atul.apd | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)

Dr. Atul Kumar

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture, Planning and Design IIT (BHU)

Phone No(s): .+91-9887532122

Email: atul.apd@itbhu.ac.in

Area of Interest: Urban Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Urban Climate (Heat Island and Air Quality), Urban Hydrology, Nature based Solutions (Green Infrastructure)

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Resilience Capacity Observation and Development, Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Urban Climate, Urban Heat Island (UHI), Urban Flood, Urban Air Quality, Nature-based Solutions, Blue-Green Infrastructure

Educational Details

Ph.D., Urban Resilience Planning (Department of Architecture and Planning), 2024

IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

M.Tech., Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, 2018

IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

B. Arch., Architecture, 2015

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India

12th Standard, 2009

Saraswati Vidya Mandir Purnaiganj, Bihar, India

10th Standard, 2007

Saraswati Vidya Mandir Purnaiganj, Bihar, India

Kumar, A., Mukherjee, M., & Goswami, A. (2023). Inter-seasonal characterization and correlation of Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) and Canopy Urban Heat Island (CUHI) in the urbanized environment of Delhi. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 30(December 2022), 100970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.100970. Scopus Index, IF 3.8

Kumar, A., & Singh, D. (2017). Built Environment Issues in India and an Approach to Mitigation. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 8(1), 156–158. https://doi.org/ISSN No. (Online) : 2249-3255

Kumar, A., Satheesh, A., Mukherjee, M., Naorem, V., Ravan, S., Schreyers, L., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Walz, Y., & Mallawantantri, A. (2023). Harnessing Geospatial Data to Design Blue-green Infrastructure for Building Regional and Local Scale Disaster Resilience. Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume V, 10–30. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342090-3. Scopus Index

Kumar, A., Mukherjee, M., Goswami, A., Rashiq, A., Saha, A., & Edupuganti, S. ram. (2022). Spatio-temporal characterization of SUHI and GI a case study of Delhi, India. IUAC.

Kumar, A., Mukherjee, M., Rashiq, A., & Edupuganti, S. ram. (2022). Effect of Green Infrastructure on Particulate Matter Concnetration Delhi Case Study.pdf. 9th Zero Energy MASS CUSTOM HOME International Conference (ZEMCH), 123–133. https://doi.org/ISBN: 978-81-960746-2-3. Scopus Index

Kumar, A., Sehgal, J., Mukherjee, M., & Goswami, A. (2019). Impact Zonation and Mitigation of UHI through remote sensing & development of blue green infrastructure network. Conference Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands (IC2UHI) 2019, 356. https://doi.org/10.37285/bsp.ic2uhi.20

Kumar, A., Madapala, J., Mukherjee, M., Ravana, S., & Sharma, S. (2021). Application of Remote Sensing Image in ECO-DRR for Dehradun City. In Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience, Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book Series (pp. 357–388). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4815-1_16. Scopus Index

Tiwari, V., Kumar, A., & Mukherjee, M. (2024). Spatiotemporal mapping of groundwater recharge potential zones for physical planning process — A case of Ajmer City , India. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, October 2023, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2024.02.006. Scopus Index, IF 2.7

Tiwari, V., Kumar, A., & Mukherjee, M. (2023). GIS and AHP-Based Groundwater Recharge Potential Zones in Urban Region: A study of Ajmer City, Rajsthan, India. Urban Climate, 45. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4471034. Scopus Index, IF 6.0

Mukherjee, M., Chatterjee, R., Khanna, B. K., Dhillon, P. P. S., Kumar, A., Bajwa, S., Prakash, A., & Shaw, R. (2020). Ecosystem-centric business continuity planning (eco-centric BCP): A post COVID19 new normal. Progress in Disaster Science, 7, 100117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100117. Scopus Index, IF 2.6

Edupuganti, S. R., Kumar, A., & Mukherjee, M. (2023). Morphological Analysis of Medium Towns and Large Cities in India. Routledge: Future Is Urban: Livability, Resilience & Resource Conservation, 478–484. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342441-52. Scopus Index

Rashiq, A., Prakash, O., & Kumar, A. (2022). Urban Flood Risk Hotspot Zonation Using GIS-Based Techniques. 9th Zero Energy MASS CUSTOM HOME International Conference (ZEMCH). https://doi.org/ISBN: 978-81-960746-2-3. Scopus Index

Edupuganti, S. ram, Kumar, A., & Mukherjee, M. (2022). Surface Urban Heat Island in Large Cities in India Usinng Local Climate Zone Cllassification. 9th Zero Energy MASS CUSTOM HOME International Conference (ZEMCH). https://doi.org/ISBN: 978-81-960746-2-3. Scopus Index

Rawat, D., Sharma, M. L., Kumar, R., Saxena, N., Kumar, A., & Kadir, A. (2021). Landslide Disaster Assessment with Integration of Seismic, Social Media and Remote Sensing Data. IEEE, 27–32. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPIS60075.2023.10343853. Scopus Index

Jagrati, S., Atul, K., & Ila, P. (2020). Spiritual Revitalization of Indian Cities through Heritage Conservation. E3S Web of Conferences, 170, 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017005005

Naorem, V., Mukherjee, M., & Kumar, A. (2019). Transforming Flood Risk Management: A Case of Kakching, Manipur, India. Proceedings of the 4th Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction, 245–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5566-2_12. Scopus Index

Saha, B., Dikshya Saikia, Amrita Sabhapandit, Tim Marjoribanks, Lee Bosher, Mahua Mukherjee, Siva Ram Edupuganti, & Kumar, A. (2024). Community Education and Engagement for Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) Projects: Insights from Assam, India. In: Yildiz, A., Shaw, R. (eds) Disaster and Climate Risk Education. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5987-3_22. Scopus Index

Mukherjee, M., Satheesh, A., & Kumar, A. (2022). StEMAIRF-BGI as a tool for UHI mitigation using land use planning and designing. Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation, 177–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85539-6.00002-0. Scopus Index

Abdul Salam, H., Mukherjee, M., Yadav, B.K., Kumar, A. (2024). Urban Flood Risk Zonation Using GeoSM-NatE Tool: A Case Study of Kochi City, India. In: Firoz C, M., Dahiya, B., Rajendran, L.P., Dashora, L.K., Chatterjee, U. (eds) Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8370-0_3 . Scopus Index

Abhinay, K., Mukherjee, M., Kumar, A., Saha, A. (2024). Cause-Effect Time-Series Mapping of Urban Floods Using GIS for Patna, India. In: Firoz C, M., Dahiya, B., Rajendran, L.P., Dashora, L.K., Chatterjee, U. (eds) Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8370-0_4 . Scopus Index

Council of Architecture (CA/2015/72649)
SAADRI (South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes) SAADRI/2022/01/STUD/001

ACOUSTIC AND LIGHTING (AR 208) Autumn

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (AR 201) Autumn

Consultancy Project title: "Blue-Green Infrastructure Potential Assessment and Water Sensitive Master Plan for Bowring Institute, Bengaluru", SPONSORING AGENCY: Bowring Institute, Period: 15-06-2025 to 15-12-2025, Partner (PI)