Dr. Arjamadutta Sarangi

Dr. Arjamadutta Sarangi is the current Director of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management (ICAR-IIWM). He is a highly accomplished agricultural water management expert, known for his work in hydrologic modeling and the development of decision support systems. He served as a Scientist to Principal Scientist (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering) at the Water Technology Centre, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi from 1997 before assuming the directorship of ICAR-IIWM. 

Dr. Sarangi earned his B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar. He completed his Ph.D. in 1998 from the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship:

1. Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Award For Outstanding Teachers-2016 (ICAR)
2. Jawaharlal Nehru Award For Outstanding PG Research (ICAR)
3. Fellow Of National Academy Of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India (NAAS)
4. Best Teacher Award (ICAR-IARI)
5. Commendation Medal Award By Indian Society Of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), New Delhi, India

• Agricultural water management
• Hydrologic modeling
• Developing Decision Support Systems for water productivity
• Surface irrigation hydraulics, and using machine learning for environmental predictions.