The school has been actively involved in running an interdisciplinary engineering course for Master of Engineering in ‘Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering’ at  Post Graduate level[4 Semesters (2 year)] since 2003.

Level of Study

GATE + Admission Test / Interview

18 per year

[ GATE: 10(Gen)+ 3(SC/ST) SPONSORED: 5 ]

Principal Subjects: Master of Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering

1st Semester:

1 paper from Basic core : Advanced Mathematics, Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques, Environmental Management & Ecology
1 paper from Departmental core : Aquatic Ecology & Environment
1 paper from interdisciplinary core of other department or from departmental core : Principle of Water Resources Engineering, Computer Methods & Finite Element Analysis, Remote Sensing & its Application, Environmental Pollution & Management
3 papers from specialisation : Advanced Fluid Mechanics – I, Hydraulic Structure, Irrigation & Agronomy, Water Works Engineering, Advance Hydro Power Engineering, Environmental & Legal Aspects of Water Resources, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory   – I : Water Analysis Laboratory & Hydrology Laboratory

Seminar/Presentation

2nd Semester:

4 papers from specialization : Water Resources Management, Water Resources System, Free Surface Flow & River Hydraulics, Ground Water Dynamics, Advanced Hydrology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, River Engineering, Advanced Fluid Mechanics – II
Laboratory   – II : Application Software Laboratory & Fluvial Hydraulics Laboratory
Term paper leading to thesis/dissertation

Seminar/Presentation

3rd & 4th Semester: Research & Dissertation.

Key issues to be identified in the Water Resources and Hydraulic engineering context:

• Feasible and suitable water resources development options at a regional and local scale necessary to achieve development objectives in a sustainable manner;
• Effective planning, designing, implementing, operating and maintaining water related infrastructure;
• Increase the effectiveness of water related infrastructures;
• Water quality and wastewater analysis;
• Finding appropriate solutions for ‘living with floods’ and providing sufficient room for rivers to maintain their natural dynamics;
• The social, economic and other environmental consequences of water use and of the implementation of water related infrastructure at a regional and local scale;
• Impacts of climate change on Water Resources;
• Adequately predicting, monitoring, controlling and mitigating impacts.

Main activities in the core are focused on these key issues and may be grouped as follows:

• Modelling and analysis of hydraulic systems, control of sediment transport & erosion processes through constructive and operational measures in rivers;
• Hydraulic systems and structures: planning and design of main systems and component structures for storage, conveyance and distribution of freshwater, protection against flooding, drought alleviation, navigation and hydropower development. Implementation, operation and maintenance of hydraulic systems and structures;
• Environmental impact assessment, monitoring and control of impacts due to the development of water resources and the implementation of water related infrastructure. Planning and design of mitigation measures in river systems and river basins.

These activities involve interdisciplinary knowledge drawn from physical sciences, different branches and specialisations of engineering, environmental sciences and social sciences.

The specialisation consists of four modules which provide:

• A state of the art academic education in hydraulics, hydrology and water resources engineering;
• Training in the analysis of river (hydraulic and hydrological) systems and processes in direct relation to water resources and environmental management issues;
• Training in application of advanced modeling systems to simulate impacts (quantity and quality) of human activities on river systems and basins;
• Enhancement of engineering and presentation skills and training in the application of state of- the-art computational and informatics tools in the field of water resources and hydraulic engineering.