Full Name: Dr. Ujas Deven Pandya
Designation: Associate Professor
Qualification: Ph.D- Civil Engineering
Department: Civil Engineering
Email ID: udpandya@vgecg.ac.in
Date of Joining: 24/04/2025
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Flood Modeling and Management), August-2020, GTU-Ahmedabad
M.E. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering) with distinction in July-2006, The M.S. University of Vadodara
B.E. in Civil Engineering with distinction in July-2004, SSEC-Bhavnagar
Worked as Lecturer in WREMI at The M.S. University of Baroda from 16/07/2006 to 30/06/2007
Worked as Design Engineer at Theo-desh Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara from October-2007 to April-2008.
Worked at Deputy Manager (Technical) at Head Office, WASMO-Gandhinagar from May 2008 to October 2010.
Worked as Manager (Water & Environment) at JACOBS, Ahmedabad from November 2010 to April-2011
Worked as Assistant Professor (GES Class-II) in Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar from 12/05/2011 to 23/04/2025.
Working as an Associate Professor (GES Class-I) in Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda since 24/04/2025.
Flood Modeling and Management
Water Resources Management
Remote Sensing and GIS
Irrigation Planning
HEC-RAS (1D and 2D Hydrodynamic Modeling
Auto CAD ( 2D and 3D Drawings)
Four years' experience of filed work in Rural water distribution system.
Project Management of Pipeline rehabilitation work in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Basic of Civil Engineering
Environmental Studies
Irrigation Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Building and Town Planning
Fluid Mechanics
Building Construction Technology
Construction Engineering and Management
Seismic Design of Earth & Rock-fill Dams, from 15-10-2013 to 18-10-2013, organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar.
CEP course in Piping Engineering (Online Training), from 01-12-2013 to 31-03-2014 (Online), organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai.
Induction Training Program – I, from 26-05-2014 to 06-06-2014, organized by NITTTR, Ahmedabad.
Induction Training Program – II, from 18-05-2015 to 29-05-2015, organized by GEC, Gandhinagar.
Training on Research Methodology, from 06-07-2015 to 10-07-2015, organized by GEC, Gandhinagar.
Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice, from 28-12-2015 to 01-01-2016, organized by SVNIT, Surat.
Satellite-based Hydrology and Modeling, from 08-08-2017 to 11-08-2017, organized by SAC, ISRO.
Analysis and Modeling in Water Resources Engineering – 2021, from 25-10-2021 to 29-10-2021, organized by GEC, Bhavnagar.
Comprehensive Online Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), from 06-07-2020 to 14-09-2020, organized by DTE and KCG.
Energy Resources, Economics and Environment, from 28-01-2022 to 23-04-2022, through NPTEL.
Introduction to Urban Planning, from July 2024 to September 2024, through IIT Madras (NPTEL).
Rural Water Resources Management, from 20-01-2025 to 11-04-2025, through NPTEL.
Industrial Training on Transportation Planning, from 08-07-2024 to 20-07-2024, at LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd.
Industrial Training on Construction Planning and Management, from 22-07-2024 to 03-08-2024, at Chevrox Construction Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad.
1) Training and Placement Officer of Civil Engineering Department (Institute Level)
2) Department coordinator of Store & Procurement, Repairs and Maintenance of equipment & furniture, Write- off committee
3) PG Programs, STEM and Research, Sponsored Research, GoI Schemes for faculties, IRG (Institute Level)
4) Canteen, Mess and Student Store committee member
5) Department coordinator of RUSA
6) Institute CAS scrutiny committee member
1. U. D. Pandya, "One Dimensional Steady Flow Analysis Using HEC-RAS—A Case of Sabarmati River, Gujarat, India," in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering: Innovation in Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure (ISSI), vol. 364, Springer, 2024, [doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-3357-4].
2. U. D. Pandya, "Development of 1D hydrodynamic analysis in data scarce region by comparing two digital elevation models," International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2023, [doi: 10.17148/IARJSET.2023.10575]
3. U. D. Pandya, "Flood stages assessment using open source 1D hydrodynamic modelling in data scarce region," International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, vol. 14, no. 4, Sep. 2022, [doi: 10.1504/IJHST.2022.126435]
4. U. D. Pandya, "A flood assessment of data scarce region using an open-source 2D hydrodynamic modeling and Google Earth Image: a case of Sabarmati flood, India," Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 14, no. 2200, Oct. 2021, [doi: 10.1007/s12517-021-08504-2].
5. U. D. Pandya, "Review of application of open source HEC-RAS for 1 dimensional hydrodynamic modeling – global and Indian scenario," Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), vol. 6, no. 4, April 2019 [ISSN: 2349-5162].
6. U. D. Pandya, "Application of open source Google image for river bathymetry delineation for 1D hydrodynamic modeling," International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), vol. 6, no. 1, March 2019. [E-ISSN: 2348-1269, P-ISSN: 2349-5138].
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Reference Material: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ili9aT3h7-dB_NTdbz_7o1qPV2Wj2xpX?usp=sharing