rks.civil@coep.ac.in

Dr Ramkrishna Suryawanshi IES(1981)

Dr R K Suryawanshi presently Emeritus Professor at COEP Pune, involved in Post Graduate Teaching , Research and Consultancy in water and environment sector.
.Dr. Suryawanshi is IES (1981) joined Central Water Engineering Services through UPSC.
He obtained his Ph.D in Flood Management from IIT Bombay. He is graduate in Civil Engg from IIT (Kanpur) and Postgraduate in Hydrology from IIT, Roorkee. He is also a Law graduate from University of Pune.
He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Life Member of Indian Water Resource Society (IWRS), Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH), & Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG). He is Convener of IWRS, Pune and Ex Chairman of ISG, Pune.
He is Ex Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission, (Narmada-Tapi Basin) Min of Water Resources, Govt of India, Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) looking after development of water information system, flood management and physical & financial monitoring of major projects in Narmada & Tapi basins as well as all west flowing rivers in Rajasthan, Gujrat, Maharashtra, and union territories of Daman & Div including the canal works of Sardar Sarovar Project . He has successfully monitored & guided the flood management activities during the peak flood events of 2012 & 2013 in the region especially for Surat and Bharuch towns which are chronically flood prone.

Dr Suryawanshi was Member (Environment , Rehabilitation & Resettlement), Narmada Control Authority, Indore looking after Environmental as well as R & R issues for various water resources projects in Narmada basin including the Sardar Sarovar Project.
Being Member Secretary of the Environment and R & R Subgroup he played crucial role in restarting the construction works of the Sardar Sarovar Dam in June 2014 by completeting the Environmental and R&R requirements as per Hon. Supreme Court directives.as the work was held up for several years.

Earlier he was Dy Secretary, Sardar Sarovar Construction Adv.Com,(SSCAC) MOWR, Govt Of India, at Vadodara monitoring the construction as well as financial & inter state aspects of the Sardar Sarovar Project.
In Ministry of Water Resources , he initially joined as Asst Director worked in Remote Sensing Dte of Central Water Commission and later was associated with Ganga and Brahmaputra basin planning studies.
As Deputy Director he has carried out hydrological appraisal studies (i e water availability, design flood etc) for several water resources projects in the country. for techno-economic sanction of the Planning commission..
As Executive Engineer, he contributed in establishment of Hydrological Information System (HIS) in Upper Krishna Basin and west flowing rivers in Maharashtra. He also carried out physical & financial monitoring of number of water resources projects in the region.
As Director at CWC(HQ), New Delhi, he has dealt with issues on dam instrumentation / dam safety aspects. He has also worked as Head of Subject Matter Division, MoWR, for implementation of R&D projects in water sector.
He is one of the founder Directors of the National Water Academy, Khadakwasla Pune. He had been associated with the development of the academy right from its inception in 1998 till 2010. He has initiated, designed and conducted many new training courses related to application ofmodern technologies in water sector in addition to his contribution in development of new training infrastructure in the Academy.

As a core faculty at National Water Academy Pune, Dr Suryawanshi has dealt with the subjects of Basin Planning, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Remote Sensing –GIS Applications, Environmental and R&R issues, Operation Hydrology, Project Hydrology, Disaster / Flood Management, Dam Safety, Geotechnical/ Hydrological Instrumentation, R & D In Water Sector etc. delivering over 500 lectures to water professionals.in the country.

In order to enhance the applications of the Geoinformatics technology, Dr Suryawanshi established “Centre for Geoinformatics” at National Water Academy,(NWA) Pune under NNRMS(GoI Program) in collaboration with ISRO(HQ), Bangalore. The centre has the state of the art training infrastructure equipped with latest hardware and requisite softwares. He designed training modules for Govt officers, academicians which include fundamentals of geoinformatics, use of softwares and applications in water sector. He has conducted over 20 training courses for Govt officers, academic faculty, research scholars from the entire country contributing over 1200 man- weeks of training on geoinformatics in water sector.

He also designed special training module on RS-GIS applications in water sector for the officers of Central Water Engineering Services during their Induction Training Program (ITP) at NWA, Pune. Over the years about 100 officers have got the benefit of this module.

He conducted special training programs on RS-GIS for State Govts of West Bengal, Tamilnadu, and Maharashtra at their locations. He assisted the states, central institutes as well as academic institutions in establishing their Geomatics labs.

In order to propagate the subject in the student community, Dr. Suryawanshi has guided several UG/PG projects in water sector using Geoinformatics. Being a member of Board of Studies he contributed in development of academics curriculum for geoinformatics and introducing the subject at UG level in Unv of Pune as well as SNDT Unv Mumbai. He has been associated with the Geoinformatics courses conducted at University of Pune, Sinhgad College of Science, Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics etc. since their inception.
As a part of innovative applications of the geoinformatics technology in hydrology, Dr Suryawanshi has introduced concepts of digital rainfall, digital runoff as well as digital flood routing and demonstrated their applications in flood management .This innovative model has achieved him Ph.D. from IIT Bombay
Dr. Suryawanshi has compiled and edited over 20 training volumes on the subject of Geoinformatics in water sector. He has contributed over thirty research papers on water related subjects which have been published in national & international journals.

He has also designed and implemented new training modules on “Hydological Design Aids “useful for Project hydrology/ Operation hydrology applications including softwares like SWDES,HYMOS during implementation of World Bank aided Hydrology Project –I & II,

He has designed & conducted eleven training courses on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) for river basins using RIBASIM software & contributing over 700 man weeks of training on the subject. He has contributed in three special river basin studies( Upper Godavary, Sabarmati, Vatrak) on IWRM using RIBASM software for State Govt.s of Gujarat,& Maharashtra under HP-I.

He has guided over 13 M.Tech dessertations and 10 B Tech Projects. He has been visiting faculty on water related topics at several reputed institutions through out the country which include Unv. of Pune, Unv of Mumbai, SNDT Unv., Symbiosis Unv., CSWCRTI Ootty, WRD Chennai, WRD Kolkatta, WAPCOS New Delhi, Irrigation Dept, Jaipur, GSDA, YASHADA, Pune, WALMI Aurangabad, WALMI Anand, WREMI, Vadodara etc.

In order to generate collective opinion on various crucial issues in water sector, he organized five National Workshops/Conferences on select following themes.He edited the proceedings of these National Workshops in which the recommendations emerged were compiled and included which have been subsequently helpful to many central & state agencies in policy formulation and decision making ih these fields..

River Basin Organizations
Geoinformatics In Water Sector
R & D In Water Sector
IWRM With Special Emphasis On Institutional & Legal Aspects
Geotechnical & Hydrological Instrumentation

As a part of mass awareness program of Govt of India in water sector , he organized over 15 Water Resources Day functions at various places in Maharashtra.

One of the important aspects in water sector is water education to media professionals. Dr Suryawanshi designed and implemented six months “MoWR- Media Fellowship program” in which several media personnel from prominent print /visual media were trained & guided for balanced reporting on water sector for the first time in the country during the “Fresh Water Year-2003”.

Upon the request received from Indian Navy to train its officers in water sector, Dr Suryawanshi designed & conducted unique training course especially for senior officers of the Indian Navy for the first time in the country.

He has presented research papers on flood management at “14 th World Lake Conference” at Austin (USA) as well as “Water & Society-2011” conference at Las Vegas (USA). He was one of the members of Govt of India Study Team on IWRM which visited Taiwan during which he presented a paper at the International conference on “IWRM-Training in India”.

In recognition of his contribution in water sector, he was awarded “Raobahadur N S Joshi Irrigation Engineer Award -2005” by Institution of Engineers (India),Pune.He was given “Er. S G Shirke Award” for the Best Project Guide by IWRS-Pune. He was also awarded “Khandesh Bhushan” by the Khandesh Mandal, Pune
During his academic career , he is NCC C-Cetificate holder and also obtained French and German language Certificates. He received High School scholarship and National Merit Scholarship of Govt of India .

Designation:

Emeritus Professor

Department:

Civil

Email:

rks.civil@coep.ac.in

rksurya2000@yahoo.com

Mobile Number:

91-9879200530

Phone Number:

02025507225

Date of Joining COEP:

02/08/2017

Prior to joining COEP Industrial Experience (Years):

23

Prior to joining COEP Teaching/Research Experience:

12

Teaching Experience:

17

Industry Experience:

23

Research Experience:

10

Qualifications:

Sr. No	Degree obtained	Institution/ University	Subjects
1	B.Tech.	IIT Kanpur	Civil Engineering
2	M.E.	IIT Roorkee	Hydrology and Water Resources Engg.
3	Ph.D.	IIT Mumbai	Development of Digital Flood Forecasting Model using Remote Sensing / GIS Tools
4	LL.B	Unv. of Pune	Law

Teaching Responsibility:

Year	Semester	Subject-1	Subject-2
2017-18	I	Adv Hydrology & Hydraulics (Core)	-
2017-18	II	Applications of Geoinformatics in EWRE(Core)	Integrated water resources Management (IWRM) – PG (DE-III)
2018-19	I	Adv Hydrology & Hydraulics (Core)	-
2018-19	II	Applications of Geoinformatics in EWRE ( PG-Core)	Integrated water resources Management (IWRM) – PG (DE-III)
2019-20	I	Adv Hydrology & Hydraulics ( PG-Core)	-
2019-20	II	Applications of Geoinformatics in EWRE (Core)	Integrated water resources Management (IWRM) -PG DE-III)
2020-21	I	Adv Hydrology & Hydraulics ( PG-Core)	-
2020-21	II	Applications of Geoinformatics water management IOC-PG	Integrated water resources Management (IWRM) – PG (DE-III)
2021-22	I	Applications of Geoinformatics in EWRE (PG -Core)	Geoinformatics & Applications (IOC)
2021-22	II	Transport of water and waste water	-

Consultancy

Approved Consultant for WAPCOS India
Approved Consultant for MoEF Govt of India

Industry MOU

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No

Project

Client

Status

1

Innovative designs of ESR for Rural

Water Supply Schemes

Tejas Construction,Pune

Ongoing

Additional Responsibility:

Post held	Office/ Institution	From	To	Nature of Duties
Emeritus Professor	COEP, Pune	Aug2017	Till date	Post Graduate Teaching, Research & Consultancy
Chief Engineer	Central Water Commission, Gandhinagar MoWR Govt of India	May 2012	May 2016	Overall management of Tapi, Narmada & 13 other river basins in Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP, and Rajasthan which include Monitoring of irrigation projects under central schemes ( PMKSY, AIBP, RRR, FMP) , development of Water Information System and Flood Forecasting for major cities like Surat, Bharuch etc. The scope included all ongoing major irrigation projects in the region including prestigious Sardar Sarovar Project.
Member (Environment and R&R) (Addl. Charge)	Narmada Control Authority, Indore MoWR Govt of India	Jan 2013	Dec 2013	Monitoring the implementation of Environmental and R & R issues for the Sardar Sarovar Project by the participating states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP & Rajasthan Played vital role in re-starting construction works of Sardar Sarovar dam by fulfilling Environmental and R&R targets as per Suprime Court directives.
Deputy Secretary	Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee, (MoWR) Vadodara	April 2010	May 2012	Construction monitoring of Sardar Sarovar Dam, Power House and other components. The scope included monitoring the physical and financial progress as well as interstate aspects involving states of Maharashta, Gujarat, MP & Rajasthan.
Director	National Water Academy, Pune	June 1998	April 2010	Being one of the founder Directors of the Academy the tasks included overall establishment of National Water Academy, Pune. It included design / organize and conduct training programs related to water resources development & management, use of modern technology in water sector, Induction Ttraining programs for Gr A officers as well as establishment of modern training infrastructure at Pune
Director	MoWR/ CWC, New Delhi	Sept 1997	June 1998	Implementation of R & D program in water sector under MoWR funding and instrumentation aspects in large dams.
Executive. Engineer	CWC Pune	Sept 1990	Sept 1997	Establishment and management of Hydrological Information System (HIS) / Flood forecasting network as well as monitoring of Irrigation & Hydropower Projects under construction in Krishna basin and West flowing rivers of Maharashtra and Goa.
Deputy Director	CWC, New Delhi	Nov 1987	Aug 1990	Hydrological appraisal of water resources projects for techno-economic clearance by then Planning Commission
Asst. Director	CWC, New Delhi	Sept 1983	Nov 1987	Preparation of Perspective Plans for Ganga – Brahmaputra Basins
Site Engineer	Cementation Co Ltd., Mumbai	Aug 1981	Sept 1983	Dam construction/foundation strengthening, Diaphragm walls, Pile foundations etc

Publications:

Suryawanshi R K, Poonam Saindansing NCACM (2022) "Critical analysis of storm water drainage network in Mithi Basin in view of July -2005 flood event in Mumbai".
Suryawanshi R K, Gayatri Salunkhe, NCACM (2022)" Performance evaluation study of ward wise solid waste management for Nashik city using geospatial and analytical tools."
Suryawanshi R K, Prajakta Gaware NCACM (2022) "Stream rejuvenation for Mula basin using IWRM approach for drought management"
Suryawanshi R K, Raibhan Sarnobbat , Pritam Bhadane, Vaibhav Markad NCACM (2022)"Study of development of inter basin water grid for Maharashtra using geospatial tools."
Suryawanshi R K, Asish Shinde NCACM (2021) "Urban Flood Modelling for Pune City using Geospatial Tools"
Suryawanshi R K, Priyadarshni Deshmukh(2021) "Benchmarking of Khadakwasla Irrigation project using geospatial and simulation tools"
Suryawanshi R K, Mosumi Chatterjee (IWW (2019) "Dam break flood inundation studies for Hinglow Dam"
Suryawanshi R K, Srujan Gavale IWW (2019) "River Rejuvenation by Adopting Continuous Stream Storage Approach in Mula-Mutha Basin using Geospatial &Simulation Tools"
Suryawanshi R K, Akshata Kothale ICACAC (2020) "Study of Solid Waste Management System for Pune City using Geospatial tools"
Suryawanshi R K, Saurab Gangurde ICACAC (2020) "Development of Perspective Plan of Integrated Water Supply and Sanitation for Dhule City using Geospatial Tools"
Suryawanshi R K, Thube A D, Pandhe S A (2019) MoWR-International Confnference on Irrigation Management(ICIM)-Aurngabad “Quantitative impact assessment of improved irrigation efficiency with integrated management of Storage reservoirs in Girna basin using simulation tools”
Suryawanshi R K, Thube A D, Gawali S G (2019) MoWR-International Conf on Irrigation Management(ICIM), Aurangabad “ Applications of geospatial tools for assessment of maximum storage potential in watershed using continuous stream storage approach.”
Suryawanshi R K , Nishank Irabatti (IWW (2019) "Critical analysis of Water supply network for Solapur city suburb using soft computing tools"
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N., (2014)―"Flood Estimation Using Advance Geospatial Tools ", Journal Of Geomatics, ISG, April, Pp 20-26.
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N., (2012) ―"Use of advance geospatial tools for estimation of spatial rainfall‖" – International Water Resources Association (India) Journal, ISSN : 2277-1298 (Print)ISSN : 2277-1301 (Online), July, Vol.1.No-2, pp 14-17.
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N. (2012) ―"Comparative analysis of spatial rainfall-runoff estimation using advance geospatial tools, ANN and empirical approach". International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Oct. Volume 2, Issue 10
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N., (2014) ―"Flood forecasting using advance geospatial tools" “Current Science, Current Sciences Association, Indian academy of Sciences (Accepted)
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N. (2011) ―"Estimation of lake inflows using advance geospatial tools"-Proceedings of World Lake Conference-2011,Texas State University (Austin) USA
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N. (2012) ―"Inflow forecasting for lakes using Artificial Neural Networks" Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response-III (FRIAR-2012), Online ISSN:1743-3541 Print ISBN:978-1-84564-588-5,Ecology& Environment,Vol-159, Wesex Institute of Technology, London (UK) 146
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N. (2013) ―"Rainfall based digital flood estimation techniques." – Proceedings of National seminar on ―Climate change impacts on water resources systems‖, PIET, Vadodara, (India).
Suryawanshi, R,K. (2009) ―"Advance techniques in water resources management" Proceedings of Indo-US Workshop on ―Emerging Issues in Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture in South Asia Region‖, Michigan State University (USA) and CSWCRTI -Ooty (India).
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N.(2014) ―Real time inflow forecasting for reservoir water management using advance geospatial tools‖Asian Federation for International Technology in Agriculture-2014 (AFITA-2014) 29Sept-2Oct-2014 Perth Australia, (Accepted but could not be presented)
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N. (2014)―Digital flood estimation using advance geospatial tools ―International Conference on Climate Change and Humanity- ICCCH 2014, Melbourne, Australia.(Accepted but could not be presented)
Suryawanshi, R.K., Gedam, S.S., Sankhua, R.N., (2014) ―Deterministic approach for flood forecasting using geospatial tools‖ Hydrological Sciences Journal‖ ISSN 0262-6667 (Print), 2150-3435 (Online) Journal of the international Association of Hydrological Sciences ( IAHS), Taylor & Francis (under review).
R.K.Suryawanshi, -Major Issues For R&D In Future Water Scenario (National workshop on R & D in Water sector, NWA Pune)
R.K. Suryawanshi - Decision Support System For Implementation Of Integrated Water Resources Management By River Basin Organisations -- (National workshop on IWRM- NWA Pune)
R. K. Suryawanshi “Integrated River Basin Planning & Management” – Indian Scenario ( National workshop on IWRM -NWA Pune)
R.K.Suryawanshi, V.M. Natraj, Dhande H. C., Khairnar P D.,Patidar G J.Estimation Of Quantitative Benefits Of Improved Irrigation Efficiency Using Simulation Technique --- (National workshop on IWRM -NWA Pune)
R. K. Suryawanshi ,C.L. Bajaj -Analysis And Interpretation Of Dam–Instrumentation Data Of Srisailam Dam… (National workshop on Dam Instrumentation-NWA Pune)
R. K. Suryawanshi, A B Pandya -Dam Instrumentation- Issues And Options … (National workshop on Dam Instrumentation-NWA Pune)
R. K. Suryawanshi -Instrumentation Program – Need Of The Hour…. (National workshop on Dam Instrumentation-NWA Pune)
R K Suryawanshi, S.R.Gaikwad -Hydrological Instrumentation-An Overview…. (National workshop on Dam Instrumentation-NWA Pune)
R K Suryawanshi P G Sahasrabuddhe K R Subramanian H Y Kolawale --Decision Support System For Integrated Water Resources Management (Case Study For Upper Godawari River Basin) (National workshop on IWRM -NWA Pune)
R K Suryawanshi-"River Basin Management Information System & Basin Simulation"…( NWA Pune).
R K Suryawanshi --"Yield Studies For Ib Irrigation Project In Mahanadi Basin (Orissa)" Bhagirath-(CWC- New Delhi)
R K Suryawanshi, K R Joshi--"Use Of Modern Tools For ILR Project" - NWA Pune

Memberships and Affiliations:

Fellow of Institution of Engineers
Life Member of Indian Water Resource Society (IWRS),
Life Member and former Executive Member of Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH),
Life Member Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG).
Convenor of IWRS, Pune
Ex Chairman of ISG, Pune Center

Current Projects :

M. Tech. Dissertations Guided

Sr No	Name of researcher	M Tech Dissertation Title	Institute	Year
1	Shailesh Pandhe	Operation and management of multi- reservoir system in Girna basin using simulation tools,	COEP, Pune Unv	2018
2	Shailesh Gavai	Development of perspective plan for Nannaj watershed adopting Continuous Stream Storages (CSS) method using geo- spatial tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2018
3	Nishank R Irabatti	Study of water supply network for Solapur city suburb using soft computing tools,	COEP, Pune Unv	2019
4	Srujan Gavale	River rejuvenation by adopting Continuous Stream Storages (CSS) approach in Mula- Mutha basin using geospatial & simulation tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2019
5	Akshata R Kothale	Study of Solid Waste Management System for Pune City using Geospatial Tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2020
6	Saurabh Gangurde	Development of perspective plan for integrated water supply and sanitation system for Dhule city using geospatial tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2020
7	Ashutosh Wala	Drought management for Karha watershed using simulation tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2020*
8	Priydarshani Deshmukh	Benchmarking of Khadakwasla Irrigation Project using Geospatial and Simulation Tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2021
9	Ashish Shinde	Urban Flood Modelling for Pune City using Geospatial Tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2021
10	Prajakta Gaware	Stream rejuvenation for Mula basin using IWRM approach for drought management	COEP, Pune Unv	2022*
11	Gayatri Salunkhe	Performance evaluation study of wardwise solid waste management for Nashik city using geospatial and analytical tools	COEP, Pune Unv	2022*
12	Poonam Saindansing	Critical analysis of storm water drainage network in Mithi Basin in view of July -2005 flood event in Mumbai.	COEP, Pune Unv	2022*
13	Manisha	Development of Management Information System (MIS) for Mula- Mutha River basin using Geoinformatics	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi)	2006

* Ongoing

B Tech Projects Guided

Sr No	Name of Students	B Tech Project Title	Institute	Year
1	Tanmay Mandarkar Rohit Ghodke Shubham Khamkar	Study of waste water management system for Ichalkarnji city using soft computing tools	CoEP, SSPU Pune	2021-22
2	Raibhan Sarnobbat Pritam Bhadane Vaibhav Markad	Study of development of inter basin water grid for Maharashtra using geospatial tools (Received M/S M B Gharpure Innovative UG/ PG project award -2022)	COEP SSPU, Pune	2020-21
3	Gaurav Dhanwe Onkar Gangane Ketan Titirmare	Impact assessment of urbanization on drainage system in Pune area using geospatial tools	COEP SSPU, Pune	2019-20
4	Verghese Niji, Wagh Kamalesh Wanjale Tanaji	Perspective planning of surface water storage utilization for major projects in Vatrak Basin using simulation technique	Sinhgad College of Engg, SSPU, Pune	2005-06
5	Pawar V P Ravetkar S N Udhyavar S S Zagade A E	Development of information system for industrial zone using geoinformatics	Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology SSPU, Pune	2005-06
6	Dhande V C Khairnar P D Potdar G J	Optimum utilization of reservoir water for variable cropping pattern using simulation approach.	Pravara Rural Engg College, Loni SSPU, Pune	2005-06
7	Gaikawad P, Pathan S A, Gomsale A B Nangare V M Sonavane N J	Runoff estimation using Geographical Information System	D Y Patil College of Engg SSPU, Pune	2004-05
8	Ghodekar P B Parinchekar T D Upasani S R	Integrated operation of major water resources projects in Ghod Basin using simulation techniques	Sinhgad College of Engg, SSPU, Pune	2004-05
9	Aru Pallavi Kalokhe D R Nair Ajay Santhapuran P B	Decision Support System (DSS) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Mula Mutha Basin	D Y Patil College of Engg SSPU, Pune	2003-04

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