Prof. Mukand Singh Babel

1. D. Eng. In Water Resources Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (1993)
2. M. Eng. In Soil and Water Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (1983)
3. B. Eng. with Honors in Agricultural Engineering, Rajasthan Agricultural University, India (1981)

Climate change risks, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in water and agriculture sectors; Drought and flood risk assessment and management; Hydrology; Hydrologic and water resources modelling; Integrated water resources management; Groundwater modelling and management; Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks for water sector; Water security assessment and enhancement; Water supply and sanitation; Water-energy-food nexus.

1. CE74.11 Watershed Hydrology
2. CE74.41 Water Supply and Sanitation
3. CE74.17 Integrated Water Resources Management
4. CE74.55 Modeling of Water Resources Systems

1. Chapagain, K., Babel, M. S., Karthe, D., & Stamm, J. (2022). Integrated assessment of water–energy–food nexus: Conceptual framework and application to the Ping River basin, Thailand. International Journal of Water Resources Development. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2252529
2. De Silva, Y. K., Babel, M. S., Abatan, A. A., Khadka, D., & Shanmugasundaram, J. (2023). Evaluation of ENSO in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models and its significance in the rainfall in Northeast Thailand. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04585-z
3. Alves, P. B. R., Loc, H. H., De Silva, Y., Penny, J., Babel, M. S., & Djordjévic, S. (2023). The dual-risks context: A systematic literature review for the integrated management of flood and drought risks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, 103905. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103905
4. Kamalamma, A. G., Babel, M. S., Venkataramana, S., & Vellingiri, G. (2023). A novel approach to vulnerability assessment for adaptation planning in agriculture: An application to the Lower Bhavani Irrigation Project, India. Climate Services, 30, 100358. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100358
5. Babel, M. S., Chapagain, K., Shinde, V. R., Prajamwong, S., & Apipattanavis, S. (2022). A disaggregated assessment of national water security: An application to the river basins in Thailand. Journal of Environmental Management, 321, 115974. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115974
6. Chapagain, K., Aboelnga, H. T., Babel, M. S., Ribbe, L., Shinde, V.R., Sharma, D., & Dang, N. M. (2022). Urban water security: A comparative assessment and policy analysis of five cities in diverse developing countries of Asia. Environmental Development, 43, 100713. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2022.100713
7. Baghel, T., Babel, M. S., Shrestha, S., Salin, K. R., Virdis, S. G. P., & Shinde, V. R. (2022). A generalized methodology for ranking climate models based on climate indices for sector-specific studies: An application to the Mekong sub-basin. Science of the Total Environment, 829, 154551. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154551
8. Koh, R., Babel, M. S., Shinde, V. R., & Mendoza, G. (2022). A Bottom-up Approach for Climate Risk Assessment: A Case of Municipal Water Supply System in Bangkok. Climate Risk Management, 35, 100406. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100406
9. Khadka, D., Babel, M. S., Collins, M., Shrestha, S., Virdis, S. G. P., & Chen, A. S. (2021). Projected changes in the near-future mean climate and extreme climate events in northeast Thailand. International Journal of Climatology. Royal Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7377
10. Babel, M. S., Shrestha, A., Anusart, K., & Shinde, V. R. (2021). Evaluating the potential for conserving water and energy in the water supply system of Bangkok. Sustainable Cities and Society, 69, 102857. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102857
11. Babel, M. S., Shinde, V. R., Sharma, D., & Nguyen, D. M. (2020). Measuring water security: A vital step for climate change adaptation. Environmental Research, 185, 109400. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109400
12. Babel, M. S., Oo, E., Shinde, V. R., Kamalamma, A., & Haarstrick, A. (2020). Comparative study of water and energy use in selected automobile manufacturing industries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 246, 118970. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118970
13. Shrestha, S., Chapagain, R., & Babel, M. S. (2017). Quantifying the impact of climate change on crop yield and water footprint of rice in the Nam Oon irrigation project, Thailand. Science of the Total Environment, 599-600, 689-699. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.028
14. Babel, M. S., Badgujar, G. B., & Shinde, V. R. (2015). Using the Mutual Information Technique to Select Explanatory Variables in Artificial Neural Networks for Rainfall Forecasting. Meteorological Applications. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1495
15. Babel, M. S., & Turyatunga, E. (2015). Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Measures for Maize Cultivation in the Western Uganda Agro-ecological Zone. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 19(1-2), 239-254. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-014-1097-z

1. Water Resources Risk and Countermeasure for Sustainable Development under Changing Environment in the Pan Qinghai Tibetan Plateau
   Funding: Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), China
   Period: 2023-2026, Total Budget: US$150,000 Role: PI
2. Water Modeling for Climate Resilience in Lao PDR
   Funding: Australian Water Partnership (AWP) through Western Sydney University, Australia
   Period: 2023-2024, Total Budget: AU$116,845 Role: PI (AIT)
3. Proliferating Ecosystem based Adaptations (EbA) Practices in Indian Cities (EPIC)
   Funding: Global EbA Fund, IUCN
   Period: 2023-2024, Total Budget: USD250,000 Role: Advisor
4. International Conference on Water Security and Climate Change 2022 (WSCC2022)
   Funding: TU Braunschweig, Germany
   Period: 2022, Total Budget: THB4,835,258 Role: PI
5. Integrated Management of Flood and Drought in the Mun River Basin in Thailand
   Funding: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK through University of Exeter
   Period: 2021-2022, Total Budget: THB2,512,595 Role: PI (AIT)
6. 2022 Food for Progress (FFPr)-Proposal Development
   Funding: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA
   Period: 2022, Total Budget: THB712,256 Role: PI
7. The programme on Capacities-building for MRV and transparency of UNFCCC
   Funding: the Government of the Netherlands through AGWA
   Period: 2021-2025, Total Budget: THB789,891 Role: PI
8. Global Water and Climate Adaptation Aachen, Bangkok, Chennai, and Dresden Centre (ABCD Centre) project
   Funding: DAAD, Germany through TU Dresden
   Period: 2021-2025, Total Budget: THB14,030,480 Role: PI (AIT)
9. Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture for Enhanced Recovery and Sustainability of Highlands
   Funding: ADB/JFPR
   Period: 2021-2024, Total Budget: USD1,692,679 Role: PI
10. Building Capacities for Water Security Assessment in Asian cities
    Funding: APN, Japan
    Period: 2020-2021, Total Budget: THB1,483,690 Role: PI
11. Hydrological Characterization of the Athabasca River Basin, Canada
    Funding: Alberta Environment and Parks through University of Calgary
    Period: 2020-2021, Total Budget: THB 999,180 Role: PI
12. Collaborative Adaptation Pathways for Water Management in Agriculture in Bhavani River basin, India (Co-Adapt)
    Funding: USAID (PEER)
    Period: 2020-2021, Total Budget: THB 830,398 Role: PI (AIT)
13. ENRICH: Enhancing Resilience to future Hydro-meteorological extremes in the Mun river basin in Northeast of Thailand
    Funding: National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand
    Period: 2018-2021, Total Budget: THB 4,988,739, Role: PI

1. Placed among the global top 2% of influential scientists, according to the report of “Composite Citation Metrics” by Elsevier BV Netherlands and Stanford University, based on a single year (2020) impact.
2. Featured among the world’s top 1000 influential climate scientists in the Reuters Hot List published in April 2021.
3. Appeared in the top 2% list of scientists in the world for research impact based on 2019 achievement in Engineering.
4. Awarded International Award (2018) by the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources in recognition of significant contribution to progress in the field of hydrology and water resources and for valuable participation in the exchange of information on the international level within the Society.
5. Awarded Meritorious Service Award (2017) (Academic) in recognition of outstanding academic and technological advancement in the field of water resources management by the CTAE Alumni Society, Udaipur, India.
6. Placed second among all academics working in Thailand, with 42 publications during the period 2012-2014
7. Awarded JAFAH Fellowship by the Japan Foundation for Aging and Health, Ministry of Public Health, Japan under the Program for the Invitation of Foreign Scientists to Japanese Institutes, from 06-22 January 2005 to develop collaboration with Japanese researchers. Hosted by the Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo. Visited and presented seminars at the University of Tokyo, University of Yamanashi, UN Center for Regional Development, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology.

1. Board Member, Asia Water Council (AWC)
2. Member, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) 
3. Member, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) (9479)
4. Member, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
5. Member, Asia & Pacific Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW) Association
6. Life Member, Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS)
7. Life Member, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE)
8. Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)
9. Life Member, Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists (IASWC)

1. Water Resources,
2. Climate Change,
3. Hydrology and Water Resources Modeling,
4. Integrated Water Resources Management,
5. Water Security,
6. Climate Adaptation,
7. Agricultural Water Management,
8. Groundwater Modeling and Management,
9. Floods and Droughts,
10. Water Supply and Sanitation,
11. Water-Energy-Food Nexus.