Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Ravinder Dhiman

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Assistant Professor, Centre for Water Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies

Qualification

B.E.,

M.Tech.,

Ph.D. (IIT Bombay)

Contact

ravinder.dhiman[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

rdhimanc4s[at]gmail.com

ravinder.dhiman@tiss.ac.in

Dr. Ravinder Dhiman works as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Water Policy and Governance at the School of Habitat Studies (SoHS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India.

Recently, he has been associated with Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (JTSDS), TISS, from July 2020 - Dec 2024 and chaired the Centre for GeoInformatics at JTSDS from July 2021 - Dec 2024.

He was awarded Ph.D. in Urban Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). He is the recipient of the prestigious award of IIT Bombay, 'Excellence in Ph.D. Research Award' for years 2018-2020 for his exemplary research work. He has also worked as a senior researcher at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India. He did his M.Tech. in Energy and Environmental Management.

His research interests are Urban Water Systems and Disaster Discourse, Science-policy instruments for resource management, Integrated Coastal Management, Integrated geospatial solutions, Decision Science and Systems, and Urban planning. Dr. Dhiman has published research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. He also has consultancy project experience in applications of spatial science for watershed management, shoreline change analysis, Technology for Disaster Management, and coastal processes along the Indian coast.

Recent contributions (2024):

Petzold, J., Garschagen, M., Deshpande, S., Dhiman, R., Doshi, D., Katzschner, A., & Parthasarathy, D. (2024). Identifying future challenges for climate change adaptation through insights from participatory scenario-downscaling in Mumbai. npj Climate Action, 3(1), 111.

- https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00197-z

Kumari, N., Dhiman, R., Krishnankutty, M., & Kalbar, P. (2024). Localising vulnerability assessment to urban floods: A comparative analysis of top-down and bottom-up geospatial approaches in Patna City, India. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104230.

- https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420923007100

More about my work:

Google Scholar

- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xEPK9YIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

SCOPUS

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-8953

Research Interests

Urban Water Systems and Disaster Discourse
Development of Integrated geospatial solutions;
Water Informatics and Geo-intelligence (Watershed Analysis)
Decision Science and Decision Support Systems
Climate Adaptation (Urban Floods)

Publications (peer-reviewed journals)

Petzold, J., Garschagen, M., Deshpande, S., Dhiman, R., Doshi, D., Katzschner, A., ... & Parthasarathy, D. (2024). Identifying future challenges for climate change adaptation through insights from participatory scenario-downscaling in Mumbai. npj Climate Action, 3(1), 111.

Kumari, N., Dhiman, R., Krishnankutty, M., & Kalbar, P. (2024). Localising vulnerability assessment to urban floods: A comparative analysis of top-down and bottom-up geospatial approaches in Patna City, India. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104230. [Elsevier Publication, IF: 4.3/2024]

VishnuRadhan, R., Thresyamma, D. D., Eldho, T. I., Dhiman, R., & Bhavan, S. G. (2022). On the emergence of a health-pollutant-climate nexus in the wake of a global pandemic. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-13. [Springer Publication]

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P., & Inamdar, A. B. (2022). Integrated geospatial approach for environment-sensitive planning of coastal urban regions: A case study from the megacity of Mumbai, India. Ocean & Coastal Management, 220, 106092. [Elsevier Publication, IF:4.29/2021]

VishnuRadhan, R., Thresyamma, D. D., Eldho, T. I., Dhiman, R., & Bhavan, S. G. (2021). On the emergence of a health-pollutant-climate nexus in the wake of a global pandemic. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-13. [Springer Publication, IF:5.19/2021]

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P., & Inamdar, A. B. (2021). Assimilating geospatial and decision science: Application to planning and management of urban coasts. In Advances in Urban Planning in Developing Nations (pp. 140-159). Routledge India.

VishnuRadhan, R., Eldho, T. I., Dhiman, R., Misra, A., Jayakrishnan, P. R., & Zainudin, Z. (2021). Repercussions of Monsoon in the Indian Sub-continent During COVID-19. In COVID-19: Systemic Risk and Resilience (pp. 181-194). Springer.

Dhiman, R., VishnuRadhan, R., Eldho, T. I. and Inamdar, A. B. (2020). Web-GIS integrated mashup technology as a cue for integrated management in coastal megacities. Journal of Coastal Conservation [Springer Publication, IF:1.4/2019]

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2019). Spatial planning of coastal urban areas in India: current practice versus quantitative approach. Ocean & Coastal Management, 182, 1-9. [Elsevier Publication, IF:4.21/2021]

Dhiman, R., VishnuRadhan, R., Eldho, T. I. and Inamdar, A. B. (2019). Flood risk and adaptation in Indian coastal cities: recent scenario. Applied Water Science, 9, 1-16. [Springer Publication, IF:5.4/2021]

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2018). GIS coupled multiple criteria decision making approach for classifying urban coastal areas in India. Habitat International, 71, 125-134. [Elsevier Publication, IF:5.2/2021]

VishnuRadhan, R., Zainudin, Z., Sreekanth, G. B., Dhiman, R., Salleh, M. N. and Vethamony, P. (2017). Temporal water quality response in an urban river: a case study in peninsular Malaysia. Applied Water Science, 7, 923-933. [Springer Publication, IF:5.4/2021]

Murali, R. M., Dhiman, R., Choudhary, R., Seelam, J. K., Ilangovan, D. and Vethamony, P. (2015). Decadal shoreline assessment using remote sensing along the central Odisha coast, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74, 7201-7213. [Springer Publication, IF:3.1/2021]

Kumar, A., Dhiman, R. and Deshmukh, B. (2014). Morphometric analysis of watersheds of Kangra region of Indian Himalaya for assessing their fluvial erosion susceptibility. Himalayan Geology, 35, 47-55. [Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India, IF:1.3/2021]

Kumar, A. and Dhiman, R. (2014). Manual and automated delineation of watershed boundaries-a case study from Kangra region of western Himalaya, India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 5, 16-22.

International Conferences

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2019). Land resource management of coastal areas in Indian cities: comparative assessment with prevailing methods. IOP Conference Series, In Sustainable Built Environment 2019 Conference, Graz, Austria. [Full Paper – Oral] (IIT Bombay Travel Grant Award)

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2018). Quantitative approach for environmental spatial planning of urban coastal regions in developing countries. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Abstracts, Washington DC, USA. [Abstract – Poster] (AGU Travel Grant Award)

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2018). Development of decisions support for spatial environmental planning of urban coastal areas. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress of RSAI (Regional Science Association International) Goa, India. [Full Paper – Oral]

Dhiman, R., Kalbar, P. and Inamdar, A. B. (2017). GIS coupled multiple criteria based decision support for classification of urban coastal areas in India. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Abstract – Poster] (AGU Travel Grant Award)

Dhiman, R., Inamdar, A. B. and Banerjee, L. (2016). Development of Coastal Management Information System for Maharashtra state, India – An Open Source Approach. In Proceedings of 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Colombo, Sri Lanka. [Full Paper – Oral]

ManiMurali, R., Dhiman, R., Jayakumar, S., Ilangovan, D. and Vethamony, P. (2014). Detection of decadal shoreline changes along Dhamara and Maipura coast, Odisha, India. In Proceedings of 19th IAHR-APD (Asian and Pacific Regional Division Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research), Hanoi, Vietnam. [Full Paper – Oral]

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