List of INVITED TALKS Delivered (123 talks)

123	Invited Talk on Regional Flood Frequency Analysis Including Reservoir Outflow NIDM-Short Term Course on Flood Estimation and Hydraulic Structures-New Approach for Risk Reduction (FEHS-2024), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, MNNIT Allahabad, Priyagraj, 03^rd May. 2024.
122	Invited Talk on Reservoir Operation Using Soft Computing Techniques for Flood Control Measures High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on Flood Risk Management Using Hydro Informatics Techniques, KSCSTE-Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, 18^th Mar. 2024.
121	Invited Talk on Reservoir Sedimentation with Case Study National Institute of Technology Surathkal, Karnataka Jan. 2024.
120	Keynote Talk, Soft Computing Techniques- out of box thinking in solving complex problems in Water Resources, Engineering, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) FDP on RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (ASTARI-2023) during Dec 4-9, 2023 at Government College of Engineering Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad)..
119	Invited Talk on Analysis and Modelling of Sewage Treatment Plant Influent and Effluent Parameters Training Programme for officials from Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), New Delhi, conducted by Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai on 29th Nov. 2023
118	Invited Talk on Reservoir Sedimentation with Case Study Phase II Training Programme to the Newly recruited Assistant Engineers (2014-20) of Water Resources Department on 22^nd Jun. 2023.
117	Chief Guest and Inaugural Address in International Conference on Innovative Teaching and Exuberant earning (i-CiTeL), Anjuman-I-Isalm Kalsekar Technical Campus, Navi Mumbai, India, 22^nd Jun 2023.
116	Expert Talk on Groundwater Usage and Studies Needed in Groundwater Management in India, Final Dissemination Workshop on Groundwater Rejuvenation As Climate Change Resilience for marginalized and gender sensitive Ganges (GRACERS), CITARA, IIT Bombay, 20^th March 2023.
115	Expert Talk on Researchable issues in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, THINK TANK, Brainstorming Session, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), 13-Sep-2022.
114	Welcome Speech on Introduction to Research Methodology, Civil Engineering Association, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 10^th Aug.. 2022
113	Inaugural Speech, Surge-2022, KJSIEIT Annual Cultural Festival, K J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Mumbai, 21-Apr-2022
112	Keynote Talk, Soft Computing Techniques in Hydrological Time Series Modeling, VELTECH University, India, 31 Mar-1-Apr. 2022.
111	Keynote Talk, Soft Computing Techniques- a recent technique in solving complex problems in Water Resources, Engineering, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) online FDP on Recent Advancement in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Anjumand-I-Islams Kalsekar Technical Campus, New Panvel, Maharashtra, India, 29-Dec. 2021.
110	Keynote Talk, Soft Computing Techniques in Hydrological Processes Modeling, 26^th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO 2021 International at SVNIT, Surat Gujarat, India, 23-25-Dec. 2021.
109	Dr. R. Pitchai Endowment Lecture (Webinar theme Environmental Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment) Assessing the Removal Efficiency of Sewage Treatment Plant, Centre for Environmental Studies, CEG Campus, Anna University, Chennai, 22^nd Dec. 2021.
108	Keynote Talk, Linear Programming, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) online FDP on Engineering Optimization Techniques and its Application (ENOTAA-2021), Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, 14-18-June 2021.
107	Inaugural Speech, why we need Soft Computing based Artificial Intelligence Techniques? AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) online FDP on Engineering Optimization Techniques and its Application (ENOTAA-2021), Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, 14-18-June 2021.
106	Keynote talk, Sedimentation Rate Behavior Analysis Using Chaos Theory, International Conference on Hydraulic, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO 2020, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 28-Mar-2021.
105	Keynote talk, Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for Ungauges Sites, International Conference on Water and Environment (ICWE 2021), MANIT, Bhopal, 23-Mar-2021.
104	World Water Day Speaker, in a Webinar on Valuing Water, Effect of Urbanization in an Urban River Basin: A case study, KSCSTE-Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 22-Mar-2021.
103	Keynote Talk, Conjunctive use of Surface and Groundwater in Water Deficit Environment, Online International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, SWARDAM-2021, 9 March 2021.
102	Invited Talk (Webinar) Technical Efficiency of Sewage Treatment Plants-A case study, Advances and Future Outlook in Renewable Energy Engineering, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, 24 Feb. 2021.
101	Invited Talk, Soft Computing Techniques for Reservoir Operation, Online ONE WEEK TEQIP SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME on Advanced Technologies in Water Resources Management (ATWARM-2020), during 25^th November, 2020
100	Endowment Lecture (Webinar) Advanced Technologies for Efficient Water Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, 23^rd Nov. 2020.
99	Invited Talk (Webinar) Integrated Water Resources Development, Indian Building Congress Bihar State Chapter, 13^th Sep. 2020, Integrated Water Resources Development -Need of the Hour, In the memory of Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
98	Panelist, in a Panel Discussion on Groundwater: Out of Sight and Out of Mind, organised by International Water Association (IWA) India Chapter, Webinar Series, 9^th Sep. 2020, 4.30 p.m to 6.30 p.m
97	Invited Talk (Webinar) Soft Computing Techniques - Out of Box Thinking, Department of Civil Engineering, GM Institute of Technology, Davanagere, Karnataka, , 15/07/2020
96	Keynote Talk (Webinar) Recent Advances in Soft Computing Techniques, International Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Techniques e-IC-RACT-2020, Amity University, 26^th June 2020
95	Valedictory Address (Webinar), International Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Techniques e-IC-RACT-2020, Amity University, 27^th June 2020.
94	Inaugural Address (25 mints) During the Inaugural function on Syllabus Oriented Workshop for S.E Civil (2019 Pat), Organised by STES Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune 411041 on 22^nd June 2020, through VC mode.
93	Inaugural address and keynote address, Motivating Civil Engineering Students, UGC-SAP-DRS II sponsored two-day National workshop on Innovations in Societal Based Water Resources Management Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, on 9th March, 2020.
92	Keynote Lecture and Inaugurated the Civil Engineering Association Annual festival, Research Methodology Department of Civil Engineering, Thrissur Engineering College, Thrissur, 27^th Sep. 2019
91	Keynote Lecture, Reservoir Sedimentation-A case study, Two-day National Workshop on River-Reservoir Water Management and Modelling, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Heriot Watt University UK, at IIT Kharagpur, Aug. 21-22, 2019
90	Keynote address III, Soft Computing Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling, International Conference on Sustainable Practice and Innovations in Civil Engineering (SPICE 2019), 26^th and 27^th March. 2019, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
89	Lecture Presentation Time series modeling using ANN, GP, MT & Applications, CEP & QIP, STTP on Advanced Computing Methods in Civil Engineering Systems, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 25 February to 01 March 2019, 26^th Feb. 2019
88	Visiting Professor Talk-I, Research Methodology, Erasmus+ Teacher and Staff mobility programme, EU, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, 4^th to 8^th March. 2019
87	Visiting Professor Talk-II, Artificial Intelligence in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Erasmus+ Teacher and Staff mobility programme, EU, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, 4^th to 8^th March. 2019
86	Visiting Professor Talk-III, Developments in Water Resources Engineering in India, Erasmus+ Teacher and Staff mobility programme, EU, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, 4^th to 8^th March. 2019
85	(Resource Person Talk) Introduction to Water Resources Engineering, Two day Faculty Development Programme on Water Resources Engineering, Vishwaniketan Institute of Management Entrepreneurship & Engineering Technology (I MEET0, Khapaur, 17^th Jan. 2019
84	(Key Note speaker), Comparative study on At-site and Regional Flood Frequency analysis of west flowing rivers in Kerala, Session on Hydrological Analysis, International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO-2018, Indian Society of Hydraulics, Pune and National Institute of Technology Patna, Dec. 19-21, 2018
83	(Resource Person Talk) Research Methodology, One day workshop on Assessment of Surface water and Ground Water, Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT, Vellore, 21^st July 2018.
82	(Resource Person Talk) Spatio-temporal analysis of Rainfall data in a river basin, One day workshop on Assessment of Surface water and Ground Water, Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT, Vellore, 21^st July 2018
81	Keynote address on History of a Successful Sanitation Project-A case study of Sewage treatment plant sin Navi Mumbai, India, Leadership Capacity Building Program for Sustainable and Improved Sanitation Strategies for Policymakers, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 11 to 13 July 2018
80	(Inaugural Address), Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Civil Engineering, Inaugurated as Chief Guest, Two days State Level Workshop on Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Sinhgad Institute of Technology & Science, Narhe, Pune, 21-22 Dec. 2017.
79	Research Methodology and Motivating the Scholars, Civil Engineering Association, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 6^th Sep. 2017.
78	How to Write A Project Proposal, An Introduction to Newly Appointed Faculty Members, VP College of Engineering, Baramati, Maharashtra, 22^nd July 2017.
77	Research Methodology for Newly Appointed Faculty Members, VP College of Engineering, Baramati, Maharashtra, 22^nd July 2017.
76	(Inaugural Address), Effect of an Urban River Flooding in an International Airport and its solution-a case study of Mumbai Airport, Urban Waters ARCUS Workshop, 15-18 February 2017, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University and University of Tours France, Anna University Chennai-India.
75	(Key Note speaker), Reservoir Sedimentation and its Consequences in Estimating the Useful Life of a Reservoir, National workshop on Reservoir Sedimentation-Trends and Techniques of Measurement and Analysis, during February 10^th 2017, Centre for Water Reosurces, Anna University, Chennai.
74	(Key Note speaker), Reservoir Sedimentation: its consequences in estimating the useful life of a reservoir, National Conference on Water Resources & Flood Management with special reference to Flood Modelling, during October 14-15, 2016, SVNIT Surat. 15^th Oct. 2016, Session TS-5
73	Conventional LP and DP and soft computing GA for Reservoir Rule Curve Optimization, QIP/CEP Course on Groundwater & Surface water management, IIT Bombay, on 11^th Dec. 2015
72	Introduction to water Resources Systems Engineering, QIP/CEP Course on Groundwater & Surface water management, IIT Bombay, on 8^th Dec. 2015
71	(Key note speaker) "Research Methodology for PhD scholars",Department of Civil Engineering, Pillai HOC College of Engineering & Technology, Rasayani, Short Term Training Programme on "Emerging Technologies in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development" 6th July 2015.
70	(Plenary Talk 1)"Real-time Reservoir inflow Prediction using Artificial Neural Netwroks", International Conference on Global Technology Initiatives 2015, Rizvi College of Engineering and Technology, Bandra, Mumbai, 29^th Mar. 2015
69	"Research Methodology for PhD scholars", Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, Chennai, 10^th Feb. 2015.
68	"Research Methodology", Short Term Training Programme on Modelling Impact of Climate Change on Water resources at SVNIT Surat, 9th Dec. 2014.
67	"Stochastic Hydrology-2", Short Term Training Programme on Modelling Impact of Climate Change on Water resources at SVNIT Surat, 8th Dec. 2014.
66	"Stochastic Hydrology-1", Short Term Training Programme on Modelling Impact of Climate Change on Water resources at SVNIT Surat, 8th Dec. 2014.
65	Road Drainage, Techniques of surface and sub-surface drainage,Refresher cum orientation course on Road Works for BMC Engineers, IIT Bombay, on 19^thAug. 2014.
64	Road Drainage, Techniques of surface and sub-surface drainage, Refresher cum orientation course on Road Works for BMC Engineers, IIT Bombay, on 8^thAug. 2014.
63	Soft Computing Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, QIP/CEP Course on Coastal Processes and Modelling, IIT Bombay, on 6^thAug. 2014.
62	(Key note) Chaotic Analysis of Daily Wind Speed Data. Two days National Conference on Water, Environment & Society (NCWES-2014), during Jun 30^th, 2014 at JNTU, Hyderabad, India.
61	"Reservoir Optimization Using Hybrid Chaotic Genetic Algorithm", Workshop on River Hydraulics and Management of Indian Rivers, World Water Day Workshop at SVNIT Surat, 24th Mar. 2014.
60	"Soft Computing Techniques in Reservoir Optimization". National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management (SWARDAM-2013), Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, 1^st Oct. 2013
59	Motivating the Civil Engineering Students CARE, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 2^nd Sept 2013.
58	Introduction to Water Resources System Engineering at SASTRA University, Tanjavore, Tamil Nadu on 2^nd Sept 2013.
57	Soft Computing Techniques in Hydrological Time Series Modeling QIP-STTP on Advanced Hydrological Modeling and Techniques, SVNIT Surat, 4, Jul. 2013
56	Meteorological Drought Assessment in Agniar River Basin , IITB-Purdue University Workshop, IIT Bombay, 13, Mar. 2013
55	Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Oceanographic parameters-A Chaotic Approach , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and National Institute of Oceanography workshop, NIO Goa, 7-8 Mar. 2013
54	Motivating the Civil Engineering Students with Recent Developments and Future Scope in Civil Engineering AMACE, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, 26^th Feb. 2013.
53	Key Note Speaker: Time series modeling using soft computing Techniques International Conference on Civil Engineering & Infrastructural issues in Emerging Economies, ICCIEE 2013, SASTRA, Thanjavur, 27 and 28 Feb. 2013.
52	Introduction to Water Resources Systems Modelling Techniques National Workshop on Recent Advances in Water Resources Management , Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, 31^st Jan. 2013.
51	Water Resources Management Scenario in India National Workshop on Recent Advances in Water Resources Management , Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, 31^st Jan. 2013.
50	Multi-Reservoir Inflow Prediction Using Soft Computing Techniques TEQIP - STTP on Genetic Algorithm and Neuro Fuzzy Applications in Engineering (GANEUFAE-2012), Government Engineering College, Aurangabad, 21^st Dec. 2012.
49	Real Time Reservoir Inflow Forecasting Using ANN TEQIP - STTP on Genetic Algorithm and Neuro Fuzzy Applications in Engineering (GANEUFAE-2012), Government Engineering College, Aurangabad, 20^th Dec. 2012.
48	Genetic Algorithms for Reservoir Operating Policies TEQIP - STTP on Genetic Algorithm and Neuro Fuzzy Applications in Engineering (GANEUFAE-2012), Government Engineering College, Aurangabad, 20^th Dec. 2012.
47	Reservoir Inflow Modeling Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques and its Use in Real Life II Indo-Italian Workshop on Advances in Fluvial Hydraulics and Water Resources Development and Management, Venice, Italy, 19^th July 2012.
46	Water Management Studies in a run-off river basin, Workshop on Basin Management Studies, SVNIT, Surat on 27^th Apr. 2012.
45	Introduction to Basic Knowledge of Hydrology- needed for Rainwater Harvesting, CEP Course on Rainwater Harvesting and Sustainable Water management, IIT Bombay, on 30^th Mar. 2012.
44	Application of Soft Computing Techniques for reservoir inflow prediction, on 16th March, 2012, at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India organized by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), India.
43	Road Drainage - Techniques of surface and sub-surface drainage, Refresher cum orientation course on Road Works for BMC Engineers, IIT Bombay, on 24^thNov. 2011.
42	Introduction to Basic Knowledge of Hydrology- needed for Rainwater Harvesting, CEP Course on Rainwater Harvesting and Sustainable Water management, IIT Bombay, on 24^thNov. 2011.
41	Advanced Water Resources Systems Techniques, Centre for Water Resources, SVNIT, Surat, on 20^thNov. 2011.
40	Introduction to Water Resources Systems Modelling Techniques, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, Chennai, on 20^th Sep. 2011.
39	Design of Airport drainage networks, Short Term Course on Urban Storm Drain Designing and Modeling, SVNIT, Surat, on 10^th Jan. 2011.
38	Design of storm water drainage network in low lying areas, Short Term Course on Urban Storm Drain Designing and Modeling, SVNIT, Surat, on 10^th Jan. 2011.
37	Reservoir Inflow Prediction Using Time-Delay Recurrent Neural Network with Spatially Distributed Rainfall Data National Workshop on Geo-Statistics and Soft Computing Techniques for Spatial Data Management, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 23^rd Nov. 2010.
36	Modelling river flow using HEC-RAS in an Urban area, Short Term Course on Basics of Flood Modeling, NITTR, Chennai, on 3^rd October 2010.
35	Conceptual design of airport drainage network, Short Term Course on Basics of Flood Modeling, NITTR, Chennai, on 3^rd October 2010.
34	Design of storm water drainage network in an urban area, Short Term Course on Basics of Flood Modeling, NITTR, Chennai, on 2^nd October 2010.
33	Reasons of flooding in an highly populated urban area, Short Term Course on Basics of Flood Modeling, NITTR, Chennai, on 2^nd October 2010.
32	Soft Computing Techniques in Water Resources Engineering, National Conference on Civil Engineering for Infrastructural Developments (CID-2010), D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Pune, 30-31 Aug 2010.
31	Rainwater Harvesting Indira Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Athur, Chengalpat, Tamil Nadu 11^th Mar. 2009.
30	Soft computing techniques to establish rainfall-runoff relationship and reservoir inflow prediction AICTE-Workshop on Water Resources Systems Engineering, SVNIT Surat, 26^th Dec. 2008.
29	Sub-surface drainage design in urban roads International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies For Developing Countries TPMDC 2008, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, December 3-6, 2008, at IIT Bombay, INDIA.
28	Conventional optimization technique for a large scale irrigation system Pravara Rural College of Engineering, Loni Maharashtra, 26^th Sep 2008.
27	Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Techniques Key note in National Conference Spatial Modelling and Soft Computing in Water Resources Management SSWRM-2008, 14^th -15^th, March 2008, Annamalai University, Chidambaram (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu
26	Dreams and reality of Nanotechnology and its Application in Water Resources, National Conference on Nanotechnology and its Application in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, SRM Deemed University, 29^th Sep 2007.
25	Modeling Concept for ground Water Resource Assessment (Indian Scenario) Workshop on Eco-environmental impact on water resources potential towards re-linking and integrating its hydrological cycle, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, Chennai 3-5 Jan 2007.
24	Experience in Urban Storm Water design, Workshop on Disaster Mitigation Strategies for River Flood-A case study, SVNIT Surat, 28-29^th Dec. 2006.
23	Application of Genetic Algorithms in Civil Engineering, SRES College of Engineering, Kopergoan, Maharastra, 25.8.2006
22	Application of Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering, D.Y. Patel College of Engg, Pune, 27.2.2006
21	Genetic algorithms as a water resources modeling technique STTP on Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, 3^rd Jan. 2005.
20	GIS and its application in water resources engineering Periyar Maniyammai Girls Polytechnic, Vallam, 23^rd Dec. 2004
19	GIS for ground water exploration and management Groundwater quantity estimation TWAD Board, Sub-Training Centre, Tiruchy, 17^th Nov. 2004.
18	Groundwater quantity estimation and GIS for groundwater exploration and management TWAD Board, Sub-Training Centre, Tiruchy, 9.11. 2004.
17	Rainwater Harvesting Irrigation Management Training Institute, Tiruchy, 19^th Feb. 2004.
16	Rainwater harvesting need of the hour Science Colloquium, J.J. College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli 12^th Feb. 2004.
15	Conjunctive use models in Water resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, 24^thJan. 2004.
14	Designing of Percolation Ponds using a software PRIMER, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, 27^thDec. 2003.
13	Planning and Designing of rain water harvesting structures in Plains areas, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, 8^th Dec. 2003.
12	Planning and Designing of rain water harvesting structures in Built-up areas, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, 8^th Dec. 2003.
11	Need of rainwater harvesting in different topography Inaugural address at the Civil Engineering Association, Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Vadamavandal, Near Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, 26^th Jul. 2003.
10	Planning and Designing of rain water harvesting structures in Plains areas, Periyar Maniyammai Girls Polytechnics, Vallam, 27^th Nov. 2002.
9	Planning and Designing of rain water harvesting structures in Built-up areas, Periyar Maniyammai Girls Polytechnics, Vallam, 19^th Nov. 2002.
8	Planning and Design of an Integrated rain water harvesting system, Jayaram College of Engineering, Pagalavadi, Tiruchirappalli, , 22^nd Jul. 2002.
7	Systems approach for conjunctive use of surface and ground water, College of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Raichur, Karnataka, 29^th and 30^th, Oct. 2001.
6	Planning and Designing of rain water harvesting structures, Institution of Engineers (India) Tiruchirappalli Chapter, 15^th May. 2001.
5	Conjunctive use of Surface and Ground Water for Irrigation, Institution of Engineers (India) Tiruchirappalli Chapter, 5^th Dec. 2000.
4	Systems Approach in Water Resources Management, Training Program for Junior Level and Middle Level Officers, Irrigation Management Training Institute, Tiruchy, 23^rd May. 2000.
3	Water Management Models, Training Program for Junior Level and Middle Level Officers, Irrigation Management Training Institute, Tiruchy, 29^th Feb. 2000.
2	Modeling Water Resources System, Training Program for Junior Level Officers, Irrigation Management Training Institute, Tiruchy, 10^th Feb. 2000.
1	Ground Water Potential, and Estimation of Basin wise Availability of Ground Water, Training Program for Junior Level Officers, Irrigation Management Training Institute, Tiruchy, 9^th Feb. 2000.