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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jul 2

Honored to join the European Geosciences Union as a member of the Sergey Soloviev Medal Committee.
www.egu.eu/awards-medal...

@egu.eu
#IITRoorkee

Awards & medals committees

EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide.

www.egu.eu

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jun 25

Joined the Editorial Board of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences @egu.eu
Thanks to Prof. Uwe Ulbrich. Grateful for all the support and looking forward to contributing!
www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences.net/editorial_bo...

@hydrology_IITR @iitroorkee

www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences.net

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · May 1

Glimpse of our session at @egu.eu on Mastering Research Proposals – Global South Perspective.

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · May 1

Had a wonderful visit to #Berlin, where I met Prof. Eva Paton at TU Berlin to strengthen the cooperation between
@iitroorkee and @tuberlin.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Apr 27

With the following contributions we will be strongly representing our HydroClimX Lab at the Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee at the @egu.eu

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 30

Evaluated CMIP6 models for Arctic sea ice trends—identified top performers capturing past patterns & projecting rapid future decline under high emissions. Critical thresholds may arrive sooner than expected.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 10

Group Picture of our Indo-German School with experts! #March2025

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 7

Indo-German School on "Second Law in Earth System Science" sparked exciting discussions, uniting engineers, physicists & hydrologists to tackle Himalayan challenges from a thermodynamic perspective!
Grateful for the insights & collaborations with @akleidon.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 6

Open Discussion: The monsoon as a thermodynamic system and its changes with global warming with @akleidon.bsky.social, Prof. Vinod Gaur, Prof. B. N. Goswami, Dr Tejasvi Chauhan, Dr. Sarosh Alam Ghausi, Vishal Dixit, Akshaya Nikumbh, Prof. MV Sunil Krishna
@mpibiochem.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 5

Amidst the fresh air & bright sunshine in the open garden, engaged in intense discussions connecting monsoon dynamics, heat engine concept, LLJs, Arctic moisture transport—all intertwined with a lot of mathematics!
Perfect setting to push the frontiers of climate science. @akleidon.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 3

@akleidon.bsky.social

Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Mar 3

Indo-German School on "The Second Law in Earth System Science" from March 03to 07 2025 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee jointly organized by @maxplanck.de Institute for Biogeochemistry.

Axel Kleidon
Dr. Sarosh Alam Ghausi
Tejasvi Chauhan
Deepak Pandidurai
Ministry of Earth Sciences

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Feb 24

Enjoying a sunny day with fellow colleagues at the Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and diving into deep science discussions.
Nothing beats fresh air and fresh ideas!
#ScienceChat #OutdoorThinking

Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Feb 10

We are hosting Ricardo Trigo and Pedro Matos Soares from
@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social at the IIT Roorkee the project titled "Anomalous Moisture Transport for Hydrological Extremes in a Changing Climate" funded by DST India and FCT Portugal.

Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 17

Thanks @DimCoumou for hosting and organizing a seminar talk @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. It was indeed a pleasure to meet @JeroenAerts4, @Marleen_Ruiter and many others.
Thanks @IndinNederlands for supporting the cooperation between @iitroorkee and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 13

See our scientific contributions in the HydroClimX Group at the Department of Hydrology IIT Roorkee.

www.hydroclimx.com/publications
Gratitude to all students, collaborators and colleagues for all small milestones.

HydroClimX - Publications

Editor's choice and Featured article

www.hydroclimx.com

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 13

Dr. Nitin Seth, Director of the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA), recently visited the International Relations Office at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. During his visit, Dr. Seth engaged in insightful discussions.

#Indofrench

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 13

We @iitroorkee had a great discussion with @rajshekharjoshi, #SETU Uttarakhand, on enhancing international cooperation in science & technology. Grateful for valuable support & insights from Dr. Rajiv @IndiaDST and Dr. Nitin Seth @IFCPAR
Looking forward!

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 11

Once in 04 year, XIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly return to India hosted by IIT Roorkee expecting a gathering of 1000+ researchers/students/scientists/...
Date: 5-10 October 2025
iahs2025.com
Abstract Submission is Now Open!
@iahs-aish.bsky.social
@eurogeosciences.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 11

At HydroClimX Lab IIT Roorkee, 02 research positions (JRF) are open. Work focus on compound Extremes and seasonal to sub-seasonal forecasting of Precipitation & Temp.

Know our group
www.hydroclimx.com/people

If interested, please write to [email protected]

Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 10

Pleased to share the new publication!

Changing spatiotemporal dependence of the precipitation-temperature during Indian Summer Monsoon using observational and CMIP6 model simulations

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@hydrology_IITR @iitroorkee @gfz.bsky.social @IndiaDST

https://sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 6

Throwback:
IIT Roorkee Delegation Visits University of Potsdam, Germany on November 18, 2024, marking another milestone in the long-standing collaboration between the two institutions.

ir.iitr.ac.in/blog/posts/1...

Further discussion to be continued in IIT Roorkee in March.

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 4

Happy to be selected as a member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), @Indian National Science Academy. Gratitude to all colleagues and students of the Department of Hydrology.
x.com/inyas_insa/s...

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Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 3

The Citizen Science session @eurogeosciences.bsky.social "Engaging Citizens in Understanding Urban Climate and Climate Change Risks through Participatory Science".
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
The 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 is Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET

Ankit Agarwal @ankiitr.bsky.social · Jan 1

A review of synchronization of extreme precipitation events in monsoons from complex network perspective

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@uguroeztuerk.bsky.social

A review of synchronization of extreme precipitation events in monsoons from complex network perspective

Monsoon precipitation is the critical source of freshwater for some of the world’s most densely populated areas, yet extreme precipitation events in t…

www.sciencedirect.com

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