Distinctions

Awards Editor/ Assoctae Editor Membership Others

• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi.
• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru.
• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Prayagraj (Allahabad).



• Awarded Boyscast fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to conduct research in Climate Hydrology at Utah State University, Logan, USA, during Jan-June 1999.
• Awarded a Project under 'Scheme for Young Scientists (SYS)' by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to conduct research on Adaptability of Artificial Neural Networks to Stochastic Hydrology in 1997.
• Best Paper Award for the paper Optimal design of water distribution system using Linear Programming Gradient (LPG) method published in Journal of Indian Water Works Association for the year 1998, Shri Kancharaddy Memorial Prize (JPEG 308 KB).
• Best Paper Award for the paper Multicriterion Q-Analysis and Compromise Programming for Irrigation Planning published in Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engineering Division, for the year 2001, Sir Arthur Cotton Memorial Medal (JPEG 307 Kb).
• IBM Faculty Award - 2012, See the details in IBM website.

• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA.
• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA.
• Member, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UK.
• Member, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), Spain.
• Member, International Society on Multi Criteria Decision Making, USA.
• Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India), Calcutta, India.
• Fellow, Indian Society for Hydraulics, Pune, India.
• Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India.
• Member, Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee, India.

• Member, Board of Appointment for selection of candidates for appointment to the post of Lecturer and Professor in the Post-graduate Department of Civil Engineering in Bangalore University in 2007.
• Member, Board of Appointment for selection of candidates for appointment to the post of Professor in the Post-graduate Department of Civil Engineering in Bangalore University in 2004.
• Member, Board of Appointment for selection of candidates for appointment to the post of Lecturer in the Post-graduate Department of Civil Engineering in Bangalore University in 2004.
• Member, Board of Appointment for selection of candidates for appointment to the post of Reader in the Post-graduate Department of Civil Engineering in Bangalore University in 2003.
• Member Secretary, International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering ( ACE 2002), Kharagpur, India, Jan 3-5, 2002.
• Member, International Technical Committee, International Conference on "Water and Wastewater: Perspectives of Developing Countries", 11-13 December 2002, IIT, Delhi, India.
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, International Conference on "Advanced Modeling Techniques for Sustainable Management of Water Resources", 28-30 January 2004, NIT, Warangal, India.
• Member, Technical Committee, National Conference on "Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management", 11-12 October 2003, BITS, Pilani, India.
• Member in Doctoral Scrutinee Committee (DSC) for more than 15 Research Scholars of Civil Engg Dept and Agri & Food Engg Dept of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur during 1996-2002.