Dr. Ruchir Patidar

About

I am a Scientist at the National Institute of Hydrology, Ministry of Jal Shakti, India, working in hydrology, hydroclimatology, and water resources. I did my M.Tech. and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India. My research interests include drought assessment, climate change impacts, groundwater and surface-water dynamics, hydrological instrumentation, and isotope hydrology. I use field observations, environmental tracers, remote sensing, GIS, statistical methods, and modelling to understand hydrological processes and support sustainable water resources management.
I was awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Award for Precipitation research 2025 by the Royal Meteorological Society, UK, becoming the first Indian Researcher since its inception in 1950. (https://www.rmets.org/rmets-awards/2025-winners/awards-advancing-science-2025)

Employment

• National Institute of Hydrology SCIENTIST

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee PhD
  2021 - 2026
• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Master of Technology
  2017 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (6)

• Evaluating the GloFAS discharge reanalysis product for hydrological drought monitoring in India: performance across temporal scales and flow regimes
  Hydrological Sciences Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2026.2659347
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• Comprehensive Evaluation of Precipitation Reanalysis Products and CMIP6 Models Using Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques With Nature‐Inspired Optimization
  International Journal of Climatology 2026 DOI: 10.1002/joc.70159
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• Assessing Spatio‐Temporal Meteorological Drought Dynamics Across Indian Agro‐Climatic Zones: A Long‐Term Perspective
  International Journal of Climatology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/joc.70146
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• Deciphering groundwater dynamics and recharge sources across India using stable isotopes: Implications for sustainable water management
  Groundwater for Sustainable Development 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2025.101548
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• Spatio-temporal assessment of multi-scalar meteorological and hydrological droughts over Bundelkhand, India
  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2024.103729
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• An integration of geospatial and machine learning techniques for mapping groundwater potential: a case study of the Shipra river basin, India
  Arabian Journal of Geosciences 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-07871-0
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