Jayesh Parmar
PhD student in Environmental Science and Engineering Department, IIT Bombay
MTech in Environmental and Water Resource Engineering,
IIT Hyderabad
Research enthusiast currently pursuing doctoral degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in Environmental Science and Engineering Department. Research interest and focus in the water resources with focus on hydrologic modeling, flood modelling and flood hazard assesment. Skilled in numerical modeling of environment processes and hydrologic systems, with interest in applications of data science in environmental management. Skilled in Python and R for data analysis and machine learning applications.
My PhD work is towards the improvement of flood modeling and flood hazard assesment by improving the understanding of the flood generation process at local scale.
Floods in climate change scenarios are uncertain, and the complex interaction between the hydrological and meteorological factors makes it difficult to predict flood timings. A better understanding would help us and society to predict and combat flood. The primary descriptors responsible for flood generation are analysed for the entire India.
Global Flood Models (GFMs) capable of physics based flood modelling at large scale have it's advantages and disadvantages. Particularly for flood hazard assessment the implications of using GFMs on population exposure and risk assessment can have devastating impacts. The hazard assesment using GFM is found to be highly uncertain in populous regions.
My Master's work was towards estimation of total emission of one of the carcinogenic pollutant named Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) in India. Polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs) are highly toxic organic chemicals still prevalent in the environment. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) were initially produced as a stable compound for electrical components, hydraulic oils and paints. While they can be formed unintentionally during the industrial processes, exposure and their intake can be harmful for humans. PCBs past, present and future quantification of use and emissions is necessary for assessment of their possible human exposure and intake, which could result in cancer risks. While global inventories of the use and emissions of PCBs have been developed, estimates for individual countries determined using bottom-up approaches are few and often show different trends from the global inventory. Therefore country level use and emission inventory of PCBs in India was generated. Details of the research work and research is published in the article title 'Accounting of the Use and Emissions of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Compounds (PCBs) in India, 1951–2100'.