Dr. Prem Lal Patel

Professor (HAG) & Director, VNIT Nagpur Link to Personal Webpage: Click Here

Brief Bio
Prof. Prem Lal Patel took over the charge as Director of VNIT, Nagpur on 21st May 2024. He is Professor (HAG) of Hydraulics and Water Resources in Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. He served as Deputy Director of the institute (SVNIT) during Sept 17, 2019 to Sept. 16, 2022. He worked as Dean (PG), Dean (R&C), Dean (Academic), and the Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering at SVNIT Surat. Prior to joining SVNIT in 2007, he served as Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department in Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) for eight years. Prior to working at DCE, he served as Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in Border Roads Organization (BRO), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, Govt. of India from 1995-1999.He did his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Government Engineering College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India and, then, pursued his Master and Doctoral Degrees in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (the then University of Roorkee). He guided 14 Doctoral Theses, 49 Master Theses and executed more than six high values sponsored research projects and more than 25 Consultancy Projects. He has more than 260 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He is a member of various Technical Societies and Expert Committees. Prof. Patel visited various countries like the United States of America, Netherlands, China, Italy, Japan and Dubai for presenting his research work.He was earlier in climate changing working group of IAHR dealing with Fluvial Mechanism. He is also Fellow member of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Indian Water Resources Society, and Institution of Civil Engineers, India. He has been instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Resources & Flood Management in the SVNIT Surat through research grant from World Bank sponsored TEQIP-II.

Brief Bio

Prof. Prem Lal Patel took over the charge as Director of VNIT, Nagpur on 21st May 2024. He is Professor (HAG) of Hydraulics and Water Resources in Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. He served as Deputy Director of the institute (SVNIT) during Sept 17, 2019 to Sept. 16, 2022. He worked as Dean (PG), Dean (R&C), Dean (Academic), and the Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering at SVNIT Surat. Prior to joining SVNIT in 2007, he served as Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department in Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) for eight years. Prior to working at DCE, he served as Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in Border Roads Organization (BRO), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, Govt. of India from 1995-1999.He did his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Government Engineering College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India and, then, pursued his Master and Doctoral Degrees in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (the then University of Roorkee). He guided 14 Doctoral Theses, 49 Master Theses and executed more than six high values sponsored research projects and more than 25 Consultancy Projects. He has more than 260 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He is a member of various Technical Societies and Expert Committees. Prof. Patel visited various countries like the United States of America, Netherlands, China, Italy, Japan and Dubai for presenting his research work.He was earlier in climate changing working group of IAHR dealing with Fluvial Mechanism. He is also Fellow member of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Indian Water Resources Society, and Institution of Civil Engineers, India. He has been instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Resources & Flood Management in the SVNIT Surat through research grant from World Bank sponsored TEQIP-II.

Research Interest
Experimental and numerical investigations on transport of sediments and bed level variations in Alluvial rivers, Prediction of sediment yield and morphological studies of Alluvial rivers, Hydrodynamics of natural rivers, Stochastic approaches in modelling of turbulence in rigid and mobile boundary channels, Hydrodynamic modelling of floods, Hydrological modelling in assessment of water availability in the basin, Multi-objective approaches in optimal irrigation planning, Spatial and temporal variability of climatic and hydrological parameters in river basins, Inflow prediction into reservoirs.

Research Interest

Experimental and numerical investigations on transport of sediments and bed level variations in Alluvial rivers, Prediction of sediment yield and morphological studies of Alluvial rivers, Hydrodynamics of natural rivers, Stochastic approaches in modelling of turbulence in rigid and mobile boundary channels, Hydrodynamic modelling of floods, Hydrological modelling in assessment of water availability in the basin, Multi-objective approaches in optimal irrigation planning, Spatial and temporal variability of climatic and hydrological parameters in river basins, Inflow prediction into reservoirs.

Education:

Degree	Specialization	University
B.E. (Hons.)	Civil Engineering	Government Engineering College, Rewa, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University Rewa (M P)
M.E. (Hons.)	Civil Engineering	University of Roorkee, Now IIT Roorkee
PhD	Civil Engineering	University of Roorkee, Now IIT Roorkee

Publications

Contact Details:

Name:	Dr. P. L. Patel
Phone:	(+91)712-2801370
Email:	director@vnit.ac.in, premlalpatel1966@gmail.com
Address:	Director, VNIT Nagpur, Maharashtra - 440010 (India)

Sponsored Research Projects

Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount(INR)	Status
Local scouring around Tandem and staggered piers on non- uniform mobile bed	DST-SERB	Principal Investigator	2022	58.75 Lakhs	Ongoing
Impact of Climate change on Water resources of Tapi basin	INCCC, MoWRE, RD&GR	Principal Investigator	2018	88.26 Lakhs	Completed
Impact of Climate change on Water resources of Sabarmati basin	INCCC, MoWRE, RD&GR	Co-Principal Investigator	2018	23.36 Lakhs	Completed
Recirculating Sediment Transport Flume	DST – FIST	Co-Principal Investigator	2015	1.75 Crores	Ongoing
Centre for excellence on Water Resources and Flood Management	TEQIP-II, World Bank and MHRD	Principal Investigator	2013	4.15 Crores	Completed
Development of course on “Hydrology and Flood Control”	ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India	Principal Investigator	2014	7 Lakhs	Completed
Erosion of Non Uniform Unimodal and Bimodal Sediments	DST – SERB	Principal Investigator	2009	31.89 Lakhs	Completed
Development of Water Resources & Flood Management Centre	NCP, AICTE	Principal Investigator	2009	35 Lakhs	Completed

Consultancy Projects

Funding Agency	Title	Status & Year	Amount (INR)
Iron Triangle Limited, Ahmedabad	Proof consultancy services for Construction of Sewerage System of Bhubaneshwar Sewerage District-I on EPC Mode	Completed (2018)	16.2 Lakhs
Laxmi Construction, Ahmedabad	Proof consultancy services for Construction of Sewerage System of Bhubaneshwar Sewerage District-II on EPC Mode	Completed (2018)	9 Lakhs
Ashoka Buildcon Limited, Nashik	Study of Hydraulic Impact of Existing Bridge on proposed bridge on Barak River at Govindpur-Tundi-Girdih Road, Project in Jharkhand state	Completed (2017)	2.00 Lakhs
Central Water Commission, New Delhi	Morphological study on Tapi River using Remote sensing technique	Completed 2018	72.86 Lakhs
Tehri Hydro Development India Corporation Limited (THDICL)-Rishikesh Uttarakhand	CFD Simulations of Hydro Turbines including Tail Race of Koteshwar Hydro Power Project	Completed 2016	15.00 Lakhs
Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Safety assessment of Singanpore weir- cum- Causeway	Completed 2016	15.00 Lakhs
Design Point Consultant Pvt. Ltd. Surat	Design of storm drainage, water supply, sewerage and waste water recycling work of TP4E of DSIR	Completed 2016	4.50 Lakhs
Design Point Consultant Pvt. Ltd. Surat	Design of storm drainage, water supply, sewerage and waste water recycling work of TP2E of DSIR	Completed 2016	25.00 Lakhs
Narmada, Water Resources Water Supply and Kalpsar Department (NWRWS&KD), Govt. of Gujarat	Design of lining of Vinzol vhela passing through Vatva, GIDC, Ahmedabad and its estimation	Completed 2015	10.00 Lakhs
Tehri Hydro Development India Corporation Limited (THDICL)-Rishikesh Uttarakhand	Conducting CFD Simulations of River Pocket in front of Tail Race Tunnels (TR1and TR2) of Tehri HPP CFD	Completed 2012-13	7.75 Lakhs
Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited-Dehradun	Analysis of Maneri Bhali Stage II (Part I&II)	Completed 2010-11	13.40 Lakhs
SVNIT-Surat	Design of Water Distribution Network for SVNIT Surat with Revised Demand	Completed 2010	Services were provided free of cost being Institute project
Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Safety of Weir-cum- Causeway (Singanpur) due to flooding	Completed	0.30 Lakhs
Gujarat Water Resources Water Supply and Kalpsar Department	‘Damaged Aqueduct at Chainage 7350 m on the Daman-Ganga,	Completed 2007	1.12 Lakhs
Design Point Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Surat	Drainage Plan for Vaghrech Recharge Project, Tal. Gandevi, Navsari, Gujarat	Completed	13.50 Lakhs
Uttaranchal Jal Vidhyut Nigam Ltd.	CFD Simulation of Flow through Turbine units including tail race channel of Maneri Bhari-I Hydro-electric project for finalization of outfall gates in tail-race	Completed	14.90 Lakhs
Reliance Gas Pipeline Limited	Determining the safe distance for sand mining from the laid Oil and Gas pipeline crossing the Son river bed	Completed	3.50 Lakhs
Multimedia Consultant Pvt. Limited	Review/ Proof checking of Hydrological and Hydraulics analyses included in Detailed Project Report of Boundary wall at Reliance Jamnagar.	Completed	12.00 Lakhs
Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Providing consultancy services for verify and certify the preliminary work Part-A of tender for Survey, Investigation, Planning and Construction of Conventional Type of Barrage Project for water purpose across river Tapi near Village Rundh – Bhatha with adjoining Fly-over bridge at left bank of River Tap	Ongoing	12.70 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Study and Preparation of lower Tapi River Morphology (Erosion and Deposition) Bank Line shifting for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage for Water Purpose across River Tapi, near Village Rundh-Bhatha & Fly Over Bridge on the left Bank of River Tapi on Item Rate Basis including 10 (Ten) year O & M Work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	12.00 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Tapi River Estuary Study with Survey of India Map and Latest Satellite Data for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage for Water Purpose across River Tapi, near Village Rundh-Bhatha & Fly Over Bridge on the left Bank of River Tapi on Item Rate Basis including 10 (Ten) year O & M Work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	20.00 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Ukai Dam break study for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage	Ongoing	72.25 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Surat flood Inundation study for 2006 flood using hydrodynamics model for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage for Water Purpose across River Tapi, near Village Rundh-Bhatha & Fly Over Bridge on the left Bank of River Tapi on Item Rate Basis including 10 (Ten) year O & M Work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	42.50 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Study of flood risk analysis of Surat City with bathymetry and topographic data and properties of all zones of Surat City and outskirt area for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage for Water Purpose across River Tapi, near Village Rundh-Bhatha & Fly Over Bridge on the left Bank of River Tapi on Item Rate Basis including 10 (Ten) year O & M Work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	110.00 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	River and Reservoir Modelling for the work of Survey, Investigation, Planning & Construction of Conventional Barrage for Water Purpose across River Tapi, near Village Rundh-Bhatha & Fly Over Bridge on the left Bank of River Tapi on Item Rate Basis including 10 (Ten) year O & M Work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	153.00 Lakhs
Unique Construction, Surat	Survey, Investigation, Planning and Construction of Conventional Type of Barrage Project for water purpose across River Tapi near Village Rundh- Bhatha & Fly-over bridge a left bank of River Tapi on item-rate – contract basis and 10 (Ten)Year O & M work under Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat	Ongoing	14.00 Lakhs
Central Design Organization, Narmada Water Resources Water Supply & Kalpasar Department Government of Gujarat	Preliminary Assessment of Water Availability and Water Utilization in various River Basins of Gujarat State	Ongoing	170 Lakhs

Book or Book Chapters

Title of Book / Book Chapter	Author(s)	Details
Identification of Causes of Failure of Downstream Block Protection for Singanpore Weir-Cum- Causeway, Surat	Sharma, P. J. Chethan, S. V. Timbadiya, P. V. Patel, P. L.	Development of Water Resources in India, Eds: Vikas Garg, Vijay P Singh and Vijay Raj, Springer, Cham publisher, 2017, pp. 355-362.
Flood Forecasting and Mitigation	P L Patel	Sustainable Holistic Water Resource Management in a changing Climate, Eds: K. Srinivasa Raju and A Vasan, Jain Brothers, New Delhi, 2017, pp. 18.1-22.
Hydroclimatic variability across Tapi basin, India: Issues and implications.	Patel, P. L. and Sharma, P. J.	Climate-Change Sensitive Water Resources Management, Eds: Teegavarapu, R. S. V., Kolokytha, E., de Oliveira Galvão, C. CRC Press, London. pp. 45-64.
Changes in monthly hydro-climatic indices for middle Tapi basin, India	Sharma, P. J., Patel, P. L., and Jothipraksh, V.	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. EDs: Jha R., Singh V. P., Singh V., Roy L. B., Thendiyath R.. Springer, Cham., pp. 423-433
Integrated Hydrological and Hydraulic Model for Prediction of Inflows into Hathnur Reservoir	Kachhwaha V., Patel P.L.	Hydrological Modeling. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 109. (Eds) Jha R., Singh V.P., Singh V., Roy L.B., Thendiyath R. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 81358-1_33
Development of Hydraulic Geometry Equations for Middle Tapi River, India	Choudhary S., Patel P.L.	River Hydraulics. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 110. (Eds) Jha R., Singh V.P., Singh V., Roy L.B., Thendiyath R. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 81768-8_27
Characterization of Flow Turbulence around bridge pier on rigid bed channel	P. Laxmi Narayana, P.V. Timbadiya & P. L. Patel	River Hydraulics. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 110. (Eds) Jha R., Singh V.P., Singh V., Roy L.B., Thendiyath R. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 81768_23
Changes in monthly hydro-climatic indices for middle Tapi basin, India	Sharma, P. J., Patel, P. L., and Jothipraksh, V.	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. (Eds) Jha R., Singh V.P., Singh V., Roy L.B., Thendiyath R. Springer, Cham. pp. 423-433.
Dam Break Analysis for Ukai Dam in Lower Tapi Basin, India	Jibhakate S. M., Timbadiya, P. V., and Patel P. L.	River Hydraulics: Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Vol. 2) Springer Nature (ISBN- 978- 3-030-81767-1)
Assessment of Sediment Hazards by Bed Level Variations Around the Bridge Pier	Laxmi Narayana Pasupuleti, Prafulkumar Vasharambhai Timbadiya, Prem Lal Patel	River Dynamics and Flood Hazards (Editors: Manish Pandey, Hazi Azamathulla, Jaan H. Pu ) pp 283–294 DOI: 10.1007/978- 981-19-7100-6_15 (Book Chapter) Springer Nature
Investigation of Crop Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Water Requirement in the Ukai- Kakrapar Command Area, India	Kalpesh Baldaniya, P L Patel, and P V Timbadiya	Hydrology and Hydrological Modelling (Editors: P V Timbadiya, P L Patel, V P Singh, Priyank Sharma) pp 387-396 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19- 9147-9
Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Water Requirement for Dharoi Command Area, India	Payal B. Bhujbal, Kalpesh Baldaniya, P L Patel, and P V Timbadiya	Hydrology and Hydrological Modelling (Editors: P V Timbadiya, P L Patel, V P Singh, Priyank Sharma) pp 387-396 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-19-9147-9
Assessment of Kernel Regression Based Statistically Downscaled Rainfall Over Tapi River Basin, India in the book titled Climate Change Impact on Water Resources	Lalit Kumar Gehlot, P L Patel, and P V Timbadiya	Climate Change Impact on Water Resources (Editors: P V Timbadiya, V P Singh, Priyank Sharma) pp 39- 50 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-19-8524-9_4 (Book Chapter) Springer Nature
Quantification of Wake Vortices Around Tandem Piers on Rigid Bed Channel	Laxmi Narayana, P., Timbadiya P. V., & Patel, P. L.	Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Editors: P V Timbadiya, P L Patel, V P Singh and Bandita Barman) pp 27-36 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-19-9151-6_3 (Book Chapter) Springer Nature
Assessment of vertical accuracy of freely available Global Digital Elevation Models for Heterogeneous terrains in India	Vineela Nandam, Patel, P. L.	Nandam, V., Patel, P.L. (2023). Assessment of Vertical Accuracy of Freely Available Global Digital Elevation Models for Heterogeneous Terrains in India. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Mirajkar, A.B. (eds) Geospatial and Soft Computing Techniques. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 339. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1901-7_15
The role of objective functions in assessment of water balance components using SUFI-2 algorithm in semi-arid basin	Alka Sharma, P. L. Patel, and Priyank J Sharma	Sharma, A., Patel, P.L., Sharma, P.J. (2023). The Role of Objective Functions in Assessment of Water Balance Components Using SUFI-2 Algorithm in Semi-arid Basin. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Sharma, P.J. (eds) Hydrology and Hydrologic Modelling. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 312. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9147-9_7
Computation of Socio-economic Vulnerability for Densely Populated Surat City, India	Jibhakate S. M., Timbadiya P.V., and Patel P. L.	Jibhakate, S.M., Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L. (2024). Computation of Socio-Economic Vulnerability for Densely Populated Surat City, India. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Manekar, V.L. (eds) Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 340. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99- 1890-4_11
Meteorological Drought analysis of Sabarmati Basin, India	Sai Priya J., Madhu Priya A., Theertha Ravi, P. L. Patel., and Alka Sharma	Priya, J.S., Aedla, M.P., Ravi, T., Patel, P.L., Sharma, A. (2023). Meteorological Drought Analysis of Sabarmati Basin, India. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Sharma, P.J. (eds) Hydrology and Hydrologic Modelling. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 312. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9147-9_28
Model Performance Evaluation using streamflow and potential evapotranspiration of Middle Tapi Basin, India	Prabhat Dwivedi, Lalit Kumar Gehlot, P. L. Patel.	Dwivedi, P., Gehlot, L.K., Patel, P.L. (2023). Model Performance Evaluation using Streamflow and Potential Evapotranspiration over Middle Tapi Basin, India. In: Timbadiya, P.V., Patel, P.L., Singh, V.P., Sharma, P.J. (eds) Hydrology and Hydrologic Modelling. HYDRO 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 312. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9147-9_2

Patents

Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus
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STTP & Workshop

Title	Funding Agency	Dates	Role
Morphological study of Tapi River using remote sensing technique	Central Water Commission (CWC), Govt. of India	July 21, 2017	Coordinator
Project Appraisal Monitoring Committee (PAMC) meet of Ministry of Earth Sciences	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India	July 15, 2014	Coordinator
Avenues for Research in the areas of Hydrology, Water Resources and Climate Change Impacts	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India	July 14, 2014	Coordinator
River Hydraulics and Management of Indian Rivers	Centre of Excellence (CoE), TEQIP-II	March 22, 2014	Coordinator
Objective and Outcome Based Education	TEQIP-II	December 21-22, 2013	Coordinator
National Seminar on “Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Systems”	Centre of Excellence (CoE), TEQIP-II	November 27-29, 2013	Co-Coordinator
Preparing action plan for study of effect of climate change on water resources of Tapi Basin	AICTE (NCP Project)	April 28, 2013	Coordinator
Flood forecasting and protection measures (FFPM-2010)	AICTE (NCP Project)	August 28, 2010	Coordinator
Dean (Academics) meet of all NITs for foster further academic and research collaborations among the NIT systems	SVNIT Surat	January 29, 2010	Coordinator
Course Curriculum for up gradation of PG syllabi of ‘Water Resources Engineering’	SVNIT Surat	June 14, 2008	Coordinator
Vision India: Construction industry and Disaster management	Delhi College of Engineering	November 19, 2005	Coordinator
Intelligent Transportation Systems	Delhi College of Engineering	April 05, 2005	Coordinator
Design of Water Related Infrastructures for Smart City	TEQIP-III	January 27-31, 2020	Co-Coordinator
Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice – II	Self-Financed	January 02-07, 2017	Co-Coordinator
Computational Mechanics and Modelling (CMM 2016)	Self-Financed	December 26-30, 2016	Co-Coordinator
Fundamentals of Advanced Fluid Mechanics (FAFM 2016)	TEQIP-II	January 04-08, 2016	Co-Coordinator
Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice – I	Self-Financed	December 28, 2015 – January 01, 2016	Coordinator
Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources	Centre of Excellence (CoE), TEQIP-II	December 08-12, 2014	Co-Coordinator
Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling: Concepts and Applications	TEQIP-II	July 01-05, 2013	Coordinator
Effective Teaching; Cooperative Learning; Effective Faculty Development, Outcome based Education	AICTE	December 14-18, 2009	Coordinator
Advances in Water Resources	AICTE	December 22-26, 2008	Co-Coordinator

Administrative Responsibilities

Name of the Assignment	Duration	Name of responsibility shared / service offered
Director, VNIT Nagpur	Since May 21, 2024	Prof. Prem Lal Patel took over the charge as Director of VNIT Nagpur on 21st May 2024.
Dy. Director, SVNIT Surat	Sept. 17, 2019 to Sept. 16, 2022	Active involvement in administrative affairs including academics, planning and development, budgeting, implementation of online modules, ranking and accreditation of the Institute.
Dean Academics, SVNIT Surat	Nov.27, 2015 to Dec.31, 2017.	(a) Smooth and efficient conduct of Academic Programs as per the Academic regulations approved by the Institute Senate. (b) Conduct of Institute Academic Advisory Committee (IAAC), Senate meetings, and Convocations (c) Conduct of Examinations and classes as per the Academic Calendar (d) Accreditation of UG and PG Programs
Head, Department of Civil Engineering, SVNIT Surat	July 05, 2013 to July 06, 2015	(a) Administrative Head of the department (b) Smooth conduct of UG/ PG/ PhD courses in the Department (c) Handling the admissions of PG/ PhD students at the Department level (d) Taking care of laboratory and class infrastructure of the department (e) Looking after administrative needs of faculty, staff and students (f) All four eligible PG programmes got Tier I accreditation from National Board of Accreditation (NBA) New Delhi (g) The SAR for Accreditation of UG program has been submitted to NBA for accreditation (h) The concept of single subject with single teacher, where ever applicable, was introduced first time in the department for ensuring responsibility-oriented teaching (i) The data base of ongoing consultancy, has been developed first time in the department for better monitoring of the projects (j) Organized Departmental Academic Advisory Committee (DAAC) meets time to time to address the academic issues of the department, and bringing the same at Institute Academic Advisory committee (IAAC) and Senate levels for discussions
Dean (Research and Consultancy), SVNIT Surat	(i) Aug. 01, 2016 to Jan. 31, 2017and (ii) May 09, 2009 to Oct. 16, 2010	(a) Revised syllabi for different PG courses were put up to the Institute Senate through BPGS&R (b) Administered smooth admission process of PG and PhD programs. (c) Meetings of BPGS&R were initiated and conducted for discussing the policy matters amongst the members and putting the same to the Institute Senate. (d) MoUs were initiated for collaboration between the SVNIT and Industries; and academic Institutions at National and International level
Dean (PG)	July 16, 2007 to May 09, 2009	a) Modified the existing scheme of M Tech (RESEARCH) through a committee and submitted to Senate for their approval through BPGS&R. b) The SIX PG Programmes were accredited. c) Admission process of PG Admissions were conducted at the Institute level d) Revised syllabi for different PG courses and put up to the Institute Senate through BPGS&R e) Routine administrative components of PG programs
Sectional Head (Water Resources Engg.)	Aug.2017 to Aug.16, 2019	Looking after the activities of PG Section of Water Resources Engineering
Director-in-charge SVNIT Surat	Apr. 23, 2009 to June, 17 2011	The duty of Director-in-charge was assigned as and when regular Director was on official duties/leaves in aforesaid duration.

Awards & Honors

Sr. No.	Award Description
1	Recipient of Visiting International Fellowship (VIF- 2017) 2017 for attending ASCE EWRI Congress-2017 at Sacramento, California, USA, May 21-25, 2017.
2	‘A 1D-2D coupled Hydrodynamic model for river flood prediction in a coastal urban flood plain’, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 20(2), pp. 05014017-(1-18), Feb. 2015. BEST CASE STUDY – for year 2015 by ASCE EWRI congress – May 2016, Florida, USA.
3	Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) of Ministry of Education (GOI): at Indian Institute of Technology BHU and Penn State University, USA during February 25, 2019 to March 15, 2019.
4	Invited for the talk on ‘Impact of climate change on fluvial processes’ in International workshop on ‘Impacts of global warming from hydrological and hydraulic issues, March 16, 2010, Uji campus, Kyoto University, Japan.
5	G M Nawathe Best Paper Puruskar(s) in HYDRO Conferences: (i) “Assessing the Impact of Hathnur Reservoir on Hydrological Regime of Tapi River, India”, presented in HYDRO 2017 held at LDCE, Ahmedabad, India. (ii) ‘Sustainable Irrigation Planning using two phase Multi- Objective Fuzzy linear programming approach’ presented in HYDRO-2012 at IIT Bombay. (iii) ‘Incipient motion conditions of non-uniform sediments’ presented in HYDRO-2003 at CWPRS Pune.
6	Professor U C Kothyari Best PhD Thesis award of Indian Society for Hydraulics: (i) ‘Incipient Motion and Bed Load Transport Characteristics of Unimodal and Bimodal Sediments’ by (DS08 CE 106) Shaileshkumar B Patel, for year 2012-2013 in HYDRO-2013 at IIT Madras, India (ii) ‘Integrated Assessment of Hydroclimatic Variability including Stream Flow Modelling of a Climatic Heterogeneous basin in India’ in HYDRO 2020 held at NIT Rourkela, India.
7	The Research project ‘Erosion of non-uniform and bimodal sediments’ sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST) was rated under ‘Excellent’ grading during the review and after final project completion (2014).