Expert Lectures Delivered

Invited Talks/ Expert Lectures Delivered : 78

1. "1D, 1D/2D coupled and 2D Hydrodynamic Models and their Usage in Flood Modelling Studies” in a 5 days workshop on ‘AI and ML Driven approaches for  Flood Prediction and Hazards Mapping in Himalayan Region’ organized NIT Jalandhar on March 2, 2025.

2. " Hydraulic Transient Analysis of Rising Main Due to Failure of Power in Parallel Pumping Operation"  in  International Conference on  Water and Sustainable Development 2024 organised by IWWA, Nagpur in association with VNIT-Nagpur and CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur  during Nov. 8-9, 2024.

3. "EXPERIMENTAL DATA COLLECTION, PRESENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS"  in a 3-days Faculty Development Programme on Aspects of Research Metholodogy organized Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik  on March 3, 2023.

4. "Demonstration of recent Technological advancement and its role in Disaster Resilient Infrastructure"  in a 3-days Residential Capacity Building Programme on Disaster Resilient Water Infrastructure organized by  Gujarat Institute of  Disaster Management with support of Gujarat Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department, Govt. of Gujarat on Feb. 01, 2023. 

5. "Stationary Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves" at high end workshop on "Statistical Analysis and Modelling of Climate Extremes" organized by Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology-Indore (IIT-Indore) funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India on Dec. 16, 2022 

6. "Non-stationary Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves" at high end workshop on "Statistical Analysis and Modelling of Climate Extremes" organized by Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology-Indore (IIT-Indore) funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India on Dec. 17, 2022 

7. "Trends Detection in Hydro-Meteorological Variables over Tapi River Basin (TRB) for Baseline Period" One-day workshop on "Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources of Tapi Basin" sponsored by Indian National Committee on Climate Change (INCCC), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Government of India organized by Department of Civil Engineering, SVNIT Surat on May 21, 2022 

8. "The emerging challenges related to Water Conservation, Accumulation, and Management"  organized by Civil Engineering Department GEC Palanpur (online mode) on January 28, 2022.

9. "Design flow estimation using Unit Hydrograph-II" TEQIP-III sponsored One-week short term training programme (online) on Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems as per CPHEEO-2019 (online mode) during March 15-19, 2021.

10. "Design flow estimation using Unit Hydrograph-I" TEQIP-III sponsored One-week short term training programme (online) on Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems as per CPHEEO-2019 (online mode) during March 15-19, 2021.

11. "Rainfall Analysis" TEQIP-III sponsored One-week short term training programme (online) on Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems as per CPHEEO-2019 (online mode) during March 15-19, 2021. 

12. "Measurement of rainfall and post-processing of data" in TEQIP-III sponsored One-week short term training programme (online) on Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems as per CPHEEO-2019 (online mode) during March 15-19, 2021. 

13. "Availability of rainfall data in India", in TEQIP-III sponsored One-week short term training programme (online) on Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems as per CPHEEO-2019 (online mode) during March 15-19, 2021. 

14. “Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation”, in Expert lecture webinar series at L. E. College, Morbi (online mode) on January 4, 2021.

15. "Design of Water Distribution Network Using Bentley Water GEM", in One Week FDP on Software Applications : A modern Platform For Smart City and Smart Village Infrastructure Development  (online mode) on October 15, 2020.

16. “Water distribution network Analysis and Design” in TEQIP-III sponsored One Week STTP on Design of water related infrastructure for smart city organized at Department of Civil engineering, SVNIT Surat. (online mode) on July 30, 2020 .

17. “Water distribution network Design: Hydraulic Principles” in TEQIP-III sponsored One Week STTP on Design of water related infrastructure for smart city organized at Department of Civil engineering, SVNIT Surat. (online mode) on July 30, 2020.

18. “Storm and Sewerage Network Design: CPHEEO guidelines” in TEQIP-III sponsored One Week STTP on Design of water related infrastructure for smart city organized at Department of Civil engineering, SVNIT Surat. (online mode) on July 29, 2020.

19. “Availability of rainfall data in India” in TEQIP-III sponsored One Week STTP on Design of water related infrastructure for smart city organized at Department of Civil engineering, SVNIT Surat. (online mode) on July 27, 2020.

20. “Design of Water Distribution Network”, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh-Vidyanagar, Anand under TEQIP-III Sponsored two days training programme on “Design of Domestic Water Distribution Network using Software” on September 7, 2019.

21. “Application of Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Hydrologic Modelling” in National Workshop on Resolving Complexities for Predictable Tomorrow: Workshop on Environmental Modelling at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur on August 7, 2019.

22. “Water Distribution Design using Water GEMS” in one week short term training programme on “Application of Modelling Tools and Techniques in Civil Engineering” organized by Civil Engineering Department of Dr. S & S.S. Gandhy Government Engineering College, Surat on July 17, 2018 .

23. “A 1D-2D Coupled hydrodynamic model for river flood predict in coastal urban flood plain” in one week short term training programme on “Application of Modelling Tools and Techniques in Civil Engineering” organized by Civil Engineering Department of Dr. S & S.S. Gandhy Government Engineering College, Surat on July  17, 2018.

24. “2D Hydrodynamic modelling and application in Flood management” in one week Self Financed Short Term Training Programme  on Flood Analysis and Modelling organized by Department of Civil Engineering Department, S.V. National Institute of Technology-Surat on June 4, 2018.

25. “A 1D-2D Coupled hydrodynamic model for river flood predict in coastal urban flood plain” in Seminar on Flooding in Cities, Warning and Dissemination organized by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)- Chennai on May 30, 2018.

26. “Optimization in Water Related Infrastructure-II” in one week Self Financed Short Term Training Programme  on Optimization in Engineering-2018 organized by Department of Civil Engineering Department, Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT)-Nagpur on May 16, 2018.

27. “Optimization in Water Related Infrastructure-I” in one week Self Financed Short Term Training Programme  on Optimization in Engineering-2018 organized by Department of Civil Engineering Department, Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT)-Nagpur on May 16, 2018.

28. “Data Collection, Presentation and Data Analysis” in one week ISTE-AICTE Sponsored STTP on Research Methodology: Tools and Techniques organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering of S.V.M. Institute of Technology, Bharuch on November 15, 2017.

29. “Design of Water Distribution Network-Theory”, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh-Vidyanagar, Anand under TEQIP-II on March 20, 2017. 

30. “Design of Water Distribution Network-Practice”, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh-Vidyanagar, Anand, under TEQIP-II on March 20, 2017. 

31. “1D, 2D and 1D-2D Coupled Hydrodynamic models in flood forecasting: Need, International Practices and Recent Advancements” in one week STTP on Recent Development in Civil Engineering, organized by Shatilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar under TEQIP-II on January 18, 2017. 

32. “Impact of Non-stationarity on Network Design” in one week STTP on Recent Development in Civil Engineering, organized by Shatilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar under TEQIP-II on January 18, 2017.

33. “Design of Storm Water Network for the Smart City” in one week STTP on Recent Development in Civil Engineering, organized by Shatilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar under TEQIP-II on January 18, 2017. 

34. ‘Trend Analysis-I and II’ Second self finance STTP on ‘Modelling Impact Climate Change on Water Resources”, SVNIT-Surat, December 8-12, 2014. 

35. ‘Design Flood Estimation in India-I’ Second self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City:Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017.

36. ‘Climate Change Impact on Urban Floods’  Second self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017.

37. ‘Design Flood Estimation in India-I’ Second self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017.

38. Design Flood Estimation in India-II’ Second self finance  STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017.

39. ‘Utilization of software in Storm Water Network-I’ Second self finance  STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017.

40. ‘Utilization of software in Storm Water Network-II’ Second self finance  STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017. 

41. ‘Availability of Rainfall data in India’  Second self-finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, January 2-6, 2017. 

42. “Detection of Climate Variability in Hydrological Records” in Model Training Course on Water Security and Challenges in the Arena of Climate Change organized by COE on Soil and Water Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh on December 20, 2016.

43. “Impact of Non-stationarity on Urban Floods” in Model Training Course on Water Security and Challenges in the Arena of Climate Change organized by COE on Soil and Water Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh on December 20, 2016 

44. “Availability/Generation of Future Period Rainfall data through Downscaling” in Model Training Course on Water Security and Challenges in the Arena of Climate Change organized by COE on Soil and Water Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh on December 20, 2016

45. ‘Design Flood Estimation in India-I’ Self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, December 28, 2015- January 1, 2016 

46. ‘Climate Change Impact on Urban Floods’ Self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, December 28, 2015- January 1, 2016

47. ‘Design Flood Estimation in India-I’ Self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, December 28, 2015- January 1, 2016

48. ‘Design Flood Estimation in India-II’ Self finance STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, December 28, 2015- January 1, 2016 

49. ‘Utilization of software in Storm Water Network-I’ Self finance  STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, Dec. 28, 2015- Jan 1, 2016

50. ‘Utilization of software in Storm Water Network-II’ Self finance  STTP on ‘Design of Storm Water Network for Smart City: Theory and Practice”, SVNIT-Surat, Dec. 28, 2015- Jan 1, 2016 

51. “Application of Modelling Tools & Techniques in Water Resources Engineering”, Department of Civil Engineering, Vadodara Institute of Engineering, November 30, 2016. 

52. ‘Hydro-Climatic Extremes and its Trend Analysis: Theory and Assumptions’ in Winter School on Implication of Climate Change on Pedagogical Issues of Water Resources Management jointly organized by Junagadh Agricultural University, International Water Management Institute, Anand, International Institute of Semiarid Tropics, Hyderabad and Central Ground Water Board, Ahmedabad at Junagadh on October 5, 2015.

53. ‘Climate Change Modelling: Needs, Models and Scenarios’ in Winter School on Implication of Climate Change on Pedagogical Issues of Water Resources Management jointly organized by Junagadh Agricultural University, International Water Management Institute, Anand, International Institute of Semiarid Tropics, Hyderabad and Central Ground Water Board, Ahmedabad at Junagadh on October 6, 2015. 

54. ‘Statistical Downscaling of Multisite Daily Precipitation for Assessment of Climate Change on Hydrology’ in Winter School on Implication of Climate Change on Pedagogical Issues of Water Resources Management jointly organized by Junagadh Agricultural University, International Water Management Institute, Anand, International Institute of Semiarid Tropics, Hyderabad and Central Ground Water Board, Ahmedabad at Junagadh on October 6, 2015.

55. ‘River Hydraulics and Water Resource Management’ Faculty of Engineering and Technology-Bardoli, Gujarat for two hours on July 31, 2015.

56. ‘Water Infrastructure for smart City near Coastal Plain’ delivered as Guest Speaker in ‘Geo-Water Seminar’ by M/s Bentley Systems Pvt. Ltd., Gandhinagar on July 23, 2015.

57. ‘Multisite High Resolution Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation’ STTP on ‘Modelling Impact Climate Change on Water Resources”, SVNIT-Surat, December 8-12, 2014. 

58. ‘Implication of Climate Change on Storm water Design’ STTP on ‘Modelling Impact Climate Change on Water Resources”, SVNIT-Surat, December 8-12, 2014.

59. ‘Trend Analysis-I and II’ STTP on ‘Modelling Impact Climate Change on Water Resources”, SVNIT-Surat, December 8-12, 2014. 

60. ‘Trend Analysis: Theory and Assumptions’, STTP on Computational and Statistical Methods Applied in Engineering for faculty members at CED, Government Collage of Engineering, Jalgaon on July 11, 2014. 

61. ‘Trend Analysis: Applications and Research’, STTP on Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Research for faculty members at CED, Government Collage of Engineering, Aurangabad on June 13, 2014. 

62. ‘Programme Objective, Expectation and Analysis’, STTP on “Disaster Management & Administration” for faculty members at CED, Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad on January 27, 2014.

63. ‘Various type of Natural and Artificial Disaster’, STTP on “Disaster Management & Administration” for faculty members at CED, Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad on 27-01-2014.

64. ‘Solution of Simultaneous Linear and Non-linear Algebraic Equations-I’, Finishing School on “Computational Hydraulics” for UG, PG and PhD scholar at CED, SVNIT-Surat on October 25-26, 2013.

65. ‘Solution of Simultaneous Linear and Non-linear Algebraic Equations-II’, Finishing School on “Computational Hydraulics” for UG, PG and PhD scholar at CED, SVNIT-Surat on October 25-26, 2013.

66. ‘Stable Channel Design: Concepts and Methods’, Marwadi College of Engineering and Technology, Rajkot on October 21, 2013.

67. ‘Fluid  Kinematics’,  B  H  Gardi  College  of  Engineering  and  Technology,  Rajkot on October 19, 2013.

68. ‘Flood   Estimation’,   Marwadi   College   of   Engineering   and   Technology,   Rajkot on October 19, 2013.

69. ‘Hydrologic Modelling Software: Concepts and Demonstration, National Seminar on “Advances in Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering” Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar on on October 18, 2013.

70. ‘Precipitation, Evaporation and Evapotranspiration: Mechanism and Measurement’, STTP on “Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling: Concepts and Applications” at CED, SVNIT-Surat on July 01, 2013

71. ‘Hydrological Statistics and Flood Frequency Analysis’, STTP on “Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling: Concepts and Applications” at CED, SVNIT-Surat on July 02, 2013

72. ‘River flow simulation in HEC-RAS’, STTP on “Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling: Concepts and Applications” at CED, SVNIT-Surat on July 03, 2013 

73. ‘River flow simulation in MIKE 11’, STTP on “Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling: Concepts and Applications” at CED, SVNIT-Surat on July 03, 2013

74. ‘Advanced Fluid Mechanics’, Marwadi College of Engineering and Technology, Rajkot on February 09, 2013.

75. ‘Application of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering’, Marwadi College of Engineering and Technology, Rajkot on September 29, 2012

76. ‘Learning Style’, AICTE sponsored FDP on “Effective Teaching; Cooperative Learning; Effective Faculty Development, Outcomes based Education” Civil Engineering department, S.V. National Institute of Technology-Surat, on December 15, 2009

77. ‘Storm Water System Analysis’, BVM sponsored workshop on “Storm Drain Designing and modeling” during January 7-9, 2011 (9/01/2011), at Civil Engineering Department, S.V. National Institute of Technology-Surat 

78. ‘Application of MIKE-11 in Rainfall-Runoff Modeling’, SDP on “Advances in Water Resources Engineering” at CED, SVNIT-Surat on December 23, 2008