Dr. Viraj D. Loliyana

PhD (Water Resources Engg.), M.Tech (Water Resources Engg. - Gold Medalist), B.E. (Civil)

C.Eng. (I), M. ICOLD Technical Committe 'F', Board Member. INCOLD YPF, M.INCOLD, M.I.E., M.ASCE, M.IAHR, M. AWWA, M.ISH

Member - National Task Force for Integrated Water Resources Development and Management (Data, Innovation, Technology) under CWC

Sr. Consultant [Urbanization, Land & Construction], Maharashtra Institute of TRAnsformation [MITRA - NITI for Maharashtra], Office of Chief Economic Advisor of Hon'ble Chief Minister Maharashtra, Mumbai, India

Viraj Loliyana, PhD is serving as a Sr. Consultant [Urbanization, Land & Construction] Maharashtra Institute of TRAnsformation (MITRA-NITI for Maharashtra), Office of Chief Economic Advisor of Hon'ble Chief Minister Maharashtra, Mumbai, India. MITRA is an organization formed by Government of Maharashtra along the lines of NITI Aayog. MITRA is carrying out a directional role, strategically charting the future of the State and will provide specialized inputs - strategic, functional, and technical - to the State Leadership and the State Government Departments, on matters critical to the fulfillment of the development agenda.
He was Founder & CEO at FAMS Design Solution Private Limited, Mumbai, India (Reg. Indian Startup in ‘AI’ Industry & ‘Machine Learning’ Sector) and COO at Badho India Private Limited, Pune, India.
Prior to starting FAMS, he was Hydrology Expert in Mechatronics Systems Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India. He worked as Faculty and Course Coordinator, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers, Dahanu, Maharashtra, India in association with University of Wolverhampton (UK). He did Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Shantilal Shah Government Engineering College of Bhavnagar Univeristy, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
Then, He pursued for M.Tech Degree and Doctoral Degree (under the guidance of Dr. Prem Lal Patel, Professor) subsequently with specialization in Water Resources Engineering from Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India.
He was awarded Institute Gold Medal for securing first position in M. Tech. (WRE) for the batch 2009-2011.
He has published more than 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute.
He worked as Research Scholar under a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on 'Water Resources & Flood Management' through research grant from World Bank sponsored TEQIP-II during 2013-2017 in the Department of Civil Engineering, SVNIT Surat.

Recent Publication Highlights:

Analyses of water balance (period 1991–1998, 1999–2004, 2005–2009 and 2010–2012) revealed that simulation of calibrated model better dynamics of hydrological processes in terms of change in land use, groundwater draft and irrigation practices to maximize stakeholder sustainability.

{Loliyana and Patel (2020) "A physics based distributed integrated hydrological model in prediction of water balance of a semi-arid catchment in India." Environmental Modelling & Software, Elsevier. [Published online: February 28, 2020] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104677}

The results of calibrated model indicated that performance of hydrological model is highly dependent on nature of rainfall inputs into the model. The calibrated model predicts the soil moisture contents better for gridded rainfall input vis-à-vis station-based rainfall input within the semi-arid Gopalkheda sub-catchment, India.

{Loliyana and Patel (2019) "Evaluation of soil moisture prediction for Gopalkheda sub-catchment, India." ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor & Francis. [Published online: February 13, 2019] https://doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2019.1574617}

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Mentors:

The God - Aadinath

Dr. P. L. Patel

Dr. P. V. Timbadiya

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