Biographical note

Dr. Ashish Pandey is currently a Professor at the Department of Water Resources Development & Management, IIT Roorkee. He received Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He pursued his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering and M.Tech. in Soil and Water Engineering from JNKVV, Jabalpur. He is a Fellow member of Institution of Engineers, the Indian Association of Hydrologists, and Indian Water Resources Society. He published 165 research papers in peer-reviewed and high impact international/national journals/seminars/conferences/ symposia. Prof. Pandey has over 20  years of experience in the field of  Irrigation Water Management, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Hydrological Modeling of Watershed, Remote sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar is currently working as Scientist ‘E’ at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Delhi Technological University (DTU), India. He pursued his B.E. in Civil Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad and obtained his M.E. in Hydraulics and Flood Control from DTU, Delhi. He has had more than 21 years of research experience in the field of hydrology. His research interests include surface water hydrology, flood modeling, design flood estimation, flood frequency analysis using L moments, climate change studies, time series modeling and reliability & uncertainty analysis of hydrologic systems. 

Prof. Arun Kumar is currently working as Professor of HRED, IIT Roorkee. He pursued his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee, Master's in Civil Engineering from IISc Bengaluru and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. He did Hydropower Diploma studies at NTH, Trondheim. His research areas are hydropower development, environmental management of water bodies, energy economics and policy. He was the coordinating lead author for IPCC special report on renewable energy for hydropower. Prof. Kumar has over 39 years of experience in the field of hydropower and environmental management of rivers and lakes.