Sujata Biswas

About

Dr. Sujata Biswas has graduated in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University and completed M.E.in Water Resources Engineering from Bengal Engineering College (D.U.) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. She joined this Institute in 2003 after working as research associate in IIT Kharagpur. Her primary research interests include Hydrological modelling, Watershed management using satellite remote sensing and GIS, Extreme events, Stochastic Hydrology, Machine learning etc. She has published several papers in peer-reviewed International Journals, Book Chapters and International Conference proceedings. She has guided five PhD students and several M. Tech and B.Tech. Students. Currently, four Ph.D. students are working under her supervision. She is a reviewer of reputed national/international journals including Water Resources Management, Natural Hazards, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Scientific Reports etc. She is a member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Institution of Engineers and also technical committee member of Bureau of Indian Standards.

Academic Qualifications

B.E. (Civil), Jadavpur University, 1994
M.E. (Civil), Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), 1996
Ph.D. (Civil) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2001

Research Statement

Water Resources Engineering, Remote Sensing and GIS, Watershed management, Extreme events, Stochastic hydrology

Latest Publications

1 Sen, S., Nandi, S. & Biswas, S., Application of GRACE-based satellite estimates in the assessment of flood potential: A case study of Gangetic-Brahmaputra basin, India, Environ Monit Assess, 2024

2 Suvro Aon, Subimal Nandi, Shoubhik Sen, Sujata Biswas, GRACE based groundwater drought evaluation of Ganga Basin and analysis of drought propagation using wavelet based quantitative approach, Science of The Total Environment, 2024

3 Swarnadeepa Chakraborty, Sujata Biswas, Application of wavelet-based multivariate long short-term memory models in prediction of stage for Teesta River, India, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2024

4 Soumyadip Biswas, Sujata Biswas, Estimation of monthly snowmelt contribution to runoff using gridded meteorological data in SWAT model for Upper Alaknanda River Basin, India, 196(86), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024

5 Suvro Aon, Sujata Biswas, Bivariate Assessment of Hydrological Drought of a Semi-Arid Basin and Investigation of Drought Propagation Using a Novel Cross Wavelet Transform Based Technique, Water Resources Management, 2024

6 Subimal Nandi, Sujata Biswas, Spatiotemporal distribution of groundwater drought using GRACE-based satellite estimates: a case study of Lower Gangetic Basin, India, 196(151), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024

7 Suvro Aon, Sujata Biswas, Spatially distributed bivariate meteorological drought analysis using copula technique in a semi?arid river basin of West Bengal, India, 155, 2885-2901, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023

8 Chakraborty, S. and Biswas, S., River discharge prediction using wavelet based arti?cial neural network and long short-term memory models: a case study of Teesta River Basin, India. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 37, 3163-3184, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2023

9 Kangsabanik, S., Paul, M., Biswas, S., and Bakshi, S., Studies on navigational depth of a shipping channel using numerical modelling and bathymetric analysis in the Hooghly estuary, India, 29(3), 403-410, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2022

10 Sarkar, S., Biswas, S., Application of integrated AHP-entropy model in suitable site selection for rainwater harvesting structures: a case study of upper Kangsabati basin, 15, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022

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Research Areas

Water Resources Engineering

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Remote Sensing and GIS Lab 2 Water Resources Management with Remote Sensing, GIS and spatial statistics 3 Advanced Hydrology and Stochastic Analysis 4 Hydrology of Extreme Events and Mitigation Measures

UG Courses

1 Water Resources Engineering II 2 Geographical Information System Laboratory 3 Infrastructure Design 4 Water Resources Engineering I

Publications

1 Sen, S., Nandi, S. & Biswas, S., Application of GRACE-based satellite estimates in the assessment of flood potential: A case study of Gangetic-Brahmaputra basin, India, Environ Monit Assess, 2024 2 Suvro Aon, Subimal Nandi, Shoubhik Sen, Sujata Biswas, GRACE based groundwater drought evaluation of Ganga Basin and analysis of drought propagation using wavelet based quantitative approach, Science of The Total Environment, 2024 3 Swarnadeepa Chakraborty, Sujata Biswas, Application of wavelet-based multivariate long short-term memory models in prediction of stage for Teesta River, India, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2024 4 Soumyadip Biswas, Sujata Biswas, Estimation of monthly snowmelt contribution to runoff using gridded meteorological data in SWAT model for Upper Alaknanda River Basin, India, 196(86), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 5 Suvro Aon, Sujata Biswas, Bivariate Assessment of Hydrological Drought of a Semi-Arid Basin and Investigation of Drought Propagation Using a Novel Cross Wavelet Transform Based Technique, Water Resources Management, 2024 6 Subimal Nandi, Sujata Biswas, Spatiotemporal distribution of groundwater drought using GRACE-based satellite estimates: a case study of Lower Gangetic Basin, India, 196(151), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 7 Suvro Aon, Sujata Biswas, Spatially distributed bivariate meteorological drought analysis using copula technique in a semi?arid river basin of West Bengal, India, 155, 2885-2901, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023 8 Chakraborty, S. and Biswas, S., River discharge prediction using wavelet based arti?cial neural network and long short-term memory models: a case study of Teesta River Basin, India. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 37, 3163-3184, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2023 9 Kangsabanik, S., Paul, M., Biswas, S., and Bakshi, S., Studies on navigational depth of a shipping channel using numerical modelling and bathymetric analysis in the Hooghly estuary, India, 29(3), 403-410, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2022 10 Sarkar, S., Biswas, S., Application of integrated AHP-entropy model in suitable site selection for rainwater harvesting structures: a case study of upper Kangsabati basin, 15, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022 11 Chakraborty, S. and Biswas, S., Simulation of Flow at an ungauged river site based on HEC-HMS model for a mountainous river basin, 14, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 12 Palchaudhuri M. and Biswas S., Application of LISS III and MODIS-derived vegetation indices for assessment of micro-level agricultural drought, 23, 221-229, The Egyptian Jounral of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 2020

13 Palchaudhuri M and Biswas S, Application of AHP with GIS in Drought Risk Assessment for Puruliya district, India, 84(3), 1905-1920, Natural Hazards, 2016

14 Sarkar, S. and Biswas, S, Selection of Suitable Sites for Water Harvesting Structures in a Catchment using Remote Sensing and GIS, 7(1), 175-180, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 2014

15 Palchaudhuri, M. and Biswas, S, Analysis of meteorological drought using Standardized Precipitation Index - A case study of Puruliya district, West Bengal, 7(13), 167 – 174, Int J Environ Chem Ecol Geol Geophys Eng, 2013

16 Biswas, S, Estimation of Soil Erosion using Remote Sensing and GIS and Prioritization of Catchments, 2(7), 124-128, Int. Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 2012

17 Biswas, S., Sudhakar, S. and Desai, V.R., Prioritisation of Subwatersheds Based on Morphometric Analysis of Drainage Basin: A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach, 27(3), 155-166, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2002

18 Biswas, S., Sudhakar, S. and Desai, V.R., Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System based approach for watershed conservation, 128(3), 108-124, ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering, 2002

1 Subimal Nandi, Sujata Biswas, Application of Geospatial Techniques in Flood Hazard Zonation and Inundation Modelling, 2611-2622, ISH - HYDRO 2019 International Conference Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 2019

2 Das P, Palchaudhuri M, Biswas S and Deka P C, Analysis of Agricultural Drought Severity Using MODIS Satellite Images, 277-282, Proceedings of International Conference on Global Civil Engineering Challenges in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, ICGCSC, Mangalore Institute of Technology \& Engineering, Moodbidri, India, 2017

3 Lodh,R. and Biswas, S, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Erosion Hazard Modeling of a Catchment, B79-B90, Proc. of Int. Conference on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Technology MARA, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 2015

4 Murmu, S. and Biswas, S., Application of Fuzzy logic and Neural Network in Crop Classification: A Review, 4, 1203-1210, Aquatic Procedia, Elsevier, 2015

5 Biswas, S., Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Disaster Mitigation, National Symposium on Space Technology for Food & Environmrntal Security & Annual Convention of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, Decmeber 2012, New Delhi, India., 2012

6 Roy,S. and Sarkar,S. and Biswas, S., Drought risk assessment using GIS and Remote Sensing, 849-857, Proc. of Int. Sympsium on Engineering under Uncertainty: Safety, Assessment and Management”, BESU, Shibpur, 2012

7 Biswas, S., Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Priority Rating of Catchments, 985-991, Proc. of 3rd Int. Conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management, JNTU, Hyderabad, 2010

8 Biswas, S., Desai, V.R. and Sudhakar,S., Conservation and monthly disaggregation of a simplified annual water balance for a small watershed, 2604-2611, Proc. of Int. Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Miilenium: Opportunities and Challenges, BESU, Shibpur, 2007

1 Soumyadip Biswas, Sujata Biswas, Calibration and Validation of SWAT Model for a Himalayan Snowfed River Basin Combining IMD and MERRA-2 Sourced Climatic Input, Water and Environment, Volume 1. ICWROEE 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 413. Springer, Singapore., 2024 2 Mandal, S. and Biswas, S., Runoff Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network and SCS-CN Method: A Case Study of Mayurakshi River Catchment, India, Water Security and Sustainability, Springer115, 27-42, , 2021 3 Santra, S. and Biswas, S., Identification of groundwater recharge potential zones using AHP and Fuzzy Logic: A blockwise study of western Purulia district, India, Water Security and Sustainability, Springer115, 131-156, , 2021 4 Dibyandu Roy, Sneha Murmu, Sujata Biswas, Agricultural Crop Mapping Using MODIS Time-Series Data in DVC Command Area, Springer(167-168), , 2020

5 Chakraborty, S. and Biswas, S., Application of Geographic Information System and HEC-RAS in Flood Risk Mapping of a Catchment, Applications of Geomatics in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.33, 215-224, , 2018

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Responsibilities

Ph.D. Coordinator

2013-2019

Convener, Departmental Faculty Committee

2019-2023

Member, Departmental Post Graduate Committee

2023 -

Superintendent, Lt Williams Hall of Residence

May 2017-Till continuing

Projects

"Development of Bank Protection Methodologies for Various Vulnerable Reaches of Rivers in West Bengal through Model Studies and Preparation of Design Charts and Guidelines", Sponsored
Ongoing