Highlights
About
I work in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering (HWRE) with interests in hydrological/hydraulic modelling, water quality assessment, river systems, and decision support tools.
Highlights
- GIZ-funded Barak River Basin Management Plan (KWMI, DPSIR)
- Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers (SLCR) – Secretariat & DSS initiatives
- Hydraulic design vetting and consultancy (CPHEEO/IS codes)
Research Interests
- Hydrological modelling (SWAT, HEC-RAS)
- River basin planning and DSS
- Water quality and treatment systems
- Hydraulics and open channel flow
Employment History
Assistant Professor,
April 2023 – Present
IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. Department of Civil Engineering.
Assistant Professor,
Sep 2022 – April 2023
NIT Jamshedpur, India. Department of Civil Engineering.
Assistant Professor,
June 2019 – Sep 2022
MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Department of Civil Engineering.
Assistant Professor,
January 2018 – June 2019
M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur, India. TEQIP-III project funded by the World Bank.
DAAD Fellow
September 2011 – May 2012
KIT-IMK-IFU, Garmisch, Germany. DAAD Exchange student during M.Tech.
Education
Ph.D.,
June 2012 – August 2018
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering.
M.Tech.,
June 2010 – June 2012
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering.
B.E.,
June 2006 – June 2010
M.B.M. Engineering College, JNVU, Jodhpur, India.
Civil Engineering.
Sr. Secondary
June 2003 – June 2005
Mahatma Gandhi Sr. Secondary School, Jodhpur RBSE, Ajmer.
Secondary
June 2001 – June 2003
Bal Niketan, Jodhpur, RBSE, Ajmer.
Recent Projects
Development of a Climate Resilient River Basin Management Plan for the Barak River Basin based on EU Framework and Indian Experience
Funding Agency: GIZ
Decision Support System for Water Resource Management, SLCR
Funding Agency: Namami Gange
Project Value: Rs. 4.35 Crores
Establishment of Secretariat for Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers (SLCR) in Varanasi
Funding Agency: Namami Gange
Project Value: Rs. 15.4 Crores
Regionalization of Hydrological model parameters for Indian rivers by AICTE CRS Project
Project Value: Rs. 9 Lacs/-
Use of Artificial Neural Network in regionalization of SWAT parameters
Funding Agency: TEQIP
Project Value: Rs. 1.5 Lacs/-
Recent Publications
- Saurabh Maurya; Pramod Soni; Ashwin Chitravanshi; Prabhankur Prabhankar; Asif Ansari; Abdul Rahman Quaff (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.
- Ashwin, Chitravanshi; Soni, Pramod; Tiwari,Nimish (2026). Remote Sensing Based pH Estimation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh Using Sentinel-2 and Machine Learning. Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on AI Engineering and Innovation (AIEI 2026).
- Maurya, Saurabh; Soni, Pramod (2026). AI-Engineering Integration of Rainfall Microphysics and Vegetation Indicators for Agricultural Intelligence over Varanasi, India. Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on AI Engineering and Innovation (AIEI 2026).
- Maurya, S.; Soni, Pramod (2026). Comparative assessment of WRF-simulated raindrop size distribution using disdrometer observations in Varanasi. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 157, 179.
- Narahari, Megavath; Rawal, N. R.; Soni, Pramod (2025). Steady Flow Analysis Performed for Flood Inundation Mapping Using.