Draft:Vimal Mishra

Dr. Vimal Mishra is an Indian hydrologist and Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor in Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. Dr Vimal Mishra leads his Water and Climate Lab at IIT Gandhinagar. He integrates observed and remotely sensed datasets with large scale hydrologic modeling to answer important questions related to human-climate interactions. His research work has contributed in advancing our understanding of land-atmospheric coupling and its role on hydrolclimatic extremes in India. He quantified the impacts of climate change and human interventions on water resources in India. In addition, his work has shown that crucial role of irrigation and groundwater pumping on the rapidly declining groundwater storage in India. Dr. Mishra received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of 2022 in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences category. Dr. Mishra is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) since 2021. He was awarded the Devendra Lal Memorial Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2021. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Dr. Mishra is a recipient of the Kavli Frontiers Fellowship in 2015 from the US National Academy of Sciences. He is currently serving as an editor of Earth's Future (AGU) and associate editor of Journal of Hydrology.

Early Life and Education
Dr. Mishra completed his BTech from Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur and MTech from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Dr. Mishra completed his PhD from Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. During his postdoc, Dr. Mishra worked on large scale hydrological modeling and operational flood forecast under the supervision of Dennis Lettenmaier.

Editorial Boards of Journals

 * Editor: Earth's Future (AGU)
 * Editorial Board Member: Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Scientific Data (Nature Publishing Group)
 * Associate Editor: Journal of Hydrology, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Frontiers in Climate, Remote Sensing of Earth Systems Science

Honors and Recognitions
Dr. Vimal Mishra has received many prestigious awards and honors for his exceptional contributions to climate science throughout his career.


 * Devendra Lal Memorial Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2021
 * Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2021
 * Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), 2021
 * Young Scientist Award, Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), 2021
 * AHI-NGRI Young Hydrologist Award, 2019
 * S. N. Gupta Memorial Award and Lecture, ISH, 2017
 * Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship, WAARI, 2016
 * Research Excellence Award, IIT Gandhinagar, 2015
 * National Environmental Science Fellowship, 2015
 * Varahmihir Ministry of Earth Science Research Fellowship, 2012-2015
 * Participant in the Indo-US Frontiers of Sciences, 2015
 * Participant in the Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering, 2014
 * Participant in the 6th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering, 2013