Dr. Priyank J. Sharma is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India. He previously worked as an Assistant Professor (on contract) at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, India. He worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Hydrosystems Research Laboratory (HRL) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) under the mentorship of Dr. Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu, Professor, FAU during April-September 2020. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with specialization in Water Resources Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, under the guidance of Dr. Prem Lal Patel, Professor, SVNIT Surat and Dr. V. Jothiprakash, Professor, IIT Bombay, in January 2020. He was awarded Prof. U. C. Kothyari - ISH Best Ph.D. Thesis Award 2020 by the Indian Society for Hydraulics in March 2021. He is a recipient of the INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India during his doctoral work and Institute Gold Medal for securing the first position in M. Tech. (WRE) for the batch 2012-14 at SVNIT. Prior to joining the Master's program, he worked as an Assistant Manager in Essar Projects (India) Limited for 2 years at the Vadinar site, Jamnagar, Gujarat. He completed his B. E. in Civil Engineering from the M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India in 2010.

He is highly inspired by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - Eminent Scientist, Bharat Ratna & Former President of India, whose thoughts and preachings have always been a source of motivation and inspiration for him.

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