Dr. Ashwini Baswaraj Mirajkar

Associate Professor

Brief Bio
Name : Dr. Ashwini Baswaraj Mirajkar .Present post : Associate ProfessorDepartment : Water Resources Engineering Section-Department of Civil Engineering Institution with address : Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,South Ambazari Road,Nagpur-440010 (India)Experience : 17 yearM Tech Thesis supervised : complete 21, 01 ongoingB Tech Projects supervised: complete 9 , 01 ongoingPhD supervised: 03 complete, 02 ongoing.Awards: G M Nawathe (Best paper presented in HYDRO 2012 at IIT B) Puraskar for the paper entitled ‘Sustainable irrigation planning using two-phase multi-objective Fuzzy linear programming approach’ by Indian Society for Hydraulics, awarded at hydro 13 International, IIT Madras on 4th December 2013.Saranya C Nair (under the guidance of Dr. A B Mirajkar) have won first prize in Poster presentation competition held at VNIT, Nagpur as part of Research Scholar Day-2019 held at VNIT-Nagpur..Research projects:Investigator, SERB-DST funded project on Multi-purpose multi-reservoir planning using JAYA algorithm for equitable water distribution within Upper Godavari Basin”, worth Rs.15,93,000/- started in March 2017.Publications in journal : 15Paper presented in International conferences : 18Paper presented in National conferences : 30Organization of STTPs:Organised two STTPs1. May 20182. June 2019Thesis Title: Multi-objective fuzzy optimization approach in Integrated Management of Water ResourcesMember of Board of Studies at:1. K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research, Nashik (Affiliated to Savitribai Phule University, PUNE)2. Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad, MaharashtraExpert Lectures Delivered at:1. GH Raisoni college of Engineering, Nagpur (2 times)2. Government Engineering college, Aurangabad (3 times)3. Matoshri college of Engineering, Nashik4. DIEMS, Aurangabad.5. VNIT Nagpur6. SGGS Nanded May 2021Outreach Activity:Member of Vidyalaya Management Committee, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur.Resposibilities:1. Worked as a Girls hostel warden during 2015-2017 and 2019-till date.2. Worked as a NBA coordinator for Accreditation of PG Programme – Water Resources Engineering of Civil Engineering Dept.3. Worked as In-Charge of Water Conservation Team formed by the director as per MHRD (FTS No.615150/2019 for session 2019-20 dated 14.11.2019.4. PG – Water Resources Engineering coordinator Since November 2019.5. Working as an Editor for Departmental Newsletter6. Worked as a UG Admission committee member for year 2017, 2018 and 2020.7. Worked as a Library facility in charge at Department level from 2017 till date.8. Worked as a Departmental website updating committee member during 2018-2020.9. Worked as Faculty In charge for organizing Institute Gathering- A mega event of VNIT in 2019 and 2020, 2022 and 2023.10. Worked twice in the committee of Annual Report preparation as a Department coordinator (2017 and 2018)11. Worked as a DEC in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17.12. Faculty Advisor for UG/PG Students.13. Lab In charge-Hydraulic Engineering (UG/PG )14. Worked twice as a member of Seating arrangement and stage decoration committee of Convocation for the year 2015 and 2018 resp.15. Worked as session coordinator of International conference “ACE-2020” at CED, VNIT-Nagpur during 5-7 Nov 2020.16. Worked as a Dead Sock Verification committee member in 2015 and 2016.17. Worked as a moderator for marks at Ug and PG for the Examination section 2016 and 2017.18. Grade card scrutiny member PG WRE (2021)19. Award committee member for convocation 2021Life Member of :1. Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) LM-9292. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) LM-524823. The Institution of Engineers India (IEI): G-542303-24. Indian water work Association (IWWA): LM-86095. Association of Agrometerologists (AoA): LM-10746. International Association of Hydro-Environment and Research (IAHR)Reviewer of following Journals:1. Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier2. Water Resources Management, Springer3. Agricultural water Management4. Indian Society for Hydraulics’- Journal of Hydrology.5. Journal of Water and Climate Change.And also Reviewer of ASCE (India) Conference papers.
Distinguished Alumni award from Civil K K Wagh College of Engineering and Research, Nasik, Maharashtra May 2023

Brief Bio

Name : Dr. Ashwini Baswaraj Mirajkar .Present post : Associate ProfessorDepartment : Water Resources Engineering Section-Department of Civil Engineering Institution with address : Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,South Ambazari Road,Nagpur-440010 (India)Experience : 17 yearM Tech Thesis supervised : complete 21, 01 ongoingB Tech Projects supervised: complete 9 , 01 ongoingPhD supervised: 03 complete, 02 ongoing.Awards: G M Nawathe (Best paper presented in HYDRO 2012 at IIT B) Puraskar for the paper entitled ‘Sustainable irrigation planning using two-phase multi-objective Fuzzy linear programming approach’ by Indian Society for Hydraulics, awarded at hydro 13 International, IIT Madras on 4th December 2013.Saranya C Nair (under the guidance of Dr. A B Mirajkar) have won first prize in Poster presentation competition held at VNIT, Nagpur as part of Research Scholar Day-2019 held at VNIT-Nagpur..Research projects:Investigator, SERB-DST funded project on Multi-purpose multi-reservoir planning using JAYA algorithm for equitable water distribution within Upper Godavari Basin”, worth Rs.15,93,000/- started in March 2017.Publications in journal : 15Paper presented in International conferences : 18Paper presented in National conferences : 30Organization of STTPs:Organised two STTPs1. May 20182. June 2019Thesis Title: Multi-objective fuzzy optimization approach in Integrated Management of Water ResourcesMember of Board of Studies at:1. K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research, Nashik (Affiliated to Savitribai Phule University, PUNE)2. Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad, MaharashtraExpert Lectures Delivered at:1. GH Raisoni college of Engineering, Nagpur (2 times)2. Government Engineering college, Aurangabad (3 times)3. Matoshri college of Engineering, Nashik4. DIEMS, Aurangabad.5. VNIT Nagpur6. SGGS Nanded May 2021Outreach Activity:Member of Vidyalaya Management Committee, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur.Resposibilities:1. Worked as a Girls hostel warden during 2015-2017 and 2019-till date.2. Worked as a NBA coordinator for Accreditation of PG Programme – Water Resources Engineering of Civil Engineering Dept.3. Worked as In-Charge of Water Conservation Team formed by the director as per MHRD (FTS No.615150/2019 for session 2019-20 dated 14.11.2019.4. PG – Water Resources Engineering coordinator Since November 2019.5. Working as an Editor for Departmental Newsletter6. Worked as a UG Admission committee member for year 2017, 2018 and 2020.7. Worked as a Library facility in charge at Department level from 2017 till date.8. Worked as a Departmental website updating committee member during 2018-2020.9. Worked as Faculty In charge for organizing Institute Gathering- A mega event of VNIT in 2019 and 2020, 2022 and 2023.10. Worked twice in the committee of Annual Report preparation as a Department coordinator (2017 and 2018)11. Worked as a DEC in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17.12. Faculty Advisor for UG/PG Students.13. Lab In charge-Hydraulic Engineering (UG/PG )14. Worked twice as a member of Seating arrangement and stage decoration committee of Convocation for the year 2015 and 2018 resp.15. Worked as session coordinator of International conference “ACE-2020” at CED, VNIT-Nagpur during 5-7 Nov 2020.16. Worked as a Dead Sock Verification committee member in 2015 and 2016.17. Worked as a moderator for marks at Ug and PG for the Examination section 2016 and 2017.18. Grade card scrutiny member PG WRE (2021)19. Award committee member for convocation 2021Life Member of :1. Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) LM-9292. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) LM-524823. The Institution of Engineers India (IEI): G-542303-24. Indian water work Association (IWWA): LM-86095. Association of Agrometerologists (AoA): LM-10746. International Association of Hydro-Environment and Research (IAHR)Reviewer of following Journals:1. Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier2. Water Resources Management, Springer3. Agricultural water Management4. Indian Society for Hydraulics’- Journal of Hydrology.5. Journal of Water and Climate Change.And also Reviewer of ASCE (India) Conference papers.

Distinguished Alumni award from Civil K K Wagh College of Engineering and Research, Nasik, Maharashtra May 2023

Research Interest
Water Resources Engineering
Irrigation and Planning
Optimization
Reservior Sedimentation
Rainfall trend Analysis
Flood modeling

Education

Degree	Year	Specialization	University
PhD	2014	Civil ENginering	SVNIT Surat-Gujarat
M.E.	2007	Water Resources Engineering	Dr. BabasahebAmbedkarMarathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
B.E.	2003	Civil Engineering	Pune Univ.

Publications

Contact Details

Phone:	0712-2801804/+919850837937
Email:	abmirajkar@civ.vnit.ac.in/ashmirajkar@gmail.com
Address:	108, New Academic Block, In front of Mining Department, VNIT Campus, South Ambazari Road, Near IT Park, Nagpur-440010

Sponsored Research Projects

Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year of Award	Duration (Months)	Amount (Lakhs)	Status
Multi-purpose multi-reservoir planning using JAYA algorithm for equitable water distribution within Upper Godavari Basin	SERB-DST	Principal Investigator	Jul 1905	36 months	Rs.15,93,000/-	Completed

Consultancy Projects

Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)

Book or Book Chapters

Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year
P. V. Timbadiya, P. L. Patel, Vijay P. Singh and A. B. Mirajkar,( 2023) , Geospatial and Soft Computing Techniques Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021) Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 339), 978-981-99-1900-0Published: 26 July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1901-7,
Deepthi, B., Mirajkar, A.B. (2023). Prediction of Future Rainfall in the Upper Godavari Basin Using Statistical Downscaling Model. In: Pandey, M., Azamathulla, H., Pu, J.H. (eds) River Dynamics and Flood Hazards. Disaster Resilience and Green Growth. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7100-6_30
Nair S.C., Mirajkar A.B. (2022) Rainfall Trend Anomalies Over Wainganga Basin, Central India. In: Laishram B., Tawalare A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4396-5_78
Jibhakate T., Mirajkar A. (2022) Reduction in Live Storage Capacity of a Reservoir Due to Sedimentation Using Satellite Imageries. In: Laishram B., Tawalare A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4396-5_76.

Patents

Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus
N/A

STTP & Workshop

Title	Funding Agency	Host Institute	Dates	No. of Participants
Optimization in Engineering-2018	TEQIP	VNIT	14-18 May 2018	43
Modelling Issues of Soil-Structure Interaction Problem	TEQIP	VNIT	8-12 July 2019	45
Integrated Water Resources Management

Administrative Responsibilities

Responsibility	Institute	Role	Year
Exam Committee for Online Examination (EIC)	VNIT Nagpur	Coordinator	2020-21
UG Admission committee CSAB 2023	VNIT Nagpur	Chair	2024
UG Admission committee CSAB 2023	VNIT Nagpur	Co-chair	2023
PG WRE NBA co-ordinator	VNIT Nagpur	co-ordinator	2022
Exam Committee for Offline Examination (EIC)	VNIT Nagpur	Coordinator	2015-16
Exam Committee for Offline Examination (EIC)	VNIT Nagpur	Coordinator	2016-17
Hindi Samitee Sadasya	VNIT Nagpur	member	2022-2024
Departmental Newletter	VNIT Nagpur	Editor	2018-Till date
P G WRE	VNIT Nagpur	Co-ordinator	2019-Till date
New Girls Hostel Warden	VNIT Nagpur	Warden	2019-Till date
Girls hostel Warden (H-10 & 11)	VNIT Nagpur	Warden	2015-17
UG Admission committee member	VNIT Nagpur	member	2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
Library facility in charge at Department level	VNIT Nagpur	Co-ordinator	2017-2021
Departmental website updating committee	VNIT Nagpur	Co-ordinator	2017-2020
Institute Gathering- A mega event of VNIT	VNIT Nagpur	FAculty-In-Charge	2019 and 2020
Annual Report preparation	VNIT Nagpur	Departmental Co-ordinator	2018 and 2019
Faculty Advisor	VNIT Nagpur	Deapartment Students	2015 till date
Hydraulic Engineering (UG/PG )	VNIT Nagpur	LAb Incharge	2018 Till date
Convocation	VNIT Nagpur	commitee menber	2015 and 2018
Intermational conference “ACE-2020” at CED, VNIT-Nagpur during 5-7 Nov 2020.	VNIT Nagpur	session Co-ordinator	Nov 2020
Dead Sock Verification committee	VNIT Nagpur	member	2015 and 2016
moderator for marks at Ug and PG for the Examination section	VNIT Nagpur	member	2016, 2017
Grade card scrutiny PG WRE (2021)	VNIT Nagpur	member	S-2021
Convocation Award Commitee	VNIT Nagpur	member	2021

Awards & Honors

Year	Award Description
2013	Distinguished Alumni award from Civil K K Wagh College of Engineering and Research, Nasik, Maharashtra May 2023.
2013	Puraskar for the paper entitled ‘Sustainable irrigation planning using two-phase multi-objective Fuzzy linear programming approach’ by Indian Society for Hydraulics, awarded at hydro 13 International, IIT Madras on 4th December 2013.
2022	Best paper presentation Award for ‘ Investigating land use/cover and climate induced hydrological alteration in Western Vidarbha region, India, at HYDRO 2022 suring 22-24 Dec 2022 at PEC, Chandigarh.
2019	Saranya C Nair (under the guidance of Dr. A B Mirajkar) have won first prize in Poster presentation competition held at VNIT, Nagpur as part of Research Scholar Day-2019 held at VNIT-Nagpur..