ABOUT MANITBHOPAL Registration

Participants are requested to fill out the

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology registration form till June 25, 2024.
One Week Short Term
(MANIT) Bhopal, formerly known as Maulana Azad Click here to Register Training Program
College of Technology (MACT) Bhopal was • Research Scholars/ Students - ₹ 1000
established in the year 1960 and subsequently • Faculty/ Academicians/ Scientists - ₹ 1500
upgraded to National Institute of Technology (NIT) in • Foreign Deligates - $ 50
2002. The institute is located in the heart of Bhopal EXTREME HYDRO-
City (the capital of Madhya Pradesh). Bhopal is well Who can attend?
known worldwide as the city of lakes. It is well
• Professionals and officials from government METEOROLOGICAL EVENTS
connected to various parts of the country by road,
rail and air. The Institute is located at a distance of
departments, research organizations in
environment, forests, water, PWD, irrigation,
IN A CHANGING CLIMATE &
about 8 km from Bhopal railway station and 20 km
from Raja Bhoj Airport.
rural, agriculture, climate, etc. APPLICATION OF RS & GIS
• Faculty members, research scholars, scientists
from universities/colleges, etc. July 08th, 2024 to July 12th, 2024
• National, state, and local level disaster
management professionals.

AREA OF FOCUS
The major area of focus of this program are:
• Climate change and water resources
• Extreme events
• Disaster risk, reduction and management
• Agricultural and ecosystem resilience
ABOUT THE CENTRE & DEPARTMENT • Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in
The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the Hydrology
oldest department of the Institute started in 1960. It • Hydrological Modelling
offers B.Tech degree and 7 M.Tech degree and PhD • Hands-on Projects, Software Training, and Jointly Organized by
Degree. The Centre of Excellence in Water Group Exercises.
Management opened recently and offers an Centre of Excellence in Water Management
M.Tech. and a Ph.D. program. The Department and Course Coordinators &
Centre have more than 40 faculty who are highly
qualified and dedicated and strive to produce Dr. Vikas Poonia Department of Civil Engineering
competent professionals who are abreast with the Dr. Priyamitra Munoth Maulana Azad National Institute of
latest technology and equipped with enterprising Technology Bhopal
skills necessary for a designer and a site engineer. Prof. H. L. Tiwari (MANIT Bhopal)
 ABOUT THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Organizing Committee
Climate variability and change could result in The major objectives of this program are:
increased number of extreme events which can • Understand and discuss the possible impacts of
cause profound damage to the human well-being. extreme climatic events in context of sustainable PATRON
India, with more than 1.2 billion population, has development.
been devastatingly affected by extreme climatic • Analyze what has been and can be done to Prof. Karunesh Kumar Shukla
events in the past. Traditional approaches mostly minimize the impacts of extreme climatic events:
involve the univariate statistical and probabilistic adaptation and mitigation. Director, MANIT Bhopal
analysis. However, climate processes are intricate • Comprehend recent research findings on extreme
and influenced by many interconnections, events such as droughts, floods, etc.
therefore, the role of different climate drivers in • Understand the global risks and challenges due
developing an extreme event must be analyzed. It is climate change induced disasters.
crucial that we understand the occurrence, and • To introduce the role of remote sensing and GIS
mechanism of extreme events and their role in for hydrological analysis.
augmenting disaster risk in this training program. • To introduce the concept of Hydrological
Use of remote sensing data and GIS became an Modelling.
integral part of any hydrological study. The • Encourage collaboration among stakeholders for
automatic extraction of a river network/watershed collective action on Climate change and extreme
characteristics from DEM using GIS is recognized as events.
CONVENERS
a viable technique. Hydrological models became
powerful tools to assess the hydrological responses
Prof. Vishnu Prasad (H.O.C)
to LULC and other changes. Therefore, in this DETAILS FOR PAYMENT Prof. Mukul Kulshrestha (H.O.D)
program the importance of Remote Sensing and GIS
is also discussed. Account Name: Director, MANIT, Bhopal Centre of Excellence in Water
Tentative Resource Persons Account No.: 10020150107 Management
• Prof. P. L. Patel, Director, VNIT Nagpur IFSC Code: SBIN0001608
• Prof. Lixin Wang, Purdue University USA MICR Code: 462002014 and
• Prof. Manish Kumar Goyal, IIT Indore Interested candidates can pay through online Department of Civil Engineering
• Dr. Srinidhi Jha, UKCEH , UK or a demand draft. A copy of the payment
• Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, IIT Roorkee receipt with DD No. or Transaction No. needs
• Dr. S. M. Yadav, SVNIT Surat to be uploaded at the time of registration.
• Dr. Ramakar Jha, NIT Patna COURSE COORDINATORS
• Dr. Jew Das, NIT Warangal Any Queries? Contact Us @
Dr. Vikas Poonia
• Dr. Somil Swarnkar, IISER Bhopal Dr. Vikas Poonia
• Prof. H. L. Tiwari, MANIT Bhopal
+91-8112210590
Dr. Priyamitra Munoth
• Dr. Vikas Poonia, MANIT Bhopal
[email protected] Prof. H. L. Tiwari