Dr. Wable Pawan Shyamrao, Scientist

Dr. Wable Pawan Shyamrao

Scientist

Dr. Pawan obtained his post-graduation and doctoral degrees from IIT Kharagpur, with a focus on groundwater recharge and drought assessment and management, respectively. His current work emphasises water balance studies and hydrological monitoring in forested landscapes. He is actively involved in watershed management, eco-restoration, and studying forest-water interaction.

Academic Positions

Visiting Scientist (Hydrology)

ICRISAT Development Centre, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India. (2020-2022)

Research Associate

ICRISAT Development Centre, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India. (2017-2020)

Education

Ph.D (Drought Assessment and Management in Sina River Basin of Maharashtra) (2011-2017)

IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

M.Tech (Water Resources Development and Management) (2009-2011)

IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering) (2005-2009)

Mahatma Phule Krurshi Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra, India

Other Information

Academic Honors

Awarded Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship by Indian government during PhD studies
Awarded Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship by Indian government during PG studies.
Awarded National Merit Scholarship from Maharashtra state government during UG studies.

Memberships

Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi, India.
Life member of Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee, India.
Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Oxfordshire, UK.
Life membership of Association of Agrometeorologists.

Research Area

Watershed Management, Eco-restoration, Forest Hydrology, Hydrological Modelling

Ongoing Research Projects

Monitoring Eco-restored Sites of Walayar and Ottappalam in Palakkad Forest Division

Most Cited Total Publications: 18

Application of Archimedean copulas to the impact assessment of hydro-climatic variables in semi-arid aquifers of Western India.

Wable, P.S. and Jha, M.K. Hydrogeology Journal, 26(1), 89-108(2018)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2018HydJ...26...89W/doi:10.1007/s10040-017-1636-7

Evaluation of groundwater resources for sustainable groundwater development in a semiarid river basin of India.

Wable, P.S., Jha, M.K. and Murasingh, S. Environmental Earth Sciences, 76, 1-17.(2017)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-017-6912-2

Comparison of drought indices in a semi-arid river basin of India.

Wable, P.S., Jha, M.K. and Shekhar, A. Water Resources Management, 33, 75-102(2018)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-018-2089-z

Assessing suitability of temperature-based reference evapotranspiration methods for semi-arid basin of Maharashtra.

Wable, P.S., Jha, M.K. and Gorantiwar S.D. Journal of Agrometeorology,21 (3): 351-356.(2019)
https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v21i3.259

Potential and net recharge assessment in paddy dominated Hirakud irrigation command of eastern India using water balance and geospatial approaches.

Wable, P.S., Chowdary V. M., Panda, S.N., Adamala S. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(7), 10869-10891.(2021)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01092-3

Modelling small-scale storage interventions in semi-arid India at the basin scale.

Horan, R., Wable, P.S., Srinivasan V., Baron, H., Keller, V., Garg, K.K, Rickards, N., Houghton-Carr, H and Rees, G. Sustainability, 13(11), 6129.(2021)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116129

A comparative assessment of hydrological models in the Upper Cauvery catchment.

Horan, R., Gowri, R., Wable,P.S., Baron H., Keller, V., Garg, K.K, Mujamdar, P.P., Houghton-Carr, H., and Rees, G. Water, 13(2), 151.(2021)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13020151

Impact of Agricultural Water Management Interventions on upstream-downstream trade-offs in Upper Cauvery basin, Southern India: Modelling Study.

Wable P.S., Garg K.K., Nune R. Dixit, S Irrigation and Drainage(2021)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2662

Impact of raised bed system on surface runoff and soil loss in Alfisols and Vertisols.

Garg, K.K, Anantha KH, Dixit, S., Nune R, Wable P.S., Venkataradha A, Singh, R. Catena, 211, 105972.(2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105972

Application of Hybrid ANN Techniques for Drought Forecasting in the Semi-Arid Region of India.

Wable, P. S., Jha, M. K., Adamala, S., Tiwari, M. K., and Biswal, S. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(9), 1090.(2023)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11631-w

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