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Dr. Saranya M.S.

Dr. Saranya M.S.

Department Civil Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor
Joining Date 06/12/2025
Qualification PhD
Specialization Water Resources
email id saranya@carmelcet.in
Contact No 9495517147

Experience

Teaching : 6 years and 5 months 

Publications & Patents

Journal Publications 

  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair 2023 A Comparative Evaluation of Streamflow Prediction Using SWAT and NNAR Model in Meenachil River Basin of Central Kerala, India. Water Sci. Technol. 88 (8): 2002-2018. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2023.330 (SCIE)
  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair 2023 Prioritization of CMIP5 based climate models in simulating precipitation using multicriteria decision making methods. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1237/1/012015
  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair 2022 Impact evaluation and analysis at a river basin scale under projected climate and land-use change. Water Supply 22 (12): 8907–8922. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2022.417 (SCIE)
  • Saranya M.S. & Vinish V. Nair 2021 Evaluation and Selection of CORDEX-SA Datasets and Bias Correction Methods for a Hydrological Impact Study in a Humid Tropical River Basin, Kerala, J. Water Clim. Chang. 12 (8): 3688-3713.  https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2021.139 (SCIE)
  • Saranya M. S. 2013 Delineation of potential zones for artificial recharge using GIS in Vamanapuram river basin, SJCET Journal of Engineering and Management,Vol 2, No.2, July-December 2013.

Book Chapter

  • Saranya, M.S., Nair, V.V. 2024. Evaluation of the Influence of Land Use and Climate Changes in Runoff Simulation Using Semi-Distributed Hydrological Model. In: Mesapam, S., Ohri, A., Sridhar, V., Tripathi, N.K. (eds) Developments and Applications of Geomatics. DEVA 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 450. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8568-5_17  

Other International and National Conferences 

  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair, Prioritization of CMIP5 based climate models in simulating precipitation using multicriteria decision making methods, International Conference on Sustainable Practices in Engineering and Technology (IC-SPET’23) June 2023 
  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair, Evaluation of the influence of land use and climate changes in run off simulation using semi distributed hydrological model, International Virtual Conference on Developments and Applications of Geomatics (DEVA-2022) August 2022
  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair, Ranking of CORDEX – SA datasets for Meenachil river basin, Kerala using TOPSIS method, International Virtual Conference on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and Environmental Systems (ITHES-2021) April 2021
  •  Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair, Ranking of CORDEX – SA datasets for Meenachil river basin, Kerala using Multi-criteria decision making method, International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE), April 2021
  • Saranya M. S. & Vinish V. Nair 2020, Evaluation of reliability of Empirical models for estimating Global solar radiation, Indian National Groundwater conference (INGWC-2020), February 2020
  • Saranya M. S. & Thulasidharan Nair B. Assessment of hydropower potential using GIS in Vamanapuram river basin, 14th National conference on technological trends (NCTT-2013), August 2013






Teaching Interest

  • Surveying and Geoinformatics
  • Hydrology and Water Resources,
  • Design of Hydraulic Structures,
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Climate change and sustainability, 

Research Interest

  • Climate Change Impact Assessment
  • Hydrological Modelling and Forecasting
  • GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology
  • Time series analysis and Forecasting

Expertise (software/technology/machine)

  • ArcGIS
  • ERDAS Imagine
  • SWAT
  • TerrSet
  • Auto CAD
  • STAAD

Subjects Handled

  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Basics of Civil Engineering
  • Surveying I
  • Surveying II
  • Concrete Technology
  • Transportation Engineering I
  • Transportation Engineering II
  • Environmental Pollution Control Techniques
  • Geotechnical Engineering Lab
  • Environmental Engineering Lab
  • Material Testing Lab
  • Concrete Lab, Survey Lab
  • Transportation Engineering Lab

FDPs, Trainings/Certificate Courses

  • Attended 5 day FDP on Statistical and simulation modeling in transportation engineering, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering RIT Kottayam (March 16-20, 2021)
  • Attended workshop on groundwater modelling organized by CWRDM (November 17, 2020)
  • Attended two week ISTE STTP on Introduction to structural engineering conducted by IIT Kharagpur from 30th November 2015 to 9th January 2016
  • Attended two week ISTE STTP on Environmental studies conducted by IIT Bombay (June 2-12, 2015)
  • Attended two day workshop on Environmental impact assessment organized by the Department of Civil Engineering RIT Kottayam (November 20 – 21, 2015)
  • Attended one day ISTE Workshop on Green building awareness under MHRD through ICT (August 24, 2013)

Achievements

  • Published 3 SCIE-indexed journal papers, 1 book chapter, and 1 conference papers

  • Organizing committee member of International conference on recent advances in civil engineering (ICRACE 2024) at CUSAT Kochi (December 2024)
  • Received Best Paper Award for the paper, ‘Prioritization of CMIP5 based climate models in simulating precipitation using multicriteria decision making methods’, presented in the First InternationaReceived Best Paper Award for the paper, ‘Prioritization of CMIP5 based climate models in simulating precipitation using multicriteria decision making methods’, presented in the First International Conference on Sustainable Practices in Engineering and Technology, organized by Sree Buddha College of Engineering College, Pattoor (IC-SPET’23), June 2023
  • Received AICTE scholarship under National Doctoral Fellowship (NDF) scheme for pursuing PhD
  • Received appointment order under Military Engineering Services (MES) as Junior Engineer (civil)
  • GATE score holder.
  • Received Stipend under Speed IT scheme for Post-Graduation. 

Positions Held

  • Assistant Professor, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai (July 2013 to July 2018)
  • Assistant Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), (August 2024 to December 2025)