National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Chandranath Chatterjee
FELLOW, ELECTED 2024

Born in Cuttack, India on 28 November, 1969. Educated at OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1988-92; IIT Kharagpur, 1992-99. B.Tech. 1992; M.Tech. 1994; Ph.D. 1999; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Potsdam University, Germany, 2005-06.

Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Scientist ‘B’ 1997-2000, Scientist ‘C’ 2000-04, Centre for Flood Management Studies (Patna), National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee; Asst. Professor 2004-10, Assoc. Professor 2010-14, Professor 2014-to date, Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur; Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Potsdam University, Germany 2005-06.

Awards/Honours: University Gold Medal in B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1992; Reddy Award from Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) for Best M.Tech. Thesis, 1994; DST SERC Fast Track Proposal for Young Scientists, 2002; Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India), 2002; Union Ministry of Water Resources, Department of Irrigation Award of the Institution of Engineers (India), 2004; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Germany, 2005.

Fellow: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Research Areas: Flood Inundation Modeling, Hazard and Risk Analysis; Flood Forecasting using Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine learning (ML) Tools; Impact of Climate Change on Flood Risk; Design Flood Estimation using Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches; Geo-informatics for Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling; Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Crop Condition Monitoring

Address: Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur 721302, W.B.; Qtr. No. A-194, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur 721302, W.B.; [Tel: Off. (03222) 283158; Res. (03222) 283159; Cell: 9932584565; Email: cchatiit@gmail.com; cchatterjee@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in]