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Nanditha J S
PhD (IIT Gandhinagar)
Assistant Professor, Kotak School Of Sustainability
Research Interest
Hydroclimatic Extremes
Hydrological Modelling
Land-atmospheric drivers of Floods.
Climate Change Attribution
Statistical Modelling
CESE Building, Room 123,
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016
Education
2019-2023- PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
2014-2016- M. Tech in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
2010-2014- B. Tech, University of Kerala
Selected Publications
J. S. Nanditha, Gabriele Villarini, Hanbeen Kim, and Philippe Naveau. (2025). Causal Attribution of the Interannual Variability in Flood Peaks through Bayesian Networks. Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR039385. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR039385
J. S. Nanditha, Villarini, G., Kim, H., & Naveau, P. (2024). Strong linkage between observed daily precipitation extremes and anthropogenic emissions across the contiguous United States. Geophysical Research Letters 51, no. 20 (2024): e2024GL109553. doi:10.22541/essoar.171352011.19178106/v1
J. S. Nanditha, & Mishra, V. (2022). Multiday precipitation is a prominent driver of Foods in Indian river basins. Water Resources Research, 58. doi:10.1029/2022WR032723
J. S. Nanditha, Balaji, R., & Mishra, V. (2022). Combined signatures of atmospheric drivers, soilmoisture, and moisture source on Foods in Narmada river basin, India. Climatic Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-022-06244-x
J. S. Nanditha, & Mishra, V. (2024). Projected increase in widespread riverine Foods in India under a warming climate. Journal of Hydrology, 630. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130734
J. S. Nanditha, Gabriele Villarini, Subhra Misra, & Kathleen White (2025). Regional variability in the projected changes in sub-daily precipitation IDF curves across the contiguous United States. Environmental Research Letters, 20(9), 094006. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/adf07d
Awards & Fellowships
International Travel Grant, DST-SERB for paper presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2022
American Geophysical Union Austin Student Travel Grant, 2019 and 2020
Additional PhD Fellowship in view of Academic Excellence, IIT Gandhinagar, 2019-2022
President’s and Institute’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, IIT Gandhinagar, 2016
Professional Experience
2024-2025- Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Princeton University, NJ, US
2023-2024- Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Iowa, IA, US
2023 – Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
2018-2019- Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
UG/PG Courses Developed
Applications of AI in Sustainability Lab
Modelling of Extreme Events under Climate Change
Other Academic Activities
Academic Contributions outside the Institute
- Session Convener | American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
- Launched and led the session “Advancing Hydrologic Processes to Improve Flood Prediction” in Washington, D.C. (2024).
- Convening the session's successful follow-up edition in New Orleans, LA (2025)