Dhanai, Prity; Singh, VP; Soni, Pramod (2022). Rainfall triggered slope instability analysis with changing climate. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 52(2), 477--492.
16. Soni, P.; Srivastava, R.; Tripathi, S. (2022). Impact of renewed solar dimming on streamflow generation in monsoon dominated tropical river basins. Journal of Hydro-environment Research.
17. Singh, Pankaj; Vaishya, Rakesh Chandra; Soni, Pramod; Medhi, Hemanta (2022). A methodological comparison on Spatiotemporal Prediction of Criteria Air Pollutants. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 16(1), 2021087.
18. Soni, Pramod; Medhi, Hemanta; Sagar, Anitya; Garg, Pulkit; Singh, Abhay; Karna, Umesh (2022). Runoff estimation using digital image processing for residential areas. AQUA---Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 71(8), 938--948.
19. Soni, Pramod (2021). Effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India: an atmospheric perspective. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(8), 12044--12055.
20. Soni, Pramod; Tripathi, Shivam; Srivastava, Rajesh (2021). A comparison of regionalization methods in monsoon dominated tropical river basins. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 12(5), 1975--1996.
21. Gupta, Shubham; Soni, Pramod; Gupta, Ankush Kumar (2021). Optimization of WD-XRF analytical technique to measure elemental abundance in PM2.5 dust collected on quartz-fibre filter. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12(3), 345--351.
22. Gupta, Ankush Kumar; Soni, Pramod (2021). Wheat Crop Yield Estimation using Geomatics Tools in Saharanpur District. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1, 8.
23. Soni, Pramod; Srivastava, Rajesh; Tripathi, Shivam (2019). Implication of data uncertainty in the detection of surface radiation trends and observational evidence of renewed solar dimming over India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 137(3), 2663--2680.
24. Soni, Pramod; Tripathi, Sachchida Nand; Srivastava, Rajesh (2018). Radiative effects of black carbon aerosols on Indian monsoon: a study using WRF-Chem model. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 132(1), 115--134.
25. Soni, P.; Srivastava, R.; Tripathi, S. (2017). Observational Evidence of Streamflow Trends in India. Modelling of Environmental and Water Resources Systems.

Conference Papers (10)

1. Chitravanshi, Ashwin; Soni, Pramod (2026). Remote Sensing Based pH Estimation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Using Sentinel-2 and Machine Learning. 2026 IEEE International Conference on AI Engineering and Innovations (AIEI), 1--4.
2. Maurya, Saurabh; Soni, Pramod (2026). AI-Engineering Integration of Rainfall Microphysics and Vegetation Indicators for Agricultural Intelligence over Varanasi, India. 2026 IEEE International Conference on AI Engineering and Innovations (AIEI), 1--6.
3. Chitravanshi, Ashwin; Soni, Pramod (2025). Machine Learning Approaches for Prediction of the Coefficient of Discharge of Broad Crested Weirs. AIMS 2025 -- International Conference on AI and Materials for Sustainability.
4. Megawath Narahari; Nekram Rawal; Pramod Soni (2023). Steady Flow Analysis Performed for Flood Inundation Mapping Using HEC-RAS. Hydro 2023.
5. Krishna Kumar; R. D. Gupta; Pramod Soni (2023). ANN for Urban Flood Flow Modelling Using Real Time Data. Hydro 2023.
6. Megavath Narahari; Nekram Rawal; Pramod Soni (2023). Assessment of surface run-off for Brahmani-Baitarani river basin. RHHAR-2023.
7. Krishna Kumar; R. D. Gupta; Pramod Soni (2023). Study the Effect of Urbanization on Groundwater Balance in Agroclimatic Zone Using ANN. RHHAR-2023.
8. Narahari, Megavath; Rawal, NR; Soni, Pramod (2023). Steady Flow Analysis Performed for Flood Inundation Mapping Using HEC-RAS. International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, 95--109.
9. Srivastava, Rajesh; Soni, Pramod; Tripathi, Shivam (2017). Impact of Renewed Solar Dimming on Hydrology of River Basins in Peninsular India. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, GC23A--1041.
10. Soni, P.; Tripathi, S. N.; Srivastava, R. (2015). Performance of WRF-Chem model during monsoon season over India. Annual Monsoon Workshop Pune.

Book Chapters (5)

1. Praveen Kumar; Ram Raj Meena; Pramod Soni (2025). Sustainable Environmental Waste Management Strategies: The Study of Urban Solid Waste Management's Development. Innovative Technologies for Waste Management, 978--3.
2. Meena, Ram Raj; Rathva, Hemangini; Soni, Pramod (2025). Electrochemical Processes for Arsenic Mitigation. Emerging and Innovative Arsenic Removal Technologies for a Sustainable Future, 107--128.
3. Meena, Ram Raj; Kumar, Sushil; Soni, Pramod (2024). Electrocoagulation of Fluoride from Water with Fe-Based Ion Electrode. Advanced Treatment Technologies for Fluoride Removal in Water: Water Purification, 159--180.
4. Meena, Ram Raj; Kumar, Sushil; Soni, Pramod (2023). Electrocoagulation of fluoride from water with Fe-based ion electrode. Advanced Treatment Technologies for Fluoride Removal in Water.
5. Medhi, Hemanta; Soni, Pramod (2022). Understanding the relationship between normalized difference vegetation index and meteorological attribute using clustering algorithm. Smart Sensors, Actuators and Decision Support Systems for Precision Agriculture.

Teaching

Courses Taught

• Climate Change and Water Resources Modeling
• Ground Water Hydrology (CE-21352)
• Environment and Climate Change (CE-12101)
• Computer Based Numerical Techniques (CE-13102)
• Computer Based Numerical Techniques Lab (CE-13202)
• Engineering Hydrology (CE-17310)
• Open Channel Hydraulics (CE-18309)
• Surveying Lab (CE-14201)
• Water Resource Engineering-I (CE-1851)
• Fluid Mechanics-II (CE-4105)

Students Supervised

Ph.D. Ongoing

• Saurabh Maurya (2025 – Ongoing): Air Pollution and Crop Yield
• Vineet Jain (2025 – Ongoing): Pollution Dispersion in Ground Water
• Maniranjan (2022 – Ongoing): Comprehensive Assessment of Groundwater in Tropical River Basins using Machine Learning and SWAT Model
• Megavath Narahari (2021 – Ongoing): Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality
• Krishna Kumar (2022 – Ongoing): Crop Yield Estimation and Forecasting using Machine Learning
• Hari Prakash (2023 – Ongoing): Peak Discharge Estimation for Ungauged Basins
• Ashwin Chitravanshi (2023 – Ongoing): Water Quality Modeling for Varuna River Basin

M.Tech. Students

• Ritika Upadhyay (2024 – Ongoing): Impact of Pollution on Rainfall Characteristics. Co-supervisor (External with BHU).
• Makardhwaj Awasthi (2024 – Ongoing): Atmospheric–Rainfall Interaction Analysis. Co-supervisor (External with BHU).
• Buddepu Harsha Vardhan (2023-2025): A Comparative Evaluation of WRF and ANN for Weather Prediction
• Saurabh Maurya (2023-2025): Investigation of Microphysical Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution using WRF Model
• Raju Singh (2023-2025): Estimation of Surface Velocity in Open Channel Flows using Image Processing
• Shailesh Kushwaha (2023-2025): Seasonal Forecasting of Crop Yield over Varuna River Basin
• Tripti Yadav (2023-2025): Estimation of E-Flow for Varuna River Basin
• Shadab Ansari (2020): Single and Dual Frequency Atmospheric Free Precise Point Positioning using Combined GPS and GLONASS Observations
• Prity Dhanai (2021): Rainfall Triggered Slope Instability Analysis with Changing Climate
• Pankaj Singh (2021): Spatiotemporal Prediction of Criteria Air Pollutants using Air Pollution Monitoring Station Data
• Shubham Khare (2022): Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Meteorological Variables over India
• Anandita Raj (2022): Impacts of Climate Change on Water Quality for Krishna River Basin

B.Tech. Students (Recent)

• Harshit Patel, Abhyudaya Singh, Ketan Kumar, Gautam Kumar, Aryan Gupta, Narendra Prasad, Arushi Aggarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Bishal Das, Chandraveer Singh, Vaibhav Rajvardhan, Mayank Singh (2025-26): Various projects in HEC-RAS, Water Quality, Sediment Transport, Geomorphology, Crop Simulation
• Nitish Kumar Maurya, Umesh Harsana, Dinesh Singh, Harshit Bangari, Bhuvnesh Gaur, Mayank Mani Nath Gupta, Saatwiik Srivastava, Vishal Yadav, Aditi Gupta, Shridhar Kumar (2024-25): River Meandering, Flood Risk Mapping, Image Processing, ANN Rainfall-Runoff
• Mahesh Chandra Verma, Nishant Rai, Balram Yogi, Kuldeep Bhamu (2020): Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources using ANN
• Anitya Sagar, Pulkit Garg, Abhay Singh, Umesh Karna (2021): Design of Rainwater Harvesting Structure for MNNIT Allahabad Campus
• Shiv Virendra Chaubey, Ajit Kumar, Aditya Kumar, Shubham Kumar Singh (2022): Impact of Climate Change on Water Footprint and Crop Yield over Mahanadi Basin, Odisha

External Thesis (BITS Pilani)

• Nimish Tiwari (2022A2PS1449H) (2026): Prediction of Water Quality Parameters of the Varuna River Basin using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning. Co-supervisor with Prof. Abhradeep Majumder (BITS Pilani).

Administrative Responsibilities

IIT (BHU) Varanasi (2023–Present)

• Member, Faculty Forum 2026-2027
• Deputy Chief Election Officer, Student Parliament Elections, 2024-25, 2025-2026
• Chairman, Technex-26, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
• Member, Time Table Committee, Department of Civil Engineering (2023–25)
• Member, Departmental Website Committee, Department of Civil Engineering (2023–)
• Member, UG Core Courses Committee, IIT (BHU) (2023–24)
• Proctor, IIT (BHU) (2024–)
• Warden, A. S. N. Bose Hostel (2024–)
• PI, Time Table, Department of Civil Engineering (2023–25)
• Examination In-Charge, Department of Civil Engineering (2023–25)
• PI, Ganga Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering (2023–)
• Counselor, SNTC, IIT (BHU) Varanasi (2025–)
• Member, IALS, IIT (BHU) Varanasi (2025–)
• Member, Festival Committee, IIT (BHU) (2025–)

NIT Jamshedpur (2022-2023)

• Co-FI, Examination
• FI, Lawn Tennis
• Coordinator, AISHE
• P.I. CAD Lab, Civil Engineering
• Faculty Advisor, Final Year, DCE

MNNIT Allahabad (2019-2022)

• O.C. CAD Lab, WRE Lab, SURVEY Lab, Civil Engineering
• Faculty Coordinator, Tennis
• Member, Time Table Committee
• B.Tech Project Evaluation Committee
• Member, DUGC
• Member, NIRF
• Member, TEQIP Committee
• Member, NBA Committee
• Startup Activity Coordinator, Institution Innovation Council

IIT Kanpur

• Convener, SBRA (2015-2016)
• In Charge, Billiard Club, Hall-4 (2012-2013)

Awards & Recognition

Skills

Professional Memberships

• Life Member, Indian Desalination Association (LM-534)
• Life Member, Indian Concrete Institute (LM-13152)
• Life Member, Indian Water Works Association (LM-10249)

Expert Lectures Delivered

• Expert Lecture on 'Estimation of Scour Depth for Large Bridges over Alluvial Rivers', INFRA-IMPACT training program, IIT Patna for engineers of Rural Works Department, Govt. of Bihar (10 January 2026)
• Expert Lecture on 'Forecasting Hydrological Events Using SWAT-GFS Models and Their Role in Decision Support Systems for Water Resource Management', Shelter Academy 2025 (International Program), organized by Arcadis–UN-Habitat–UNHCR Consortium
• Waste management program under the Green Skill Development Program, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, AFRI, Jodhpur (2018–2019)
• Basics of Linux and MATLAB, InSAR: Theory, Processing and Application (2019)
• Numerical Modeling using Finite Difference Methods, Numerical and Optimization Techniques (NOT-2019)
• National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP): Guiding Framework for HEIs, Sadanlal Savaldas Khanna Girls Degree College
• Site Visit to Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), NOVEL APPROACHES IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT (NAWT-2022)
• World Water Day Webinar on Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting, Lakshya NGO Lucknow (2022)
• Chaired session in 54th Annual Convention and Exhibition at Lucknow hosted by IWWA Lucknow and Prayagraj Centres

Short Term Courses Organized

• Numerical and Optimization Techniques (NOT-2019)
• Online Numerical and Optimization Techniques (NOT-2020)
• NOVEL APPROACHES IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT (NAWT-2022)
• DROUGHT AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT (DAM-22)
• National Brainstorming Workshop: People's Varuna: Culturally Connecting with the River