Awarded Best Paper Presentation on “Distributed hydrological modelling using MIKE SHE for Gopalkheda sub-catchment, Maharashtra, India” in National Conference on Water Resources and Flood Management with Special Reference to Flood Modeling, WRFM-2016 during October 14-15, 2016 at SVNIT Surat. [Co-author: P. L. Patel]
Awarded Institute Gold Medal for securing first position in M. Tech. in Civil Engineering with specialization in Water Resources Engineering (Batch 2009-2011) in January 2012.
Invited Talk/Expert Lectures Delivered: 11
Technical Talk on "Use of Software and Decision Support System in Micro Irrigation", in Training program of Integrated Piped Irrigation Network and Micro Irrigation organised by CBIP New Delhi at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, February 12-14, 2020.
Technical Talk on "Modelling and Automation in Micro Irrigation", in Training program of Integrated Piped Irrigation Network and Micro Irrigation organised by CBIP New Delhi at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, February 12-14, 2020.
Key Note on "Smart Utility Solution: A Need for Water Management", Session Theme : Smart Water solutions for Municipal & Industrial Sector at WaterEx South World Expo 2019, HITEX Exhibition Center, Hyderabad, December 05, 2019.
Technical Talk on "Hands on practice on HEC-RAS, MIKE SHE, MIKE 11" at Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 03, 2019.
Technical Talk on "River flow simulation in MIKE 11" at Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 03, 2019.
Technical Talk on "River flow simulation in HEC-RAS" at Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 03, 2019.
Technical Talk on "Distributed Hydrologic Modelling (MIKE SHE)" at Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 03, 2019.
Technical Talk on "Semi-distributed Hydrological Modelling (SWAT)" at Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 03, 2019.
Technical Talk on "Design of Water Distribution Network" at Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, March 20, 2017.
Technical Talk on “Demonstration of Hydrodyanmic Modelling using HEC-RAS” at Short Term Training Programme on “Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering” at Department of Civil Engineering, Vadodara Institute of Engineering and Research, Vadodara during Nov.28-Dec.02, 2016.
Technical Talk on “Demonstration of Rainfall-Runoff Modelling in MIKE-11 GIS” at Short Term Training Programme on “Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling: Concepts and Applications” at Department of Civil Engineering, SVNIT Surat during July 01-05, 2013.
Membership of Professional Societies:
Chartered Engineer (Civil) - Institute of Engineers of India (IEI), [C. Eng. (India)]
Member - Institute of Engineers of India (IEI), [MIE-1618010]
Member – American Water Works Association (AWWA), Membership No. M-03639375
Member - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), [M-11178934]
Member - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), [M-50286]
Life member - Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), [LM-925]
Life member - Association of Agrometeorologists, [LM-1108]
Life member - Indian Water Resources Society, [LM-7628]
Life member - Indian Association of Hydrologist, [LM-1902]
Institute Development Activities:
Course Coordinator for Civil Engineering Department in Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers, India in association with University of Wolverhampton, UK during Nov. 2017 - Feb. 2019.
Placement In-charge for Civil Engineering Department in Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers, India in association with University of Wolverhampton, UK during 2018.
Student Coordinator in “National Conference on Water Resources and Flood Management with special reference to Flood Modelling” (WRFM 2016) organized at SVNIT Surat during October 14-15, 2016.
Assisted in collection and procurement of “Database from various agencies (CWC; IMD; NRSC; SoI; GSI; CGWB; SMC; SIC) for Tapi river basin for Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Resources and Flood Management”, SVNIT Surat during Oct. 2013 - Nov. 2017.
Assisted in “Development of CoE Computational Hydraulics Lab” through purchase of High configured computers and softwares (ArcGIS; MIKE SHE; MIKE 11; MIKE Urban; Bentley WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, StormCAD) related to water resources engineering for Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Resources and Flood Management” at SVNIT Surat during Oct. 2013 - Nov. 2017.
Assisted in “Development of CoE Library Facility” through purchase of technical books/manuals/monographs related to research in the field of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resources at SVNIT Surat during Oct. 2013 - Nov. 2017.
Assisted in Tender document preparation for “Furniture Requirement for Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Resources and Flood Management”, SVNIT Surat during Oct. 2013 - Nov. 2016.
Assisted in preparation of documents for “PG Accreditation” in Water Resources Engineering Section, Civil Engineering Department, SVNIT Surat during 2013.
Student Coordinator in “National Conference on HYDRO-2011” organized at SVNIT Surat during December 29-30, 2011.
Other Assignments:
Reviewer, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology (publisher Inder Science) - 2019
Class Representative of M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) for Training & Placement Activities (2010-2011 during PG) at Dept. of Civil Engg., SVNIT Surat.