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Prof. Murari R R Varma

Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering

Hydrological Modelling and Field hydrology, Remote Sensing in hydrology, Wastewater treatment, Water quality of surface water systems, water resource engineering and remote sensing
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Medchal-Malkajgiri District-500 078
Telangana, India

Research Projects

Sponsored Research projects

Ongoing

As PI - "Study of emerging Pollutants in Driniking Water Sources " Funded by BITS, Pilani under Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) (Reference: C1/23/209 dated 15/09/2023) (2023-2025) ( Rs 30 Lakhs) (Joint PIs - Jagadeesh Anmala, Civil Engineering, and  Prof. Krishnan R, Department of Chemistry)

As COPI -"Integrated physical-biological treatment of biopharmaceutical fermentation wastewater for ensuring environmental safety and circular economy" Funded by DST, Water Technologies Cell (WTC) under Optimal Use of Water in Industrial Sectors(OUWIS) for an amount of 41.93 Lakhs- (Nov 2023 - 2025) (PI -Prof. Sankar Ganesh, Department of Biological Sciences; Other investigators Prof. Mithun Mondal, Department of EEE and collaboration with Biological-E limited, Hyderabad) 

 

Completed

As Co- PI - CSIR project titled "Experimental and Computational studies of Surface Water Quality Parameters from Morphometry and Spectral Characteristics" (09/2019-09/2022, Amount: Rs. 41,98,080)  (PI: Prof Jagadeesh Anmla ; Co-PI Dr. K Rajitha)

As Co-Investigator for “Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach for Solving Water Distribution Network Design Optimization” funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. (Grant No. 22(0723)/17/EMR-II dated 16.05.2017; May 2017-April 2020; Rs.18,46,000/-)

As PI - Research Initiation Grant of 2 Lakhs by BITS Pilani for the proposal titled " Suitability of available integrated surface and subsurface hydrological models with reference to India subcontinent having high evapotranspiration and large regolith storage" (2012-2014)

Consultancy Projects

Team Member for Testing of index and engineering properties of soil for construction of earthen dam as a part of Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS), Government of Telangana -  - 81.96 lakhs - completed  

Pilot Time Motion studies under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for Govt. of Telangana and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh April 2018- September 2018