Dr. Vivek Manekar is presently working as a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, and worked as ‘Adjunct Professor’ at SCOE, Washim of SGBB University, Amravati. He is a member on Academic council (Senate) of Government College of Engineering, Amravati (an Autonomous Institute of Govt of Maharashtra). He is also acting as an Expert Member on the Academic Board of M.S. University Vadodara. He is working as a Member of the State Technical Agency, PMGSY-Gujrat, Government of India. From India, he is one of the Members of the Australia-India Water Association (AIWA) which is recently formed between the two governments. He has more than 32 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy in the field of Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering. He has the experience, working in different fields of Water Resources Engineering including management of on-field irrigation system, agro-climatic modelling, hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, sediment transport modelling and simulation, flow structure interaction, flood management and impact of changing climate and LULC on water resources. He has research papers in the reputed international/national journals and conference proceedings, guided several Ph.D., PG dissertations & UG projects and completed many consultancy projects, and handling of externally funded research projects to his credit.