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National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
(Institution of National Importance)
राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कुरुक्षेत्र
राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान
National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra-136119, Haryana

 Ajay Krishna Prabhakar

Designation:    Assistant Professor
Department:    Civil Engg
Qualification:    Ph.D(NIT Kurukshetra), M.Tech.( IIT Roorkee)
Address:    

House No. DB-37, NIT Campus, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana-136119


Publications:    

Journal Papers

  1. Prabhakar, A.K, & Tiwari, H. (2015). Land use and land cover effect on groundwater storage. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1, 1-10.
  2. Prabhakar, A. K., Singh, K. K., Lohani, A. K., & Chandniha, S. K. (2017). Long term rainfall variability assessment using modified Mann-Kendall test over Champua watershed, Odisha. Journal of Agrometeorology, 19(3), 288-289.
  3. Prabhakar, A. K., Singh, K. K. & Lohani, A. K. (2018). Spatial and temporal rainfall trends and its variability analysis over Champua sub-watershed of Baitarani River basin of Odisha, J. Indian Water Resour.Soc.38(1), 39-46.
  4. Prabhakar, A. K., Singh, K. K., & Lohani, A. K. (2018). Regional level long-term rainfall variability assessment using Mann-Kendall test over the Odisha state of India. Journal of Agrometeorology, 20(2), 164-165.
  5. Prabhakar, A. K., Singh, K. K., Lohani, A. K., & Chandniha, S. K. (2019). Assessment of regional-level long-term gridded rainfall variability over the Odisha State of India. Applied Water Science, 9, 1-15.
  6. Tiwari, A., Shoab, M., Chandniha, S. K., Pal, L., Prabhakar, A. K., & Kumar, A. (2019). Application of non-parametric tests for long-term trend analysis of rainfall over northeastern region of India. Journal of Agrometeorology, 21(3), 379-381.
  7. Prabhakar, A. K., Singh, K. K., Lohani, A. K., & Chandniha, S. K. (2019). Study of Champua watershed for management of resources by using morphometric analysis and satellite imagery. Applied Water Science, 9(5), 127.
  8. Sihag, P., Sadikhani, M. R., Vambol, V., Vambol, S., Prabhakar, A. K., & Sharma, N. (2021). Comparative study for deriving stagedischarge–sediment concentration relationships using soft computing techniques. Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, 104(2).
  9. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Different Factors Affecting Groundwater Potential Using Geospatial Techniques. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology Review, 17(5). Published (Scopus).
  10. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2025). Groundwater Storage Analysis Using Geospatial Techniques: A Comprehensive Review over Asian Region. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology Review, 18(1). Published (Scopus).
  11. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2025). A bibliometric study of groundwater storage used geospatial techniques. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 31(5), 1044-1060.Published (Scopus).
  12. Kumar, A., & Prabhakar, A. K. (2025). Comparison of stacking, boosting, generalized linear, and neural network models for estimating scour depth around spur-dykes. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering, 49(5), 5289-5304.
  13. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2026). Assessment of groundwater potential over the Haryana region: GIS-AHP v/s field data. Journal of Mining and Environment, 17(1), 27-42.
  14. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2026). Evaluation of groundwater storage variations over Haryana state using GRACE data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 47(2), 670-683. Published (Scopus and SCIE).

Book Chapters

  1. Prabhakar A.K., Singh K.K., Lohani A. K., and Chandniha S. K. (2021) “Hydrological Water Balance Study in Champua Watershed of Baitarani River Basin Using Swat Model”. Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change, Apple Academic Press (AAP), CRC Press, a Taylor & Francis Group.
  2. Nagal, B., Prabhakar, A. K., & Pal, M. (2025). Role of climatic extremes in planning of water supply system (WSS). In Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes (pp. 89-110). Elsevier.
  3. Nagal, B., & Prabhakar, A. K. (2025). Sustainable water management in the digital age: Intelligent solutions for a precious resource. In Intelligent Infrastructure and Smart Materials: Sustainable Technologies for a Greener Future (pp. 91-114). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
  4. Prabhakar, A. K. (2026). An Overview of the Hydrological Responses of the Northern Himalayan Basin Under Climate Variability. Himalayan Flood Hazards, 47-65. Springer Nature Switzerland.

Conference Papers

  1. A.K. Prabhakar, “Soft computing tools for the prediction of Runoff over the Champua watershed of Baitarani river basin of India”, International Conference on Innovation and Opportunities in chemical Engineering for sustainable Environment and Energy, Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus Bichpuri, Agra(India), (February 27-29, 2020).
  2. Surendra Kumar Chandniha, Gopal Krishan, A.K. Lohani, K. Prabhakar, “Investigation of groundwater level fluctuations along with trend analysis using non-parametric tests in Haryana state of India”. International Conference on Ground water (ICGW-2021). (October 28,2021).
  3. Divyansh Rathore and K. Prabhakar, “Impact of rainfall variability ongroundwater in Kurukshetra district Haryana state of India” International Conference on Water Sources Sustainability, (June 18-20, 2021).
  4. Sihag P., Sadikhani M.R., Vambol V., Vambol S., Prabhakar A.K., Sharma N, “Experience in using Soft computing techniques to assessing and predicting the sediment that transports in rivers” Modern trends in the development of information systems and telecommunication technologies, (Kyiv, Ukraine). – K.: NUHT, July 2021.
  5. Thapliyal, M., & Prabhakar, A. K. (2022, August). Assessment of Land Use—Land Cover Changes in District Dehradun (1991–2021). In International Virtual Conference on Developments and Applications of Geomatics (pp. 55-68). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  6. Madhusudan Thapliyal and K. Prabhakar, “Impact of land Use-Land Cover Changes on Hydrological Parameters in District Dehradun”, International Virtual Conference on Developments and Applications of Geomatics (DEVA-2022)
  7. Singh, V., & Prabhakar, A. K. (2022, August). Assessment of Fluctuations in Pre-monsoon and Post-monsoon Ground Water Levels in Kurukshetra, Haryana. In International Virtual Conference on Developments and Applications of Geomatics (pp. 43-54). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  8. Adarsh Kumar, K. Prabhakar and P.C. Nayak, “Hydrological Modeling using MIKE11 NAM Model for Manot Sub-basin” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume I (May 27-28, 2023).
  9. Saurabh Kumar Tiwari, Ambika Behl, Rajiv Kumar and K. Prabhakar, “The Effect of Chemical Warm Mix Additive on the Properties and Behavior of an Asphalt Binder” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume II (May 27-28, 2023).
  10. Adarsh Kumar, K. Prabhakar and P.C. Nayak, “Climate Change Impact Assessment for Manot Watershed in Madhya Pradesh” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume II (May 27-28, 2023).
  11. Adarsh Kumar, A.K. Prabhakar and P.C. Nayak, “Hydrological Modeling using MIKE11 NAM Model for Manot Sub-basin” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume I (2023).
  12. Balbir, K. Prabhakar and Mahesh Pal, “Role of Geoinformatics in Sustainable Development of Smart City” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume II (May 27-28, 2023).
  13. Ambika Behl, K. Prabhakar, Saurabh Kumar Tiwari, “Influence of Different Warm Mix Chemical Additives on Characteristics of Warm Mix Aspalt” International Conference on Innovative Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation Systems (IMPACTS-2023), NIT Calicut and KSCSTE- National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (March 20-22, 2023)
  14. Saurabh Kumar Tiwari, AmbikaBehl, Rajiv Kumar and K. Prabhakar, “The Effect of Chemical Warm Mix Additive on the Properties and Behavior of an Asphalt Binder” National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, Volume II (2023).
  15. Alok Kumar, K. Prabhakar and Anindya Pain, “Soil Amplification Studies of Sector 62, Noida, India”, at the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure: Inn0vation, Opportunities and Challenges (SIIOC 2023) held during 20-21 April 2023 at NITK Surathkal.
  16. Balbir, K. Prabhakar and Mahesh Pal, “Land Suitability Based Planning for Sustainable Rural Development in India: A GIS Approach” International Water Conference for Sustainable Development Goals (IWCSDG-2024), MANIT Bhopal(22nd& 23rd March 2024)
  17. Balbir, K. Prabhakar and Mahesh Pal, “Analysis and Quantification of Groundwater Replenishment in Urban Environments: A Review” International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES-2024), BITS Mesra, Jharkhand (India), 29-30th March, 2024.
  18. Shalu and K. Prabhakar, “Sustainable Groundwater Quality assessment in Rohtak District: Physio-Chemical Analysis”, International water conference for Sustainable Development Goals (IWCSDG-2024), Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (March 22-23, 2024).
  19. Atul and K. Prabhakar, “Analysis of Road network in flood plain zone using GIS”, International water conference for Sustainable Development Goals (IWCSDG-2024), Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (March 22-23, 2024).
  20. Shalu and K. Prabhakar, “Assessing Groundwater Quality in Rohtak District: A comprehensive analysis of Physico-Chemical parameters for the Year 2020”, International conference Sustainable Materials, Environment and Technologies under Climate Change (SMET-2024), Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (July 25-27, 2024).
  21. Feroz U Din and K. Prabhakar, “Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Road Accidents in Delhi”, International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES-2025), SVNIT Surat, India (Feb 14-25, 2025).
  22. Feroz U Din and K. Prabhakar, “GIS Techniques for Road Traffic accident analysis and Black spot Identification”, National conference on Failure Analysis of Metals and Alloys (NCFAMA-2025), Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (March 27-28, 2025).
  23. Punit Gupta and K. Prabhakar, “Capacity Analysis and Performance Optimization of Major Roundabouts in Kurukshetra”, National conference on Failure Analysis of Metals and Alloys (NCFAMA-2025), Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (March 27-28, 2025).
  24. Punit Gupta and K. Prabhakar, “Comparative Study of Kurukshetra’s Major Roundabout Capacity using IRC, FHWA, and UK Methods”, International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES-2025), SVNIT Surat, India (Feb 14-25, 2025).

Email:    akprabhakar@nitkkr.ac.in
Phone No:    +919416861151
Area of Interest:    

Rainfall Runoff Modeling under Climate and LULC Change, Trend Analysis, Drought Analysis, Geographical Information System, Water Balance, Morphometric Analysis of Watershed and Prioritization, Flood Inundation Modeling, MK Test, MMK Test, Bias-Correction, Data Extraction, Data Handling etc. ANN, MLR, AHP, Fuzzy Logic, ANFIS, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning etc.

MTech. Thesis GUIDED

  • Nancy Yadav (2015), “Estimation of soil erosion in a River basin of Madhya Pradesh using Remote Sensing and GIS”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Co-supervisor.
  • Divyansh Rathore (2021), “Impact Of Climate Change On Water Resources”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Harshul Sirohi (2022), “Prioritization of Sub Watersheds by Morphometric Analysis Using Geospatial Technology”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Madhusudan Thapliyal (2022), “Assessment of LULC Changes and their effects on Hydrological Parameters in District Dehradun”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Vikas Singh (2022), “Assessment of Pre and Post Monsoon Ground Water Fluctuations in Kurukshetra, Haryana”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Vishal Kumar Singh (2022), “Effect of Climate Change on Slope Stability”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Yogesh Joshi (2022), “Rural Road Network Planning using ANT Colony Optimization”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Alok Kumar (2023), “A Comparison of Liquefaction Assessment of Soil Using Stress Based Method And Energy Based Method”, Geotechnical Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Saurabh Kumar Tiwari (2023), “Tribological Approach to Demonstrate the Workability of The Warm Mix Asphalt”, Transportation Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Sarthak Agarwal (2023), “Comparative Study Of Scour Around Permeable and Impermeable Spur Dikes”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Adarsh Kumar (2023), “Hydrological Modelling Using Nam, Awbm, Sacramento and Various Rainfall Runoff Model”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Atul Kumar Meemraut (2024), “Road Network Analysis in Flood Prone Area using GIS”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Guided as a Main-supervisor.
  • Shalu (2024), “Assessment Of Groundwater Quality In Southern Part of Haryana”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana
  • Punit Gupta (2025), “Analysis of Major Roundabouts in Kurukshetra”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana
  • Feroz (2025), “Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents by Identifying Black Spots Using GIS”, Water Resources Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana
Others:   

Membership:
Membership of Technical Society – Life member, Association of Agrometeorologists

M.Tech. Dissertations:
Submitted/awarded: 15
In progress: 02

Ph.D. Dissertations:

In progress: 03

Lecture Delivered

  1. Key note lecture on “Rainfall-Runoff modeling using GIS and Remote Sensing” in Five-Days Short-Term Course on “Introduction and Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Water Resources Engineering (GISWRE-2023)” conducted by Centre for Geographic Information System, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana on dated 03- 07 April 2023(Day-2 Session)
  2. Key note lecture on “HEC-RAS 1D Modeling using GIS data and HEC-RAS 2D Unsteady flow modeling” in Five-Days Short-Term Course on “Flood Modeling using HEC-RAS and GIS (FMHRG-2024)” conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana on dated 10- 14 October 2024(Day-4 Session).

DETAILS OF TRAINING AND COURSE CONDUCTED AS A COORDINATOR

S. No Training/ Course Institute Date/Duration Role
1 Five-Days Short-Term Course on Introduction and Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Water Resources Engineering (GISWRE-2023)

 

 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana 03rd – 07th April, 2023 Course Coordinator
2 Five-Days Short-Term Course on Flood Modeling using HEC-RAS and GIS (FMHRG-2024) National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana 10th -14th October 2024 Course Coordinator

Other Contribution:
Present Institute/Department Duties:
Member, Library Committee, July. 2019 onwards