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Education:

• B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, 1989
• M.Tech. in Operations Research and Reliability, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1991
• Ph.D. in Stochastic Hydrology and Water Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1995

Honors and Distinctions:

• Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, Aug 2004–
• Associate Editor, ASCE, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Aug 2004–
• Young Researcher Award, Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, 2003
• Invited to participate in the 15 th Annual Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium, National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA, Nov 6–8, 2003.
• Nominated for the Lorenz G. Straub award for the most meritorious thesis in hydraulics and hydrology and (finished in the top three), 1996
• Honorable mention, Award for the Outstanding Water Resources Dissertation in the field of Engineering and Physical Sciences, The Universities Council on Water Resources, 1996
• Distinguished Utah State University Dissertation in Engineering, for the period, 1993–1995
• Utah State University\’s nomination for the Council of Graduate School\’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, 1995
• Best Student Paper award, at the student paper contests conducted by American Water Resources Association, Utah chapter during 1992 and 1993
• Govt. of India Scholarship, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1989–1991
• National Merit Scholarship, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, 1985–1989

Professional Affiliations:

• American Geophysical Union

Interests:

• Stochastic Hydrology and Hydroclimatology
• Nonparametric functional estimation techniques (probability density
• Functions, regression, scenarios generation, forecasting)
• Understanding low frequency climate variability and its signatures on regional hydrology
• Incorporating climate information in water resources/hydrologic decision making
• Understanding spatio-temporal variability in Indian summer monsoon
• Nonlinear Dynamics—recovering dynamics from data
• Bayesian techniques for optimal combination of information from
• multiple sources and decision making