Dr. Amina Khatun
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Dr. Amina Khatun

Assistant Professor
amina.khatun [at] aau.ac.in Joined: 07 Jun, 2023
28
Publications
1
Projects
5
Degrees
3
Career Milestones
10
Honors & Awards
Academic Background

Education & Career Milestones

Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering)
2015
Assam University Silchar
Master of Technology (M.Tech)
2017
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Specialization: Land and Water Resources Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2023
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Specialization: Flood Forecasting and Risk Assessment in Mahanadi River Basin considering Climate Change
Employment History
Junior Research Fellow
21-08-2017 – 20-08-2019
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Senior Research Fellow
21-08-2019 – 30-04-2022
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Assistant Professor
07-06-2023 – Till date
Assam Agricultural University
Nalbari
Research & Scholarship
Scholarly Publications 28 Total Records
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Archana Ramchandra Mohite; Amina Khatun; Chandranath Chatterjee; Rajendra Singh; Rakesh Kumar (2025). Improved Flood Forecasting using Numerical Weather Prediction Meteorological Forecasts with Integrated Rainfall-Runoff and Hydrodynamic Model, Water Resources Management, 0(0), 1–9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-025-04178-7
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Amina Khatun; Prachi Pratyasha Jena; Bhabagrahi Sahoo; Chandranath Chatterjee (2025). Forecasting flood inundations in the dam-regulated Mahanadi River delta using integrated hydrologic-hydrodynamic-deep learning model, Environmental Modelling & Software, 191(106523), 1–19 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106523
3
Amina Khatun; Chandranath Chatterjee; Bhabagrahi Sahoo; Prachi Pratyasha Jena (2025). A modelling framework to assess and manage the impacts of deltaic flooding on agriculture in a changing climate, Hydrological Processes, 39(12), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70349
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Prachi Pratyasha Jena; Chandranath Chatterjee; Rakesh Kumar; Amina Khatun (2024). Flood hazard assessment using hydrodynamic modeling under severity-frequency based changing flood regime, Water Resources Management, 38(12), 4589–4614 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-024-03880-2
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Amina Khatun; M N Nisha; Siddharth Chatterjee; Venkataramana Sridhar (2024). A novel insight on input variable and time lag selection in daily streamflow forecasting using deep learning models, Environmental Modelling & Software, 179(106126), 1–16 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106126
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Amina Khatun; Bhabagrahi Sahoo; Chandranath Chatterjee (2023). Two novel error-updating model frameworks for short-to-medium range streamflow forecasting using bias-corrected rainfall inputs: Development and comparative assessment, Journal of Hydrology, 618(0), 129199–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129199
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Amina Khatun; Chandranath Chatterjee; Gaurav Sahu; Bhabagrahi Sahoo (2022). A novel smoothing-based long-short term memory framework for short-to-medium range flood forecasting, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 68(3), 488–506 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2023.2173012
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Amina Khatun; Poulomi Ganguli; Deepak Singh Bisht; Chandranath Chatterjee; Bhabagrahi Sahoo (2022). Understanding the impacts of predecessor rain events on flood hazard in a changing climate, Hydrological Processes, 36(2), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14500
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Amina Khatun; Bhabagrahi Sahoo; Chandranath Chatterjee (2022). Assessment of enhanced Kohonen Self-Organizing Map, Quantile Mapping and Copula-based bias-correction approaches for constructing basin-scale rainfall forecasts, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67(12), 1860–1875 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2109972
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Abhishek Patel; Prachi Pratyasha Jena; Amina Khatun; Chandranath Chatterjee (2022). Improved Cartosat-1 based DEM for flood inundation modeling in the delta region of Mahanadi river basin, India, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 50(7), 1227–1241 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01525-8
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Annie Jenifer; Madan Kumar Jha; Amina Khatun (2021). Assessing multi-criteria decision analysis models for predicting groundwater quality in a river basin of South India, Sustainability, 13(12), 6719–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126719
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Deepak Singh Bisht; Archana Ramachandra Mohite; Prachi Pratyasha Jena; Amina Khatun; Chandranath Chatterjee; Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi; Rajendra Singh; Bhab (2020). Impact of climate change on streamflow regime of a large Indian river basin using a novel monthly hybrid bias correction technique and a conceptual modeling framework, Journal of Hydrology, 590(0), 125448–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125448
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Khatun, A.; Baruah, P.; Shukla, C. and Borthakur, A.K. (2025). Water Management and Irrigation, in: Bishnoi, M.; Chakradhar, P.; Behera, A. and Rana, S. Sahu, H.; (Eds.), Essentials of Horticulture: Science, Practice and Sustainability, Stella International Publication, Kurukshetra, pp 1–13, ISBN: 978-93-48909-22-0.
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Pathak, P.; Khatun, A.; Gogoi, B.; Konwar, P.B.; Baishya, B.K.; Barooah, L. and Das, U. (2025). Geospatial Insights in Horticulture: Basics of GIS and Remote Sensing and its Application, in: Saikia, D.; Borah, K.; Hazarika, P.P.; Pun, K.B.; Kakati, P.; (Eds.), Dynamic Agriculture - Problems and Way Forward, Integrated Publications, New Delhi, pp 185–197, ISBN: 978-93-5834-236-9.
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Khatun, A.; Kumar, A. and Chatterjee, C. (2025). Exploring the efficacy of different variants of long short-term memory networks in daily streamflow forecasting, in: Maity, R.; Srivastava, A. (Eds.), Climate-Smart Water Resource Management: A Paradigm Shift from Ancient to Modern Practices with Integrated Technologies, Elsevier, Elsevier Ltd., UK, pp 1–10.
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Kim, S.; Sridhar, V.; Khatun, A. and Karpatne, A. (2025). Exploratory Salinity Modeling in the Mekong Delta using Deep Learning Approaches, Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture Big Event, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA , Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, Virginia, USA
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Khatun, A.; Sahoo, B. and Chatterjee, C. (2024). Development of a Hybrid Ensemble Rainfall Bias-correction Technique using Copulas and EnhancedKohonen Self-Organizing Maps, AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, USA and Online , American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA and Online
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Khatun, A.; Sahoo, B. and Chatterjee, C. (2024). Development of a deep learning-based error-updating model for improved streamflow forecasting accuracy of a hydrological model, AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, USA and Online , American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA and Online
4
Khatun, A. and Chatterjee, C. (2024). Incorporating smoothing algorithms with long short-term memory networks for daily streamflow forecasting, 4th International Conference on River Corridor Research and Management (RCRM-2024), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati , IIT Guwahati and IIT Jammu, IIT Guwahati
5
Khatun, A.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2023). Daily streamflow forecasting in the Mahanadi river basin using a novel deep learning-based model, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria and Online , European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria and Online
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Khatun, A.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2022). Forecasting flood inundations in the delta region of a highly flood-prone tropical river basin, AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, and Online , American Geophysical Union, Chicago, IL, and Online
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Khatun, A.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2022). Short-to-medium range flood forecasting at a downstream location of a reservoir using Long-Short Term Memory Networks, International Conference on Climate and Weather-Related Extremes, IIT Roorkee, India and Online , IIT Roorkee and NIH Roorkee, India, IIT Roorkee, India and Online
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Khatun, A.; Ganguli, P.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2021). Assessing compound floods in a large tropical river basin under changing climate, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, and Online , American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, and Online
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Khatun, A.; Jenifer, A. and Jha, M.K. (2021). Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation suitability in Trichy district, India, 55th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Bihar, India and Online , Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Bihar, India and Online
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Khatun, A.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2021). Investigating the role of streamflow forecasts to mitigate floods in the delta region of Mahanadi river basin, HYDRO-2020 International Conference, NIT Rourkela, India and Online , NIT Rourkela and ISH, India, NIT Rourkela, India and Online
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Khatun, A.; Sahoo, B. and Chatterjee, C. (2020). Analyzing the impact of bias correction of ensemble rainfall forecasts on streamflow prediction skill of a hydrodynamic model, AGU Fall Meeting, Online , American Geophysical Union, Online
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Khatun, A.; Ganguli, P.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2020). Effect of catchment wetness on flood generation of a medium-sized catchment with tropical pluvial regime, Roorkee Water Conclave, IIT Roorkee, India , IIT Roorkee and NIH Roorkee, India, IIT Roorkee, India
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Khatun, A.; Chatterjee, C. and Sahoo, B. (2018). Bivariate analysis of flood characteristics of upper Mahanadi basin, India, 1st International Conference on Sustainable Water Management, Indian School of Business, Mohali, India , Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), Indian School of Business, Mohali, India
Sponsored Research
Research Projects 1 Projects
NABARD Rs. 17.05 Lakh
'Good quality potato seeds and tubers production using aeroponic technology under low-cost poly house' in Nalbari disctrict
Implemented in 2025
Recognition & Accolades
Achievements & Honors 10 Honors
University Gold Medal (2015), B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
Merit Prize (2015), for securing highest marks in B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2015, Agricultural Engineering (All India Rank = 44 and Gate Score = 637)
3rd Prize in Poster Presentation, 1st International Conference on Sustainable Water Management (2018)
National Eligibility Test (NET) 2018, conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
National Eligibility Test (NET) 2021, conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
Best Presentation Award, HYDRO-2020 International Conference (2021)
AGU Virtual Student Travel Grant, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2021
Top 10 Most-Cited Article (1st January 2022 – 31st December 2023), ‘Understanding the impacts of predecessor rain events on flood hazard in a changing climate’ (Hydrological Processes journal)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports journal, Nature Portfolio (since September 2025)
Learned Societies
Professional Memberships 2 Societies
Assam Horticultural Society
Life Member
Assam Agricultural University Teachers' Association
Annual Member
2024