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Prof.Bandita Barman

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: bandita[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9085778672

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About Me: Dr. Bandita Barman is an Assistant Professor in Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. Her research expertise are river engineering, fluvial hydraulics, and CFD. She is leading research in sediment transport, turbulent flow, river morphology, and sand mining with multiple publications in top peer-reviewed journals.

Research Interest: Sediment Transport And Fluvial Hydrodynamics, Turbulent Flow, Modeling And Simulation Of Fluvial Processes.

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

Theory:

  • Engineering Graphics (UG)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Machines (UG)
  • River Engineering (PG)
  • Hydrogeology and Well Hydraulics (UG/PG)
  • CFD in Civil Engineering (PG)

Practical:

  • Engineering Graphics (UG)
  • Water Resources Engineering (UG)
  • Advanced Testing Laboratory (PG)

Academics

  • PhD, Water Resources Engineering and Management - IIT Guwahati (2018)
  • M.Tech, Water Resources Engineering and Management - IIT Guwahati (2015)
  • B.E., Civil Engineering - Assam Engineering College (2011)

Position

  • Assistant Professor                        July, 2021-present

                                                              Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

  • Assistant Professor                        October, 2019-July, 2021

                                                              Department of Civil Engineering, SVNIT Surat

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow      Feb 2019 – Sept 2019

                                                             Wuhan University, China

  • Assistant Professor (Adhoc)          August, 2018- December, 2018

                                                             Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya

  • Assistant Lecturer                         August, 2011- July, 2013            

                                                             Jigmey Namgyel Polytechnic, Bhutan                                                

Awards and Honors

  • Key funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Wuhan University, China, 2019
  • MHRD PhD scholarship, IIT Guwahati, 2015
  • MHRD MTech scholarship, IIT Guwahati, 2013
  • 3rd Rank in B.E, 2011
  • Engineering Merit Scholarship in B.E. from Govt. of Assam

Publications

Books Published

  1. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma. Experimental study on mining pit migration. Book Title: Development of water resources in India, Series Title: Water Science Technology Library Series, Springer, Vol. 84, Chapter 26, ISBN: 978-3-319-55124-1.
  2. Koradia Ashishkumar K, Bandita Barman. Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional Shallow Water Flow with Finite Difference Scheme. Book Title: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, (pp. 115-126). Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, ISBN 978-981-19-9150-9.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. Laxman V Rathod, P. V. Timbadiya, and Bandita Barman. Turbulent flow structure in a symmetric compound channel with flexible emergent vegetation over floodplains. Ecohydrology, accepted for pubilcation. (IF 2.5).
  2. Laxman V Rathod, P. V. Timbadiya, and Bandita Barman. Turbulent anisotropy and coherent structure in flow through a symetric compound channel with emergent flood palin vegetation. Physics of Fluids, accepted for pubilcation. (IF 4.1).
  3. Mishra, Ravi Kumar, Bandita Barman, and Tinesh Pathania. Three-dimensional modeling of hydro-morphodynamic characteristics of mining affected alluvial channel using TELEMAC and GAIA. Physics of Fluids 36 (10), 2024. (IF 4.1).
  4. Gurugubelli, Yatirajulu, P. V. Timbadiya, and Bandita Barman. Flow turbulence and morphological characteristics in an asymmetric alluvial sinuous channel. Ocean Engineering 312: 119341, 2024. (IF 4.6).
  5. Gurugubelli, Yatirajulu, P. V. Timbadiya, and Bandita Barman. Turbulent flow structures and Reynolds stress anisotropy in an asymmetric sinuous mobile channel. Physics of Fluids 36 (8), 2024. (IF 4.1).
  6. Bandita Barman, Saundarya Narayan Kashyap, and Bimlesh Kumar. Flow velocity prediction in a vegetated channel using soft computing techniques. Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design,7, 2307–2317, 2024. (IF 1.9).
  7. Bandita Barman, Jyotirmoy Barman, and Bimlesh Kumar. Fractal dimensions of hydraulic parameters in sand mined alluvial channel. Water Supply, 22 (6): 6143–6156, 2022. (IF 1.768).
  8. Bandita Barman, and Bimlesh Kumar. Quantification of Turbulent Flow Anisotropy in an alluvial channel Mining Pit. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology,https://doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2022.2025504,2022. (IF 2.673).
  9. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma. Impact of sand mining on alluvial channel flow characteristics. Ecological Engineering, 135, 36-44, 2019. (IF 4.035).
  10. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma, Dynamic characterization of migration of a mining pit in an alluvial channel. International Journal of Sediment Research, 34, 155-165, 2019. (IF 2.902).
  11. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma, Turbulent flow structures and geomorphic characteristics of mining affected alluvial channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43, 1811-1824, 2018. (IF 4.133).
  12. Bandita Barman, Arup Kumar Sarma, and Bimlesh Kumar, Mining Pit Migration of an Alluvial Channel: Experimental and Numerical Investigations. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Online ISBN 978-3-319-55125-8, 2018. (IF 0.451).
  13. Bandita Barman, Anurag Sharma, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma, Multiscale characterization of migrating sand wave in mining induced alluvial channel. Ecological Engineering, 102, 199-206, 2017. (IF 4.035).

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  1. Ravi Kumar Mishra, Bandita Barman, and Tinesh Pathania. Estimating Bathymetry of a Mining Affected Straight Alluvial Channel, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, CWPRS Pune, 18-20 December, 2024.
  2. Laxman V Rathod, Timbadiya P.V., and Bandita Barman. Investigating the Flow Hydrodynamics in a Compound Channel with Flexible Vegetated Floodplains, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, India during 18-20 December, 2024.
  3. Yatirajulu Gurugubelli, Timbadiya P.V., and Bandita Barman. Flow Turbulence and Third Order Correlations in an Asymmetric Sinuous Channel, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, India during 18-20 December, 2024.
  4. Saundarya Narayan Kashyap and Bandita Barman. Velocity distribution in a narrow open channel with submerged rigid vegetation, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, CWPRS Pune during 18-20 December 2024.
  5. Rozy Kumari and Bandita Barman. Numerical Modelling of Sediment Transport Dynamics in Braided Rivers: A Comprehensive Review, 29th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, Central Water & Power Research Station, Pune, INDIA during 18-20 December,2024.
  6. Laxman V Rathod, Timbadiya P.V., and Bandita Barman. Impact of Flexible Emergent Vegetation on Open Channel Velocity Distribution in a Compound Channel, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources,Environmental and Coastal Engineering , NIT Warangal during 21-23 December, 2023.
  7. Yatirajulu Gurugubelli, Timbadiya P.V., and Bandita Barman. Turbulent Flow Characteristics of Asymmetric Sinuous Bend, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources,Environmental and Coastal Engineering, NIT Warangal during 21-23 December, 2023.
  8. Gurugubelli Yatirajulu, P. V. Timbadiya and, Bandita Barman. Longitudinal and Lateral Velocity in a Sinuous Channel Bend, International Seminar on Sustainable Technologies for River Erosion Alleviation and Management (STREAM – 2022).
  9. Gurugubelli Yatirajulu, P. V. Timbadiya and, Bandita Barman. Review on Morphology and Turbulence Characteristics in Meandering Rivers, EGU General Assembly 2022.
  10. Laxman Rathod, P. V. Timbadiya and, Bandita Barman. Flow Resistance Due to Rigid and Flexible Vegetation: A Review, EGU General Assembly 2022.
  11. Laxman Rathod, Gurugubelli Yatirajulu, P. V. Timbadiya and, Bandita Barman. Performance of Acoustic Doppler Vectrino Profiler in Measurement of Velocity Profile in Mobile Bed Channel, 23rd congress of the international association for hydro environmental engineering and research – Asia pacific division, IIT Madras 2022.
  12. Laxman V Rathod, Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar. Estimation of Bed Material Load using Artificial Intelligence Techniques, EGU General Assembly 2021. (Online).
  13. Koradia Ashishkumar K, Bandita Barman. MacCormack Finite-Difference Scheme for Simulation of Flood Hydrograph, International Conference (Online) on Water and Environment (ICWE- 2021) March 22-23, 2021 (Best paper award)
  14. Jyotiprakash Tarei, Bandita Barman. Performance of Mac-Cormack finite difference scheme with TVD and Artificial Viscosity, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO), NIT Rourkela, 2020. (Online).
  15. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, Arup Kumar Sarma, Junqiang Xia. Turbulent flow characteristics in a mining pit: an experimental investigation. International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Chengdu, China, 16th -20th September, 2019.
  16. Jyotirmoy Barman, Jyotismita Taye, Bandita Barman, and Bimlesh Kumar. Turbulent Characteristics of Sinuous River System. International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Chengdu, China, 16th -20th September, 2019.
  17. Bandita Barman, Abhishek Dixit, Arnab Kumar Pal, Bimlesh Kumar and Arup Kumar Sarma. Characteristics of bed load in a mined alluvial channel. 22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO), L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, 21st -23rd December, 2017.
  18. Bandita Barman, Shivam Singh, Shankar Dev Gour, Subhashish Chamua, Bimlesh Kumar and Arup Kumar Sarma. Review on adverse impact of river sand mining. 22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (Hydro), L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, 21st -23rd December, 2017.
  19. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar and Arup Kumar Sarma. Statistical analysis of bed feature of an alluvial channel at upstream and downstream of mining pit. 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, 14th -16th December, 2017.
  20. Bandita Barman, Bimlesh Kumar, and Arup Kumar Sarma, What follows after sediment mining- a preliminary investigation. 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, MNNIT Allahabad, ISBN 978-93-5267-408-4, 15th -17th December, 2016.
  21. Bandita Barman and Arup Kumar Sarma. A study on river bed degradation due to mining of coarser top sediment layer. 6th International Conference on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, IIT Bombay, 27th June- 1st July 2016.

Projects & Activities

Guidance

PhD Students

  1. Saundarya Narayan Kashyap (Sole)
  2. Ravi Kumar Mishra (Co-guide: Dr. Tinesh Pathania, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)
  3. Rozy Kumari (Sole)
  4. Rakesh Kumar (Sole)
  5. Gurugubelli Yatirajjulu, External Guide (SVNIT Surat)
  6. Laxman V Rathod, External Guide (SVNIT Surat)

 

MTech Students

 

  1. Ankit Kumar (2024-2025)                                    
  2. Arjun D C (2024-2025)
  3. Rakesh Kumar (2023-2024)
  4. Ashish Kumar (2022-2023)
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