
Education
- Ph.D. (Pursuing) Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.(2016 to present)
- M.Tech. in Water Resources Engineering, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.(2014)
- B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, UP, India.(2012)
Research Interests
- Urban microsystems
- Climate change impacts on water resources
- Climate extremes
Journal Articles
- Kumar, R., Mishra V., J. Buzan, R. Kumar, D. Shindell, and M. Huber, 2017. Dominant control of agriculture and irrigation on urban heat island in India. Nature Scientific Reports. 7(1), 14054. Link
- Kumar, R. and Mishra V., 2019. Decline in surface urban heat island intensity in India during heatwaves. Environ. Res. Commun. 1 031001 Link
Technical Reports
- Mishra, V. and Kumar, R. (2016), Hydrometeorological Hazards in the district of Pune, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra.
- Mishra, V., Kumar, R. and Garg, A. (2017), Identification of climate vulnerability hot-spots in Meghalaya using high-resolution climate projections, Government of Meghalaya & Climate Change Centre Meghalaya Basin Development Authority. Link
Conferences
- Kumar, R., Mishra, V., Buzan, J., Kumar, R., Shindell, D., Huber, M. (2017). Agriculture and irrigation as potential drivers of urban heat island. Paper ID Number GC21G-1019, AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA. Link
- Kumar, R. and Mishra, V. (2015), Sustainability of Smart Cities under Climate Variability and Climate Change in India. Paper ID Number B33E-0783, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA. Link
Links
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