S. Hariharan Sudha

Vidya is doing her PhD is on the topic, 'Integrated Management of Flood and Drought' under the supervision of Dr. Elisa Ragno, Prof. Dr. Ir. Matthijs Kok, and Dr. Ir. Oswaldo Morales Napoleons. The research aims to develop an integrated water management approach in which flood and drought are considered inter-connected hazards to ensure a balance in water availability between dry and wet periods.

Srividya finished her Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with Honors from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy, India, in 2019. Soon after, she went on to pursue her Master's degree in Environmental Engineering at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, with funding from the Master Scholarship Program of the university. Her field of specialization in her Master's studies was Water Resources Management, with minors in Remote Sensing and Ecological Systems Design. During her Master's, she did a part-time internship at EBP Schweiz, Zurich, for six months, where she was part of a team spearheading the establishment of a new branch for the company in India.