Gayathri Krishna K

Passionate researcher specializing in groundwater modeling, with a strong commitment to scientific inquiry and sustainable resource management. Experienced in developing simulation models to address real-world challenges, and adept at blending technical expertise with management skills to support data-driven planning and infrastructure development. Driven to contribute to impactful, research-informed policy and public infrastructure initiatives.

• Project coordinator of 'Carbon Zero Challenge 2017- South India Renewable Energy Program' conducted by IIT Madras
• Project Head, Sembakkam Lake restoration project, IIT Madras

• Date of Birth: 05/02/89
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Indian

• English
• Malayalam
• Hindi
• Tamil

• Geochemical model for investigating the effect of clay mining on groundwater regime - Development of a flow model using MODFLOW, and geochemical model with the aid of PHREEQC The model is being applied to the study area to check the impact of clay mining on the groundwater regime
• Design of the railway over-bridge at Kollam - Design of the foundation for the railway over-bridge at Kollam, which satisfies the stability criteria suitable for the soil conditions pertaining to that region

• Discretization of 1D Advection dispersion equation by Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) Scheme
• Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Model - A brief description and comparison of models such as VAM2D and AQUA3D. Comparison is focused on the criteria such as boundary conditions, analysis and simulation.
• Deficit Irrigation - A brief description of different methods of deficit irrigation for achieving the goal of optimizing the economic output under water scarce conditions.
• Risk Assessment of Endosulfan issue in Kerala - Risk assessment has been accomplished through hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose response assessment and risk characterization. Risk management strategies have been suggested.
• Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings - A comprehensive approach to the design principles that can effectively resist the seismic tremors and an overview on the future trends in earthquake resistant design of structures.

• Ground Water Contamination
• Flow and Transport Modeling
• Geochemical Modeling
• Finite Difference Method
• GIS

• Sub-Editor of College Magazine.
• Coordinated 'Best Manager' event of National Level Technical Symposium CONJURA 2010.
• Coordinator of Industrial visits at College level.
• Trained in musical instruments, Kalaripayattu and Bharathanatyam