Dr Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju, Senior Professor

Educational Qualifications

• Post-Doctoral Scientist, Joint Research Programme of ENGREF (École Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts) & LAMSADE (Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation de Systèmes pour l'Aide à la Décision), University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France during February–July 2000 under the Supervision of Prof. Lucien Duckstein in the Field of Multicriterion Decision Making with reference to Water Resources Planning.
• Ph.D.(Water Resources Engineering) in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in August 1996 under the guidance of Prof C.R.S.Pillai. The study title is ‘Studies on Multicriterion Decision Making Methods and Management of Irrigation Systems (Experts appreciate the dissertation as a contribution to multicriterion decision making).
• M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, March 1991.
• B.E (Civil Engineering), Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, June 1987.

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence
• Impact of Climate Change
• Multicriterion Decision Making
• Evolutionary Algorithms

Profile 

Dr. K. Srinivasa Raju is a Senior Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Hyderabad Campus, India. He completed his M. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Ph. D. from IIT Kharagpur in Water Resources Engineering. He worked with Prof Lucien Duckstein in Multicriterion Decision Making (MCDM) regarding Water Resources Planning during his postdoctoral program in France. His main research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Impact of Climate Change,  Multicriterion Decision Making, and Evolutionary Algorithms. 

Textbooks Written                                       

                                         K. Srinivasa Raju and D.Nagesh Kumar (2025) . Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques in Engineering and Management, Springer, ISBN 978-981-96-2621-2 (Springer homepage link for the Book) (Snippets of the Book)

K.Srinivasa Raju and D.Nagesh Kumar (2020) Fluid Mechanics: Problem Solving using MATLAB, Prentice Hall of India  (PHI), New Delhi, ISBN-978-93-89347-63-0 (PHI homepage link for the book)

K.Srinivasa Raju and D.Nagesh Kumar (2018) . Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources-Modeling Techniques and Case Studies, Springer Climate Series, Springer, ISBN-978-981-10-6110-3 (Book details) (Review of book on the journal of hydrologic engineering ASCE)          

K.Srinivasa Raju and D.Nagesh Kumar (2010). Multicriterion Analysis in Engineering and Management, Prentice Hall of India (PHI), New Delhi, ISBN 978-81-203-3976-7, pp. 288.  (PHI homepage link for the book)

Published 59 papers in journals of repute, 13 papers in book chapters, and 89 papers in conferences. He edited five books and was a guest editor for three special issues of journals. He is at present,  

• Managing Editor of the Journal of Water and Climate Change, IWA Publishing
• Associate Editor of the ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor & Francis.
• Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports-Springer Nature.

Reviewer for more than 40 international journals.

Completed six sponsored projects, including three collaborative projects with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on Climate Modelling, rainfall-runoff modelling, and Integrated Urban Flood Management.

More information is available at http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/ksraju/Profile