Dr. Nithila Devi Nallasamy
Research Interests:
- Hydrological and Hydraulic modelling
- Fluvial and pluvial flood Management and risk assessment
- Ecohydrology
Education:
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering.
Jan 2017 – July 2023---------------------------------------------
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering.
July 2012 – July 2016---------------------------------------------
B.E., College of Engineering, Guindy,
Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering.
July 2008 – April 2012
Projects:
Study the Performance Monitoring of Integrated Storm Water Drains (ISWD) in added areas of Adyar & Cooum Basins of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) from PDGF under TNSUDP
Position held: Project Associate
Principal Investigators: Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited
Period: Oct 2022 –Mar 2023
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Consulting Services for: Planning, Setting up and Operationalizing a Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Spatial Decision Support System for Adyar, Cooum, Kosasthalayar, Nagariyar, Nandhiyar and Kovalam Basins.
Position held: Project Associate
Principal investigators: SECON - JBA
Period: Feb 2021 – Mar 2022
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Flood risk and hazard assessment for a proposed site in Krea University
Position held: Junior Research Fellow
Principal Investigators: Dr. Soumendra Nath Kuiry and Prof. Balaji Narasimhan
Period: Dec 2019 – Oct 2020
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Modeling overland flow in the Western Ghats region of India owing to the South-West monsoon funded by IGCS (Indo-German Centre for Sustainability) – Position held: Junior Research Fellow
Principal Investigators: Prof. Balaji Narasimhan and Prof. B. S. Murty
Period: April – Sep 2016
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Watershed Development Project(Capacity Building Phase) under NABARD scheme with the assistance of DHAN foundation – In-plant Training
Period: May 2011
Awards:
- Winning team of the international Ecohydraulics challenge in the 2nd IAHR Young Professional Hydro-Environment Challenge - 2022
- Winner of the paper presentation at the international conference RCRM 2022 - 2022
- Winner of the paper presentation at the international conference HYDRO 2021 - 2021
- Semi-finals team in WAVE2WEB HACK competition on forecasting real-time water availability hosted by WRI India, Microsoft and BlackRock - 2021
- Second in 5 min Thesis Presentation organized by IIT Madras - 2021
- Won as a champion team in the national level IITB-ISRO-AICTE Mapathon – “A remote sensing-based approach for a better understanding of the stubble burning districts of Punjab and Haryana and its impact on pollution in the Delhi NCR region, India” - 2020