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Research & Innovation

Research that crosses boundaries.

We help researchers and organisations connect directly with relevant subject experts for joint research, technical assistance and project development.

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Focus areas

  • R01

    GeoAI & Earth Observation

    ML/DL on satellite time series for land, crops and water.

  • R02

    Hydroclimatology

    Climate variability, extremes and hydrological response.

  • R03

    Groundwater & Water Quality

    Assessment, modelling and decision support.

  • R04

    Smart Agriculture

    Crop intelligence, digital soil mapping, precision advisories.

  • R05

    Environmental Systems

    Environmental engineering, risk and soft computing.

  • R06

    AI & Research Software

    Trustworthy AI, data systems and open tools for science.

Ways to collaborate

  • Joint research

    Co-develop studies and publications with relevant subject experts.

  • Technical assistance

    Expert support on a specific analysis, model or dataset.

  • Project development

    Shape proposals and research projects with the right team.

  • Student research mentoring

    Guidance for theses and dissertations, alongside the student’s own supervisor.

Research & innovation

Project themes, open to partners.

Areas where our team is building methods, tools and studies — and where we welcome universities, NGOs, government and industry to join.

Research & Innovation
  • Open for collaboration

    Groundwater potential & quality mapping with GeoAI

    Combining satellite data, field samples and machine learning to map where groundwater is available and safe.

    • Remote sensing
    • MCDM
    • ML / DL
  • Open for collaboration

    Digital soil fertility zoning

    Mapping macro- and micro-nutrient status across farms to guide balanced fertiliser use.

    • Geostatistics
    • Fuzzy logic
    • Covariate modelling
  • Open for collaboration

    Satellite crop intelligence for smallholders

    Crop type, condition and stress monitoring designed for Indian smallholder landscapes.

    • Sentinel-1/2
    • Time series
    • GeoAI
  • Open for collaboration

    Watershed & hydroclimatic scenario modelling

    How land use and climate change will shift runoff, sediment and water availability.

    • SWAT
    • CMIP6
    • Calibration
  • Open for collaboration

    Generative AI assistants for science & extension

    Grounded, multilingual AI assistants that make research and advisories accessible.

    • LLMs
    • RAG
    • Evaluation
  • Open for collaboration

    Open research software for water & agriculture

    Reusable, documented tools and dashboards that turn analyses into decisions.

    • Python
    • Dashboards
    • Open science
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Find the right expert

Who should you talk to?

Choose a domain to see which team members work in it.

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  • RSFounding team

    Prof. Rallapalli Srinivas

    • Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani
    • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
    • AI & Remote Sensing
    • Hydroclimatology
    • Environmental Hydrology
    • Smart Agriculture
    • Water Resources
    • Watershed Modelling
  • APFounding team

    Prof. Ajit Pratap Singh

    • Senior Professor, Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani
    • Dean, Admissions and Student Financial Aid, BITS Pilani
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Groundwater Quality
    • Surface Water Quality
    • Soft Computing
    • Water Resources Management
  • DKFounding team

    Dr. Dhruv Kumar

    • Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani
    • Generative AI
    • Large Language Models
    • Agentic AI
    • Computing Education
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • ICT4D
  • MVFounding team

    Meeniga Venkateswarlu

    • Research Scholar, Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani
    • GeoAI
    • Machine Learning
    • GIS
    • Digital Soil Mapping
    • Crop Intelligence