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Sharma Nayan

 
  
 

Sharma, Nayan

 
 
Professor
nayanfwt@iitr.ernet.in
Ph No: +91-1332-285781
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Areas of Interest

  • Water Resources Engineering, River Engineering / River Management, Multi-slope Stepped Spillways, Labyrinth Spillways / Piano K

Professional Background

FromToDesignationOrganisation
19731983Assistant Engineer Assam Irrigation Department
19831998Reader/ Asstt. Professor University of Roorkee
19982001Associate Professor UOR/IIT-Roorkee
2001On GoingProfessor IIT-Roorkee

Honors and Awards

AwardInstituteYear
STAR PERFORMER & awarded EXCELLENTIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee2005
Indo-Swiss Bilateral Research Initiative (ISBRI) Award.Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland2008

Educational Details

DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
B.E.Civil EngineeringAssam Engg. College, G.U.1972
M.E.W.R.D.University of Roorkee1979
Ph.D.W.R.D.University of Roorkee1996

Administrative Background

FromToDesignationOrganisationLevel
2010On GoingHead, Deptt. of Water Resources Development and ManagementIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sponsored Research Projects

TopicFunding AgencyYear
RemoteSensingAidedIdealisationofSpace Time Variant Behaviour of ChannelGeometryofthe RiverBrahmaptraMinistry of Water Resources, Govt. of India2000
Performance Evaluation of Piano Key WeirsHYDROCOOP, Paris, France 2003
History of Irrigation in Uttar PradeshMinistry of Water Resources, Govt. of India 3

Memberships

  • Bureau of Indian Standards , Member of the Barrages and Weirs Sectional Committee
  • Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sectional Committee on Spillways Including Energy Dissipators
  • Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sectional Committee on Water Conductor System
  • Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sectional Committee on Canals and Cross Drainage Works
  • Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sectional Committee on River Training and Diversion Works
  • Indian Water Resources Society, Fellow
  • Indian Geotechnical Society, Member
  • Indian Society of Hydraulics, Member
  • Govt. of Assam, Member of High Power Committee on Inter Linking of Rivers
  • Central Water Commission, Govt. of India, Member of Committee for Morphological Study of River Brahmaputra
  • United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. , International Research Working Group on Disaster Reduction and Eco-system for Mekong River Basin
  • Editorial Board of Assam Science Society Journal, Member
  • Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, Member of Panel Of Experts
  • Inland Waterways Authority of India, Member of Technical Committee on Inland Water Transport
  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences, U. K. , Member
  • American Water Resources Association , Reviewer of the Journal

Teaching Engagements

TitleCourse CodeClass NameSemester
Irrigation StructuresWR-516M. TechSpring
Design of Water Resources Structures and Drainage WorksWR-571M. TechAutumn
River EngineeringWR-518M. TechSpring

PHDs Supervised

TopicScholar NameStatus of PHDRegistration Year
Experimental Study of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Consumption in Alluvial Channel and Piano Key WeirMr. Harinarayan TiwariO1
Morphometric Analysis of Large Braided Alluvial StreamDheeraj KumarO1
Experimental Investigations for channelization of Kosi River in IndiaMr. Sanjay AO1
Climate Change and Its Impact on a River EnvironmentMs. Pratibha WarwadeO1
Experimental Study of Jack Jetty and Porcupine Systems for River Training Navigation Channel DevelopMs. Anupama NayakO2009
Modelling and Erosion Control of the Brahmaputra RiverMd. Parwez AkhtarA1
Runoff and Sediment Modelling in part of the Brahmaputra BasinArchana SarkarO1
Modelling of Spatial Temporal Dynamics of Land-use and Land-Cover in a Watershed AreaMd. Surabuddin MondalA1
Energy Dissipation using Block RampsNg. Romeji SinghO1
Experimental Study on Labyrinth SpillwayGopal Das SinghalA1
Development of an SUH Method for Different Hydrometeorologic Rangrao CatchmentsMr. Patil PravinO1
Experimental study on mechanics of braided stream and their characteristicsMohd. AbdullahA1
Seepage Analysis from Furrow ChannelsMs. Kshyana Prava SamalA1
ANN based spatio-temporal morphological model for the Brahmaputra riverR. N. SankhuaA1
Investigation of flow around braided islandUtpal Kumar MishraA1
Study of performance of submerged vanes with collarU.P. GuptaA1
Study of scour around permeable spursMs. Shagoofta Rasool ShahA1

Visits to outside institutions

Institute VisitedPurpose of VisitDate
EPFL, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandInvited lecture on Modelling and Management of the Brahmaputra River in India11-10-2005
Civil & Environmental Engg. Deptt., The University of Edinburgh, ScotlandInvited lecture on Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India21-8-2006
Deptt. of Civil & Environmental Engg., The Imperial College, LondonInvited lecture on Mathematical Modelling and Managing the Brahmaputra River in India23-8-2006
EPFL, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandInvited lecture on Morphodynamics: navigation and river training of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India26-6-2008
University of Southampton, UKInvited lecture on Morphodynamics and Management of Brahmaputra and Ganga Rivers in India20-7-2011
IIHR, University of Iowa, USAInvited lecture on Performance Evaluation of Piano Key Weir for Dam Safety24-7-2009
Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (FSU-Jena), Germany.INNO ASIA kickoff meeting7-2-2011
University of Southampton, UKTo make presentation on new International Research Project funded by NERC, UK25-10-2011
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, NepalHimalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP)28-3-2011

Invitations

TopicOrganistaionCategoryYear
Erosion By The River Brahmaputra In Dibrugarh District- A New Look At The ProblemDibrugarh, UniversityI2002
Morphology of the Brahmaputra RiverCentral Water Commission, New DelhiI2003

Courses or Conferences Organised

Conference NameSponsored ByDate
International Workshop on Piano Key Weir for In-stream Storage and Dam Safety (PKWISD-2012)MOWR, Planning Commission, CSIR30-06-2012
International Workshop on River Management (IWRM)MODONER, MOWR, Planning Commission14-12-2010

National International Collaboration

TopicOrganisationLevel
Performance Evaluation of Piano Key WeirHYDROCOOP, Paris, FRANCEResearch P
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