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Dr. Nibi K. V.

Assistant Professor (Level 11), Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Qualification: B. Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D
nibikv@am.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Smart Water Distribution Systems; Internet of Things (IoT) and AIoT; Artificial Intelligence for Water Systems; Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics; Water Demand Prediction; Physics-Informed AI; Graph Neural Networks; Hydraulic Modelling; Water Quality Monitoring; Edge/Fog Computing; Wireless Communication; Blockchain-Enabled Water Management.

Bio

Dr. Nibi K. V. currently serves as Assistant Professor (Level 11), at the Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications and the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri. Her doctoral research focused on enhancing water distribution management in Kochi through the integration of IoT, artificial intelligence, hydraulic modelling, and network rehabilitation approaches. Her work involved IoT-enabled water monitoring, spatio-temporal missing-data imputation, demand prediction, water-distribution network analysis, and rehabilitation planning. Her current research interests include smart and sustainable water distribution systems, physics-informed AI, graph neural networks, and blockchain-enabled water management. She is particularly interested in integrating communication technologies and AI for reliable, equitable, and scalable urban water-management solutions.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2026

Promoting water-sustainability: A participatory co-design approach for addressing water-supply challenges in urban Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : J. Sophie von Lieres, A.M. Sretha, M. Nitin Kumar, Nibi Kulangara Velayudhan, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Promoting water-sustainability: A participatory co-design approach for addressing water-supply challenges in urban Kerala, India, Journal of Urban Management, Elsevier BV, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2025.06.005

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Blockchain-IoT and optioneering driven framework for smart water management in emerging urban areas

Cite this Research Publication : Nibi Kulangara Velayudhan, Dina Zaman, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Johanna Sophie von Lieres, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Blockchain-IoT and optioneering driven framework for smart water management in emerging urban areas, iScience, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113927

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2025

Generative AI for spatio-temporal multivariate imputation and demand prediction in water distribution systems

Cite this Research Publication : Nibi Kulangara Velayudhan, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Dragan Savić, Generative AI for spatio-temporal multivariate imputation and demand prediction in water distribution systems, Results in Engineering, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.106178

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

Delay and Energy Efficient Offloading Strategies for an IoT Integrated Water Distribution System in Smart Cities

Cite this Research Publication : K V, Nibi & S, Aiswarya & Devidas, Aryadevi & Vinodini Ramesh, Maneesha. (2024). Delay and Energy Efficient Offloading Strategies for an IoT Integrated Water Distribution System in Smart Cities. Smart Cities. 7. 179-207. 10.3390/smartcities7010008.

Year : 2022

IoT-Enabled Water Distribution Systems—A Comparative Technological Review

Cite this Research Publication : Nibi Kulangara Velayudhan, Preeja Pradeep, Sethuraman N. Rao, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, IoT-Enabled Water Distribution Systems—A Comparative Technological Review, IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3208142

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2015

A Survey of the State of the Art in ZigBee

Cite this Research Publication : J. Mary Varghese, Sethuraman Rao, Nibi K. V., and Varghese, V. T., “A Survey of the State of the Art in ZigBee”, International journal on cybernetics and informatics(IJCI), vol. 4, no. 2, 2015

Publisher : International journal on cybernetics and informatics(IJCI).

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2025

Generative AI versus Classical Imputation for Real-Time IoT Data Recovery: A Comparative Review

Cite this Research Publication : Nibi K V, Akshay Gopal, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Generative AI versus Classical Imputation for Real-Time IoT Data Recovery: A Comparative Review, 2025 6th International Conference on Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks (ICICV), IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/icicv64824.2025.11085689

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2023

Impact Analysis of Contamination and Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Network in Kochi, India

Cite this Research Publication : Nibi K V, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Durgapu Sathvik, Janvi P, Kolluru Durga Naga Venkata Sreeja, Shyju P Thadathil, Impact Analysis of Contamination and Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Network in Kochi, India, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), IEEE, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/soli60636.2023.10425140

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2022

Design of IoT and ML enabled Framework for Water Quality Monitoring

Cite this Research Publication : Adithya K, Vineeth Ajith, Nibi K V, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Design of IoT and ML enabled Framework for Water Quality Monitoring, 2022 3rd International Conference on Electronics and Sustainable Communication Systems (ICESC), IEEE, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/icesc54411.2022.9885279

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2022

GIS based Urban Water Distribution Network Analysis: A Case Study in Kochi, India

Cite this Research Publication : K V Nibi, M Nitin Kumar, Aryadevi Ramanidevi Devidas, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Shyju P. Thadathil, GIS based Urban Water Distribution Network Analysis: A Case Study in Kochi, India, 2022 International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems (ICCCIS), IEEE, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/icccis56430.2022.10037629

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2017

Water Quality Monitoring and Waste Management using IoT

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Nibi K. V., Kurup, A., R. Mohan, Aiswarya, A., Arsha, A., and Sarang, P. R., “Water Quality Monitoring and Waste Management using IoT”, 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). pp. 1-7, 2017

Publisher : IEEEXplore

Conference Paper

Year : 2017

High Yield Groundnut Agronomy: An IoT Based Precision Farming Framework

Cite this Research Publication : P. Rekha, P. Venkat Rangan, Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, and Nibi K. V., “High Yield Groundnut Agronomy: An IoT Based Precision Farming Framework”, in 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2017.

Publisher : 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC).

Year : 2015

Underground Tunnel Detection Across Border Areas (in Press)

Cite this Research Publication : K. V. Nibi, Menon, K. A. Unnikri, and Preeja Pradeep, “Underground Tunnel Detection Across Border Areas”, S. Subhransu Dash, Bhaskar, A. M., Panigrahi, K. Bijaya, and Das, S., Eds. New Delhi: Springer India, 2016, pp. 151–162.

Publisher : 1st International Conference on Power, Circuit and Information Technologies (ICPCIT-2015)

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