IIT Madras-BTCM
IIT Madras-BTCM

Radhakrishna G Pillai Main

Dr. Balaji Narasimhan

 
Room No.150
First floor, NAC -II Building
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai- 600036. Tamil Nadu, INDIA
nbalaji@iitm.ac.in +91-44-2257 4293
nbalaji@civil.iitm.ac.in
Dr. Balaji Narasimhan is a Hydrologist with expertise in modelling the impact of land use and climate change on hydrology using GIS, remote sensing and hydrologic / hydraulic / crop growth models with experience of over 15 years. He is currently involved in a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology to design and develop Low Impact Development (LID) measures in the form of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for reducing flooding and improving water security of cities such as Chennai. Balaji Narasimhan served as an advisor to CLIMARICE project, Sponsored by Norwegian Government at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. ClimaRice is an integrated project that aims to assess the climate variability and its impacts on the water availability and rice production systems in the Cauvery river basin of Tamil Nadu, India. He is one of the coordinators involved in the development of the Ganga River Basin Management Plan and is the lead investigator in the development of a hydrological flow health condition report for the entire Ganga River Basin. Balaji Narasimhan was also a Member of "Think Tank" for development of Water Resources Information System (WRIS), Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India. He was involved in a large team project to develop a flood forecasting system for Chennai city, following the floods of 2015, funded by the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India.  

Earned Degrees

Ph.D. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, , 2004
Texas A&M University, Texas, U.S.A


M.S. Biosystems Engineering, , 1999
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. , Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


B.E. Agricultural Engineering, , 1997
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Trichy, India. , Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Lawley Road, Coimbatore 641003


Awards and Honours

Young scientist award, International SWAT conference at Toulouse, FranceFrance, 2013

Distinguished achievement award, Developers of the SWAT model (USDA-ARS and Texas A&M University), 2012 International SWAT conference at New DelhiNew Delhi, 2012

Directors award for Best Graduate Student, , Spatial Sciences Laboratory,Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, USA. Texas, U.S.A, 2003

Nominated for outstanding graduate student (Research) , College of Agriculture, Texas A&M University, USA.Texas, U.S.A, 2003

Bill and Rita Stout International Graduate Student award for academic distinction, Texas A&M University, USA.Texas , U.S.A, 2001

Ranked second in the graduating class (1992-1997), B.E (Agri), , Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India.Tamil Nadu, India, 1997

Research Areas

 Modelling the impact of landuse and climate change on hydrology
 Development of a flood, drought assessment and forecast system using GIS, remote sensing and hydrologic / hydraulic / crop growth models
 Energy fluxes/Evapotranspiration/Soil moisture from thermal remote sensing data for irrigation water management and drought assessment
 Spatially distributed radar/satellite rainfall data for hydrologic / hydraulic modelling
 Linking terrestrial and aquatic biogeochemical models

Professional Experiences

 2019 – present : Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, INDIA, Chennai, India
 2014 – 2019 : Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, INDIA, Chennai, India
 2007 – 2014 : Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, INDIA, Chennai, India
 2006 – 2007 : Research Assistant Professor, Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA May 2006 – September 2007 , Texas, U.S.A
 2004 – 2006 : Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA, Texas, U.S.A
 1999 – 2004 : Graduate Research Assistant, Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA, Texas, U.S.A
 1997 – 1999 : Graduate Research Assistant, , Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba, Canada
 2004 – 2004 : Graduate Teaching Academy, Texas A&M University, Texas, U.S.A
 2002 – 2002 : Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA, Texas, U.S.A
 2000 – 2000 : Graduate Teaching Assistant, spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA, Texas, U.S.A
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