Dr. Rajesh Gupta

Professor

Brief Bio
Dr. Rajesh Gupta is Professor of the Civil Engineering at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He is graduated from Govt. Engg. College, Jabalpur in 1987, and did his Post Graduation in Environmental Engg. from VNIT (then VRCE) in 1990 and later PhD also from VRCE, Nagpur University, in 1996. He was Head of Civil Engineering Department earlier also during 2009-2010, and during 2017-19. He also worked as Dean (Planning and Development) during 2010-2013. His main area of interest is Water Supply, Environmental Engineering Systems Design and Modelling, Analysis and design Water distribution and waste water collection systems, Surge Analysis and Design of Surge Protection Systems. He has authored a book on “Analysis of Water Distribution Networks”, published by Alpha-Science, UK, and Narosa Publications, India and contributed 4 chapters in edited books. He has published and presented over 200 papers at National and International level, Twalve of which were awarded Best Paper Prizes. Dr. Gupta has guided 13 Ph.D. Scholars and more than 80 M.Tech students for their thesis and dissertation works. He is a member of BoS of various Universities and Autonomous Colleges. He is recipient of prestigious Jal Nirmalata Award and Jalsewa Award given by Indian Water Works Association for the considerable work in the area of water for improving its quality. He is a member of various professional bodies like American Society of Civil Engineers, Institution of Engineers (I), Indian Water Works Association, Indian Concrete Institute, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Institution of Public Health Engineers, etc. Since 1996, he his actively involved with management committee of IWWA. He was Joint Secretary, Secretary, Vice Chairman and Chairman of IWWA, Nagpur in different durations. He was Vice President of Indian Water Works Association during 2016-17; and National President of IWWA for the term 2017-18. Dr. Gupta has completed two R&D projects and presently working on a project sponsored by Department of Science and Technology. He received UNESCO Fellowship for attending the International conference at Greece in 2003. Also, he received Visiting International Fellowship for presenting paper in USA in 2013. He has visited South Korea, Canada, USA, Italy, Turkey, Thailand and Greece for paper presentation. He has designed water supply and sewerage schemes for several cities and towns and have completed more than 250 consultancy assignments till date.

Education

DegreeYearSpecializationUniversity
PhD1996Civil EngineeringVNIT, Nagpur
M.Tech1990Environmental EnggVNIT, Nagpur
B.Tech1987Civil EngineeringGovt. Engg. College, Jabalpur

Research Interest
Water Supply & Waste Water Collection System
Environmental System Modeling and Optimization
Fuzzy Analysis

Publications

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Contact Details

Phone:0712-2801225
Email:rajeshguptavnit@hotmail.com
 Dept. of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur-440010 (India)

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