Conference Speakers
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Prof. V. P. Singh
Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, USA
Title of Talk
Groundwater Use: Where we are and where we are heading
Prof. Majid Hassanizadeh
Professor of Environmental Hydrogeology, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Title of Talk
Sustainable use of dune sands for preparing microbially clean water
Prof. Sharad K Jain
Visiting Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Title of Talk
Management of Water Resources in a Cold Arid Region – Challenges and Way Forward
Dr. Maurizio Polemio
Senior Research Scientist, CNR-IRPI, ITALY
Title of Talk
Time series approaches improving knowledge of aquifer and groundwater dynamics
Prof. Mukand S Babel
Professor, Water Engineering and Management (WEM), Director, Centre for Water and Climate Adaptation (CWCA), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Title of Talk
Water Security and Global Challenges: Research Directions
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. C. Mayilswami
Professor and Head, Water Institute, KITS, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India & Secretary, AGGS
Title of Talk
Need of community participation for groundwater management in an overexploited block of Tamil Nadu, India
Prof. SANDHYA BABEL
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Title of Talk
Microplastic abundance and removal in wastewater treatment plants in Thailand
Prof. D. C. Singhal
Retired Professor, Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Title of Talk
Relevance of Dar Zarrouk Parameters in Groundwater Management and Aquifer Protection
Prof. M. Perumal
Retired Professor, Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Title of Talk
Two simple river discharge estimation methods developed at DoH, IIT Roorkee
Prof. Edward A. McBean
Professor, Water Resources Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada
Title of Talk
Melting of Arctic Ocean Ice Cover, Another Dimension Likely to Impact the World’s Water Security
Prof. T.I. Eldho
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Title of Talk
Groundwater Pollution Management using Meshfree Methods and Evolutionary Algorithms
Prof. Ashok K Keshari
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Title of Talk
Sustainable Water Management in Urban Environment: Are we doing Enough?
Prof. SatYendra narayan
Professor, Applied Science and Technology, Sheridan Institute of Technology, Canada
Title of Talk
Mathematically Enhanced Sensitivity Studies for Monitoring In-situ Processes
Prof. B.Venkateswara Rao
Professor of Water Resources, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Title of Talk
Raising of Groundwater Levels is the Key for the Rejuvenation of Rivers
Prof. Ashok Tejankar
Principal, Deogiri College, Aurangabad Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad
Title of Talk
Groundwater management in draught prone area of Maharashtra by using advanced techniques like GIS and remote sensing
Prof. B. R. Chahar
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Title of Talk
Contamination Assessment and Site-management Tool (CAST) - A browser-based tool for site assessment
Prof. Moumtaz RAZACK
Professor, University of Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex, France
Title of Talk
Water security concept applied to the rational exploitation of groundwater resources in arid context
Prof. Mayur Pal
Professor, Department of Mathematical Modelling, Kaunas Technological University (KTU), Lithuania
Title of Talk
Role of Discrete fracture networks for solving subsurface flow problems related to CO2 sequestration, hydrogen storage and enhanced oil recovery
Prof. Mritunjay Kumar Singh
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computing, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India
Title of Talk
Multispecies Convection - Dispersion Transport (CDT) Modelling
Prof. C. T. Dhanya
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, India
Title of Talk
Changing dynamics of hydro-meteorological extremes over India
Prof. S. K. Pramada
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India
Title of Talk
A REVIEW ON GROUNDWATER RESEARCH
Prof. B. M. More
Professor in Engineering Physics, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute Of Technology, India
Title of Talk
New Techniques to Find Groundwater Sources
Prof. Moti L. Rijal
Associate Professor and IAH-Nepal Chapter Chair Central Department of Geology Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Title of Talk
Groundwater Management in Nepal: Issue, Challenge and Opportunity
Mr. Ranjan Sinha
DGM-Hydrogeologist, Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd
Title of Talk
Sustainable groundwater management through aquifer mapping in an arid region of Rajasthan, Western India
Prof. P.S. Kulkarni
Vice President, Association of Global Groundwater Scientists, Retired Professor, Maulana Azad College, Aurangabad
Title of Talk
Groundwater potential and estimation of Deccan Basaltic terrain of Maharashtra State (India)
Prof. Seetha N.
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, India
Title of Talk
Modeling the co-transport of two different colloids in porous media
Prof. C. Sarwar Jahan
Professor, Department of Geology & Mining, University of Rajsahahi, Bangladesh
Title of Talk
People's Access to Water in Bangladesh and Status of Water Governance - A Case Study
Prof. Trishikhi Raychoudhury
Department of Civil and Infrastructure, IIT Jodhpur, India
Title of Talk
Application and possible implications of engineered nanoparticles on groundwater contamination
PRof. Manish Kumar
School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
Title of Talk
Demystifying the decadal shift in the extent of geogenic contaminants in India through GRACE and Standard Precipitation Index (PI)
PRof. Kunwar D Yadav
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SV, NIT, Surat- Gujarat, India
Title of Talk
Role of Management of Greywater and their Reuse to Sustain the Water Demand
PRof. Sumedha Chakma
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Title of Talk
Permeable Reactive Barrier Application for Remediation of Indian Contaminant Sites: An Advanced Sustainable In-situ Approach
mr. Sanjay Marwaha
Member, Haryana water Resources Authority, Panchkula
Title of Talk
Mapping and Managing Aquifers of India for Ensuring Food Security and Sustainability
prof. Rajendra P. Bhattarai
P.E., DEE, WEF Fellow Clean Water Strategies, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Title of Talk
Austin Water 100-Year Plan: Water Forward
prof. Abhijit Mukherjee
Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP), West Bengal, INDIA
Title of Talk
Impacts of Sanitation and Socio-economy on Groundwater Quality and Health
prof. G. P. Vadodaria
Principal & Dean Faculty of Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Title of Talk
Water management for smart cities and Stewardship
mr. Lalit Mohan Sharma
Principal Scientist, Water Research and Training, Sehgal Foundation
Title of Talk
Innovation for creating potable water source from saline aquifer
Dr. Debashish Sen
Director, People's Science Institute, Dehradun
Title of Talk
Participatory Groundwater Management in Central Plateau and Himalayan Landscapes of India
Dr. Carlos A. Rivera
Global Product Specialist, FEFLOW , DHI Germany
Title of Talk
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN GROUNDWATER NUMERICAL MODELLING
Dr. Cornelius Sandhu
Division of Water Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Dresden, GERMANY
Title of Talk
Need-based demonstration of riverbank filtration at sites impacted by environmental extremes in Agra and Guwahati, India