Research Interests
Water Resources Engineering, River Engineering, Hydraulic Structures for Irrigation & Hydel Schemes, Concrete Dams, Eco-Systems
BioSketch
University of Roorkee
1996
Ph.D., W.R.D.
University of Roorkee
1979
M.E., W.R.D.
University of Roorkee
1978
P.G. Diploma , Water Resources Development
Assistant Engineer
01 Jan 1973 - 01 Jan 1983
Assam Flood Control & Irrigation Department
Reader/ Asstt. Professor
01 Jan 1983 - 01 Jan 1998
University of Roorkee
Associate Professor
01 Jan 1998 - 01 Jan 2001
UOR/IIT-Roorkee
Professor
01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2011
IIT-Roorkee
Professor, (Upgraded HAG Level),
01 Jan 2012 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Research
- Sharma Nayan (1992): Flood Flow Characteristics of the Brahmaputra River, Jalvigyan Sameeksha published by Indian National Committee on Hydrology, Vol. VII, No.1, June 1992.
- Supanat Pariyachat and Sharma Nayan (1996): Evaluation of Water Distribution Practice of an Irrigation System in Thailand, Journal of India Water Resources Society, Vol 2 No. 3, July 1996, pp.65-72.
- M. D. Abdullah, Nayan Sharma & C.S.P. Ojha, Performance Evaluation of Certain Braiding Indicators Using Data of a Reach of The Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol 19 No. 3, July 1999, pp.21-27.
- Rasool Shagoofta, Nayan Sharma & C.S.P. Ojha (1999): Re-estimation of Equilibrium Scour Depths For Single Solid Spurs, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society , Vol 19 No. 4, Oct. 1999, pp.32-39.
- Kumar Venkatesh, Sharma Nayan, and Pandey A. D. (2002): Modelling of Brahmaputra River Cross-Sections Using ANN Technique, Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 59, No 3, July-Sept. 2002, pp.20-29.
- Sharma Nayan (1982): A Broad Appraisal of the Exploitable Water Resources and the Projected Water Needs of the Brahmaputra Basin, India’s North East – A Multi-Faced View pp. 169-177, Prakash Publishing House, 1982.
- Nayan Sharma, A. D. Pandey & Kumar Venkatesh (2004): ANN Model Development for Bank-line Migration of River Brahmaputra Using Remote Sensing Data, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, Vol. 10 No. 1, March -2004, pp. 56-64.
- Sharma Nayan (2004): Spatio -Temporal Morphological Features, The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources, pp. 214-228, Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 2004.
- Sharma Nayan (2004): Mathematical Modelling and Braid Indicators, The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources, pp. 229-260, Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 2004.
- Sharma Nayan (2004): Scour Around Spurs at Gumi Site, The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources, pp. 274-298, Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 2004.
- Sharma Nayan (2004): Irrigation Development, The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources, pp. 419-435, Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 2004.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2004): Use of Submerged Vanes For River Training: A Critical Review For Further Research, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 24 No. 2, April, 2004, pp.53-63.
- Sharma, Nayan., Das, D.; Shukla, R. (2004): A Review of Design Aspects for Stepped Spillways, International Water Power and Dam Construction Journal, Wilmington Publishing Ltd., U. K., December 2004 Vol. XV, Issue 3, pp 219-233.
- Pandey A.D, Sharma Nayan, Kumar Venkatesh, Kulkarni M.D. (2005): Comparative Study on Analysis of Barrage Raft by Hetenyi’s Method and FEM, Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 62, No 1, pp.40-47, Jan.-Mar, 2005.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2005): Modelling of Local Scour Around Rectangular Submerged Vane, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 57-66, March -2005.
- Mittal S. and Sharma Nayan (2005): Control of Rainfall Induced Stream Bank Erosion by Soil Nailing, Hydrology Journal of Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH), Vol. 28, No. 1-2, March-June 2005, pp.33-45.
- Sankhua R.N, Sharma N. and Pandey A.D. (2005): Use of Remote Sensing and ANN in Assessment of Erosion Activities in Majuli –the World’s Largest River Island, International Journal of Remote Sensing, UK, Vol. 26, No. 20, October 2005 pp 4445-4454.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Economic analysis: Riprap with geo-filter vs. collar as scour protection around submerged vanes, Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 63, No 1, pp.39-45, Jan.-Mar, 2006.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Vorticity with different shapes of submerged vanes, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 13-26, March-2006.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Performance evaluation of submergence ratio of a rectangular submerged vane with a collar, International Journal of Sediment Research, Beijing, China, Vol. 21, No.1, March- 2006, pp 42-49.
- Sankhua R.N, Sharma N. and Pandey A.D. (2006): Application of artificial neural network for daily river stage forecast in the Brahmaputra River, Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 63, No 3, pp.55-62, Jul.-Sep., 2006.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Decay of strength of vortex down stream of submerged vane, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 37-48, Sep-2006.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Dike formation with submerged vane, International Journal of Sediment Research, Beijing, China, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp 200-208, September 2006.
- N. Rama Rao, M. Kapoor, N. Sharma and K. Venkateswarlu (2007): Yield prediction and water-logging assessment for tea plantation land using satellite image-based techniques, International Journal of Remote Sensing, U. K. Vol. 28, No. 7, pp 1561–1576, April 2007.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2007) Performance Evaluation of Aspect Ratio of Submerged Vanes, Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 64, No 2, pp.20-26, April-June, 2007.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2007): Performance Evaluation of Tapered Vane, Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, USA, Vol. 45, No. 4, 2007, pp 472-477.
- R. N. Sankhua, Nayan Sharma, A. D. Pandey and P. K. Garg, Topological Indices for Study of Spatio-Temporal Changes in the Planform of the Brahmaputra River, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 26 No.1-2, Jan-April, 2006, pp.24-29.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2006): Flow Past Tapered Submerged Vanes, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 26 No.1-2, Jan-April, 2006, pp.7-13.
- B. R. Parida, B. Oinam, N. R. Patel, N. Sharma, R. Kandwal and M. K. Hazarika (2008): Land Surface Temperature Variation in relation to Vegetation Type using MODIS Satellite Data in Gujarat State of India, International Journal of Remote Sensing, U. K. Vol. 29, No. 14, pp 4219–4235, July 2008.
- M. P. Akhtar, Z. Ahmad and Nayan Sharma(2008): Prediction of flow resistance and bed profile of river Brahmaputra, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 28 No.3, July 2008, pp.14-22.
- Sharma Nayan and Sharma M.N. (2009): Runoff and sediment yield modelling using ANN: Kankaimai Watershed, Nepal, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 29 No.1, January 2009, pp.28-37.
- Anupama Nayak, Nayan Sharma and R. D. Garg, Remote sensing based evaluation of channel instability in Ganga river inhibiting inland navigation, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 29 No. 2, April 2009, pp.32-39.
- P. K. Swami, A. Dwivedi and Nayan Sharma, Lacey regime equations for river Brahmaputra, International Association of Hydraulic Research(IAHR), Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 46, No.5(2008), pp.707-710.
- Md. Surabuddin Mondal, Nayan Sharma, P K Garg, Bettina Böhm, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel, R D Garg, R P Singh (2009): Water Area Extraction Using Geocoded High Resolution Imagery of TerraSAR-X Radar Satellite in Cloud Prone Brahmaputra River Valley, Journal of Geomatics , Indian Society of Geomatics, Vol. 3, No. 1 April 2009, pp 9-12.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2010): Aspects of Moment of Momentum for Vortex Strength, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 16, No. , 1 March 2010, pp 11-19.
- Sharma Nayan, Singhal G. D. and Das D. (2010): Performance Evaluation of Vortex Type Sediment Extractor with Diaphragm, Journal of Dam Engineering, UK, Vol. XX, Issue 4, April, 2010, pp 345-358.
- Nayan Sharma, Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Craig W. Hutton and Mike Clark “Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk on the Brahmaputra Basin: A Case Study of River Bank Erosion published in The Open Hydrology Journal, 2010, Vol. 4, pp 211-226.
- S. C. Devkota, A. A. Kazmi, V. K. Tyagi and N. Sharma, Mathematical Modeling of BOD Removal in Waste Stabilization Ponds in Northern India, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 30 No. 3, July 2010, pp.37-43.
- Gupta U. P., Sharma Nayan and Ojha C. S. P. (2010): Enhancing Utility Of Submerged Vanes With Collar, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, by American Society of Civil Engineers, USA Vol. 136, No. 9, September 1, 2010, pp 651-655.
- Sharma Nayan and Singhal G. D. (2011): Experimental Study of Hydraulically Efficient Piano Key Weir Configuration, The Indian Society for Hydraulics, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 18-33, March-2011.
- Lang, S., Kääb, A., Pechstädt, J., Flügel, W.-A., P. Zeil, P., Lanz, E., D. Kahuda, D., Frauenfelder, R., Casey, K., P. Füreder, P., Sossna, I., Wagner, I., , G. Janauer, G., Exler, N., Boukalova, Z., Tapa, R., Lui, J., and Sharma, N. (2011): Assessing components of the natural environment of the Upper Danube and Upper Brahmaputra river basins. - Advances in Science Research Journal, 7, 21–36, 2011, doi:10.5194/asr-7-1-2011, http://www.adv-sci-res.net/7/index.html, Published by Copernicus Publications, Germany.
- Boruah, S., Gilvear, D., Hunter, P. and Sharma, N. (2008): Quantifying channel planform and physical habitat dynamics on a large braided river using satellite data - The Brahmaputra, India. - River Research Applications Journal, UK. 24: 650–660.
- Dobler, A., Yaoming, M., Sharma, N., Kienberger, S., and Ahrens, B. (2011): Regional climate projections in two alpine river basins: Upper Danube and Upper Brahmaputra. – Advances in Science Research Journal, 7, 11–20, 2011, doi:10.5194/asr-7-1-2011, http://www.adv-sci-res.net/7/index.html. Published by Copernicus Publications, Germany.
- G. D. Singhal, N. Sharma and C.S.P. Ojha, Experimental Study of Hydraulically Efficient Piano Key Weir Configuration, published in ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Volume 17, Issue 1, 2011 page 18-33.
- Sanjay A. Burele, Mahanand Singh, Ishwer. D. Gupta, Zulfequar Ahmad Nayan Sharma and Pradeep K Garg (2011): Remote Sensing Satellite Communication Based Operation/Regulation Of Gates Of Hydraulic Structure, Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol. 41, No. 2, June 2011 pp 84-87.
- M. P. Akhtar, Nayan Sharma, and C. S. P. Ojha (2011): Braiding process and bank erosion in the Brahmaputra River, International Journal of Sediment Research, Beijing, China, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2011, pp. 431–444.
- M. Leite Ribeiro, M. Bieri, J.-L. Boillat, A. J. Schleiss, G. Singhal, and N. Sharma (2012):Discharge Capacity of Piano Key Weirs, published in Journal of Hydraulic Engineering of American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, Vol. 138, No. 2, February 1, 2012, pp 199-203.
- Harinarayan Tiwari, Nayan Sharma and Afework Ashagrie Simegn (2012): Bridge Scour by HEC-RAS Model: A Case Study over Ganga Bridge, published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology, STM Journals, India Volume 2, Issue 2, August 2012, Page 1-8.
- Nayan Sharma and Afework Ashagrie (2012): Simulation Study for Channelization of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, published in Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, Volume 69, No. 6 June 2012, Page 30-36.
- Sanjay A. Burele, Ishwer D. Gupta, Mahanand Singh, Nayan Sharma & Zulfequar Ahmad (2012):Experimental study on performance of spurs, published in ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor & Francis, UK, Volume 18, Issue 3, Sept. 2012 pp 152-161.
- Patil P. R., Mishra S. K., Sharma Nayan and Swar A. K. “Two-Parameter Gamma-Based SUH Derivation”, published in International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, Vol. 3, No.5 October 2012 pp.427-432.
- M. Surabuddin Mondal, Nayan Sharma, Martin Kappas and P. K. Garg (2012). Modeling of spatio-temporal dynamics of land use land cover - a review and assessment, Journal of Geomatics, Vol.6 No.2 pp 93-103.
- Archana Sarkar, R. D. Garg, Nayan Sharma (2012), “RS-GIS Based Assessment of River Dynamics of Brahmaputra River in India”, International Journal of Water Resources and Protection (JWARP), Vol.4, No.2, pp 63-72.
- Nayan Sharma, Georg Janauer, Md. Surabuddin Mondal, Oinam Bakimchandra and R D Garg (2012), “Assessing Wetland Landscape Dynamics in the Deepor Beel of Brahmaputra Basin Using Geospatial Tools”, Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, Thailand, Vol.12,No.1, Thailand.
- Nayan Sharma (2013),” Brahmaputra Flooding and Possible Technical Solutions”, Published Book titled “Strategy for developing fisheries in flood affected areas of Assam”, Assam Agricultural University, April 2013, pp 11-28.
- Eskinder T. Esubalew and Nayan Sharma (2013). “Numerical Model Applications for Sedimentation and Flushing Behavior of Storage Reservoir (Case Study)” published in Water and Energy International Journal, CBIP, New Delhi, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp 52-59.
- Harinarayan Tiwari and Nayan Sharma (2013), “Introduction of New Flow Resistance Parameter for the Study Coefficients of Vertical Velocity Distribution” published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Meachanics, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp9-14.
- P. R. Patil, S. K. Mishra and Nayan Sharma (2013), “Prediction of DRH using Simplified Two –parameter Gamma SUH, International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management, Vol. 4, Number 4, pp 369-376.
- Harinarayan Tiwari and Nayan Sharma (2013) “Empirical models for sediment and discharge of Raidak river” Novus International Journal of Engineering & Technology 2013, Vol. 2, Issue No. 3, pp 11-15.
- Nayan Sharma and Harinarayan Tiwari (2013) “Experimental study on vertical velocity and submergence depth near Piano Key Weir” Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs II Published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London pp 93 – 100.
- M.P. Akhtar, Nayan Sharma, C.S.P.Ojha and D.J. Bergstrom (2014): “A Numerical Study of Flow Dispersion Stresses in 2D Depth Averaged Model for Curvilinear Flow Domain” International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology, Volume No.3 Issue No.7, pp : 925-929, 1 July 2014.
- Tiwari H., Sharma Nayan (2014), “Bank shifting of river Ganga in the downstream of Bhagalpur Vikramshila Setu," published in Journal of River Engineering (JRE),Volume 2, Issue 4 pp 31-33.
- Sanjay A. Burele, Nayan Sharma, Z. Ahmad & Ishwer D. Gupta “Numerical Simulation-Optimization for Channelization of River Kosi” International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology, Volume No.3 Issue No.9, pp : 1149-1155
- S. P. Rai, Sharma Nayan and and A. K. Lohani (2014), "Risk Assessment for Transboundary Rivers Using Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Technique" in the Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier Amsterdam, The Netherlands, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.jhydrol.2014.08.060.
- Kumar, D., Pandey, A., Sharma, N. & Flügel, W.-A. (2014) Modeling Suspended Sediment Using Artificial Neural Networks and TRMM-3B42 Version 7 Rainfall Dataset. J. Hydrol. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001082.
- M. Surabuddin Mondal , Nayan Sharma , Martin Kappas & P K Garg (2013): Modeling of spatio- temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in a part of Brahmaputra River basin using Geoinformatic techniques, Geocarto International, Vol. 28 (7), pp. 632-656. (2013 Impact Factor: 0.897). ISSN 1010-6049 (Print), 1752-0762 (Online).
- Vikas Kumar Shukla, T. Nagendra and Nayan Sharma (2014): Numerical modeling technique for tracking of disposed dredged material in offshore area, International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, Volume 5 · Number 3 · 2014, pp 127-139.
- Tiwari, Harinarayan, and Sharma, Nayan (2014). "Statistical Study of Turbulence Near Piano Key Weir: A Review." Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics, 5(3), 16-28, ISSN: 2230-9845 (online), ISSN: 2321-516X (print).
- Md. Surabuddin Mondal, Nayan Sharma, Martin Kappas and P. K. Garg, “Critical Assessment of Land Use Land Cover Dynamics Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images”, Open Access Environments 2015, 2, 61-90; doi:10.3390 / environments 2010061, ISSN 2076-3298, pp 61-90.
- Harinarayan Tiwari, Nayan Sharma (2015). Turbulence study in the vicinity of piano key weir: relevance, instrumentation, parameters and methods. Applied Water Science, Springer, 1-10, DOI 10.1007/s13201-015-0275-1.
- Tiwari, H., & Sharma, N. (2015). Developments to Improve Hydraulic Competence of Spillways. Aquatic Procedia, 4, 841-846.
- M. P. Akhtar, Nayan Sharma, and C. S. P. Ojha (2015): 2-D Depth Averaged Modelling for Curvilinear Braided Stretch of River Brahmaputra in India, International Journal of Research in Engineering & Advanced Technology, Volume 3, Issue 1, Feb-Mar, 2015, pp 217-230.
- Mohd Aamir and Nayan Sharma (2015), “Riverbank Protection with Porcupine Systems: Development of Rational Design Methodology”, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK, DOI: 10.1080 /09715010.2015.1029544.
- Nayan Sharma (2014), “Prime Technical Issues for harnessing Brahmaputra river environment for economic breakthrough in Assam” Research Journal of Contemporary Concerns, Vol. 9 (Spl) 2014, pp 1-7, ISSN 0972-7922.
- Arun Kumar Soni, Archana Sarkar and Nayan Sharma (2015), “Snowmelt Runoff Modeling in an Indian Himalayan River Basin using WinSRM, RS & GIS” Water and Energy International Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp 63-72, ISSN 0974-4711.\
- Subash Prasad Rai, Nayan Sharma. Hydro-political Interactions: India-Nepal-Bangladesh. Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management. 2015; 2(2): 29–32p.
- Sharma, N., Zakaullah, M., Tiwari, H., & Kumar, D. (2015). Runoff and sediment yield modeling using ANN and support vector machines: a case study from Nepal watershed. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1(3), 1-8.
- Tiwari, H., & Sharma, N. (2015). Interaction between flow hydrodynamics and bed roughness in alluvial channel. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, (ahead-of-print), 1-10.
- Tiwari, H., Rai, S. P., Kumar, D., & Sharma, N. (2015). “Rainfall erosivity factor for India using modified Fourier Index”, Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research, (ahead-of-print), 1-9.
- Kumar, D., Pandey, A., Sharma, Nayan. & Flügel, W.-A. (2015), “Evaluation of TRMM-precipitation with raingauge observation using hydrological model J2000”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001317.
- Tiwari, H., Rai, S. P., Sharma, N., & Kumar, D. (2015). Computational approaches for annual maximum river flow series. Ain Shams Engineering Journal. doi:10.1016/j.asej.2015.07.016.
- Harinarayan Tiwari and Nayan Sharma (2015), "Flow hydrodynamics near inlet key of Piano Key Weir (PKW)", Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science, Springer (DOI) 10.1007/s12046-015-0423-1.
- Pratibha Warwade, Nayan Sharma, Bodo Ahrens, Ashish Pandey, (2015) “Characterization and analysis of the trend of climate variable (Temperatures) for the North Eastern region of the India” Internatinal Journal of Recent Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue, 4, pp.3618-3624, April, 2015.
- Kumar, D., Pandey, A., Sharma, Nayan. & Flügel, W.-A. (2016), “Daily suspended sediment simulation using machine learning approach”, Catena 138 (2016) 77–90, Elsevier.
- Nayan Sharma, Subash Prasad Rai and Harinarayan Tiwari “Riparian vs Catchment Hydropolitics” (2015), published in Geography And You, July - August 2015, 27, Issue - 'Water Matters', pp 26 - 30.
- S. P. Rai, Sharma Nayan and A. K. Lohani (2016), "Transboundary Water Sharing: Issues Involved" Environmental Policy and Law, IOS Press, Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 62-68.
- S. P. Rai, and Sharma Nayan (2016), "Benefit Sharing approach for the Transboundary Brahmaputra river basin in South Asia- A Case Study" Water and Energy International, CBIP, Volume 58, No. 12, March 2016, 56-61.
- Harinarayan Tiwari and Nayan Sharma (2016), “Nonlinear & entropic velocity distribution in open channel, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2015.1126797.
- Harinarayan Tiwari and Nayan Sharma, Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the upstream of Piano Key Weir, Applied Water Science, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s13201-015-0275-1.
- Dheeraj Kumar; Amar Kant Gautam, Santosh S Palmate, Ashish Pandey, Shakti Suryavanshi, Neha Rathore and Nayan Sharma, (2016) “Evaluation of TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) Against Terrestrial Measurement Over a Humid Sub-Tropical Basin, India” Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer, 1-17 , DOI 10.1007/s00704-016-1807-9 .
- P. R. Patil, S. K. Mishra and Nayan Sharma, “Oscillation Free Altered Duration UH Derivation Using Nondimensional Approach” Perspectives in Science, Elsevier, (2016), 8, 686-688, DOI:10.1016/j.pisc.2016.06.059.
- Mondal, M.S., Sharma, Nayan, Kappas, Martin, Garg, P. K., Statistical independence test and validation of CA Markov land use/land cover (LULC) prediction results, The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing Space Sciences (2016) 19, 259-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2016.08.001.
- Md. Amir Khan and Nayan Sharma (2016) “Experimental study on bursting events around a bar in physical model of a braided channel” ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, India, DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2016.1239554.
- Md. Amir Khan, Nayan Sharma (2016), “Three-Dimensional probabilistic analysis of flow around island in a braided river model, Int. Journal of Applied Sciences and Engineering Research, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016, pp 189-201.
- Md. Amir Khan and Nayan Sharma (2016) “Analysis of turbulent flow characteristics in the vicinity of the bar in a braided river model” ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society of Hydraulics, India, DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2017.1298061.
- Subash Prasad Rai, William Young & Nayan Sharma (2017), “Risk and Opportunity Assessment for Water Cooperation in Transboundary River Basins in South Asia” Water Resource Management, Springer. DOI 10.1007/s11269-017-1637-2.
- Edited a book titled “The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources“, Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 17,3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 2004.
- Authored book titled “History of Irrigation in Uttar Pradesh” published by INCID, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India (2011).
- Nayan Sharma and Wolfgang Albert Flugel jointly Edited a book titled “Applied Geoinformatics for sustainable Integrated Land and Water Resources Management (ILWRM) in the Brahmaputra River basin. Results from the EC-project BRAHMATWINN” –published by Springer Publishers, Germany in January 2015.
- Nayan Sharma edited the latest book titled “River System Analysis and Management” which is accepted for publication by Springer publishers in July, 2015.
Honors And Awards
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2008
STAR PERFORMER & awarded EXCELLENT
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Indo-Swiss Bilateral Research Initiative (ISBRI) Award.
The University of Nottingham, UK
2016
Honorary Professorship of River Science
The Indian Society of Hydraulics in their HYDRO-2016 INTERNATIONAL Conference held in CWPRS, Pune
2016
S. N. Gupta Memorial Award
The Indian Society of Hydraulics
2016
JALVIGYAN PURASKAR
Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India.
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of the Barrages and Weirs Sectional Committee, RVA 20
Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Sectional Committee on Spillways Including Energy Dissipators, WRD10
Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Sectional Committee on River Training and Diversion Works, WRD-22
Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India, 2011
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Dams and Spillways Sectional Committee, WRD 9
Central Water Commission, Govt. of India, 2004
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Committee on Morphological Studies of River Brahmaputra
United Nations University, Tokyo, during 2005
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of International Research Working Group on Disaster Reduction and Ecosystem for Mekong RBD
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Panel Of Experts for Uhl State-III HEP, Sawra-Kuddu HEP, & Sainj HEP
Inland Waterways Authority of India 2008-2009
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Technical Committee on Inland Water Transport
National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India 2006-2007
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Core Group on Floods of National Disaster Management Authority
Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India 2009-2010
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of High Level Steering Committee for National Water Mission
Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of High Level Expert Team for advising on the flood and course change of Kosi river in Bihar
Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India 2009-2010
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Task Force on Restoration of Sunderbans Embankments damaged by the cyclone “Aila” in W. B.
Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Visiting Expert for Panel of Experts for Sainj HEP
Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Visiting Expert for Panel of Experts for Shongtong Karcham HEP
Infosys Science Foundation 2010-
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Nomination Council Member for Infosys Prize
Govt. of Assam, 2010-2012
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Assam Flood and Erosion Management Commission
Govt. of Bihar, 2010 - 2012
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Panel Expert for Kosi Bandh Katan Judicial Enquiry Commission
State Water Resources Agency, U. P. Govt., 2011
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Core Group on Climate Change Related to National Water Mission
Govt. of Rajasthan, 2011
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Committee on water harvesting projects for Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve
CWC, Govt. of India, 2010
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Advisory Board of National Water Academy
Tehri Hydro Development Corporation India Ltd.(THDCIL), Rishikesh, 2012
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Apex Advisory Committee on R&D for Planning/ Monitoring, of R&D activities related toHydro
National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India in 2012
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of the Expert Committee for Preparation of Bihar Flood Hazard Atlas
Information Technology Research Academy (ITRA), Govt. of India, 2013
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of ITRA Water Review Panel under initiative entitled IT Based Innovations to Sustainabity W.R
Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, April 2013
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Committee to Review the Procedure of Project Appraisal in Central Water Commission
Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
31 Aug 2020 - Present
International Advisory Committee of ICWFM-2013
Govt. of Assam
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Committee to Suggest Remedial Measures on Flood Problem of Guwahati
Centre for Development and Peace Studies, Guwahati
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Distinguished Fellow
DHI for Uttarakahnd River Morphology study and design of river bank protection
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Expert Advisor
National Mission of Clean Ganga, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member of Committee constituted on Ganga Act
Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd., Govt. of Bihar, India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Chairman of the committee for long-term management of the Ara-Chhapra bridge over river Ganga
Teaching Engagements
Irrigation Structures ( WR-516 )
Spring
Design of Water Resources Structures and Drainage Works ( WR-571 )
Autumn
River Engineering ( WR-518 )
Spring
Masonry & Concrete Dam ( WR-514 )
Autumn
Students
Study of scour around permeable spurs
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C.S.P. Ojha, Scholar: Shagoofta Rasool Shah
Experimental study on mechanics of braided stream and their characteristics
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C.S.P. Ojha, Scholar: Mohd. Abdullah
Optimal water utilization and intra- basin water transfers in Cauvery basin, India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. D. K. Srivastava, Scholar: M.D. Patil
Study of performance of submerged vanes with collar
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C. S. P. Ojha, Scholar: U.P. Gupta
Experimental Investigation into flow around island
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C. S. P. Ojha, Scholar: Utpal Kumar Mishra
ANN based spatio-temporal morphological model of the river Brahmaputra
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. P. K. Garg, Shri A. D. Pandey, Scholar: R. N. Sankhua
Analysis of Seepage from Irrigation Furrows
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. G. C. Mishra, Scholar: Kshyana Prava Samal
Experimental Study of Piano Key Weir
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C.S.P. Ojha, Scholar: Gopal Das Singhal
Energy Dissipation using Block Ramps
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Z. Ahmad, Scholar: Ng. Romeji Singh
Runoff and Sediment Modelling in part of the Brahmaputra Basin
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri R. D. Singh, Scholar: Archana Sarkar
Land use and Land cover modelling in a part of Brahmaputra basin using Geoinformatics
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. P. K. Garg and Prof. Martin Kappas, Scholar: Md. Surabuddin Mondal
2-D Depth Averaged Modelling for Curvilinear Braided Stretch of Brahmaputra River
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. C. S. P. Ojha, Scholar: Md. Parwez Akhtar
Experimental Study of RCC Jack Jetty Systems for River Training
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr.Kerry Anne Mazurek, Univ of Saskatchewan, Canada, Scholar: Anupama Nayak
Experimental Investigations on channelization of River Kosi from Chatra to Nirmali
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Z. Ahmad, Scholar: Sanjay A Burele
Climate Change and Its Impact on a River Environment
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Ashish Pandey and Prof. Bodo Ahrens, Goethe-Univ., Germany , Scholar: Pratibha Warwade
Morphometric Analysis of Large Braided Alluvial Stream
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Ashish Pandey and Prof Wolfgang Flugel, Germany, Scholar: Dheeraj Kumar
Simplified Derivation of UH and SUH for Runoff Estimation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S. K. Mishra, Scholar: Patil Pravin Rangrao
Experimental Study of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Consumption in Alluvial Channel and Piano Key Weir
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Sébastien Erpicum, Scholar: Harinarayan Tiwari
Experimental Study on Braiding and Its Control in a Brahmaputra River Reach
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Other Supervisors: A. Jacob Odggard,, Scholar: Md. Aamir Khan
Benefit Sharing in Transboundary River in South Asia
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Other Supervisors: Aaron T. Wolf , Scholar: Mr. Subash Prasad Rai
Landscape Evolution and Flood Inundation Modelling in Large Complex Braided River Brahmaputra,
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Colin Thorne and Dr. Nick Mount , Scholar: Prasujya Gogoi
Miscellaneous
International Workshop on Piano Key Weir for In-stream Storage and Dam Safety (PKWISD-2012)
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MOWR, Planning Commission, CSIR
Erosion By The River Brahmaputra In Dibrugarh District- A New Look At The Problem
01 Jan 2002 - Present
International Workshop on River Management (IWRM-2010)
01 Jan 2010 - Present
MoWR, CSIR, Planning Commission,
Erosion By The River Brahmaputra In Dibrugarh District- A New Look At The Problem
31 Aug 2020 - Present
International Workshop on River Management (IWRM)
01 Jan 2010 - Present
MODONER, MOWR, Planning Commission
Morphology of the Brahmaputra River
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Morphology of the Brahmaputra River
01 Jan 2003 - Present
International Workshop on Piano Key Weir for In-stream Storage
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MoWR and Others
Interlinking of Indian rivers and the Brahmaputra
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Interlinking of Indian rivers and the Brahmaputra
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Geology of the Sub-Himalayan Alluvium and Numerical Simulation of River Dynamics
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Geology of the Sub-Himalayan Alluvium and Numerical Simulation of River Dynamics
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Management of Bank Erosion of the river Brahmaputra
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Management of Bank Erosion of the river Brahmaputra
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Modelling and Management of the Brahmaputra River in India
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Modelling and Management of the Brahmaputra River in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
01 Jan 2006 - Present
Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
01 Jan 2006 - Present
Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
01 Jan 2006 - Present
Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Water conservation and management with reference to Brahmaputra river in India
01 Jan 2006 - Present
Water conservation and management with reference to Brahmaputra river in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Submerged Vanes – A Recent Development In Stream Bank Erosion Control
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Submerged Vanes – A Recent Development In Stream Bank Erosion Control
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Some Core Issues on River Linking in India
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Some Core Issues on River Linking in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Morphodynamics: navigation and river training of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Morphodynamics: navigation and river training of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Modelling and Management of Channel Instability of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Modelling and Management of Channel Instability of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Tackling Flood and Erosion problems of the Brahmaputra River
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Tackling Flood and Erosion problems of the Brahmaputra River
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Morphodynamics and Management of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Morphodynamics and Management of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Performance Evaluation of Piano Key Weir for Dam Safety
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Performance Evaluation of Piano Key Weir for Dam Safety
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Climate Change and Some Adaptive Technology for Water Resources Sector
01 Jan 2010 - Present
Climate Change and Some Adaptive Technology for Water Resources Sector
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Water Resources Potential Of Brahmaputra And Barak Basins
01 Jan 2011 - Present
INNO-ASIA kickoff meeting
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Morphdynamics and River Training of the Brahmaputra River in India
01 Jan 2012 - Present
Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Study of Climate Change and Certain Adaptation Technologies in Water Resources Sector
01 Jan 2002 - Present
Water Resources Potential Of Brahmaputra And Barak Basins
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Prospects and Imperatives for Water Management in South Asia
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Morphdynamics and River Training of the Brahmaputra River in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Study of Climate Change and Certain Adaptation Technologies in Water Resources Sector
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Some Advances in Hydraulic Structures and River Engineering
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Use of Technology for Accelerated Development of Assam and NE Region
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Novel Unified Technology for Hazard Mitigation with Water Management for Mountain Streams
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Prospects and Imperatives for Water Management in South Asia
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Harnessing The Brahmaputra: Key To Northeast India’s Economic Regeneration
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Applications of Advances in Hydraulic Structures and River Engineering (Also Potential Use forJiadhl
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Prime Environment and Sustainable Development Issues In The Brahmaputra River Basin
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Musing of Policy and Governance Issues for Ganga River
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Wetland Study for Brahmaputra Plains and Kashmir Highlands
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Some Advances in Hydraulic Structures and River Engineering
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Use of Technology for Accelerated Development of Assam and NE Region
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Ganga Manthan - National Dialogue on Ganga
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Novel Unified Technology for Hazard Mitigation with Water Management for Mountain Streams
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Harnessing The Brahmaputra: Key To Northeast India’s Economic Regeneration
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Prime Environment and Sustainable Development Issues In The Brahmaputra River Basin
01 Jan 2015 - Present
“Musing of Policy and Governance Issues for Ganga River” in National Seminar on ‘R & D Perspective for Rejuvenation of River Ganga’
01 Jan 2015 - Present
“Wetland Study for Brahmaputra Plains and Kashmir Highlands” in International Conference on ‘Geospatial Technologies and Wetland Management,
01 Jan 2016 - Present
EPFL, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2005-01-01
Invited lecture on Modelling and Management of the Brahmaputra River in India
Civil & Environmental Engg. Deptt., The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2006-01-01
Invited lecture on Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
Deptt. of Civil & Environmental Engg., The Imperial College, London
2006-01-01
Invited lecture on Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India
EPFL, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2008-01-01
Invited lecture on Morphodynamics: navigation and river training of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
University of Southampton, UK
2011-01-01
Invited lecture on Morphodynamics and Management of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India
IIHR, University of Iowa, USA
2009-01-01
Invited lecture on Performance Evaluation of Piano Key Weir for Dam Safety
Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (FSU-Jena), Germany.
2011-01-01
INNO ASIA kickoff meeting
University of Southampton, UK
2011-01-01
To make presentation on new International Research Project funded by NERC, UK
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
2011-01-01
Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP)
University of Gottingen, Germany
2012-01-01
Delivered Lecture on Morphdynamics and River Training of the Brahmaputra River in India
Head, Deptt. of Water Resources Development and Management
01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2012
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Chief Warden
01 Jan 1996 - 01 Jan 2001
Khosla International House
Asst. Executive Engineer / Asst. Engineer
01 Jan 1973 - 01 Jan 1983
Flood Control & Irrigation Dept., Assam State Govt.
- Developed new River Engineering Laboratory (indoor) and Outdoor River Engineering Lab / Demonstration Farm
Initiated and Procured from USA under FIST Programme the latest Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) for the First Time in IIT Roorkee for innovative research use by students and faculty
- Established and Developed River Engineering Lab in WRD&M Dept.,
Procured LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER for River Engineering Lab, WRD&M Dept. for use in teaching & research for the first time in IIT Roorkee
- Applied the innovative end product of MoWR Sponsored Research Project namely RCC Jack Jetty & Submerged Vane (Bamboo made) techniques in River Ganga near Varanashi during 2009 - 2010 with successful results.
- DRAFTING OF NEW INDIAN STANDARDS GUIDELINES UNDER DAMS AND SPILLWAYS SECTIONAL COMMITTEE, WRD 9, FOR BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS, GOVT. OF INDIA:-
Drafted new working draft of IS guidelines on “Preliminary Design of Stepped Spillways” for Sectional Committee on Dams and Spillways, 2015.
Drafted new working draft of IS guidelines on “Design of Piano Key Weir” for Sectional Committee on Dams and Spillways, 2015.
- Satisfied with teaching and research in the area of my specialization
- Satisfied with ongoing teaching and research activities
- LABORATORY RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED IN
IIT ROORKEE
? In WRD&M Dept., IIT Roorkee the following laboratory infrastructure developed since 1998 - .
o Indoor River Engineering Lab with following experimental infrastructure
? 20 m long, 2.4 m wide, 2 m deep brick flume with perspex wall, sediment feeder, sediment collector, recirculating & storage tanks
? 3 nos. of tilting steel experimental flumes with perspex side walls
? Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter for 3D velocity measurements.
? Laser Doppler Velocimeter for non-intrusive 3D velocity measurements.
? Fluorometer for discharge measurement by fluoroscent dye
? Electronic bed profiler
? Electronic multipoint water level indicator
o Outdoor River Engineering Lab / Demonstration Farm with following experimental infrastructure developed in 2009
? Deep tubewell water source
? Large underground water storage tank
? Surface tanks with discharge measuring V-Notch weir
? Large experimental tray for comprehensive model studies
? Surface channel network for water recirculation
- Propose to further upgrade Research and Education through enhanced laboratory infrastructure
- Developed in River Engineering Lab as part of MoWR Sponsored Research Project innovative new Piano Key Weir technology for In-stream Storage and Dam Safety which has been implemented in Sawra Kuddu Hydro Electric Project (120 MW) by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. during 2009 - 2014.
- Teaching the Following Courses
River Engineering
Design of Water Resources Structures
Design of Irrigation and Drainage Works
Irrigation Structures
- Started new River Engineering Course from 1990 onwards
