PEER REVIEWER

External examiner of Phd/ms thesis

invited presentation

1. GRNN based estimation of regional groundwater fluctuation using GRACE data, FDP-RDC on Recent Developments in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam,  14 Jul. 2020.

2. Metaheuristic optimization methods and their applications in Civil Engineering, online FDP on Remote Sensing and GIS applications in Civil Engineering (RS&GISACE-2020), Department of Civil Engineering, KL University Guntur, Andhra Pradesh,  13 Jun. 2020.

3. Introduction to Binary coded Genetic Algorithm, TEQIP Short term training programme on Neumerical methods and Optimization Techniques, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam,  17-21 Jan. 2020.

4. Need for an Integrated Water Resources Management Approach, TEQIP workshop on Advances in Integrated Water Resources Management, held at IIT Guwahati, 16-18 Dec. 2019.

5. Flood Routing, TEQIP Expert lecture, Department of Civil Engineering, GB Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhan, 13 Nov. 2019.

6. Groundwater Recharge and Urban flooding, National Seminar on Rain Water Harvesting, its Purification and Groundwater Recharge held at Downtown University, Guwahati, Assam, 22-23 Nov. 2019.

7. Optimization Methods for Groundwater Modeling And Management, Faculty Development Program on Research and Development in Civil Engineering, Girijananda Institute of Management and Technology, Guwhati, Assam, 18 - 22 November 2019.

8. Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan River, Level 4 IHCAP program held at IIT Guwahati, 20 Nov. 2019.

9. Potential Collaborative Research in Water Sector between IIT Guwahati and Universiti Teknologi Mara, Special Research Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Universit Teknologi Mara, Malaysia, 17 Oct. 2019.

10. Research Related to Water Sector in IIT Guwahati and Potential Collaboration, FoES Special Research Seminar, Curtin University, Malaysia, 11 Oct. 2019.

11. Binary Coded Genetic Algorithms, TEQIP Short Term course on Optimization Methods, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 24 Dec. 2018

12. Introduction to Firefly Algorithms and Invasive Weed Optimization, TEQIP Short Term course on Optimization Methods, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 28 Dec. 2018

13. Optimization methods for engineering planning and design, Short term training programme on recent advances in Civil Engineering, held at Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam, 28-29 August 2018.

14. Metaheuristic optimization methods and their applications in Civil Engineering, Short term training programme on recent advances in Civil Engineering, held at Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam, 28-29 August 2018.

15. Issues related to modeling of a transboundary river, the brahmaputra and need of research, National conclave on brahmaputra river basin, held at Gauhati University, 12-13 February, 2018.

16. Water resources management and river rejuvenation, Vijnana Bharati ( VIBHA) -VANI NE zonal workshop, held at IASST , Guwahati, india, on 10 september 2017. 

17. Evaluation procedure for risk and its applicablity to flood and errosion management, training programme conducted by Water Resources Department of Govt. of Assam for the middle and junior level engineers, 22th aug. 2017.

18. Meta-heuristic optimization algorithms and their applications in engineering design and planning problems, faculty of engineering, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Canada, on 10th aug. 2017

19. Some Issues Related to Water Resources Management of The Brahmaputra Basin and Climate Change, AICTE-NEQIP Sponsored Five-Day Workshop On Current Developmentsin Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tezpur University, on 20th Januar 2017.

20.  Introduction to Optimization Methods, AICTE-NEQIP Sponsored Five-Day Workshop On Current Developmentsin Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tezpur University, on 20th Januar 2017.

21.  Groundwater Management Models, AICTE-NEQIP Sponsored Five-Day Workshop On Current Developmentsin Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tezpur University, on 20th Januar 2017.

22. Changing Scenario Of The Brahmaputra Basin And Climate Change, MHRD-TEQIP short term course on Climate Change Assessment: Hydrologic Modeling and Perspective, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar, on 19th October 2016.

23. Water Energy Nexus and Need of Research, Keynote address, International conference on Research and Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology, YCET, Jammu, on 19th of November 2015.

24. Introduction to optimization techniques, G.B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri, Uttarakhand on 24th and 25th April 2015. [Slide01, Slide02, Slide03, Slide04]

25. Impact of anthropogenic development at upstream of the river Brahmaputra, Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam, on 9th February 2015. [Slide01]

26. Impact of climate change on the flow scenario of river Brahmaputra, QIP short term course on Water Resources Management and Climate Change Assessment, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, on 26th December 2014.

27. Genetic Algorithms using Matlab, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar Assam, on 10th November 2013.

28. Multi-objectives Evolutionary Algorithms, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar Assam, on 10th November 2013.

29. Groundwater Simulation model, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar Assam, on 26th July 2013.

30. Groundwater management model, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar Assam, on 26th July 2013.

31. Genetic Algorithms, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on 19th May 2012.

32. Brahmaputra and its future, Tinsukia Knowledge Fair, Organized by District Administration Tinsukia on 19th January 2012.

33. Optimal design of open channel section, QIP short term course on Large River Management: Hydraulics, Hydrology and Ecology, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati on 18th January, 2012.

34. Field applications of GPS, Short-term training programme on "Modern surveying techniques", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guhwati on 9th and 15th December 2010.

35. Carrying capacity of an hilly urban area, Regional workshop on "Sustainable development of hilly urban area for mitigating water related hazards", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guhwati on 27th October 2010.

36. Simulation of flow and transport processes in aquifer, QIP short term course on "Role of environmental geotechnology in waste management", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati on 5th November 2009.

37. Management of saltwater intrusion process in coastal aquifer, QIP short term course on "Optimization Methods for Water Resources Planning and Management", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati on 18th June 2009.

38. Classical optimization methods, QIP short term course on "Optimization Methods for Water Resources Planning and Management", Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati on 15th June 2009.

39. Saltwater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers, Faculty Engineering Lecture Series, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada on 12th of June 2006.

40. Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks and its application in some common Geotechnical Problems, AICTE sponsored short term course on Advances in Foundation Engineering at National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India, January 2005.

41. Water in Coastal Aquifer, AICTE sponsored short term course on Water Resources Development: Problems and Promises at National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India, February 2004.

42. Numerical Simulation of Saltwater Intrusion Processes in Coastal Aquifer, AICTE sponsored short term course on Water Resources Development: Problems and Promises at National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India, February 2004.

43. Genetic Algorithms in Engineering Design, AICTE sponsored short term course on Earthquake resistance design at National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India, December 2003.

44. Optimization based Numerical Simulation of Saltwater Intrusion Process in Coastal Aquifer, Department of Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada on 25th May 2002.

    Conference/workshop attended

45. THA 2015: International Conference on Climate Change and Water & Environment Management in Monsoon Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30, January, 2015.
46. IAH Congress 2013, International conference on "Solving the groundwater challenges of the 21st century", Pearth, Australia,  (2013).
47. International Conference on the Status and Future of the World's Large Rivers, Vienna, AUSTRIA (2011).
48. 4th International Perspective on Water Resources and Environment: IPWE 2011, held at National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE (2011).
49. 3rd International Perspective on Current & Future State of Water Resources & the Environment: INDIA 2010, IIT Madras, INDIA (2010).
50. International Congress of Environmental Research, held at BITS Pilani Goa, INDIA (2008).
51. Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union held in San Francisco, CA, USA (2005).
52. National conference on Water Resources and Hydraulics (HYDRO 2004), VNIT, Nagpur, INDIA (2004)
53. National Conference on Environment and Development, Panjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Panjab, INDIA (1998)

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