Other Activities
Awards, expert lectures, professional memberships & outreach
7
Awards
9+
Expert Talks
3
Memberships
Awards & Achievements
2016
🏆 Certificate of Appreciation — from Director, IIT Kanpur for receiving excellent student feedback during the summer course ESO208A (Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis).
2015
🏆 Best Poster Award — Monsoon Simulation and Prediction category, Annual Monsoon Workshop Pune (IMSP), India Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
2014–16
🏆 Winner, Institute Pool Championship — IIT Kanpur (three consecutive years).
2012
🏆 Academic Excellence Achievement Award — Highest CPI during M.Tech in Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
2011
🏆 First Prize, Snooker Inter-Hall Tournament — IIT Kanpur.
2011
🏆 DAAD Masters Sandwich Program — Awarded DAAD Scholarship for research visit to KIT-IMK-IFU, Garmisch, Germany.
2010
🏆 Second Prize, Billiards Inter-Hall Tournament — IIT Kanpur.
Expert Lectures & Talks
2026
Estimation of Scour Depth for Large Bridges over Alluvial Rivers
INFRA-IMPACT: Integrated Training on Bridge and Pavement Design, Inspection, Monitoring, Performance Assessment & Capacity Building — IIT Patna, for engineers of the Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar (10 January 2026)
2025
Forecasting Hydrological Events Using SWAT-GFS Models and Their Role in Decision Support Systems for Water Resource Management
Shelter Academy 2025 (International Program), via Microsoft Teams — Arcadis–UN-Habitat–UNHCR Consortium
2022
Site Visit to Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)
Novel Approaches in Wastewater Treatment (NAWT-2022)
2022
World Water Day Webinar on Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting
Lakshya NGO, Lucknow (2022)
2022
Session Chair — 54th Annual Convention and Exhibition
IWWA Lucknow and Prayagraj Centres, Lucknow
2021
National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP): Guiding Framework for HEIs
Sadanlal Savaldas Khanna Girls Degree College
2019
Basics of Linux and MATLAB; InSAR: Theory, Processing and Application
Short Term Programme, MNNIT Allahabad (2019)
2019
Numerical Modeling using Finite Difference Methods, Numerical and Optimization Techniques
NOT-2019, MNNIT Allahabad
2018–19
Waste Management Programme
Green Skill Development Program, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change — AFRI, Jodhpur
Short-Term Programmes Organised
- Numerical and Optimization Techniques (NOT-2019)
- Online Numerical and Optimization Techniques (NOT-2020)
- Novel Approaches in Wastewater Treatment (NAWT-2022)
- Drought and Flood Management (DAM-22)
- National Brainstorming Workshop: People's Varuna — Culturally Connecting with the River
Professional Memberships
Indian Desalination Association
Life Member — LM-534
Indian Concrete Institute
Life Member — LM-13152
Indian Water Works Association
Life Member — LM-10249
Skills
Software, programming languages, and technical competencies:
Hydrological & Hydraulic Modelling
HEC-RAS
SWAT
WRF / WRF-Chem
HEC-HMS
EPANET
EPA SWMM
GIS & Remote Sensing
Google Earth Engine
QGIS
ArcGIS
ERDAS
Programming & Data
Python
R
MATLAB
Java
PHP
LaTeX
HTML / CSS / JavaScript
Languages
English (Proficient)
Hindi (Native)
Media & Digital Outreach
News coverage and press releases related to research and projects:
India, Denmark launch Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers
Economic Times Infrastructure
India, Denmark partner to rejuvenate river Varuna
domain-b.com
Strategic Alliance between NMCG, IIT (BHU) and Denmark unveils innovative Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers (SLCR) Project in Varanasi
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India
IERT Students Get Guidance for GATE and JAM 2027 (आईईआरटी में विद्यार्थियों को गेट और जैम 2027 के लिए मार्गदर्शन)
Amar Ujala — Prayagraj City edition, 24 Sep 2026