The Co-PREPARE Team
Project Investigators
Prof. Ankit Agarwal (PI)
Project InvestigatorDepartment of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
ankit.agarwal@hy.iitr.ac.in
+91-1332-4927
Prof. Dr. Axel Bronstert (PI)
Project InvestigatorHydrology and climatology, University of Potsdam
axelbron@uni-potsdam .de
+49 331 977 2548
Internationalization Team
Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava (Co-PI)
Dean of International Relations, IIT Roorkeedean.ir@iitr.ac.in
+91 94103 72170 | +91 1332 28 5092
Rößling Claudia
Head, Welcome Center Potsdamwelcome-center@uni-potsdam.de
+ 49.331.977-1382
+49.331.977.1798
Research Team
Dr. Wolfgang Schwanghart
Research MemberInstitute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam
w.schwanghart@geo.uni-potsdam.de
Prof. Dr. Bruno Merz
Research MemberSection Head, Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
bruno.merz@gfz-potsdam.de
+49 331 288-1500
Prof. Sumit Sen
Research MemberDepartment of Hydrology,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
sumit.sen@hy.iitr.ac.in
+91-01332-284754
Prof. Oliver Korup
Research MemberInstitute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam
korup@geo.uni-potsdam.de
+49 331 977 2732
Prof. Dr. Anegrete Theiken
Research MemberDepartment: Geography and Natural Risk Research
University of Postdam, Germany
annegret.thieken @ uni-potsdam .de
Prof. Mahua Mukharjee
Research MemberDepartment: Department of Architecture and Planning,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
mahua.mukherjee@ar.iitr.ac.in
Project Leaders
Dr. Ugur Ozturk
Project LeaderSenior Scientist, GFZ Potsdam
oeztuerk@gfz-potsdam.de
+49 331 977 223232
Dr. Roopam Shukla (guest)
Project LeaderCentre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee, India
roopam.shukla@dm.iitr.ac.in
+91 9582504912
Project Coordinators
Dr. Jürgen Mey
CoPREPARE CoordinatorInstitute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany
juergen.mey@uni-potsdam .de
+49 331 977 2463
Dr. Ravikant Ranjan
Acting CoordinatorExecutive Officer, International Relations,
IIT Roorkee, India
coprepare@iitr.ac.in
+91 82185 39426
Dr. Sangeeta Verma
CoPREPARE CoordinatorIIT Roorkee, India
coprepare@iitr.ac.in
+91 99691 99712
Coprepare Young Brigade (CYB)
PhD Students
Mr. Abinesh G
Mr. Anshul Yadav
Ms. Shivani Chouhan
CoEDMM, IIT Roorkees_chouhan@dm.iitr.ac.in
COPREPARE Master Exchange Students
Mr. Ankith Kathula
Department: Civil Engineering Department Thesis title: “Assessing the dynamics of landslide susceptibility with perturbations in the rainfall in western Himalayan region”
Mr. Saurav Raj
Department: Civil Engineering Department Research title: “Rankings of extreme and widespread dry and wet events in the Indian Western Himalayan between 1901-2019”sraj@ce.iitr.ac.in
Mr. Aniruddha Saha
Department: Hydrology Department Research title: “Recent flash floods in the Alaknanda river system - their genesis and impacts”a_saha@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ms. Babita Malakar
Department: Hydrology Department Research title: “Modeling the landscape evolution of the Himalaya ( Alakhnanda) river basin in response to natural hazards and associated geomorphology bedrock and alluvial reaches”b_malakar@hy.iitr.ac.in
Ms. Prachi Singhal
Department: Hydrology Department Research title: “Projection of flood seasonality Changes in Garhwal Himalayas river basin due to global warming”p_singhal@hy.iitr.ac.in
Mr. Vijaya Kumar Thota
Department: Civil Engineering Research title: “Resolving ice velocity of Himalayan glaciers using SAR remote sensing”
Ms. Dani Rinyo
Department: Hydrology Department Research title: “Compound Extreme in Indian Himalaya”
Ms. Isly Issac
Department: Hydrology Department Research title: “Estimation of Design flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) for planning and Design of Hydroelectric Projects in the Himalayas”
Ms. Kusumitha U
Department: Water Resources Development and Management Research title: “Assessment of Small Hydropower Potential in Himalayan Region under Climate Change”
Mr. David Dereser
Institute: Institute of Environmental Science and Geography Thesis title: “The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture in a Himalayan Catchment.”
As a part of the collaboration two master’s students from the University of Postdam will be visiting the IIT Roorkee campus
Monika Pfau
M.Sc. Geoecology (Focus on natural sciences), University of Postdam, Postdam, Germanymopfau@uni-postdam.de
Research title: “Estimation of height changes of glaciers by comparing cast shadows in optical satellite image time series.”Sten Gilfert
M.Sc. Geoecology, University of Postdam, Postdam, Germanysten.gilfert@gmx.de
Research title: “Update the database about damages of hydropower infrastructure, correlation of damages with the respective geomorphic and climatic condition, investigate the ecological impact of run-off-the-river hydropower facilities using remote sensing”
Mr. Alexander Plakias
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography Thesis title: “Disconnected river flow due to run-of-the-river hydropower plants”alexander.plakias@uni-potsdam.de
Igo Silva de Almeida
Institute of Geosciences University of Potsdam Thesis title: “Modelling of the Srinagar flood 2014 using GLOFAS and the floodos hydrodynamic model”igo.silva.de.almeida@uni-potsdam.de
Anusha Chintada
Institute for Geosciences Thesis title: “Validation of Vertical Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) With Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) Data”chintada@uni-potsdam.de
Associate Researchers
Mr. Akash Singh Raghuvanshi
Doctoral researcher Department of Hydrology,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
akash_sr@hy.iitr.ac.in
Mr. Ravi Kumar Guntu
Doctoral researcher Department of Hydrology,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
guntu_r@hy.iitr.ac.in
Mr. Pankaj Ramji Dhote
Doctoral researcher Department of Hydrology,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
: pankaj_d@hy.iitr.ac.in
Interns
Ayushi Kashyap
Topic: Nature Based Solution for Disaster Risk Reductionayushi.kashyap@terisas.ac.in
Ms. Geetika Chauhan
Topic: Regionalization study for the Polish riversgchauhan@igf.edu.pl
Our Partners
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Contact Us
Dr. Ravikant Ranjan
Acting CoordinatorExecutive Officer, International Relations,
IIT Roorkee, India
coprepare@iitr.ac.in
+91 82185 39426
Dr. Jürgen Mey
Co-PREPARE CoordinatorInstitute of Environmental Science and Geography,
University of Potsdam, Germany
juergen.mey@uni-potsdam .de
+49 331 977 2463