Advanced fluid mechanics

Water resources systems analysis and design

Open channel hydraulics and hydraulic machines

Fluid mechanics

Urban Hydrology

Groundwater hydrology

Contaminant transport modeling

Hydroclimatology

Computational hydraulics and hydrology

Numerical methods

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

Publications

1.  Journal SCI/SCOPUS

1. Akhila, R., Pramada, S.K. Assessment of Variability of Rainfall Erosivity Using Different Rainfall Products. Water Resour Manage (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-025-04289-1
2. Sithara, S., Unni, A., & Pramada, S. K. (2025). Machine learning approaches to predict significant wave height and assessment of model uncertainty. Ocean Engineering, 328, 121039.

3. Akhila, R., John, J., & Pramada, S. K. (2025). Linking land use and climate variables with groundwater dynamics in Kerala. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-24.
4. Akhila, R., Pramada, S.K. Land use land cover change detection and prediction using land change modeler – A case study of Kerala. J Earth Syst Sci 134, 138 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-025-02594-2
5. Renu, S., Reddy, B. S. N., Santhosh, S., Sreelekshmi, Lekshmi, V., Pramada, S. K., & Sridhar, V. (2025). Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling for Flood Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Periyar River Basin, Kerala, India. Climate, 13(6), 129.
6. Akhila, R., & Pramada, S. K. (2025). Suitability of different Digital Elevation Models in the estimation of LS factor and soil loss. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(5), 511.
7. Nitha, V., Pramada, S. K., Praseed, N. S., & Sridhar, V. (2025). Performance Evaluation of Numerical Weather Prediction Models in Forecasting Rainfall Events in Kerala, India. Atmosphere, 16(4), 372.
8. Renu, S., Pramada, S.K. & Yadav, B.K. Seawater intrusion susceptibility and modeling: a case study of Kerala, India. Acta Geophys. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-024-01476-3
9. Megha, M., Elangovan, Y., Pramada, S.K. P Jegathambal, PV Nidheesh (2024). Desalination Performance of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Added Polymeric Nanocomposite Membrane. Water Air Soil Pollut 235, 801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07621-4
10. Sivan, S. D., & Pramada, S. K. (2024). Spatiotemporal analysis of historic and future drought characteristics over a monsoon dominated humid region (Kerala) in India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-25.
11. Sithara, S., Pramada, S. K., & Thampi, S. G. (2024). Quantifying uncertainty in future sea level projections downscaled from CMIP5 global climate models. Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment, 38(5), 2065-2079.
12. M. Megha, Nibu John;, S. K. Pramada, R. Arunkumar (2024). Analysis of graphene as a potential filtration membrane for desalination at varying operating conditions using molecular dynamics simulation and response surface methodology, Water Sci Technol
13. Hemanth Sai Kumar, V., & SK, P. (2023). Selection of Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm parameters in solving simulation–optimization problems for the design of water distribution networks. Water Supply, 23(12), 5046-5061.
14. Renu, S., S K Pramada, Use of grace and in-situ data to characterize groundwater status along the coast of Kerala. J Earth Syst Sci 132, 137 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-023-02150-w
15. Satya Beeram, Shahnas, S K Pramada, Roshni (2023), Impact of change in land use/land cover and climate variables on groundwater recharge in a tropical river basin, Environment, Development and Sustainability
16. S Mohan and S K Pramada (2023) Natural groundwater recharge estimation using multiple methods combined with an experimental study, Water Science & Technology Water supply
17. Sithara S Pramada.S.K and Santosh G Thampi (2022) , Statistical downscaling of sea levels: application of multi-criteria analysis for selection of global climate models, Environmental  Monitoring and  Assessment September 2022
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. Reddy, B.S.N., V., S.P. & Pramada, S.K. 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
22. Mohan, S., Pramada, S.K. & 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26.  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
27. Mohan S, Sreejith P.K, Pramada S K (2007) “Optimization of Open-Pit Mine Depressurization System Using Simulated Annealing Technique”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol 133, PP 825-830
28. 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, 
29. 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 
30. Pramada S K , Mohan S (2015)  “Stochastic Simulation of Seawater Intrusion into Freshwater Aquifers” , Aquatic procesia,  Vol 4, pp 87-94.
31. 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
32. Pramada S K, Aswini A, Roshni Thendiyath (2018) , Flow modeling in saturated and unsaturated soils: A case study, International Agricultural Engineering Journal 27(4)
33. 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.

International Conferences

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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 the Best Paper)
6. S.K. Pramada, O Archana Sajith,  S Sithara and Santosh G Thampi (2020)  Grid Search Based SVM Approach for Sea Level Rise 10th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy 7-9 January 2020, Kyoto, Japan.
7. 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” 14^th annual meeting of  Asia Oceania Geosciences Society AOGS -2017, Suntec City, Singapore 6-11^th August 2017
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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 .
13. 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
14. 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.
15. Pramada.S.K, Sowmya V “A Fuzzy logic and numerical modeling approach to surface water groundwater interaction, 19^th IAHR-APD Congress 2014, 21-25 Sep 2014 Hanoi, Vietnam, ISBN 978604821338-1.
16. Beeram Satya Narayana Reddy S. K. Pramada Spatial and temporal variation of precipitation in Kallada riverbasin using precipitation concentration index, International conference on challenges and opportunities in water and wastewater management, Organized by the Water Institute – A center of Excellence of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore, India in association with NIT Calicut & Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), March 2021
17. Vidavaluru Hemanth Sai Kumar, S. K Pramada, 2021, Least cost design of water distribution system using simulation-optimization approach, International conference on challenges and opportunities in water and wastewater management, Organized by the Water Institute – A center of Excellence of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore, India in association with NIT Calicut & Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), March 2021 (Best Paper award)
18. Vidavaluru Hemanth Sai Kumar, S. K Pramada, 2021, Optimization of water distribution network by simulated annealing linked with EPANET, International conference on sustainable Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration, Organized by centre for remote sensing and geoinformatics and department of civil engineering, Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology in association with NIT Calicut & Karunya institute of technology and sciences, Coimbatore, June 2021.
19. Shahanas P. V, Dr. S. K Pramada, 2021. Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model for Downscaling Precipitation and Temperature, International conference on Sustainable Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration, Organized by centre for remote sensing and geoinformatics & department of civil engineering, Satyabama Institute of Science and Technology in association with NIT, calicut & Karunya institute of technology and sciences, Coimbatore, June 23 & 24, 2021.
20. Beeram Satya Narayana Reddy and S K Pramada, Artificial Neural Network Application in Daily Runoff Prediction, International conference on challenges and opportunities in water and wastewater management, Organized by the Water Institute – A center of Excellence of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore, India in association with NIT Calicut & Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), March 2021
21. Megha Mohan and S. K. Pramada, Environmental System optimisation by Response Surface methodology, International conference on challenges and opportunities in water and wastewater management, Organized by the Water Institute – A center of Excellence of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore, India in association with NIT Calicut & Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), March 2021
22. Angitha K A, Asha Joseph and S K Pramada (2022)  Groundwater flow modelling using MODFLOW, 9^th International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India
23. Beeram Satya Narayana Reddy and S K Pramada,  (2022)  Impact of dam construction on the sediment transport to the downstream reach, 9^th International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India
24. Rabeea Assinar K K Asha Joseph and S K Pramada (2022) Groundwater level modeling using artificial neural network, 9^th International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India Sruthi D Sivan, Job J John, Gopika s, Surya Bakshi, Apoorv Pillai and S K Pramada (2022)   Trend analysis of groundwater level a case study of kerala, 9^th International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India
25. SK Pramada (2022) A review on Groundwater Research (Keynote speech), International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India

National Conferences

26. Pramada S K, Ramabhupal Reddy, Anitha A B and James E J (1999) “River Basin Management using Systems Approach “ 11^th Kerala Science Congress.
27. S. Mohan and S.K. Pramada., “GIS based Microlevel Integrated Recharge Model”, Proc. National Conference on GIS & GPS Applications with Special Reference to Irrigation Projects, 20-21, November, 2006., pp. 5.1-5.9
28. Pramada S K, Roshni T,et al  “ An infiltration based recharge estimation model” Conference on Changing Climatic Scenario and Sustainable Resource Management (CSSR 2014) organized by NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, 17-19 January 2014, pp. 174-179
29. Roshni T, Pramada S. K et al. (2015), “Effectiveness of FFNN-LMBP algorithm in groundwater flow modelling” National Conference on Technological Innovations for Sustainable Infrastructure (TISI 2015), Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Calicut, March 13-14, Calicut, India.

Book chapters Published

1. Vennottil, E., Biji, A. B., Devika, M., Shalini, R., Krishna, B. R., Kumar, M. P., ... & Pramada, S. K. (2025). Electrocoagulation treatment of landfill leachate: influence of electrodes and characteristics. In Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies (pp. 115-121). Elsevier.
2. Sivan, S. D., & Pramada, S. K. (2024). Comparative Analysis of SPI and SPEI as Meteorological Drought Indices in the Highland Region of Kerala. In Integrated Management of Water Resources in India: A Computational Approach: Optimizing for Sustainability and Planning (pp. 437-447). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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
7. 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
8.  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
9.  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 58
10. 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,
11. 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

Books/Monographs/

1. “Sustainable Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration & World Environment Day Celebration (978-93-91553-42-5) (2021)  Edited by Dr. Marykutty Abraham, Dr. S. K. Pramada, Dr. P. Jegathambal, Dr. P. Mohana, Ms. B. Priyadarshini, Cape Comorin Publisher India

• 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

1. A two day training programme on “Groundwater flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling” For Engineering college teachers, scientists from research organisations, research scholars and PG students, During 27-28 December 2013, NIT Calicut (sponsored by TEQIP II)
2. A three day training programme on “3D Groundwater flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling” For Engineering college teachers, scientists from research organisations, research scholars and PG students, During 05-07 May 2014, NIT Calicut (sponsored by TEQIP II)
3. A one week training programme on “Finite Element Method and its applications in Structural Engineering and Hydraulics (FEMSEH) ” For Engineering college teachers, scientists from research organisations, research scholars and PG students, During 4^th to 10^thJuly, 2016., NIT Calicut (sponsored by MHRD and TEQIP II)
4. One Day Research Colloquium on Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (RCWREE) For Engineering college teachers, scientists from research organisations, research scholars and PG students, During 24^thNovember , 2017., NIT Calicut (Under self financed category).
5. One Day WORKSHOP  on NICES data products  For Engineering college teachers, scientists from research organisations, research scholars and PG students, During 26^thFebruary , 2018., NIT Calicut  Jointly organized by NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad
6. 6 day training programmme on  Application of Systems Approach to Water Resources Engineering  (SAWRE 18) from 1^st May to 6^th May, 2018 NIT Calicut  under TEQIP twinning programme
7. Convener of the International conference conducted by Karunya Institute of technology and sciences in association with NITC during 29.03.2021-30.03.2021
8. Convener in the International conference on sustainable Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration, Organized by centre for remote sensing and geoinformatics and department of civil engineering, Satyabbama Institute of Science and Technology in association with NIT Calicut  and ;Karunya institute of technology and sciences, Coimbatore during June 2021

Patent

Method for Fabricating A High performance Composite Desalination Membrane With Enhanced Water Flux and Salt Rejection (Patent No. 568984 Date of Grant: 23/07/2025)

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Received a copyright -(Diary Number 24155/2023-CO/SW) /Dated:31/03/2024

1. Delivered an expert talk  on  the topic “Runoff prediction using Artificial Intelligence” at CWRDM  in the high end workshop on ‘Flood Risk Assessment using Hydro informatics tools’ during 18-23 March 2024 sponsored by SERB DST. 
2. Delivered a talk on “Emerging technologies in water resources engineering” in Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme  (Advanced ESDP) on Technological Innovation for Environmental Sustainability during 29/01/24 to 03/02/24 at Chemical engineering department, NITC
3. Delivered a Keynote talk on “A review on Groundwater Research” in the International Groundwater Conference- 2022,  2-4 November 2022, IIT Roorkee, India
4. Delivered an expert talk  on “ groundwater modeling using MODFLOW “in a one week short term course on Environmental systems modeling sponsored by AICTE New Delhi on 8^th October 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India
5. Delivered an expert talk  on “ Recent trends in Groundwater modeling in a “Research Colloquium in the area of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, sponsored by TEQIP Phase II on 22^nd October 2016 at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala, India
6. Delivered an expert talk  on “Visual Modflow”  on March 18,  2017 as part of Moments 2017 organized by CEA,  , NIT Tiruchirappally
7. Delivered expert talk on “MODFLOW” on 16^th and 17^th April 2018 during a training programme on “groundwater modeling-modflow “organized by Sathyabama University, Chennai
8. World water day nature for water  on March 22^ndjoinely   2018 organized by institution of engineers Kozhikode local centre , society for protection of environment kerala and Chavara cultural centre at chavara cultural centre Kozhikode
9. Application of Genetic Algorithm for the sustainable management of groundwater under visiting faculty scheme for the first and fourth semester  M.Tech Civil engineering (Hydraulics)  student, college of engineering Trivandrum on 17.02.2018
10. Software applications in water resources management FDP conducted by Sathyabama Institute of science and technology in association with NITC during 16.11.2020-21.11.2020
11. Groundwater Assessment modeling and management FDP conducted by Sathyabama Institute of science and technology in association with NITC during 17.8.2020-21.08.2020