Dr. Kadia is currently an Assistant Professor in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. Before this, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He previously completed his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at Jadavpur University, India, his Master of Technology in Water Resources Development at IIT Roorkee, India, and his PhD in Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. 

Dr. Kadia is curious about exploring scientific and engineering challenges in Experimental and Computational Hydraulics, particularly those related to computational fluid dynamics applications, hydraulic structures, sediment transport, and hydropower development. 

He also has five years of industrial experience in the hydropower sector.