• Groundwater and surface water Hydrology
• Contaminant Transport modeling
• Water Resources Systems Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Engineering Mechanics
• Numerical Methods

• Groundwater Flow modeling 
• Contaminant Transport Modeling
• Seawater intrusion studies
• Air quality modeling
• hydrology

International/national Journals

1. Sithara, S., Pramada, S.K. & Thampi, S.G. Statistical downscaling of sea levels: application of multi-criteria analysis for selection of global climate models. Environ Monit Assess 194, 764 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10449-2
2. Marykutty Abraham, K. Venugopal;, R. Arunkumar;, S. K. Pramada, Simulation of chain of tanks to   augment water supply: A case study from Tamil Nadu, AQUA, water infrastructure, ecosystems and    society (2022), https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2022.038
3. Reddy, B.S.N, & S K Pramada, A hybrid artificial intelligence and semi-distributed model for runoff prediction, Water Science & Technology Water Supply 22, 7 (2022), DOI:10.2166/ws.2022.239
4. Reddy, B.S.N, &S K  Pramada,Roshni Thendiyath,  .Selection of level and type of decomposition in predicting suspended sediment load using wavelet neural network,  Acta Geophysica 70, 8 (2022), DOI:10.1007/s11600-022-00761-3
5. Reddy, B.S.N., Shahnas &  S K Pramada, . Suitability of different precipitation data sources for hydrological analysis: a study from Western Ghats, India. Environ Monit Assess 194, 75 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09745-0
6. Mohan, S.,  S K Pramada. & Anju, MV (2022)  Management of dewatering schemes in an open cast mine operation using groundwater flow modeling: a case study of karst aquifer, Tamil Nadu, India. Acta Geophys. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-021-00718-y
7. Reddy, B.S.N., Pramada, S.K. & Roshni, T (2021) Monthly surface runoff prediction using artificial intelligence: A study from a tropical climate river basin
8. Sithara S Pramada.S.K and Santosh G Thampi (2020) Impact of projected climate change on seawater intrusion on a regional coastal aquifer, Journal of Earth System Science, Journal of Earth System Science, Vol-129
9. Sithara, S., Pramada, S.K. & Thampi, S.G  (2020) Sea level prediction using climatic variables: a comparative study of SVM and hybrid wavelet SVM approaches, Acta Geophysica, Vol 68, pp 1779–1790
10. Pramada S K , Mohan S (2015)  “Stochastic Simulation of Seawater Intrusion into Freshwater Aquifers” , Aquatic procesia,  Vol 4, pp 87-94.
11. .S.K.Pramada, S.Mohan,  P.K Sreejith (2018)Application of genetic algorithm for the groundwater management of a coastal aquifer, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 24(2), 124-130
12. .Pramada S K, Aswini A, Roshni Thendiyath (2018) , Flow modeling in saturated and unsaturated soils: A case study, International Agricultural Engineering Journal 27(4)
13. .Pramada S K, Minnu K P Roshni T , In sights into sea water intrusion due to pumping A case study of Ernakulam Coast, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 1-10.
14. .Mohan S, Pramada S K (2006)” "Management of South Chennai Coastal Aquifer System-A Multi Objective Approach". Jalvigyan Sameeksha (Hydrology Review), Vol 20, PP 1-14 
15. Mohan S, Sreejith P.K, Pramada S K (2007) “Optimization of Open-Pit Mine Depressurization System Using Simulated Annealing Technique”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol 133, PP 825-830

International/National Conferences

1. S.K. Pramada, O Archana Sajith, (2020)  Grid Search Based SVM Approach for Sea Level Rise 10th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy 7-9 January 2020, Kyoto, Japan.
2.  Sithara S Pramada.S.K and Santosh G Thampi “Investigations on the impact of projected sea level rise on the groundwater regime in a coastal aquifer” 14th annual meeting of  Asia Oceania Geosciences Society AOGS -2017, Suntec City, Singapore 6-11th August 2017
3. Dr.Pramada S K and Anusree “Impact of Sealevel Rise on Seawater Intrusion” the International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment Conference- IPWE 2017” organized by he Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI),,  Wuhan, China Jan 4-6, 2017
4. . Pramada S K and Anjana T R  “Modeling Leachate Migration”  International conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society  Organized by AISECT university, Bhopal in association withTexas A& M university, USA (ICWEES-2016), March 15-18  2016.
5. . Roshni T., Pramada S. K. et al. (2015) . “Spread selection in RBF neural network for Groundwater flow simulation”. International Civil Engineering Symposium (ICES), Organized by ASCE-VIT Vellore, March 12-15, Vellore, India.
6. Pramada S K , Mohan S, “Stochastic Simulation of Seawater Intrusion into Freshwater Aquifers” International conference on water resources, coastal and ocean engineering (icwrcoe 2015) Department of Civil Engineering, NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka 12-14 March 2015.
7.  Pramada.S.K and Minnu.K.P “ Seawater intrusion management model for a coastal aquifer”. International Conference on Modeling Tools for Sustainable Water Resources Management,  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad: 28-29 December 2014
8.  Pramada.S.K, Minnu.K.P and Roshni T“ Genetic algorithm based simulation optimization approach to seawater intrusion. International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM-2014) organized by CWRDM,Kozhikode, Kerala, 19-21 February 2014.  Pp1313-1320 Vol.II
9. Pramada.S.K, Sowmya V “Surface water groundwater interaction model- A numerical modeling approach” First Annual Conference on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering (ACIDIC-2014) India, organized by NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka, 19-20 May 2014. Page No 1062-1069
10. . Pramada.S.K, Sowmya V “A Fuzzy logic and numerical modeling approach to surface water groundwater interaction, 19th IAHR-APD Congress 2014, 21-25 Sep 2014 Hanoi, Vietnam, ISBN 978604821338-
11. Pramada S K, Ramabhupal Reddy, Anitha A B and James E J (1999) “River Basin Management using Systems Approach “ 11th Kerala Science Congress.
12. Mohan S and Pramada S K (2004), “Coastal Aquifer Management –A case study of Cuddalore” International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region organized by united nations university and National Water Resources Secretariate, Srilanka, 17-19 November 2004, Pp.583-589
13. Mohan S, Marykutty Abraham and Pramada S K (2004), “Study on effects of artificial recharge in confined aquifer” International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region organized by United Nations University and National Water Resources Secretariate, Srilanka, 17-19 November 2004, Pp: 635-640.
14. Mohan S, Pramada S K (2005),”Management of South Chennai Coastal Aquifer System” International  Conference on Hydrological Perspectives for Sustainable Development organized by IIT Roorkee,India, 23-25 February 2005, Pp793-801
15. Mohan S, Pramada S K (2005)” Multi Objective Optimization to Seawater Intrusion Problem” Asia Oceania Geo Science Conference held at Sun Tec City, Singapore,20-24 June 2005, Pp. 64
16. Mohan S, Pramada S K (2006)” Real Time Control of A Well Field With A Groundwater Simulation-Optimisation Model” Conference on Environmental Conservation organized by BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, September 1-3, PP 247-254  (Awarded as Best Paper)

Book Chapter

1. S.Mohan and S.K. Pramada (2005), A chapter on “Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modelling”, is published in the book titled ”Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport” (Edited by L. Elango, Anna University) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., pp. 151-164.

2. S.Mohan and S.K. Pramada (2006), A chapter on “Regional Groundwater Modelling”, is published in the book titled “Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport Modelling” (Edited by T. Vinoda Rao, Andhra University) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., pp. 178-185.

3. S.Mohan and S.K. Pramada (2006), A chapter on “Groundwater modeling using GIS.”, is published in the book titled “Applications of Geomatics in Urban Environment Management” (Edited by P.Partheeban and V Diwahar, St.Peter’s Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai) Bharathi Publishers.,  pp. 97-103.

4. Pramada S K and Anjana T R (2018) A chapter on “Leachate Modeling  in the book “groundwater” Water Science and Technology Series (Edited by Vijay.P.Singh, Shalini Yadav, Ram Narayana Yadava), Springer, ISBN 9811057885 or 9789811057885

5.   S.K.Pramada, Venugopal S (2020) Interaction Between Groundwater and Surface Water and Its Effect on Groundwater Quality. Environmental Processes and Management, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3_20

6. S.K. Pramada, O Archana Sajith, S Sithara and Santosh G Thampi (2020)  Grid Search Based SVM Approach for Sea Level Rise, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 581

7. Reddy, B.S.N., &  S K(2021) Evaluation of Reservoir Sedimentation Using Satellite Data—A Case Study,(2021), Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation (pp.41-50), DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-79400-2_4

8. Reddy, B.S.N., &  S K(2022) “ Principal component analysis of precipitation variability at Kallada River basin” Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering.  Elsevier Science, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85698-0.00010-1

• Associate Member, Institution of Engineers (India)
• Member, Indian Water Resources Society
• Member, Asia Oceanic Geosciences Society

1. C.S.P Iyer endowment prize for first rank in  M.Tech hydraulics from Kerala university

2. George Oommen memorial medal for securing first rank in MTech Hydraulics from Kerala University 

3. Best Paper award for the paper on “Real Time Control of a Well Field with a Groundwater Simulation-Optimization Model” presented at BITS Pilani for the national conference on environmental conservation during September 1-3, 2006

4. Shree Gaayathree Devi award  from IIT Madras for the female scholar in Civil Engineering with highest CGPA for the year 2008