Dr. Shikha Chourasiya

Assistant Professor
Department of Water Engineering and Management

Cell:- +918603279060
email: shikha.chourasiya@cuj.ac.in,shikha1986.iitk@gmail.com

1. Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur (U.P.)
2. M.Tech., National Institute of Technology Bhopal, Bhopal (M.P.)
3. B. Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.)
   

Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Research Interest:

Hydraulics and Water Resources, Sediment Transport, Experimental and Computational Hydraulics, Image Processing, and Instrumentation and Control

Achievements, Awards and Fellowships:

1. Recipient of Trilok Chandra Goel Memorial Gold Medal for the best project or published paper by any graduating student which has contributed to economic growth with a sustainable future by helping conserve energy and /or water resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
2.  Recipient of Vishwa Vidyalaya Gold Medal for excellent academic performance in four years of B.Tech program, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur.
3. First rank in Hydro Power specialization in M.Tech. Program, MANIT Bhopal.
4. Qualified GATE with all India Rank 137.
5. Qualified JRF (ICAR) with all India Rank 118.
6. Recipient of MHRD Fellowship in M.Tech. Program, MANIT Bhopal.
7. Recipient of MHRD Fellowship in Ph.D. Program, IIT Kanpur.

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, July, 2010 - December, 2010.
2. Senior Research Fellow (in a Project funded by SERB), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, November, 2018 – January, 2019.

Journal Papers:

1. Shikha Chourasiya, Pranab. K. Mohapatra and Shivam Tripathi (2017), “Non-intrusive underwater measurement of mobile bottom surface”, Advances in Water Resources(ELSEVIER), 104:76–88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.03.009.  
2. Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi, Ashu Jain and Shikha Chourasiya (2020), “Modeling Rainfall-Runoff Process using Artificial Neural Network with Emphasis on Parameter Sensitivity”, Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, (Springer Publication, ESCI, SCOPUS), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-00833-7.

International Conferences:

1. Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi and Shikha Chourasiya (2019), Particle Swarm Optimization for Training Artificial Neural Network based Rainfall-Runoff Model, Case Study: Jardine River Basin, SPRINGER ICMETE, SRM IST Modinagar.
2. Shikha Chourasiya, Pranab. K. Mohapatra and Shivam Tripathi (2015), “Experimental Investigation of Overtopping Breaching of Non-Cohesive Earthen Dam”, 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (HYDRO), IIT Roorkee, UK, India.
3. Shikha Chourasiya, Pranab. K. Mohapatra and Shivam Tripathi (2015), “A Laboratory Study of Earthen Dam breaching due to Overtopping”, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) - 12th Annual Meeting together with 7th Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW), Singapore.
4. Shikha Chourasiya, Pranab. K. Mohapatra and Shivam Tripathi (2014), “Experimental Investigation of Levee breaching due to Overtopping”, 19th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (HYDRO),MANIT Bhopal, MP, India.
5. Vishnu Prasad, Ruchi Khare and Shikha Chourasiya (2010), “Transient Flow Computations in Hydro Power Canal”, 37rd National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

National Conference:

1. Vishnu Prasad, Ruchi Khare and Shikha Chourasiya (2011), “Effect of Slope and Roughness on Unsteady Flow in Hydro Power Canals”, National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO), SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, India.

Book Chapter:

1. Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi and Shikha Chourasiya (2020), “Particle Swarm Optimization for Training Artificial Neural Network-Based Rainfall–Runoff Model, Case Study: Jardine River Basin.”, In: Sharma D., Balas V., Son L., Sharma R., Cengiz K. (eds) Micro-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 106. (SCOPUS) Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2329-8_65.

1. Attended a National conference on “Ganga River Basin Management (GRBM)”, IIT Kanpur (2012).
2. Attended a Workshop on “Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing for Water Resources”, byProf. Faisal Hossain from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, USA, organized by IIT Kanpur (2013).
3. Attended a Workshop on “Using BASINS/HSPF software” by Dr. Anurag Mishra, AQUA TERRA Consultants, California, USA, organized by Department of Civil Engineering IIT Kanpur (2013).
4. Oral presentation on “Experimental Investigation of Levee Breaching due to Overtopping” on Research Scholar Day, Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2014).
5. Attended a National e-Webinar on “Gender Bias and Stereotyping, Gender Equality and Women’s Right” organised by Department of Education, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi on 13th July 2020.
6. Attended one day e-Symposium on “National Education Policy 2020 and Teacher Education” organised by Department of Education, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi on 17th October 2020.
7. Attended 5-days Online FDP on "Recent Developments in Mathematical Sciences (RDMS)" from 2020-11-06 to 2020-11-10 at Department of Mathematics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi.
8. Attended 5-days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "GIS & Remote Sensing" from 2020-11-23 to 2020-11-27 at Government Engineering College Bilaspur.
9. Attended Webinar on “Mathematical Modeling using Maple” conducted by CIT – TLC (Under PMMMNMTT, Department of Higher Education, MHRD, GoI), on 27/11/2020.
10. Attended “eWater Software Conference”, on 1-2 December, 2020, organized by eWater.
11. Attended AICTE sponsored 6-days Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on ‘Professional Communication’, 7-12th June, 2021, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

Member of the Editorial Board in the journal of Region – Water Conservancy, Frontier Scientific Publishing, Pvt. Ltd.