Dr. Venkataramana Sridhar

Prof. Dr. Venkataramana Sridhar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1991, his M.S. in Irrigation Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1994, and his Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2001. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he was an Associate Professor (2012–2013) and Assistant Professor (2007–2012) in Civil Engineering at Boise State University. He is a Jefferson Science Fellow awarded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2024-25) and affiliated with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He obtained the Fulbright-Nehru Award for Academic and Professional Excellence in 2022. He was also granted the Fulbright Specialist Award through the U.S. Department of State and the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) in 2019. His ongoing projects in his lab on the assessment of future precipitation, temperature, snowmelt, streamflow, soil moisture, droughts, and floods in several regions including the Mid-Atlantic US, Caucasus and Central Asia, South, and Southeast Asia are expected to provide insights into planning and managing both land and water resources in many river basins.