Research Group - BITS Pilani

Prof. Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju

Senior Professor
Department of Civil Engineering

Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithms, Impact of Climate Change, Multicriteria Decision Making, Soft Computing

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

ksraju@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

040-66303519

STUDENTS GUIDANCE

Post-doctoral Research

Rainfall Runoff Modelling for Lower Godavari Basin in a Changing Climate [Dr. Rishith Kumar Vogeti, Research Associate; May 1, 2024-July 29, 2025]
Multicriterion Decision Making in Integrated Farming Systems [Dr. U. K. Behera, ICAR-IARI, February 6 - May 25, 2008].

Doctoral Research [Ph.D]

On-Going

AI-Based Urban Heat and Credit Risk Assessment (Name of the Research Scholar: Mr. Dandupati Ganapathi) [Co-Advisors: Prof. A. Vasan, Prof. ACV Subrahmanyam, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus].
AI-Powered Urban Flood Modeling for Climate Resilience and Risk Assessment and Insurance Implications; Name of the Research Scholar: Mr. Dawit Midagsa Abdi, 2025PHRP0908H] [Co-Advisors: Prof A. Vasan, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus; Prof. Muhammed Bhuiyan, Prof. Vikram Garaniya, RMIT, Australia].
Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Making in Performance Evaluation of Irrigation System (Name of the Research Scholar: Mr. Kaivalya Avinash Bhandwalkar,2023PHRF0902H) [Co-Advisors: Prof. A. Vasan, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus; Prof Muhammed Bhuiyan, RMIT Australia]
Optimal Reservoir Operation under Climate Change (Name of the Research Scholar: Mr. Deepjyoti Deb, 2021PHXP0410H) [Co-Advisor: Prof. A. Vasan, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus].

Completed

Rainfall Runoff Modelling for Lower Godavari Basin in a Changing Climate (Dr. Rishith Kumar Vogeti, 2019PHXF0415H) (Viva held on April 25, 2025)
Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Urban Floods under Climate Change (Dr. R Madhuri, 2014PHXF0406H) (Viva held on October 13, 2022)
Analyzing the Linkages Between Urban Floods, Climate Change and Land Use - Hyderabad, India (Dr. V. Swathi,2012PH440029H) (Viva held on September 24, 2020)
Fuzzy-based Approach for Integrated Planning and Performance Evaluation of an Irrigation System (Dr. D.V. Morankar, 2006PHXF026P; Presently Professor, College of Military Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra) (Viva held on September 22, 2014)
Studies on Advanced Modeling Techniques for Optimal Reservoir Operation and Performance Evaluation of an Irrigation System (Dr. A. Vasan, 2000PHXF409; Presently Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus) (Viva held on November 8, 2005)

Post Graduate Dissertation [M.Tech]

Downscaling of Climate Variables using Multiple Linear Regression-A Case Study Lower Godavari Basin, India (Ms. Gayam Akshara, 2013H144043P)
Application of Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) in Urban Flood Management (Ms. V Swathi, 2012H144029P)

Under Graduate Thesis [B.Tech][Selected List]

Development of ML Model for Prediction of Compressive Strength (Mr. Rahul Das, First Semester 2023-2024)
Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in Climate Change (Mr. Raman Sarda, Second Semester 2021-2022)
Analysis of Non-stationary Floods for Historic and Climate-based Future Data (Mr. Y.S.L.Sarath Raja, Second Semester 2020-2021)
Wavelet Neural Networks and Machine Learning Algorithms in Water Resources Engineering (Mr. Agam Sachin, Joint guidance with Prof Malapati Aruna, First Semester 2019-2020)
Optimization of Reservoir Operations using Non-stationary Conditions (Mr. Nitin Kumar; Second Semester 2018-2019)
Evaluation of Uncertainty in Hydrological Models (Mr Aishwary Agrawal; First Semester 2018-2019)
Evaluation of Fuzzy-based MCDM Methods for Irrigation Systems (Mr T.Vishal, joint guidance with Prof. NL Bhanu Murthy, Second Semester 2017-2018)
Evaluating Best Management Practices in an Urban Watershed (Mr A.Vishal Pramod Goud; Second Semester 2017-2018)
Optimal Operation of Multireservoir System in Lower Krishna River Basin (Mr Vikram Reddy; First Semester 2017-2018)
Prediction of Composite Material Properties using Wavelet Neural Networks (Mr. Abhishek Dave, joint guidance with Dr. CP Kiran; First Semester 2017-2018)
Understanding and Diagnosing Various Differences in Hydrological Model Structures (Mr B. Sriman Pankaj; First Semester 2016-2017)
Impact of Climate Change on Precipitation (Mr. A Santosh Kumar; First Semester 2016-2017)
Application of Non-traditional Optimization Techniques to Irrigation Planning (Ms. Siri Meghana; Second Semester 2015-2016)
Urban Flood Modelling using Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) (Ms. S Sai Veena; First Semester 2015-2016)
Flood Plain Mapping using HEC-RAS (Mr. Vem Anirud Reddy; First Semester 2015-2016)
Hydrologic Modelling in MATLAB Environment (Mr. A. Yugesh; Second Semester 2014-2015)
Decision Support System for Multicriteria Decision Making (Mr. Teja Srinivasa Ganesh; Second Semester 2014-2015)
Application of Hydrological Modelling Aspects for Water Resources Planning (HEC-HMS) (Mr. A. Anil Kumar Reddy; Second Semester 2013-2014)
Nature Inspired Meta Heuristic Optimization Algorithms: Firefly Algorithm (Mr. K. Krishna Chaitanya; Second Semester 2013-2014)
Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-making based on Positive and Negative Extreme Solutions (Mr. Anudeep Buddhi; Second Semester 2012-2013)

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