INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR DAMS
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
Faculty of ICED
Joint Faculty
Associated Faculty
Full Time Faculty
Visiting Professor / Professor of Practice
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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
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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
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S C Gupta
Professor
s.gupta[at]eq.iitr.ac.in
Department of Earthquake Engineering
01332-285592
Observational Seismology, seismological arrays and networks
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D S Arya
Professor
dsarya[at]hy.iitr.ac.in
Department of Hydrology
01332-285370
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Avlokita Agrawal
Associate 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.
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Ankit Agrawal
Assistant 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ravi Kumar
Professor
ravi[at]me.iitr.ac.in
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
01332-285740
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Dr. Manhoar Arora
Project Consultant
manohararora19@gmail.com
International Centre of Excellence for Dams
9760315885
Research Interest: High-altitude Hydrology, Climate change, Water Availability (Former Senior Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee)
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Mr. Vivek Bansal
Project Consultant
vivek@mydoot.com
International Centre of Excellence for Dams
9582211961
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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
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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).
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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