Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (HWRE) is a leading consulting and research field of Civil Engineering Department. It is a major group within the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Along with academic work it also undertakes projects to address complicated water engineering problems relating to groundwater, hydrology, river flow and flood plain management sediment transport, stratified flow, pipe flow, hydraulic structures, water distribution, climate change and environmental studies.
Our group specializes in applying the of principles of fluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology to address a wide range of problems related to water such as:
