Designation
Principal Scientist
Research Group
Hydrology and Climatology
Office No
0495 - 2351 882
Email
Dr. Drissia T K
Dr. Drissia T K
DesignationPrincipal ScientistResearch GroupHydrology and ClimatologyOffice No0495 - 2351 882Email
EDUCATIONAL PROFILE
- PhD 2019; Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Thesis: Regional Flood Frequency Analysis using Complex Network Theory for West Flowing Rivers of India
- M.E 2008; Irrigation Water Management; Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- B Tech 2002; Civil Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Calicut University
CAREER DETAILS
- 2021 - till date, Principal Scientist, CWRDM.
- 2017 - 2021, Senior Scientist, CWRDM.
- 2013 - 2017, Scientist C, CWRDM.
- 2010 - 2013, Scientist B, CWRDM.
- Jun 2009 - Aug 2010, Lecturer in private engineering college.
- 2005 - 2006, Junior Project Fellow, CWRDM.
- 2003 - 2005, Site Engineer in private firms.
AWARDS
- G M Nawate Award for the best paper presentation in HYDRO 2016.
- First rank in ME Irrigation Water Management from Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, Chennai
MEMBERSHIPS
- Life member of The Indian Society for Hydraulics
- Base Membership in International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) during 2018
- Member of Institute of Engineers (MIE)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Water Stress Assessment
- Flood Modelling
- Regionalisation
- Regional flood frequency analysis
- Hydrological modeling
- Time series analysis
- Climate change impact analysis
Verification of the Storm Water Management Plan developed for Kottakkunnu, Malappuram
Principal Investigator:
Funding Agency:
Malappuram Municipality
Duration:
3 Months
Budget:
Rs, 3,04,440/-
Urban Flood Studies for Kochi and Kozhikode cities in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Comprehensive Flood Mitigation & Hydrological Study for Technopark
Principal Investigator:
Funding Agency:
Technopark, TVM
Duration:
10 months
Urban Flood Management plan for selected areas in Kozhikode Corporation
Principal Investigator:
Funding Agency:
Kozhikode Corporation
Duration:
1 Years
Framework for Environmental Flow Computation for Rivers in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Urban Flood studies for Kochi and kozhikode cities in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Kerala Flood 2018: Causes, impact and solution in selected river basins
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Stormwater Management Plan for Chalakudy Municipality
Principal Investigator:
Funding Agency:
Chalakudy Municipality
Duration:
1 Years
Centre of Excellence for Water related Disaster Management in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Funding Agency:
KSCSTE
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Post-facto evaluation study of irrigation projects implemented in Kerala state (IDRB, Department of Water Resources, Govt. of Kerala,
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Duration:
1 Years
Quantification of Uncertainties in the SWAT model for better prediction of the stream flow discharge in selected river basins in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Integrated Management of Surface Water and Groundwater in the Changing Climatic Scenario to Mitigate Water Scarcity in Valapattanam River Basin
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed project of Interlinking of Bharathapuzha and Biyyam Kayal (Water Resource Department, Government of Kerala.
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dawn Emil Sebastian
Date of Completion:
Investigations on the Hydrological Impact of the Extension of Kochi Metro
Principal Investigator:
Funding Agency:
KMRL
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Years
Budget:
15.34 Lakhs
Mitigation Measures for Abating Floods in Upper Kuttanad
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
4 Years
Budget:
17.5 Lakhs
Assessment of Water Stress of Bharathapuzha riverbasin
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
4 Years
Budget:
23.70 lakhs
Study on hydrological characteristics of all river basins of Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
10.53 lakhs
EIA study of proposed project of interlinking of Bharathappuzha and Biyyam Kayal
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dawn Emil Sebastian
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Department, Malappuram
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
Feasibility study of proposed project of interlinking of Bharathappuzha and Biyyam Kayal
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dawn Emil Sebastian
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Department, Malappuram
Date of Completion:
Duration:
4 Months
Baseline studies of estimation of Water Use Efficiency of 5 Irrigation Projects in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dr. A B Anitha
Funding Agency:
NWM, MoWR
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Flood Investigation for the preparation of Flood Mitigation plan for Punoorpuzha, Kozhikode
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Funding Agency:
IDRB, Govt. of Kerala
Date of Completion:
Duration:
6-months (2021)
Impact of Climate change in River basins from Tadri to Kanyakumari (in collaboration with IIT Mumbai and NIT Surathkal)
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Funding Agency:
Ministry of Water Resources
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 years
Regional Flood Frequency studies for rivers in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs 13.48 lakhs
Hydrodynamic Modelling of Karuvannur River
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 years
Budget:
Rs. 18.00 lakhs
Study on hydrological characteristics of all river basins of Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 10.53 lakhs
Application of an Integrated Surface Water – Ground Water Model in the Valapatanam River Basin.
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dawn Emil SebastianDawn Emil Sebastian
Funding Agency:
(SEED money program, KSCSTE-CWRDM
Date of Completion:
Feasibility report of waterbody development at Paropadi, Kozhikode
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Harikumar P S, Madhavchandra, Sushanth C M
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
A Rapid EIA Study for Desilting of Kallai River from Kuduppini to Kothi in Kozhikode Corporation
Principal Investigator:
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Funding Agency:
Irrigation Division Kozhikode Corporation
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
| Details |
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T.K. Drissia, T. P. Anjali (2022). Influential factors of water scarcity in Bharathapuzha basin,India, Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research, Vol.10 (2), pp. 129-143. |
T.K. Drissia, V. Jothiprakash, and B. Sivakumar (2022). Regional flood frequency analysis using complex networks. Stochastic Environmental Research Risk Assessment, Vol.36, pp.115–135. |
V. Jothiprakash, T.K. Drissia, & A.B. Anitha (2021). Regional Flood Frequency Analysis Using Fuzzy c-Means Clustering Algorithm for West-Flowing Rivers in Kerala, India. J. Inst. Eng.India Ser. A 102, pp. 805–813. |
Drissia T K, 2019, Spatial and Temporal Variation of Water Stress in Bharathapuzha River Basin, Kerala, India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, vol. 100, no. 1, pp 167–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-018-0336-1 |
Drissia, T.K., Jothiprakash, V. & Anitha, A.B. (2019) Flood Frequency Analysis Using L Moments: a Comparison between At-Site and Regional Approach, Water Resour Manage, Vol.33 (3): pp 1013-1037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-018-2162-7 |
Drissia, T.K., Jothiprakash, V. & Anitha, A.B. (2019) Statistical classification of streamflow based on flow variability in west flowing rivers of Kerala, India, Theor Appl Climatol., 137, pp 1643-1658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2677-0 |
Aparna P, Nigee K, Shimna P and Drissia T K (2015), Quantitative Analysis of Geomorphology and Flow pattern Analysis of Muvattupuzha riverbasin using Geographic Informaion System, Aquatic Procedia, Issue on International Conference on Water Resources Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE 2015), Vol. 4: pp 609 – 616. |
| Ananya Sarkar and T K Drissia (2024) Modeling and simulation of reservoir operation using HEC-ReSim for Pamba River Basin in Kerala, Abstract Volume, 3rd Roorkee Water Conclave 2024 (RWC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 3-6 March 2024 |
| Gunaseelan Krishnan, T K Drissia (2024) Long-term Variations in climatic parameters for Kerala, Abstract Volume, 3rd Roorkee Water Conclave 2024 (RWC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 3-6 March 2024 |
| Ansa Thasneem S & T K Drissia (2023) Assessment of Environmental Flow Requirements of the Meenachil River, Kerala, Book of Abstracts, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO-2023 International, India |
| Yin Yin Htwe, T K Drissia and V. Jothiprakash (2023) L-moments Method for Flood Frequency Analysis of Stations in Myanmar and India, Book of Abstracts, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO-2023 Intern |
| T K Drissia (2023) Sustainable water resources management to mitigate the impact of extreme events, International conference Regional cooperation within BRICS: sustainable nature management – environment, education, tourism, Proceedings of the Internation |
| T K Drissia, Fida E., Megha P., Aditya B., Asika Sidhana, Avani S Babu (2022) Impact of climate and landuse change on streamflow of Kuttiyadi river basin, Kerala, Abstract Volume of International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engin |
| T.K. Drissia, Megha P Saji, K.C. Ramnas (2022) Climate change impact on hydrology of Chalakudy River basin, Abstract Volume, International Conference on Water and Environment WEM-2022, Center for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kera |
| Parvanendhu, T K Drissia (2022) Impact of dam on streamflow in Chaliyar River basin, Abstract Volume, International Conference on Water and Environment WEM-2022, Center for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kerala 22-24 June. |
| Aravind Mittapally, T.K. Drissia, Swati Bhave (2022) Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology in Thamiraparni River Basin, 2nd Roorkee Water Conclave - 2022 Water Security for Sustainable Development, Indian Institute of Roorkee, Utharajkand, 2-4 March 2022. |
| Mandala Haritha Chowdary, T.K. Drissia, A. B. Mirajkar (2022) Modelling of Existing Stormwater Drainage system of Kozhikode city, 2nd Roorkee Water Conclave - 2022 Water Security for Sustainable Development, Indian Institute of Roorkee, Utharakand, 2-4 Ma |
| H.B. Shruthi, T.K. Drissia and A Vasudeo (2021) Unsteady flood modelling using HEC-RAS: Chaliyar river basin, Kerala, 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021 INTERNATIONAL) at SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, |
| T K Drissia, Saji Simon, Renji Xavier, Smriti Simon, Vivek Devadas and A B Anitha (2021) Water use efficiency study of Peechi Irrigation Project, Kerala, "International Virtual Conference on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and Environmental Systems |
| Megha P, Ramnas K C, T K Drissia, A D Ghare (2021) Landuse/Landcover change detection for the statistical evaluation of streamflow variations on Chalakudy River Basin, Kerala, "International Virtual Conference on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and |
| K.C. Ramnas, T.K. Drissia, A. Anaz, Nikhil, K. Ch. V. Nagkumar, V. P. Dinesan (2021) Landuse/land cover change impact assessment on stream flow over Vamanapuram river basin, Kerala, 25th International Conference on Hydraulics (HYDRO 2020), Water Resources |
| Anju B, T K Drissia, Noushaja P T (2021) A comparison between flood models developed using topographical details from field survey and SRTM DEM using MIKE HYDRO River, Proceedings of 25th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal |
| B. Anju, T K Drissia and P T, Nowshaja (2021) Flood Modelling of Pamba River Using MIKE FLOOD (December 24, 2020). Proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Energy & Environment (ICSEE) 2021,Government College of Engineering Kannur. Avai |
| T K Drissia, Simon S., Xavier R., Simon S., Devdas V., and Anitha A B (2021) Performance Evaluation of Malampuzha Irrigation Project, Kerala, 25th International Conference on Hydraulics (HYDRO 2020), Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, National Insti |
| B Anju, T.K. Drissia, P.T. Noushaja (2020) One dimensional hydrodynamic modelling of Pamba River for identifying the flood vulnerability, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. Vol. 1114 012023, 6th Biennial International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engine |
| T K Drissia (2020). 1D flood model to retrace the July 2018 flood in lower reaches of Pampa River, Kerala, CV/114/35 e proceedings 35th India Engineering Congress, 18-20 December. |
| Saji Simon, Renji Xavier, Drissia T K, A B Anitha (2020) A Study on Conveyance Efficiency of Kuttiyadi Irrigation Project. T05/03, Abstract volume of 3rd Indian National Conference on Groundwater Conference 2020, CWRDM, Kozhikode. 18-21 Feb. pp 171. |
Drissia T K (2024) Investigation on the water logging issue in the proposed transportation hub at Karikkamuri Ernakulam, Draft report submitted to NATPAC
Publication Year:
2024
Drissia T K, A B Anitha, Celine George, Ambili G K, Surendran U (2024) Base line studies on water use efficiency of Peechi Irrigation Project, Final report submitted to Bureau of Wateruse Efficiency (BWUE), National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Publication Year:
2024
Ambili G K, Drissia T K, A B Anitha, Celine George (2024) Base line studies on water use efficiency of Neyyar Irrigation Project, Revised Draft Final report submitted to Bureau of Wateruse Efficiency (BWUE), National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Publication Year:
2024
Drissia T K, A B Anitha, Celine George, Ambili G K, Surendran U, K Ch V Nagkumar (2023) Base line studies on water use efficiency of Kuttiyadi Irrigation Project, Final report submitted to Bureau of Wateruse Efficiency (BWUE), National Water Mission, Mini
Publication Year:
Drissia T K, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Ihjas K, Chandran Kolappadan (2023), Urban Flood Management plan for selected areas in Kozhikode Corporation, Interim report submitted to Kozhikode Corporation
Publication Year:
2023
Drissia T K, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Ihjas K, Venuprasad H D, Chandran Kolappadan, Vishnudas et al., (2023) Feasibility study of proposed project of interlinking of Bharathappuzha and Biyyam Kayal, draft report submitted to Irrigation Department, Malappuram
Publication Year:
2023
Drissia T K, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Ihjas K, Venuprasad H D, Chandran Kolappadan, Vishnudas et al., (2023) EIA study of proposed project of interlinking of Bharathappuzha and Biyyam Kayal, draft report submitted to Irrigation Department, Malappuram
Publication Year:
2023
Drissia T K, Celine George, Arun P R, Dawn Emil Sebastian, George Abe (2023). Investigations on the Hydrological Impact of the Extension of Kochi Metro, Final Report submitted to Kochi Metro Rail Limited, Kochi.
Publication Year:
2023
Drissia T K, A B Anitha, Celine George, Ambili G K (2023) Base line studies on water use efficiency of Malampuzha Irrigation Project, Final report submitted to Bureau of Wateruse Efficiency (BWUE), National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Publication Year:
2023
Celine George, Drissia T K, A B Anitha, Ambili G K (2023). Base line studies on water use efficiency of Muvattupuzha Valley Irrigation Project, Conclusion report submitted to Bureau of Water Use Efficiency (BWUE), National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal S
Publication Year:
2023
Drissia T K, Vivek B, K Ch V Nagkumar, Venuprasad H D, Rajeev P C (2022) "Flood Investigation for the Preparation of Flood Mitigation Plans for Poonurpuzha, Kozhikode", Draft Report submitted to Irrigation Department, Kozhikode
Publication Year:
2022
Drissia T K, Dawn Emil Sebastian (2022) Field visit to Anjarakandy River to inspect the issue of Regulator cum Bridge, submitted to Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister
Publication Year:
2022
Drissia T K, K Ch V Nagkumar, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Dinesan V P (2022) Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources of River basins from Tadri to Kanyakumari, CWRDM Calicut - Part B -10 river basin scale analysis, submitted to Indian National Committee of C
Publication Year:
2022
Dinesan V P, Drissia T K, K Ch V Nagkumar, Sruthy K V, Ajeesh , Manjula (2019) Landslide and Flood 2019 in Kozhikode District, report submitted to District Collector, Kozhikode
Publication Year:
2019
Dinesan V P, Harikumar P S, Madhavchandra, Sushanth C M, Drissia T K, Priju C P, Arun P R, Dipu S, Vivek B, Jainet P J,Venu Prasad H D, Chandran Kolappadan (2018) Feasibility report of waterbody development at Paropadi, Kozhikode, submitted to Tourism Dep
Publication Year:
2018
Anitha A B, Sushanth CM, Resmi T R, Ashish Chathurvedi, Girish Gopinath, Surendran U, Drissia T K (2018) Report on the Workshop on KERALA FLOOD 2018, Causes, Mitigation and Prepredness, submitted to Kerala State Planning Board
Publication Year:
2018
George Abe, Anitha A B, Celine George, Sushanth C M, Drissia T K, Jainet P J, Chandran Kolappadan, Pramod N V (2017) Mitigation measures for Abating floods in Upper Kuttanad, Submitted to Haritha Keralam Mission, Govt. of Kerala
Publication Year:
2017
Drissia T K and Anitha A B (2017) Surface Water Information System for all river basins in Kerala, Research Report No: SWD/N59/II/2016,Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode
Publication Year:
2017
Drissia T K, A B Anitha (2021) Regional Flood Frequency studies for rivers in Kerala, Research Report No: HCRG/PP32/19,Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode
Publication Year:
2021
Shruthi, H.B., T K Drissia, Vasudeo, A. (2024). Unsteady Flood Modelling Using HEC-RAS: Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Manekar, V.L. (eds) Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes
Publication Year:
2024
Shruthi, H.B., T K Drissia, Vasudeo, A. (2024). Unsteady Flood Modelling Using HEC-RAS: Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Manekar,V.L. (eds)Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering,vol 340. pp 53-69. Springer, Singapore.
Shruthi, H.B., T K Drissia, Vasudeo, A. (2024). Unsteady Flood Modelling Using HEC-RAS: Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Manekar, V.L. (eds) Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes
Publication Year:
2024
Shruthi, H.B., T K Drissia, Vasudeo, A. (2024). Unsteady Flood Modelling Using HEC-RAS: Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Manekar,V.L. (eds)Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering,vol 340. pp 53-69. Springer, Singapore.
T K Drissia, Jothiprakash, V. & Anitha, A.B (2021) Regionalisation of Watersheds Using Fuzzy C Means Clustering Algorithm in the West Flowing River of Kerala. In: Jha R., Singh V.P., Singh V., Roy L., Thendiyath R. (eds) Water Resources Management and
Publication Year:
2021
T K Drissia, Jothiprakash, V. & Anitha, A.B (2021) Regionalisation of Watersheds Using Fuzzy C Means Clustering Algorithm in the West Flowing River of Kerala. In: Jha R., Singh V.P.,Singh V., Roy L., Thendiyath R. (eds) Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation.Water Science and Technology Library, vol 107. pp51-63 Springer, Cham.
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Drissia T K, 2024, 'Bharathapuzha' published in Aranyam by Kerala Forest Department, February 2024, Vol. 44(06)
Publication Year:
2024
Publisher:
Drissia T K, 2021, 'Jalam Jeevamritham' published in Aranyam by Kerala Forest Department, March 2021, Vol. 41(08)
Publication Year:
2021
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