Biltu Pal
Water Resources and Flood Risk Management Professional
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About
Dr.
Biltu
Pal holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering), an M.Tech in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering. He is a water resources and flood risk management professional with more than 8 years of experience in hydrological and hydraulic modelling, integrated reservoir operation, flood forecasting, flood hazard mapping, climate resilience studies, and development of flood mitigation measures. He has extensive experience in flood risk assessments for large-scale infrastructure projects, including power plants, river basins, and reservoir systems across India, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Pal is proficient in HEC-ResSim, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS (1D/2D), HEC-SSP, Python, QGIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine (GEE), and remote sensing applications for hydrological analysis and flood mapping. His expertise includes SAR-based flood extent mapping, GIS and geospatial analysis, hydrodynamic modelling, climate change impact assessment, and design of flood protection structures such as embankments, revetments, spurs, drainage systems, and flood mitigation measures.
He has also conducted several capacity-building and technical training programs for government agencies and water resources professionals in the fields of reservoir operation, flood forecasting, and hydrological modelling.
Experience
Manager/Deputy Manager/Senior Engineer - TRACTEBEL Engineering pvt ltd. - India
(2022-06)
- Collection, processing, and compilation of hydrological and hydraulic datasets for modelling studies.
- Flood and rainfall frequency analysis carried out using HEC-SSP
- Assessment of natural hazards with emphasis on flood risk evaluation.
- Simulation of multi-reservoir operations using HEC-ResSim
- Development of hydrological, hydraulic, and rainfall–runoff models for basin-scale analysis.
- Preparation of reservoir operation manual with use of Intregated reservoir operation with Decision support system.
- Developed rule curves for 12 primary reservoirs in the Ganga River basin using Hec-ResSim Model and Python libraries.
Junior Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow - Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur - India
(2018-09 - 2022-06)
- Extraction and analysis of information from multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data.
- Rainfall–runoff modelling performed using HEC-HMS for flood estimation.
- Automated flood inundation mapping using SAR datasets and Google Earth Engine (GEE).
- Dam break and flood propagation analysis conducted using HEC-RAS
Education
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering - Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (2026)
M.Tech - Civil (Environmental and Water Resource Engineering) - National Institute of Technology Manipur (2018)
B.Tech - Civil Engineering - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (2015)
