About Dr A.K. Lohani

Dr A.K. Lohani is a former Scientist G & Head, Surface Water Hydrology Division at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Coordinator, Central India Hydrology, Regional Centre, Bhopal, Training Coordinator World Bank Aided National National Hydrology Project, Coordinator, Decision Support System (Planning & Management) under National Hydrology Project. He has also served as Head Computer Centre of National Institute of Hydrology and Training Coordinator of World Bank Aided Hydrology Project-II. He did his B.Tech. from G.B. Pant University of Agril. & Technology, Pantnagar, (UK), M.Tech. from I.I.T., Kharagpur and Ph.D. from I.I.T., Roorkee. His area of specialization is Surface Water Modelling with a focus on rainfall-runoff modelling, Flood Management, Dambreak Flood Analysis, Glacial Lake Outburst Modelling (GLOF), Flood Forecasting, Design Flood estimation, Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Water Resources.

Dr Anil Kumar Lohani is a recipient of the United Nation Development Programme Fellowship and worked as visiting faculty at San Diego State University, CA, USA. He has attended a three week training courses on Decision Support System (Planning & Management) at Denmark and a three week training courses on River basin modelling in the Netherlands.

He has received “Rajbhasha Gaurav Award 2021-22” of the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs India for best technical article,  “Excellence Award 2021: Industrial Research” of The Institution of Engineers (I), RLC, The Hem Prabha S.N. Gupta Medal, 2000, from The Institution of Engineers (India), Certificate of Merit for 2001-2002 from the Institution of Engineers (India), best paper award on the paper presented in International Conference on Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (2012), Institution of Engeneers (I), Roorkee, best paper award on the paper presented in National Conference on Hydrology with Special Emphasis on Rain Water Harvesting (NCHRWH-2013), Nov 15-16, 2013 at Poornima Group of Institutions, Jaipur (Rajasthan). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Current World Environment, and has been a member of several state and national committees dealing flood management, water resources planning etc. His areas of professional consultancy include Dambreak flood analysis & Emergency Action Plan, GLOF Modelling, Design Flood estimation, Flood Forecasting, Water Resources Planning & Management, Decision Support System etc. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Association of Hydrologists. He has completed more than 80 consultancy and sponsored projects, Guided 2 PDF, 7 Ph.D. Thesis and 15 M.Tech Thesis. Published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed international journals/National Journals/International/National conferences and published more than 31 book chapters and 50 reports. He has published two books. He has organized more than 130 training courses for the Researchers, faculty members and water resources practicing engineers. Dr. Lohani visited USA, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands for scientific works. Dr Lohani has also served as Head & Coordinator North Eastern Regional Centre NIH, Guwahati, Coordinator Centre for Flood Management Studies NIH Patna and  President NIH Recreation Club (2004 to 2014). Dr Lohani served as Chief Editor of Jal Chetna, He is in the Editorial Board of Current World Environment Journal and Hydrology Journal published by Science Publishing Group.

Dr. A.K. Lohani

Formar Scientist G, Head Surface Water Hydrology Division, Head & Coordinator Centre for Flood Management Studies, NIH Guwahati, Coordinator, Central India Hydrology Regional Centre, NIH, Bhopal

National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee (Uttarakhand)

Email: lohani.nihr@gov.in; aklnih@gmail.com