Dr. Satish K. Regonda

Dr. Satish K. Regonda

Associate Professor
Departments of Civil Engineering & Climate Change
IIT Hyderabad

At IIT Hyderabad since 2017

Satish Regonda standing outside the Knowledge Resource Centre at IIT Hyderabad, the library's arched front and students on the steps behind him.

In brief, after masters at the IIT Kanpur, I pursued PhD at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Later, I worked with a group of scientists at the National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA, Washington DC. Then, had a short stint with the World Bank and Johns Hopkins university before joining the Civil Engineering department at the IIT Hyderabad in Feb 2017. Over the last few years, I involved in flood/seasonal water supply forecasting, climate and statistics as well as both in research- and real-time environments. I interacted with research scientists, policy makers and operational forecasters of both data-rich and data-poor regions.

The main element of my research evolves around surface water, however, a holistic approach for better scientific understanding of surface hydrology and developing efficient solutions/tools that makes human life better at both short- and long- time scales are the chief thrust for my research. Currently, I am working on the Urban Flood Modeling, however, the following are a few more areas that I have interest/expertise, i.e., hydrologic data base development in India, scientific understanding of hydroclimatologic processes under changing/new regimes, increase water awareness across various stakeholders, hydrologic forecasting techniques/systems, products to assist in decision making, urban climate, statistics, R, Shiny, Drones and Google Earth Engine (GEE).

Employment

  1. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad logo

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

    2017–present

    1. Chairperson Rural Development Centre 2023–2026
    2. Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering 2022–
    3. Head of Department Department of Climate Change 2019–2022
    4. Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering 2017–2022
  2. Johns Hopkins University logo

    Johns Hopkins University

    2015–2016 Baltimore, Maryland

    1. Associate Research Scientist Earth and Planetary Sciences
  3. The World Bank logo

    The World Bank

    2014–2016 Washington, DC

    1. Hydroclimate Consultant
  4. NOAA · National Weather Service logo

    NOAA · National Weather Service

    2006–2013 Silver Spring, Maryland

    1. Research Hydrologist Office of Hydrologic Development 2007–2013
    2. National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate 2006–2007

Education

  1. University of Colorado Boulder logo

    University of Colorado Boulder

    2006

    1. Ph.D. Water Resources Engineering Thesis: Intra-annual to inter-decadal variability in the Upper Colorado hydroclimatology — diagnosis, forecasting and implications for water resources management
  2. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur logo

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    2002

    1. M.Tech. Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering Thesis: Investigation of chaotic behaviour in hydrologic time series
  3. Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Warangal logo

    Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Warangal

    2000

    1. B.Tech. Civil Engineering Project: Computerised stochastic modelling of annual streamflow of the river Krishna

Funded projects

Project Funded by Role Period
GHMC-RADS — Rainfall Analytics and Decision Support Platform Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation PI 2026–ongoing
CGodvari — Centre for Godavari river basin management and studies Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India Co-PI 2024–ongoing
DRSTI — Dynamic range estimation and simulation of tides with immersive visualisation DRDO Co-PI 2025–ongoing
Real-time 2D flood inundation forecasting for the Brahmaputra River basin Monsoon Mission, India Leads the project at IIT Hyderabad 2023–2026
Samvad in the Godavari — mentoring students along the Godavari basin DST Co-PI Ongoing
AISwARYAM — AI for Sustainable Infrastructure and Resource Planning, Analysis and Monitoring IndiaAI Mission, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Leads the urban flood component 2024–2025
Urban flood modelling — a web-based decision tool integrating UAV information DST Lead PI 2018–2021
An experimental operational hydrologic modelling and forecasting system for river basin hydrology and extremes for India Monsoon Mission, India Led the project at IIT Hyderabad 2018–2021
Climate extremes, societal resiliency and the Krishna River Basin Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Leads the project at IIT Hyderabad 2018–2021

Conference presentations

  1. January 2019

    Comparison between radar-, rain gauge- and satellite-based rainfall for the Hyderabad region

    Sharma, V. C., Regonda, S. K., Rama Rao, Y. V., Reddy, Y. K., Nagaratna, K.

    3rd Conference on India Radar MeteorologyIITM Pune

  2. 21 March 2017

    Decision support tools for real-time management of water resources: opportunities and challenges in an urban context

    Kambhammettu, B. V. N. P., Regonda, S. K.

    Visakhapatnam Urban Observatory WorkshopVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

  3. 21–23 October 2013

    Short-to-long range hydrologic ensemble forecast service in the U.S. National Weather Service

    Demargne, J., Brown, J. D., Wu, L., Regonda, S. K., He, M., Fresch, M., Seo, D.-J.

    Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research WorkshopMelbourne, Australia

  4. 30 April – 2 May 2013

    Ensemble Postprocessor: science details of the EnsPost technique and EnsPostPE control options

    Regonda, S. K.

    HEFS Training Workshop (3), National Weather ServiceSilver Spring, Maryland

  5. 7–12 April 2013

    Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service for operational short-to-long range hydrometeorological and hydrologic ensembles in the U.S. National Weather Service

    Demargne, J., Brown, J. D., Wu, L., Regonda, S. K., He, M., Fresch, M.

    European Geophysical Union General AssemblyVienna, Austria

  6. 17–21 September 2012

    Ensemble Postprocessor calibration: software demonstration and scientific guidance

    Regonda, S. K.

    HEFS Training Workshop (2), National Weather ServiceSilver Spring, Maryland

  7. 20–22 March 2012

    Ensemble Postprocessor

    Regonda, S. K.

    HEFS Training Workshop (1), National Weather ServiceSilver Spring, Maryland

  8. 7–9 June 2011

    Evaluation of a Gaussian regression based streamflow postprocessor using simulated streamflows for test basins in the southeast U.S.

    Regonda, S. K., Brown, J. D., Demargne, J., Seo, D.-J.

    HEPEX International Workshop on Post-processing and Verification of Hydrological Ensemble PredictionsDelft, the Netherlands

  9. 13–17 December 2010

    Verification of experimental short-term streamflow ensemble forecasts produced by the U.S. National Weather Service

    Demargne, J., Wu, L., Regonda, S. K., Brown, J. D.

    American Geophysical Union Fall MeetingSan Francisco, California

  10. 27 June – 1 July 2010

    Hydrologic ensemble prediction for risk-based water resources management and hazard mitigation

    Seo, D.-J., Demargne, J., Wu, L., Liu, Y., Brown, J. D., Regonda, S. K., Lee, H.

    3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference on Sedimentation and Hydrologic ModelingLas Vegas, Nevada

  11. 3–7 May 2010

    Short-term ensemble streamflow forecasting using operationally-produced single-valued streamflow forecasts

    Regonda, S. K., Seo, D.-J., Lawrence, B.

    European Geophysical Union General AssemblyVienna, Austria

  12. 15–19 December 2008

    Short-term ensemble streamflow forecasting — a Hydrologic Model Output Statistics (HMOS) approach

    Regonda, S. K., Herr, H., Lawrence, B., Seo, D.-J.

    American Geophysical Union Fall MeetingSan Francisco, California

  13. 15–19 December 2008

    Post-processing hydrologic ensemble forecasts to fix bias and spread problems

    Schaake, J. C., Hartman, R., Werner, K., Regonda, S. K., Brown, J.

    American Geophysical Union Fall MeetingSan Francisco, California

  14. 29 September – 1 October 2008

    Statistical post processing of streamflow ensembles to improve reliability over a wide range of time scale

    Regonda, S. K., Seo, D.-J.

    Climate Prediction Program for the Americas MeetingSilver Spring, Maryland

    Poster.

  15. 15–17 July 2008

    Hydrologic Model Output Statistics (HMOS) streamflow ensemble processor

    Regonda, S. K., Herr, H., Lawrence, B., Seo, D.-J.

    National Development and Operations Hydrologist WorkshopSilver Spring, Maryland

  16. 15–17 July 2008

    A post-processor for hydrologic ensemble forecast products

    Schaake, J. C., Hartman, R., Brown, J., Seo, D.-J., Regonda, S. K.

    National Development and Operations Hydrologist WorkshopSilver Spring, Maryland

  17. 13–18 April 2008

    A post-processor for hydrologic ensemble forecasts

    Schaake, J. C., Hartman, R., Brown, J., Seo, D.-J., Regonda, S. K.

    European Geosciences UnionVienna, Austria

  18. 15–24 May 2007

    Short-term ensemble activities

    Demargne, J., Seo, D.-J., Wu, L., Brown, J., Regonda, S. K., Lee, H.

    COMET Advanced Hydrologic Sciences Course, UCARBoulder, Colorado

  19. 28–30 November 2006

    Statistical multimodel ensemble forecasting technique: application to spring flows in the Gunnison River Basin

    Regonda, S. K., Rajagopalan, B., Clark, M., Zagona, E.

    River Forecast Center Short-Term Ensemble Workshop, National Weather ServiceSilver Spring, Maryland

  20. 5–9 December 2005

    Local polynomial method for ensemble forecast of time series

    Regonda, S. K., Rajagopalan, B., Lall, U., Clark, M., Moon, Y.

    American Geophysical Union Fall MeetingSan Francisco, California

    Poster.

  21. 23–27 May 2005

    Multi-model ensemble forecast of spring seasonal flows in the Gunnison River Basin

    Regonda, S. K., Rajagopalan, B., Clark, M., Zagona, E.

    American Geophysical Union Spring MeetingNew Orleans, Louisiana

  22. 10–12 March 2004

    Seasonal cycle shifts in hydroclimatology over the western US

    Regonda, S. K., Rajagopalan, B., Clark, M., Pitlick, J.

    American Geophysical Union, Hydrology DaysFort Collins, Colorado

  23. 31 March – 2 April 2003

    Storage analysis using stochastic nonparametric streamflow simulation: case study of the proposed Seaman Reservoir expansion in northern Colorado

    Regonda, S. K., Rajagopalan, B., Strzepek, K.

    American Geophysical Union, Hydrology DaysFort Collins, Colorado

Invited seminars

  1. 7 July 2022

    Google Earth Engine and its applications

    SERB-sponsored Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS for Agriculture and Water Resources ManagementIIT Hyderabad

    An invited lecture and a hands-on session, part of a seven-day workshop, 1–7 July 2022.

  2. 14 October 2020

    Hydrologic ensemble forecasting

    Virtual seminar series, Advanced Research in Water Engineering and ManagementJenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Indonesia

Scientific activities

  1. December 2021

    H111 — Understanding, modeling, forecasting and mitigation of urban and riverine flood risks in South Asia

    Session organiser, AGU Fall Meeting

    On the scientific challenges and solutions specific to urban and riverine floods in the South Asian region.

Contact

Office
Room B-212
Post
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
Email
satishr@ce.iith.ac.in