Faculty of ICED

Prof. N.K. Goel

Emeritus Fellow

nkgoel[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

International Centre of Excellence for Dams

01332-285654

Stochastic Hydrology, Extreme value estimation, Flood estimation and forecasting, Power generation projects and pipeline projects, hydrological analysis and planning, Area specific hydrological problems, Project hydrology.

B.Ravi Kumar Pillai

Professor of Practice

brk.pillai[at]iced.iitr.ac.in

International Centre of Excellence for Dams

01332-285786

Planning,designing,construction & operation of dam projects;dam inspection,investigation & inquiry of failures;Risk assessment,evaluation & mitigation;Dam rehabilitation;Institutional,constitutional & statutory aspects of dam projects;Climate change & resilient infrastructure;Financial mgmt.;Project mgmt.;Human resource mgmt.;Stakeholders mgmt.;Conflict resolution;Participatory irrigation management;Integrated river basin management;Project modernization;Organizational development & change mgmt.

Er. A.B. Pandya

Professor of Practice

abpandya@yahoo.co.uk

Secretary General, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage,NewDelhi

9910264141

Planning, design and financing of water resources projects for hydropower and irrigation, Inter Basin Water Transfer projects planning and regional planning for optimum water resources utilization within basins, • Simulation and disaster management for flood and dam related incidents, • Real time operation of cascade of reservoirs for irrigation, flood control and industrial supply of water, Dam safety assurance and management of dam safety programmes including distress analysis

Prof. Ashish Sharma

Professor of Practice

A.Sharma@unsw.edu.au

Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engg. at University of New South Wales, Sydney

61 293855768

Impact of climate change and variability on hydrological practice, along with applications related to remote sensing, formulating stochastic approaches, developing hydrological models, and the two big hydrology bread-and-butter problems - design flood estimation + water resources management.

Prof. A.P. Dimri

Visiting Professor

apdimri@hotmail.com

School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

011-26704319

Regional Climate Modeling, Climate Dynamics and variability, Climate Change

Prof. Axel Bronstert

Visiting Professor

axel.bronstert@uni-potsdam.de

Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam

49 163240612

Process studies in hydrology (including erosion) at different time and space scales; Investigations on river floods: mechanisms, modeling, forecasting Impacts of environmental changes (eg climate or land-use change) on the hydrological cycle

Prof. Eduardo Mario Mendiondo

Visiting Professor

e.mario.mendiondo@gmail.com

Water Resources Engineering, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao

55 699722143

empirical, numerical and hybrid approaches to water-social inequalities, co-evolution, patterns, feedbacks and paradoxes , with WDR3-SHOWS modules linked to: Sendais DRR, Paris COP21, IPCC, and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Er. Hetal Parmar

Professor of Practice

Hetal.Parmar@waternsw.com.au

Manager Asset Planning (Operations Portfolio) WaterNSW

61 415108728

Leadership, Risk-informed Dam Safety Management, Whole of Life Asset Portfolio and Program Planning and Delivery, Investment Strategy, and Regulatory Compliance

Prof. Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, IAS (Retd)

Visiting Professor

nskalsi@gov.in

Distinguished Visiting Professor IIT Ropar, Adjunct Professor MDI Gurugram

9999997861

Comprehensive understanding of government functioning, encompassing statutes, processes, procedures, and programs.

Dr. R.K. Gupta

Professor of Practice

rkg171162@gmail.com

Former Chairman, Central Water Commission, New Delhi

9911202525

Dam Safety Management, Risk Analysis & Safety Evaluation of Dams & appurtenant structures, Water Resources Development, Hydropower Development.

Er Vivek Kapadia

Professor of Practise

vivekpkapadia@gmail.com

Former Secretary to Gov. of Gujarat & Director, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd

9909028626

Water Resource Engineering and Management, Policy making and System/ Institution designing ,Application of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering, Project and Contract Management, Techno-legal solutions

M L Sharma

Professor & Head, ICED

m.sharma[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285536

Engineering Seismology, Seismotectonics, Seismic hazard analysis,Digital telemetered seismic arrays , SAR Interferometry, Strong ground motion prediction, Seismic Microzonation

Anand Joshi

Professor

joshi.anand[at]es.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earth Sciences

01332-285887

Strong motion Seismology, Attenuation tomography, Simulation of strong ground motion.

Ankit Agrawal

Associate Professor

ankit.agarwal[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-284927

Data driven analysis of Earth System, Hydroclimatology, Hydro-climatic patterns, teleconnections, and extreme events, Machine Learning, Artifical Intelligence, Big data, wavelets and complex network, Adaptation and Mitigation, Water Security.

Ashutosh Sharma

Assistant Professor

ashutosh.sharma[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-284896

Ecohydrology, Eco-hydro-climate interactions, Eco-hydrological resilience analysis, Machine learning/AI, Hydrological/ecohydrological modelling, Climate change impact assessment.

Avlokita Agrawal

Professor

avlokita[at]ar.iitr.ac.in

Department of Architecture and Planning

01332-284776

Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Sustainability in Built Environment, Passive Design, , Sustainability Audits, Traditional Architecture, Thermal comfort , Life Cycle Analysis, Thermal comfort through passive features, Sustainable Tourism development around existing water bodies like dams.

Brijesh Kumar Yadav

Professor

brijesh.yadav[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-284755

Remediation of Soil-water systems, Bioremediation of NAPL, PRB, Phytoremediation of heavy metals, Vadose zone Modeling, Plant water and solute uptake modeling, Groundwater Modeling, Numerical simulations, Nitrate and arsenic movement in Subsurface, MODFLOW, HYDRUS, Multiple Phase Flow, CO2 Sequestration and risk assessment.

D.S. Arya

Professor

dsarya[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-285370

Deepak Khare

Professor

deepak.khare[at]wr.iitr.ac.in

Department of Water Resources Development and Management

9412990808

Water Resources Planning & Management, Groundwater, Rainwater Harvesting, Watershed & Urban Water Management, Climate Change, Water Resources Structures

Manoj Kumar Jain

Professor

manoj.jain[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-285845

Modelling of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Systems, Water Availability Analysis, Hydrology, Watershed Hydrology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, Distributed Modelling of Rainfall-Runoff-Soil Erosion Processes, Hydrology, Flood Routing, Environmental Flow, Environmental Flow Assessment, Flood, Floodplain Zoning, Drought, Drought Assessment.

Mahendra Singh

Professor

mahendra.singh[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : 125-A, B, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-285651

Rock Mechanics: Strength and Deformation Behavior of Jointed Rocks and Rock Masses, Stability of Soil and Rock Slopes, Landslide Analysis and Mitigation, Tunnels, Underground Excavation

P.C. Ashwin Kumar

Assistant Professor

pcashwin.feq2018[at]iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

Seismic response and design of steel structures, Supplemental damping and energy dissipating devices, Seismic rehabilitation and retrofitting of steel and concrete structures., Large scale testing and simulation study of structural systems., Non-destructive assessment of structures

Ravi Sankar Jakka

Professor

ravi.jakka[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285591

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Foundation Design, Dams, Slope Stability, Site Characterization, Hazard Assessment, Local Site Effects & Soil Liquefaction

Sandeep Singh

Professor

sandeep.singh[at]es.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earth Sciences

01332-285559

Himalayan Tectonics, Igneous Petrology, Geochronology and Isotope Geology of Rocks and Water, Tectonics, Igneous Petrology, Geochronology

S.C. Gupta

Professor

s.gupta[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285592

Observational Seismology, seismological arrays and networks

Vipul Silwal

Assistant Professor

vipul.silwal[at]es.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earth Sciences

01332-284911

Seismology, Inverse theory, Seismic sources, 3D wavefield simulations, Seismic tomography, numerical methods, deep-learning applications to Earth Sciences

Yogendra Singh

Professor

yogendra.singh[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285534

Performance Based Seismic Design, Performance Based Design of Buildings and Bridges, Seismic Response Evaluation of Structures, Non-Linear Modelling and Analysis of RC Structures, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Structures, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Hospitals and Schools, Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Evaluation, Seismic Vulnerability ans Risk Analysis of Indian Housing Stock, Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction, Effect of Soil on Seismic Performance of Buildings, Towers etc.

Zulfequar Ahmad

Professor

z.ahmad[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : 233-A, B, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-285423

Fluvial and Channel Hydraulics, Hydraulic Structures, River Engineering, Hydropower Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Modelling

Akanksha Tyagi

Assistant Professor

akanksha.tyagi[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : 334-B, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-284920

Ground Improvement- Insitu soil mixing , soft soil stabilisation, stabilisation of contaminated soils, spatial variability, Physical modelling in Geotechnical engineering, Tunnelling & Underground constructions in soft soils

Ashish Pandey

Professor

ashish.pandey[at]wr.iitr.ac.in

Department of Water Resources Development and Management

01332-285872

Irrigation Water Management, Micro irrigation, OFD Works, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Watershed Modeling, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications , Water Resources

B.K. Maheshwari

Professor

bkmahfeq[at]iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285450

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction, Liquefaction, Dynamic Soil Properties, Landslide Hazard, Slope Stability, Shallow/Deep/Machine Foundations

Bhaskar Jyoti Deka

Assistant Professor

bhaskar.deka[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-285546

Membrane distillation, Forward osmosis, Nanoengineered surface design, Polymeric/nanocomposite membrane fabrication, Membrane biofouling and scaling, Desalination and water/wastewater treatment, Solid waste management, Membrane based air purification

Himanshu Joshi

Professor

himanshu.joshi[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-285390

Environmental assessment , Water, soil and air monitoring, Water quality modelling, Impact assessment, Environmental management, Water and wastewater treatment, Membrane technology, Nanotechnology, Phytoremediation, Environmental Planning, Sustainability evaluation, Water Footprint assessment

Naveen Kumar Navani

Professor

naveen.navani[at]bt.iitr.ac.in

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering

07088275555

Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Gene regulation, Microbial Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology, Aptamers and MEMS nanodevices in Diagnostics, Probiotic recombinant enzymes, NanoBiotic Materials, Microbes' mediated bioremediation of polluted environments., Isolation and characterization of microbes from extreme and polluted environments.

N.K. Samadhiya

Professor

narendra.samadhiya[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : 303-A, B, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-285467

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Engineering & Underground Space Technology, Soil Structure Interaction, Ground Improvement Engineering

P.K. Sharma

Professor

pramod.sharma[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : 308-A,B, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-285684

Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics, Experimental Studies on Flow and Solute Transport, Flow and Contaminant Transport through Porous Media and Fractured-Porous Rock, Mathematical modeling

Ravi Kumar

Professor

ravi[at]me.iitr.ac.in

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

01332-285740

R.D. Garg

Professor

rdgarg[at]ce.iitr.ac.in

Room No : G-7, Geomatics Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

01332-285893

UAV/UAS, Land Surveying, RS, DIP, Hyperspectral RS, Thermal, Microwave, GIS, WebGIS, GPS, GPR, LiDAR

Sandeep Kumar Garg

Professor

sandeep.garg[at]cs.iitr.ac.in

Computer Science and Engineering Department

01332-284909

Software Engineering, Web Services, Software Project Management, ICT Development, Semantic Web

Saurabh Siradhonkar

Assistant Professor

saurabh.shiradhonkar[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

9552592397

Risk Targeted Seismic Design, Hybrid Simulation, Vibration Control, Performance Evaluation, Post-Earthquake Assessment

Sandeep Bhatt

Assistant Professor

sandeep.bhatt[at]es.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earth Sciences

7583947841

Structural Geology, Microstructures, Tectonics, Hydrogeology, Paleostress, Fabric Analysis , Fracture Topology

Sumit Sen

Professor

sumit.sen[at]hy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Hydrology

01332-284754

Field and modeling experiments to investigate water movement through various watershed components, Understanding Surface Runoff Generation Mechanisms; Rainfall-Runoff Modeling; Hillslope Hydrology; Watershed Management; Low-cost hydrometry instrumentation

Varun Singla

Assistant Professor

singlav[at]eq.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earthquake Engineering

01332-285710

Rotational Seismology, Structural Response to 6-DOF Ground Motion, Strong Ground Motion Simulation, Seismic Instrumentation, Soil-Structure Interaction, Inverse Problems in Geophysics and Structural Dynamics

Vidit Gaur

Associate Professor

ravi[at]me.iitr.ac.in

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

01332-284909

Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics, Modeling of Materials, Failure Analysis, CPFEM