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Prof. Vasan Arunachalam

Hyderabad Civil Engineering

Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering

Application of Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms/ MCDM/ Machine Learning/ IOT to Water Resources Systems Planning and Management, Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems, Reservoir Optimization, Water Distribution Networks Design Optimization

C-310
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Hyderabad 500078
Telangana, India

vasan@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

040-66303500 (Direct)

040-66303777 (Office)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasan-arunachalam-52719a32/

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S. No.	Funding Agency/ Role	Title	Funding Amount (Rs.)	Duration	Miscellaneous
1.	Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) Project, BITS Pilani/ PI	AI-Based Urban Heat Island and Credit Risk Assessment	9,40,000 + PhD Student Support for up to 5 years	June 2026 – March 2028	C3/26/100
2.	BITS-RMIT Higher Education Academy, Co-Supervisor	AI-powered Urban Flood Modeling for Climate Resilience and Risk Assessment and Insurance Implications	Approx. 22,00,000 (Fellowship of a full time Ph.D. scholar)	January 2026 – December 2029	Project ID: BITS025F001489
3.	BITS-RMIT Higher Education Academy, Supervisor	Advanced Fuzzy MCDM Based Performance Evaluation of Irrigation Systems	Approx. 22,00,000 (Fellowship of a full time Ph.D. scholar)	January 2024 – December 2027	Project ID: BITSRMIT100094

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S. No.	Funding Agency/ Role	Title	Funding Amount (Rs.)	Duration	Miscellaneous
1.	DSMP Programme, IIRS, ISRO	Urban Flood Modelling in a Changing Climate	5,91,500	June 6-12, 2024	One Week Basic Course for 25 participants
2.	CSIR PI	Multiobjective Reservoir Optimization Using Swarm Intelligence Algorithms	11,18,000	April 2011 to March 2014	Grant No. 25(0193)/11/EMR-II dated 02.02.2011
3.	Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai Co-PI	Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Sandwiched Modular Multilayer Self Compacted Cement Concrete Pavements	10,00,000	October 2011 to September 2013	-
4.	CSIR PI	Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach for Solving Water Distribution Network Design Optimization	18,46,000	July 2017 to June 2020	Grant No. 22(0723)/17/EMR-II dated 16.05.2017

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