Honorary Works

Honorary Positions

  • Chairman, Board of Governors: Model Engineering College, Cochin, Kerala State (Appointed by Kerala State Government, 2018 - present).
  • Chairman, Board of Governors: College of Engineering, Adoor, Kerala State (Appointed by Kerala State Government, 2013 - present).
  • Member, Board of Governors: MBITS College, Kothamangalam, Kerala (2021 – present).
  • Former Member, Board of Governors: M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala.
  • Member, Board of Studies: M.A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala (2023 - present).
  • Member, Board of Studies: Saint GITS College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala (2024 - present).
  • Member, Board of Studies: Muthoot College of Engineering, Kochi, Kerala (2024 - present).
  • Vice President: Indian Society of Hydraulics (2019 - 2025).
  • Vice President: Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS) (2022 - 2025).

Editorial Roles

  • Associate Editor: Journal of Institution of Engineers, Series A (Springer, NL).
  • Co-Chairman / Associate Editor: ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Taylor & Francis, UK).
  • Associate Editor: Journal of Ground Water Research, AGGS.
  • Associate Editor: REM, Revista Escola De Minas (Latin America, Brazil).
  • Editorial Board Member: International Journal Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements.
  • Editorial Board Member: Journal of Indian Water Resources Society.
  • Former Associate Editor: International Journal of Ecology and Development.
  • Former Editorial Board Member: Journal of Indian Water Works Association.

Executive Council Memberships

  • Executive Council Member: Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) (2007 - Present).
  • Executive Council Member: Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS) (2022 - 2025).
  • Executive Council Member: Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), Mumbai Chapter (2013 - 2014).

Chairing in Conferences

  • World IAHR Congress (Seoul, 2005; The Hague, 2015).
  • APD-IAHR Congress (Chennai, 2006).
  • ISH National Conference (Nagpur, 2004).
  • INCHOE National Conference (Goa, 2004).
  • International Conference “An International Perspective on Water Resources & the Environment” (Singapore, 2011).
  • Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (IIT Madras, 2010).
  • Fifth National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (Cochin, 2012).
  • HYDRO Conferences (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021).
  • National Seminar “Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting Techniques” (IIT Bombay, 2015 - 3 Sessions).
  • World Conference on Disaster Management (Mumbai, 2019).

Committee Memberships

Associations / Societies / Selection Boards

  • IIT Bombay Library Committee Member (2007-2009).
  • IIT Bombay Security Committee Member (2013-2014).
  • Technical Review Committee Member of ICAR (Rubber Dam project by IRMRA).
  • Selection Board Member: NIT Bhopal; NIT Silchar; IIT RAM Gandhinagar; UPSC New Delhi.
  • Board of Studies: S.P. College of Engg., Mumbai University.
  • Technical Advisory Committee Member: Water Supply & Rainwater Harvesting, MCGM, Mumbai.

Conferences

  • Technical Committee Member: National Conference on Integrated Water Resources Planning & Management (BITS Pilani, 2003).
  • Organizing Committee Member: International Conference ICGGE (IIT Bombay, 2004).
  • Technical Committee Member: 32nd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power (2006).
  • Committee Member: HYDRO 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Technical Committee Member: National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development & Management (Aurangabad, 2008).
  • Technical Committee Member: 17th APD-IAHR Congress (New Zealand, 2010).
  • Technical Committee Member: National Conference on “Emerging Vistas of Technology in 21st Century" (Ahmedabad, 2012; Vadodara, 2014).
  • Technical Review Committee Member: Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Engineering, Technology and Management (Mumbai, 2012); Int. Conf. on SWAT (IIT Delhi, 2012).
  • Advisory Committee Member: Int. Conf. on Innovations in Civil Engineering (2013).
  • Technical Committee Member: International Hydro Conf. (IIT Madras 2013; NIT Bhopal 2014; IIT Roorkee 2015; CWPRS Pune 2016).
  • Technical Committee Member: 5th National Conference on Harbour & Ocean Engineering (Goa, 2014).
  • Technical Advisory Committee Member: International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (Cozhikode, 2014).
  • Technical Committee Member: International Conf. on Water Resources, Coastal & Ocean Engineering (NIT Surathkal, 2015).
  • Technical Committee Member: Fourth International Conf. on Hydrology & Watershed Management (JNTU Hyderabad, 2014).
  • Technical Committee Member: Sixth International Groundwater Conf. (SRM University, Chennai, 2015).
  • Technical Committee Member: 20th APD-IAHR Congress (Colombo, 2016).

Review Committee & Project Reviewer

  • Chairman: Review Committee of CWPRS, Pune.
  • Review Committee Member (Civil Dept.): IIT Hyderabad (2013); IIT Palakkad (2023); NIT Warangal (2016).
  • Project Proposal Reviewer:
    • Department of Science & Technology, Govt. India.
    • Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi.
    • CSIR, Govt. India.
    • SERB, New Delhi.
    • Kerala Govt. Science Research.
    • Rajeev Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Maharashtra.
    • Israel Science Foundation.
    • Indo US Sciences & Technology Forum.

Journal Reviewer

  • International Journal of Hydraulic Research
  • Journal of Advances in Water Resources
  • Journal of Sadhana (Indian Academy of Sciences)
  • Journal of Water Management (ICE, UK)
  • Journal of Hydro-environment Research
  • International Journal of Water and Environmental Management
  • Journal of Water Resources Management
  • International Journal of Ecology & Development
  • International Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
  • International Journal of Water, Air & Soil Pollution
  • ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage
  • ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
  • ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
  • ASCE Journal Environmental Engineering
  • ASCE Journal of Practice of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
  • Journal of Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
  • Journal of Environmental Modeling & Software
  • IAHR – Journal of Hydraulic Research
  • Int. J. Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Spatial Hydrology
  • Research Journal of IISc, Bangalore
  • International Journal Environment and Waste Management
  • ISH Journal of Hydraulics Engineering
  • Journal of Institution of Engineers (India)
  • Journal of Hydrology (Indian Association of Hydrologists)
  • Indian Journal of Engineering & Material Science
  • Journal of Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Pedosphere
  • Journal of Natural Hazards
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
  • Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China
  • Journal of Geomatics
  • Journal of Hydroinformatics
  • Journal of Environmental Informatics
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering
  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • Journal of Computational Mechanics
  • KSCE – Journal of Civil Engineering, Korea
  • Journal Neural Computing and Applications
  • Journal of Water Science & Technology
  • Journal of Geological Survey of India
  • Journal of Scientific Research
  • Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences

PhD/ MS Thesis Reviewer

  • IIT Roorkee (Civil Dept.; Dept. of Hydrology; Dept. of WRD&M)
  • IIT Delhi (Civil Dept.)
  • IIT Madras (Civil Dept.; Ocean Engg. Dept.)
  • IIT Kharagpur (Civil Dept.; Agricultural Engg. Dept.)
  • IIT Bombay (CESE; Civil Dept.)
  • IIT Ropar (Civil Dept.)
  • IIT BHU (Civil Dept.)
  • IIT Guwahati
  • IIT Bhubaneswar
  • IIT Mandi
  • IISc Bangalore
  • NIT Surathkal (Applied Mechanics; Civil Dept.)
  • NIT Meghalaya
  • SVNIT Surat
  • University of Malaysia
  • Deakin University, Australia
  • Kerala University
  • Calicut University
  • Cochin University
  • Kerala Technical University
  • Anna University, Chennai (Water Resources Centre)
  • MS University Vadodara (Civil Dept.)
  • ISI Kolkata
  • IIEST Kolkata
  • Bangalore University
  • JNTU, Hyderabad
  • University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh
  • HBNI, BARC, Mumbai
  • Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
  • BITS Pilani