Dr. Vijay Shankar

Head of the Department (Associate Professor)

Focussed on academics and research in Hydraulics and Water Resource Engineering.

Name	:	Dr. Vijay Shankar
Designation	:	Head of the Department (Associate Professor)
Department	:	Civil Engineering
Qualification	:	Ph D
Phone	:	254340
Email ID	:	vsdogra@nith.ac.in
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General Information

Name	:	Dr. Vijay Shankar
Designation	:	Head of the Department (Associate Professor)
Department	:	Civil Engineering
Qualification	:	Ph D
Date of Birth	:	06/17/1970
Date of joining	:	11/16/1996

Contact Details

Phone	:	254340
Email ID	:	vsdogra@nith.ac.in

Specialization

Water Resource Engineering

Position Held

Position	Department Name	Institute Name	Time Period

Educational Qualification

Name of the Degree	Year of Passing	Institute/University
Ph.D. (Hydraulics)	2007	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-(UA)
MBA (HRD)	2004	IGNOU Delhi
M.E. (Irrigation and Hydraulics)	1996	PEC Chandigarh
B. Tech. (Civil Engineering)	1993	REC Hamirpur (HP)

Honors & Recognitions Achieved

Sr.No.	Title	Activity	Given By	Year

Research Experience

Research Interests :	Water Resources Engineering, Unsaturated Zone Modelling, River Bank Filtration, Irrigation Scheduling, Water Resources Management.
Brief Research Statement :

Journal Publications

Conference Publications

Year	Author(s)	Title	Conference name with place	Indexing (SCI/Web of science/Scopus)
2018	Andrea Momblanch, Ian Holman, Sanjay K. Jain, Daniel Banister, Andrew Orr, Anil Kulkarni, Vijay Shankar, Sikhululekile Ncube, Lindsay Beevers, Boris Snapir, Toby Waine, Chandra S.P. Ojha, and Adebayo J. Adeloye	Systems modelling and nexus assessment to support global change adaptation in the Himalayas	European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly, April 8-13	Geophysical Research Abstracts (internationally renowned Conference)
2018	Nitish Mahant and Vijay Shankar	Investigations on Infiltration Characteristics of Soils in Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh)	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Akshika Guleria and Vijay Shankar	Factor analysis of various reference evapotranspiration models for sub-humid sub-tropical climate	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar, Vijay Shankar	Study of Capillary Rise on Irrigation Requirements for Wheat	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Gaurav Chauhan, Rajiv Ganguly and Vijay Shankar	Two dimensional finite time simulation of waste spills in rivers	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Arunava Poddar, Aashish Sharma and Vijay Shankar	: Irrigation scheduling for potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) based on daily crop coefficient approach in a sub-humid sub-tropical region	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Navsal Kumar and Vijay Shankar	Soil moisture dynamics in vadose zone under different boundary conditions	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Chandel V.S., Bisaria N. and Shankar V	Morphometric analysis of five watersheds of Hamirpur District, Himachal Pradesh	3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, March 18-19	International civil engineering symposium (ICES-2017)
2017	Shekhawat K.P., Chauhan T.A., Singh S. Vikram and Shankar V	Using artificial neural networks for inflow forecasting of reservoir	3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, March 18-19	International civil engineering symposium (ICES-2017)
2016	Vijay Shankar	Computation of vadoze zone moisture profiles for successive irrigation scheduling	International Conference on Computational methods (ICCM – 2016), August 1 - 4	Scientech Publisher Llc, USA
2014	Vijay Shankar	Comparative Evaluation of Root Uptake Models for Developing Moisture Uptake based Irrigation Schedules for Crops	International Conference on Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering (ICABE 2014), June 16-17	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2013	Vijay Shankar	A User Friendly Tool for Performance Evaluation of Different Reference Evapotranspiration Methods	International Conference on Agriculture and Environment Engineering, (ICAEE – 2013), June 5-6	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2013	Vijay Shankar	Effect of Environment on Transportation Systems	International Workshop on Exploring Science of Transportation Systems, April 11-12	Internationally renowned Conference Proceedings
2012	Vijay Shankar	Effect of Shallow Groundwater Table on the Moisture Depletion Pattern in Crop Root Zone	International Conference on Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ICESE-12), December 6-7	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2012	Shailza Sharma, Rupam Saha, T. Anand Prabhu and Vijay Shankar	River bank filtration in Hamirpur, India: quality analysis and modeling, using visual MODFLOW	World Aqua Congress (WAC2012), November 28-30	Internationally renowned Conference
2012	Vijay Shankar, CSP Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	Irrigation Scheduling for Maize and Indian-mustard based on Daily Crop Water Requirement in a Semi-Arid Region	International Conference on Civil and Environment Engineering (ICCEE-2012), March 28-30	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2011	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert and CSP Ojha	Assessment of riverbank filtration technique for the efficient water supply in the urban areas	National Conference on Water Resources and Hydraulics “HYDRO-2011”, December 29-30	Internationally renowned Conference
2010	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert and CSP Ojha	Urban Water Management Through Riverbank Filtration - A case study of Grind Well Field, Duesseldorf, Germany	International conference on “Urbanism and Green Architecture” (ICUGA-10), October 30-31	Internationally renowned Conference
2009	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad and CSP Ojha	Optimal irrigation schedules based on simulated soil-moisture depletion pattern	Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (WEES – 09), January 12-16	Internationally renowned Conference
2008	Vijay Shankar, C.S.P. Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	Simulatiion of Vadoze Zone Moisture Profiles for Optimal Irrigation Scheduling	International convention on water resources development and management (ICWRDM–08), October 23rd-26th	Internationally renowned Conference
2007	Vijay Shankar, C.S.P. Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	Evaluation of FAO Recommended Crop Coefficients for Maize and Wheat in a Semi-arid Region of India	South Asian Conference on Water in Agriculture: Management Options for Increasing Crop Productivity per Drop of Water, Nov. 15th-17th	Internationally renowned Conference
2007	Vijay Shankar, CSP Ojha, K.S. Hari Prasad	Evaluation of plant moisture extraction for different type of soils using simulation modelling	6th International R&D Conference ‘Sustainable Development of Water and Energy Resources – Needs and Challenges’, 13th-16th February	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, Eckert, Paul, Ojha, C.S.P., Irmscher, R. and Koenig, C.M.	Transient 3-D modelling of riverbank filtration at Grind well field, Duesseldorf, Germany	EU-India International River Bank Filtration Conference, November 18th-19th	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, C.S.P Ojha	Root zone moisture depletion based irrigation scheduling for cash, oil and forage crops using simulation modelling	International Conference on “Hydrology and Watershed Management” (ICHWAM-2006), December 5th-8th	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, Ojha, C.S.P., Hari Prasad, K.S.	Effect of Shallow groundwater table on the Moisture depletion pattern of crop root zone	International Conference on “Hydrology and Watershed Management” (ICHWAM-2006), December 5th-8th	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Eckert Paul and Vijay Shankar	Modelling of river bank filtration at the Ganges river in India and the Rhine river in Germany	Grunwassermodellierung-The SPRING user’s conference, August 31st-September 1st	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar	Groundwater modelling for riverbank filtration	EU-India Working Group Meeting and Workshop with NGOs and Farmers on “Riverbank Filtration”, Feb. 27th-28th	Internationally renowned Conference
1998	Goyal, S.K. and Vijay Shankar	Effect of saline irrigation water on crop growth	UNESCO, IHP and IAHR sponsored African Division Conference on “Coping with Water Scarcity”, August 26th-28th	Internationally renowned Conference
1997	Goyal, S.K., and Vijay Shankar	Effect of saline irrigation water on soils	2nd International R & D Conference, October 21st-24th	Internationally renowned Conference
1997	Goyal, S.K., and Vijay Shankar	Conjunctive use of saline tube well waters and canal waters for irrigation	International Symposium on “Emerging Trends in Hydrology (ISETH-97)”, Sept. 25th-27th	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Lalit Goyal, R.K.Sharma and Vijay Shankar	Effect of Use of Crop Residues (Waste Materials) on Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature in Potato Crop under Mid-Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh, India.	International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design	Springer, Cham
2018	33. Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar, and Vijay Shankar	Investigation of parameters that effect capillary rise from shallow water table under the influence of crops	23rd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2018), December 19th-21st, 2018, NIT Patna.	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	34. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar, Aashish Dhobal and Vijay Shankar	Performance Assessment of PSO and GA in estimating Soil hydraulic properties using Near-Surface Soil Moisture Observations	International Conference on Computational Modelling, Simulation and Optimization, June 27th-29th, 2019, Shaw Foundation Alumni House, National University of Singapore	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	35. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar and Vijay Shankar	Non Linear Regression for Identifying the optimal Soil Hydraulic Model Parameters	International Conference on Numerical Optimization in engineering and Sciences (NOIEAS-2019), June 19th-21st, 2019, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	36. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar and Vijay Shankar	Optimizing Irrigation through Environmental Canopy Sensing- A Proposed Automated Approach	. International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimization (ICAMeO-2019), June 19th-21st, 2019, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India	Internationally renowned Conference

Research Projects

Role	Project Type	Title	Funding Agency	From	To	Amount	Status	Co-Investigator	Sanction Order	Sanction Date
Principle Investigator	State Research and Development Project	Application of Wollastonite micro fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete overlay for rehabilitating District and Village roads in Himachal Pradesh.	State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (SCSTE), Himachal Pradesh	27/12/2017	31/12/2019	Rs. 5.052 Lacs	Ongoing	Dr. Shashi Kant Sharma, NIT-Harmipur, INDIA	SCSTE/F(8)-1/2017 5087-5088	28/12/2017
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project between UK & India	Sustaining Himalayan Water Resources in a Changing Climate (SusHi-Wat).	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), GOI & Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK	18/01/2017	31/12/2019	Rs. 56.8 Lacs	Ongoing	Prof C. S. P. Ojha (IIT-Roorkee), Prof. K.S. Hari Prasad (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Anil Kulkarni (IISc Bangalore), Dr. Sanjay Jain (NIH Roorkee), Dr. Sharad Jain (NIH Roorkee) Prof. Adeloye J. Adebayo (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK), Prof Ian Holman (Cranfield University UK) Dr L. Beevers (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK),	MoES/NERC/IA-SWR/P3/10/2016-PC-II	18/01/2017
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project between UK & India.	Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Indian Agriculture Through Improved Irrigation Water	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), GOI & Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK	09/11/2011	30/11/2016	Rs. 29.6 Lacs	Completed	Prof. CSP Ojha (IIT Roorkee) Prof. Adeloye J. Adebayo (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) Prof. K.K. Singh, NIT Kurukshetra,	MoES/NERC/16/02/10-PC-II	09/11/2011
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project	Social-economic-environmental trade-offs in managing the Land-River-Interface	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, Natural Environment Research Council-UK and National Science Foundation, China	06/08/2019	31/08/2021	Rs. 31.382 Lacs	Ongoing	Dr. Adani Azhoni (NIT Karnataka), Dr. Brij Bala (CSK HPKV, HAREC, Bajaura),Dr. Robert Grabowski (Cranfield University, UK), Prof. Ian Holman (Cranfield University, UK), Dr. Jeroen Meersmans (Cranfield University, UK), & Dr. Jian Peng (Peking University, Beijing, China)	BT/IN/TaSE/69/AA/2018-19	06/08/2019

Research Supervision

Programme Name	Scholar Name	Research Topic	Status	Year	Co-Suprivisor(s)
Ph.D	Rohitashw Kumar	Modeling moisture uptake in multi-layer soil	Completed	2013	Dr. M.K. Jat, (MNIT Jaipur)
M.Tech	Tanmay Garg	Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration using the FAO Penman-Monteith Method for Climatic Conditions of Himachal Pradesh, India	Completed	2014
M.Tech	Ashutosh Singh	Multivariate Statistical Analysisof Groundwater for Unnao District (UP)	Completed	2014
M.Tech	Krishan P. Shekhawat	Daily Discharge Prediction for a River in a Hilly Subtropical humid Zone using ANN and ANFIS	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Sumit Jaswal	Empolying HEC-RESSIM 3.1 for reservoir maintenance and decision making	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Nitin Lakhera	Water Balance Study of Beas River (up to Pong Dam) in Himachal Pradesh using ARCGIS Technique	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Ankit Negi	Daily Discharge Prediction for a River in a Hilly Subtropical humid Zone using ANN and ANFIS	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Ashish Dobhal	Near-surface soil moisture modelling using Genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Aman Chandel	Sediment yield estimation using RUSLE Model	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Saurabh Singh	Rainfall modeling and prediction using MARKOV model	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Paras Gupta	Performance evaluation of different reference evapotranspiration equations	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Navsal Kumar	Modelling soil moisture dynamics in Unsaturated zone for different boundary conditions	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Vishal Chaudhary	Estimate changes in runoff due to change in land use pattern using various techniques	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Ashish Sharma	Field investigation of soil hydraulic and retention characteristics	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Shankar Ghosh	Hydropower generation and its impact on space time distribution of dissolved oxygen content in Beas river basin	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Pradeep Kumar	Rainfall runoff modelling for sustainable water resources management: Case study	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Pushpendra Kumar	Integration of remote sensing and GIS for delineation of watershed of Ramgarh dam, Jaipur	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Akshika Guleria	Factor analysis of reference evapotranspiration methods for sub-humid sub-tropical climate	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Snigdha Pandey	Application of non-linear regression in estimating soil moisture characteristics	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Saurav Saini	Evaluation of Hydraulic Conductivity based on grian size distribution and angularity on different types of materials	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Anurag	Optimum cropping pattern of Kulsi river basin using simulation and linear programming model	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Abhishek	Assessment of reservoir siltation using remote sensing in Bhakra and Pong reservoirs	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Nitish Mahant	Study of infiltration characteristics of soil in Hamirpur region	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Ramraj Meena	Analysis of hydraulic conductivity of various contaminated soil samples by Ksat	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Mekharaj Kunwar Chhetri	Evaluation of CFD for spillway modelling	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Sajal Maharshi	Estimation of reference evapotranspiration for various agro climatic zones of India using neural network approach	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Mohammad Umer Jan Deva	Impacts of land use and climate change scenarios on the water flux: A case study of KUNAH KHAD river watershed in Hamirpur, H.P.	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Preeti Bisht	Delineation of groundwater recharge zone in Hamirpur district using RS and GIS techniques	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Shivendra Chaubey	The effects of the shape parameters on hydraulic conductivity of different granular materials and their mixtures	Completed	2019
Ph.D	Arunava Poddar	Modelling soil moisture dynamics in crop root zone under shallow ground water table	Ongoing	2019
Ph.D	Rajat Kango	Modelling hydraulic conductivity for flow through porous media	Ongoing	2019
Ph.D	Lalit Goel	Effect of mulching on soil moisture retention characteristics	Ongoing	2020	Dr. R. K. Sharma
Ph.D	Navsal Kumar	Crop Water Stress Index tool for estimating soil moisture depletion	Ongoing	2020
Ph.D	Suman Kumari	Modeling landslide activation under excessive soil moisture regime in mid-hills of northwestern Himalayas	Ongoing	2021
Ph.D	Abhishish Chandel	Modeling of Hydraulic Conductivity of Porous media- A semi-theoretical approach	Ongoing	2022
M.Tech	Ankush	Study for Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslides and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of Western Himalayas (H.P, India)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Aakriti Chauhan	Study of climate change and its effects on landslidesof Western Himalayas (H.P, India)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Gargi Bindal	Spatio-temporal trend analysis of climatic variables for various districts of Himachal Pradesh	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Atul Mishra	Effect of land use and land cover on stream flow of Hind on river (Delhi)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Deepanshu Verma	Effect of mulching on retention characteristics of soil	Ongoing	2020

Patents

Title	Reg./Ref.No.	Date of Award/Filling	Awarding Agencies	Status

Teaching Experience

Position Held	Department and Organization	From	To	Total Experience
Associate Professor	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/2009	21/08/2019	10 years 1 month
Assistant Professor (Lecturer SG & AP)	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/2006	16/11/2009	3 years
Lecturer and Lecturer (Senior Scale)	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/1996	16/11/2006	10 years

Administrative Experience

Position Held	Department and Organization	From	To

Book/Chapters Written

Type	Title	Publisher	Author(s)	ISBN/ISSN No.	Year
Book Chapter	Chapter 26: Optimal Use of Irrigation Waterin “Sustainable Water Resources Management”	ASCE Publishing	Vijay Shankar, Chandra S. P. Ojha, Rao S. Govindaraju, K. S. Hari Prasad, Adeloye J. Adebayo, C. A. Madramoottoo, Hitesh Upreti, R. Shrivastava, and K. K. Singh	ISBN 9780784414767	2017
Book Chapter	Chapter 06: Design for Slope Protection by using Bio-Engineering Measures in Himalayan Region in “Agroforestry Systems for Resource Conservation and Livelihood Security in Lower Himalayas”	New India Publishing	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar	ISBN 10: 9381450218	2012

Expert Talks

Title	Place	Year	Description of Event
River Bank Filtration and Urban Water Management	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Urban Water Management’ October 12th-16th
Introduction to Finite Difference Method	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Computational Techniques in Engineering’, Oct. 16th-20th
Applications of Finite Difference Method to Hydro-geological Problems	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Computational Techniques in Engineering’, Oct. 16th-20th
Ground Water Recharge Through Rain Water Harvesting	NIT Hamirpur	2007	Short Term Training Programme on “Water Harvesting”, Dec. 10th-14th
Successful Rain Water Harvesting at Indore (M.P.)-A Case Study	NIT Hamirpur	2007	Short Term Training Programme on “Water Harvesting”, Dec. 10th-14th
Rainwater Harvesting – Environmental Issues	NIT Hamirpur	2008	I - D Short Term Course on Sustainable Energy Generation and Environmental Management, June 16th-27th
Water Harvesting through Community Participation	NIT Hamirpur	2008	STTP on “Water Supply and Sanitation Practices”(WSSP-08), July 22nd-26th
Various techniques of groundwater recharge through rainwater harvesting	NIT Hamirpur	2010	STC on “Water Harvesting” January 11th - 13th
Artificial Recharge Structures and Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting – Design, Costing and Preparation	HP State Water & Sanitation Mission, Shimla & CGWB		September 28th, Shimla. In 3-day training programme for PHED engineers on preparation of Sustainability plans

Consultancy

Title of Consultancy	Client Organization	Faculty Involved	Amount(INR)	Status
Concurrent Evaluation Studies for the Swan River Flood Management Project Phase-IV	HP Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA, & Dr. Pardeep Kumar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 4.00 Lacs	Completed
Study for Assessment of Flow of Water at Pazina (Pogoda) Khud, a Water Body, Flowing in to Sutlej River	Ambuja Cement Company, Darlaghat (HP)	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 2.50 Lacs	Completed
Concurrent Evaluation Studies for the Swan River Flood Management Project Phase-IV	HP Irrigation and Public Health Department	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 5.90 Lacs	Ongoing
Comprehensive Investigations in the catchment of river Swan Una District (HP) for Watershed development and Management.	HP Irrigation and Public Health Department	Prof. R.K. Sharma NIT-Harmipur, INDIA & Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Harmipur, INDIA	Rs. 1.80 Lacs	Completed

International and National Exposure

Sr.No.	Title	Description
1	Department of Water Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Dresden, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to attend Course Bank Filtration, and visit various RBF sites in Germany, Chek-Republic and Austria, funded by EU under ECCP during Sept. 3rd to 17th, 2005.
2	Stadtwerke Duesseldorf AG, Duesseldorf, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to study existing RBF sites and processes Under Project “EU-India River Bank Filtration Network” funded by EU under ECCP during September 18th to October 31st, 2005.
3	Delta h, Dortmund, Germany. (Groundwater Modelling Company)	To learn GW Modelling using ‘SPRING’ (Simulation of Processes in Ground) software during September 18th to October 31st, 2005.
4	Stadtwerke Duesseldorf AG, Duesseldorf, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to apply the advanced GW Modelling concepts at existing RBF sites, and attend International Conference at Dortmund (Germany), Under Project “EU-India River Bank Filtration Network” funded by EU under ECCP August 14th to September 3rd, 2006.
5	Oxford University, Oxford,UK	To attend NERC Changing Water Cycle workshop under MoES-NERC Research Project during June 25th – 26th, 2014
6	University of Cranefield, UK	Project Progress Meeting under MoES-NERC Project “MICCI – 2012 -2016” on June 27th, 2014
7	Hariot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK	Academic Interactions on Climate Change and its impact on Indian Agriculture, School of Built Environment during June 28th -29th, 2014.
8	Agricultural and Agro-Industries in Peterborough & East Anglia Region of UK	Assessment and interaction on farming practices and agro based industrial set-up in UK, Organized by Irrigation consultants (UKIA) UK during June 30th – July 2nd, 2014.
9	British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK	Project Progress Meeting under MoES-NERC Project “SusHi-Wat - 2016-2019” during October 2nd – 4th, 2017.

Conferences/Courses Organized

Category	Type	Title	Venue	From	To	Designation
conference	National	Civil Engineering Conference – Innovation for Sustainability (CEC – 2016)	NIT Hamirpur	09/09/2016	10/09/2016	Secretary
conference	National	Computational Techniques in Engineering	NIT Hamirpur	16/10/2015	17/10/2015	Secretary
conference	National	Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2013)	NIT Hamirpur	12/12/2013	14/12/2013	Secretary
conference	National	Civil Engineering Conference – Innovation without Limits (CEC – 09)	NIT Hamirpur	18/09/2009	19/09/2009	Secretary
conference	National	Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering (IDCE – 08)	NIT Hamirpur	16/05/2008	17/05/2008	Secretary

Profile Summary

Last Update: 02/09/2019 11:06am

Name	:	Dr. Vijay Shankar
Designation	:	Head of the Department (Associate Professor)
Department	:	Civil Engineering
Qualification	:	Ph D
Phone	:	254340
Email ID	:	vsdogra@nith.ac.in
Profile URL	:	https://portfolios.nith.ac.in/index.php?/nith/dr-vijay-shankar-dogra-
Date of Birth	:	06/17/1970
Date of Joining	:	11/16/1996

Specialization

Water Resource Engineering

Education Qualification

Name of the Degree	Year of Passing	Institute/University
Ph.D. (Hydraulics)	2007	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-(UA)
MBA (HRD)	2004	IGNOU Delhi
M.E. (Irrigation and Hydraulics)	1996	PEC Chandigarh
B. Tech. (Civil Engineering)	1993	REC Hamirpur (HP)

Teaching Experience

Programme Name	Department And Organization	From	To	Total Experience
Associate Professor	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/2009	21/08/2019	10 years 1 month
Assistant Professor (Lecturer SG & AP)	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/2006	16/11/2009	3 years
Lecturer and Lecturer (Senior Scale)	Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur	16/11/1996	16/11/2006	10 years

Administrative Experience

Position Held	Department And Organization	From	To

Research Experience

Research Interests :	Water Resources Engineering, Unsaturated Zone Modelling, River Bank Filtration, Irrigation Scheduling, Water Resources Management.
Brief Research Statement :

Research Projects

Role	Project Type	Title	Funding Agency	From	To	Amount	Status	Co-Investigator	Sanction Order	Sanction Date
Principle Investigator	State Research and Development Project	Application of Wollastonite micro fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete overlay for rehabilitating District and Village roads in Himachal Pradesh.	State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (SCSTE), Himachal Pradesh	27/12/2017	31/12/2019	Rs. 5.052 Lacs	Ongoing	Dr. Shashi Kant Sharma, NIT-Harmipur, INDIA	SCSTE/F(8)-1/2017 5087-5088	28/12/2017
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project between UK & India	Sustaining Himalayan Water Resources in a Changing Climate (SusHi-Wat).	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), GOI & Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK	18/01/2017	31/12/2019	Rs. 56.8 Lacs	Ongoing	Prof C. S. P. Ojha (IIT-Roorkee), Prof. K.S. Hari Prasad (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Anil Kulkarni (IISc Bangalore), Dr. Sanjay Jain (NIH Roorkee), Dr. Sharad Jain (NIH Roorkee) Prof. Adeloye J. Adebayo (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK), Prof Ian Holman (Cranfield University UK) Dr L. Beevers (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK),	MoES/NERC/IA-SWR/P3/10/2016-PC-II	18/01/2017
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project between UK & India.	Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Indian Agriculture Through Improved Irrigation Water	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), GOI & Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK	09/11/2011	30/11/2016	Rs. 29.6 Lacs	Completed	Prof. CSP Ojha (IIT Roorkee) Prof. Adeloye J. Adebayo (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) Prof. K.K. Singh, NIT Kurukshetra,	MoES/NERC/16/02/10-PC-II	09/11/2011
Principle Investigator	International Collaborative Project	Social-economic-environmental trade-offs in managing the Land-River-Interface	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, Natural Environment Research Council-UK and National Science Foundation, China	06/08/2019	31/08/2021	Rs. 31.382 Lacs	Ongoing	Dr. Adani Azhoni (NIT Karnataka), Dr. Brij Bala (CSK HPKV, HAREC, Bajaura),Dr. Robert Grabowski (Cranfield University, UK), Prof. Ian Holman (Cranfield University, UK), Dr. Jeroen Meersmans (Cranfield University, UK), & Dr. Jian Peng (Peking University, Beijing, China)	BT/IN/TaSE/69/AA/2018-19	06/08/2019

Journal Publications

Conference Publications

Year	Author(s)	Conference	Title	Indexing
2018	Andrea Momblanch, Ian Holman, Sanjay K. Jain, Daniel Banister, Andrew Orr, Anil Kulkarni, Vijay Shankar, Sikhululekile Ncube, Lindsay Beevers, Boris Snapir, Toby Waine, Chandra S.P. Ojha, and Adebayo J. Adeloye	European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly, April 8-13	Systems modelling and nexus assessment to support global change adaptation in the Himalayas	Geophysical Research Abstracts (internationally renowned Conference)
2018	Nitish Mahant and Vijay Shankar	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Investigations on Infiltration Characteristics of Soils in Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh)	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Akshika Guleria and Vijay Shankar	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Factor analysis of various reference evapotranspiration models for sub-humid sub-tropical climate	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar, Vijay Shankar	Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM-2018), February 16-19	Study of Capillary Rise on Irrigation Requirements for Wheat	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Gaurav Chauhan, Rajiv Ganguly and Vijay Shankar	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	Two dimensional finite time simulation of waste spills in rivers	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Arunava Poddar, Aashish Sharma and Vijay Shankar	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	: Irrigation scheduling for potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) based on daily crop coefficient approach in a sub-humid sub-tropical region	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Navsal Kumar and Vijay Shankar	22nd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2017), December 21-23	Soil moisture dynamics in vadose zone under different boundary conditions	Internationally renowned Conference
2017	Chandel V.S., Bisaria N. and Shankar V	3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, March 18-19	Morphometric analysis of five watersheds of Hamirpur District, Himachal Pradesh	International civil engineering symposium (ICES-2017)
2017	Shekhawat K.P., Chauhan T.A., Singh S. Vikram and Shankar V	3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, March 18-19	Using artificial neural networks for inflow forecasting of reservoir	International civil engineering symposium (ICES-2017)
2016	Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Computational methods (ICCM – 2016), August 1 - 4	Computation of vadoze zone moisture profiles for successive irrigation scheduling	Scientech Publisher Llc, USA
2014	Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering (ICABE 2014), June 16-17	Comparative Evaluation of Root Uptake Models for Developing Moisture Uptake based Irrigation Schedules for Crops	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2013	Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Agriculture and Environment Engineering, (ICAEE – 2013), June 5-6	A User Friendly Tool for Performance Evaluation of Different Reference Evapotranspiration Methods	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2013	Vijay Shankar	International Workshop on Exploring Science of Transportation Systems, April 11-12	Effect of Environment on Transportation Systems	Internationally renowned Conference Proceedings
2012	Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ICESE-12), December 6-7	Effect of Shallow Groundwater Table on the Moisture Depletion Pattern in Crop Root Zone	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2012	Shailza Sharma, Rupam Saha, T. Anand Prabhu and Vijay Shankar	World Aqua Congress (WAC2012), November 28-30	River bank filtration in Hamirpur, India: quality analysis and modeling, using visual MODFLOW	Internationally renowned Conference
2012	Vijay Shankar, CSP Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	International Conference on Civil and Environment Engineering (ICCEE-2012), March 28-30	Irrigation Scheduling for Maize and Indian-mustard based on Daily Crop Water Requirement in a Semi-Arid Region	World Academy of Science Engineering and technology (WASET)
2011	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert and CSP Ojha	National Conference on Water Resources and Hydraulics “HYDRO-2011”, December 29-30	Assessment of riverbank filtration technique for the efficient water supply in the urban areas	Internationally renowned Conference
2010	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert and CSP Ojha	International conference on “Urbanism and Green Architecture” (ICUGA-10), October 30-31	Urban Water Management Through Riverbank Filtration - A case study of Grind Well Field, Duesseldorf, Germany	Internationally renowned Conference
2009	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad and CSP Ojha	Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (WEES – 09), January 12-16	Optimal irrigation schedules based on simulated soil-moisture depletion pattern	Internationally renowned Conference
2008	Vijay Shankar, C.S.P. Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	International convention on water resources development and management (ICWRDM–08), October 23rd-26th	Simulatiion of Vadoze Zone Moisture Profiles for Optimal Irrigation Scheduling	Internationally renowned Conference
2007	Vijay Shankar, C.S.P. Ojha and K.S. Hari Prasad	South Asian Conference on Water in Agriculture: Management Options for Increasing Crop Productivity per Drop of Water, Nov. 15th-17th	Evaluation of FAO Recommended Crop Coefficients for Maize and Wheat in a Semi-arid Region of India	Internationally renowned Conference
2007	Vijay Shankar, CSP Ojha, K.S. Hari Prasad	6th International R&D Conference ‘Sustainable Development of Water and Energy Resources – Needs and Challenges’, 13th-16th February	Evaluation of plant moisture extraction for different type of soils using simulation modelling	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, Eckert, Paul, Ojha, C.S.P., Irmscher, R. and Koenig, C.M.	EU-India International River Bank Filtration Conference, November 18th-19th	Transient 3-D modelling of riverbank filtration at Grind well field, Duesseldorf, Germany	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, C.S.P Ojha	International Conference on “Hydrology and Watershed Management” (ICHWAM-2006), December 5th-8th	Root zone moisture depletion based irrigation scheduling for cash, oil and forage crops using simulation modelling	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar, Ojha, C.S.P., Hari Prasad, K.S.	International Conference on “Hydrology and Watershed Management” (ICHWAM-2006), December 5th-8th	Effect of Shallow groundwater table on the Moisture depletion pattern of crop root zone	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Eckert Paul and Vijay Shankar	Grunwassermodellierung-The SPRING user’s conference, August 31st-September 1st	Modelling of river bank filtration at the Ganges river in India and the Rhine river in Germany	Internationally renowned Conference
2006	Vijay Shankar	EU-India Working Group Meeting and Workshop with NGOs and Farmers on “Riverbank Filtration”, Feb. 27th-28th	Groundwater modelling for riverbank filtration	Internationally renowned Conference
1998	Goyal, S.K. and Vijay Shankar	UNESCO, IHP and IAHR sponsored African Division Conference on “Coping with Water Scarcity”, August 26th-28th	Effect of saline irrigation water on crop growth	Internationally renowned Conference
1997	Goyal, S.K., and Vijay Shankar	2nd International R & D Conference, October 21st-24th	Effect of saline irrigation water on soils	Internationally renowned Conference
1997	Goyal, S.K., and Vijay Shankar	International Symposium on “Emerging Trends in Hydrology (ISETH-97)”, Sept. 25th-27th	Conjunctive use of saline tube well waters and canal waters for irrigation	Internationally renowned Conference
2018	Lalit Goyal, R.K.Sharma and Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design	Effect of Use of Crop Residues (Waste Materials) on Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature in Potato Crop under Mid-Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh, India.	Springer, Cham
2018	33. Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar, and Vijay Shankar	23rd International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2018), December 19th-21st, 2018, NIT Patna.	Investigation of parameters that effect capillary rise from shallow water table under the influence of crops	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	34. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar, Aashish Dhobal and Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Computational Modelling, Simulation and Optimization, June 27th-29th, 2019, Shaw Foundation Alumni House, National University of Singapore	Performance Assessment of PSO and GA in estimating Soil hydraulic properties using Near-Surface Soil Moisture Observations	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	35. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar and Vijay Shankar	International Conference on Numerical Optimization in engineering and Sciences (NOIEAS-2019), June 19th-21st, 2019, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India	Non Linear Regression for Identifying the optimal Soil Hydraulic Model Parameters	Internationally renowned Conference
2019	36. Navsal Kumar, Arunava Poddar and Vijay Shankar	. International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimization (ICAMeO-2019), June 19th-21st, 2019, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India	Optimizing Irrigation through Environmental Canopy Sensing- A Proposed Automated Approach	Internationally renowned Conference

Book/Chapters Written

Type (Book/Chapter)	Author(s)	Title	Publisher	ISBN/ISSN No.	Year
Book Chapter	Vijay Shankar, Chandra S. P. Ojha, Rao S. Govindaraju, K. S. Hari Prasad, Adeloye J. Adebayo, C. A. Madramoottoo, Hitesh Upreti, R. Shrivastava, and K. K. Singh	Chapter 26: Optimal Use of Irrigation Waterin “Sustainable Water Resources Management”	ASCE Publishing	ISBN 9780784414767	2017
Book Chapter	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar	Chapter 06: Design for Slope Protection by using Bio-Engineering Measures in Himalayan Region in “Agroforestry Systems for Resource Conservation and Livelihood Security in Lower Himalayas”	New India Publishing	ISBN 10: 9381450218	2012

Research Supersion

Programme Name	Scholar Name	Research Topic	Status	Year	Co-Superivisor(s)
Ph.D	Rohitashw Kumar	Modeling moisture uptake in multi-layer soil	Completed	2013	Dr. M.K. Jat, (MNIT Jaipur)
M.Tech	Tanmay Garg	Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration using the FAO Penman-Monteith Method for Climatic Conditions of Himachal Pradesh, India	Completed	2014
M.Tech	Ashutosh Singh	Multivariate Statistical Analysisof Groundwater for Unnao District (UP)	Completed	2014
M.Tech	Krishan P. Shekhawat	Daily Discharge Prediction for a River in a Hilly Subtropical humid Zone using ANN and ANFIS	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Sumit Jaswal	Empolying HEC-RESSIM 3.1 for reservoir maintenance and decision making	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Nitin Lakhera	Water Balance Study of Beas River (up to Pong Dam) in Himachal Pradesh using ARCGIS Technique	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Ankit Negi	Daily Discharge Prediction for a River in a Hilly Subtropical humid Zone using ANN and ANFIS	Completed	2015
M.Tech	Ashish Dobhal	Near-surface soil moisture modelling using Genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Aman Chandel	Sediment yield estimation using RUSLE Model	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Saurabh Singh	Rainfall modeling and prediction using MARKOV model	Completed	2016
M.Tech	Paras Gupta	Performance evaluation of different reference evapotranspiration equations	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Navsal Kumar	Modelling soil moisture dynamics in Unsaturated zone for different boundary conditions	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Vishal Chaudhary	Estimate changes in runoff due to change in land use pattern using various techniques	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Ashish Sharma	Field investigation of soil hydraulic and retention characteristics	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Shankar Ghosh	Hydropower generation and its impact on space time distribution of dissolved oxygen content in Beas river basin	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Pradeep Kumar	Rainfall runoff modelling for sustainable water resources management: Case study	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Pushpendra Kumar	Integration of remote sensing and GIS for delineation of watershed of Ramgarh dam, Jaipur	Completed	2017
M.Tech	Akshika Guleria	Factor analysis of reference evapotranspiration methods for sub-humid sub-tropical climate	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Snigdha Pandey	Application of non-linear regression in estimating soil moisture characteristics	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Saurav Saini	Evaluation of Hydraulic Conductivity based on grian size distribution and angularity on different types of materials	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Anurag	Optimum cropping pattern of Kulsi river basin using simulation and linear programming model	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Abhishek	Assessment of reservoir siltation using remote sensing in Bhakra and Pong reservoirs	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Nitish Mahant	Study of infiltration characteristics of soil in Hamirpur region	Completed	2018
M.Tech	Ramraj Meena	Analysis of hydraulic conductivity of various contaminated soil samples by Ksat	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Mekharaj Kunwar Chhetri	Evaluation of CFD for spillway modelling	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Sajal Maharshi	Estimation of reference evapotranspiration for various agro climatic zones of India using neural network approach	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Mohammad Umer Jan Deva	Impacts of land use and climate change scenarios on the water flux: A case study of KUNAH KHAD river watershed in Hamirpur, H.P.	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Preeti Bisht	Delineation of groundwater recharge zone in Hamirpur district using RS and GIS techniques	Completed	2019
M.Tech	Shivendra Chaubey	The effects of the shape parameters on hydraulic conductivity of different granular materials and their mixtures	Completed	2019
Ph.D	Arunava Poddar	Modelling soil moisture dynamics in crop root zone under shallow ground water table	Ongoing	2019
Ph.D	Rajat Kango	Modelling hydraulic conductivity for flow through porous media	Ongoing	2019
Ph.D	Lalit Goel	Effect of mulching on soil moisture retention characteristics	Ongoing	2020	Dr. R. K. Sharma
Ph.D	Navsal Kumar	Crop Water Stress Index tool for estimating soil moisture depletion	Ongoing	2020
Ph.D	Suman Kumari	Modeling landslide activation under excessive soil moisture regime in mid-hills of northwestern Himalayas	Ongoing	2021
Ph.D	Abhishish Chandel	Modeling of Hydraulic Conductivity of Porous media- A semi-theoretical approach	Ongoing	2022
M.Tech	Ankush	Study for Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslides and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of Western Himalayas (H.P, India)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Aakriti Chauhan	Study of climate change and its effects on landslidesof Western Himalayas (H.P, India)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Gargi Bindal	Spatio-temporal trend analysis of climatic variables for various districts of Himachal Pradesh	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Atul Mishra	Effect of land use and land cover on stream flow of Hind on river (Delhi)	Ongoing	2020
M.Tech	Deepanshu Verma	Effect of mulching on retention characteristics of soil	Ongoing	2020

Patents

Name	Reg./Ref.No.	Date of Award/Filling	Awarding Agencies	Status

Conferences/Workshop/Courses Organized

Category	Type	Title	Venue	From	To	Designation
conference	National	Civil Engineering Conference – Innovation for Sustainability (CEC – 2016)	NIT Hamirpur	09/09/2016	10/09/2016	Secretary
conference	National	Computational Techniques in Engineering	NIT Hamirpur	16/10/2015	17/10/2015	Secretary
conference	National	Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2013)	NIT Hamirpur	12/12/2013	14/12/2013	Secretary
conference	National	Civil Engineering Conference – Innovation without Limits (CEC – 09)	NIT Hamirpur	18/09/2009	19/09/2009	Secretary
conference	National	Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering (IDCE – 08)	NIT Hamirpur	16/05/2008	17/05/2008	Secretary

Expert Talks

Title	Place	Year	Description of Event
River Bank Filtration and Urban Water Management	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Urban Water Management’ October 12th-16th
Introduction to Finite Difference Method	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Computational Techniques in Engineering’, Oct. 16th-20th
Applications of Finite Difference Method to Hydro-geological Problems	MNIT Jaipur	2007	Short Term Faculty Development Program on ‘Computational Techniques in Engineering’, Oct. 16th-20th
Ground Water Recharge Through Rain Water Harvesting	NIT Hamirpur	2007	Short Term Training Programme on “Water Harvesting”, Dec. 10th-14th
Successful Rain Water Harvesting at Indore (M.P.)-A Case Study	NIT Hamirpur	2007	Short Term Training Programme on “Water Harvesting”, Dec. 10th-14th
Rainwater Harvesting – Environmental Issues	NIT Hamirpur	2008	I - D Short Term Course on Sustainable Energy Generation and Environmental Management, June 16th-27th
Water Harvesting through Community Participation	NIT Hamirpur	2008	STTP on “Water Supply and Sanitation Practices”(WSSP-08), July 22nd-26th
Various techniques of groundwater recharge through rainwater harvesting	NIT Hamirpur	2010	STC on “Water Harvesting” January 11th - 13th
Artificial Recharge Structures and Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting – Design, Costing and Preparation	HP State Water & Sanitation Mission, Shimla & CGWB		September 28th, Shimla. In 3-day training programme for PHED engineers on preparation of Sustainability plans

Consultancy

Title of Consultancy	Client Organization	Faculty Involved	Amount(INR)	Status
Concurrent Evaluation Studies for the Swan River Flood Management Project Phase-IV	HP Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA, & Dr. Pardeep Kumar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 4.00 Lacs	Completed
Study for Assessment of Flow of Water at Pazina (Pogoda) Khud, a Water Body, Flowing in to Sutlej River	Ambuja Cement Company, Darlaghat (HP)	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 2.50 Lacs	Completed
Concurrent Evaluation Studies for the Swan River Flood Management Project Phase-IV	HP Irrigation and Public Health Department	Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Hamipur, INDIA	Rs. 5.90 Lacs	Completed
Comprehensive Investigations in the catchment of river Swan Una District (HP) for Watershed development and Management.	HP Irrigation and Public Health Department	Prof. R.K. Sharma NIT-Harmipur, INDIA & Dr. Vijay Shankar NIT-Harmipur, INDIA	Rs. 1.80 Lacs	Completed

International and National Exposure

Sr.No.	Title	Description
1	Department of Water Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Dresden, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to attend Course Bank Filtration, and visit various RBF sites in Germany, Chek-Republic and Austria, funded by EU under ECCP during Sept. 3rd to 17th, 2005.
2	Stadtwerke Duesseldorf AG, Duesseldorf, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to study existing RBF sites and processes Under Project “EU-India River Bank Filtration Network” funded by EU under ECCP during September 18th to October 31st, 2005.
3	Delta h, Dortmund, Germany. (Groundwater Modelling Company)	To learn GW Modelling using ‘SPRING’ (Simulation of Processes in Ground) software during September 18th to October 31st, 2005.
4	Stadtwerke Duesseldorf AG, Duesseldorf, Germany.	Scientific Research Visit to apply the advanced GW Modelling concepts at existing RBF sites, and attend International Conference at Dortmund (Germany), Under Project “EU-India River Bank Filtration Network” funded by EU under ECCP August 14th to September 3rd, 2006.
5	Oxford University, Oxford,UK	To attend NERC Changing Water Cycle workshop under MoES-NERC Research Project during June 25th – 26th, 2014
6	University of Cranefield, UK	Project Progress Meeting under MoES-NERC Project “MICCI – 2012 -2016” on June 27th, 2014
7	Hariot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK	Academic Interactions on Climate Change and its impact on Indian Agriculture, School of Built Environment during June 28th -29th, 2014.
8	Agricultural and Agro-Industries in Peterborough & East Anglia Region of UK	Assessment and interaction on farming practices and agro based industrial set-up in UK, Organized by Irrigation consultants (UKIA) UK during June 30th – July 2nd, 2014.
9	British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK	Project Progress Meeting under MoES-NERC Project “SusHi-Wat - 2016-2019” during October 2nd – 4th, 2017.

Honors & Recognitions Achieved

Sr.No.	Title	Activity	Given By	Year

Year	Author(s)	Title & Vol. No.	Journal Name	Indexing (SCI) Web of Science/Scopus
2007	C. S. P Ojha, Vijay Shankar and N. S. Chauhan	Ojha, C. S. P., Vijay Shankar and Chauhan, N. S., (2007). “Analysis of flow over horizontal transverse bottom racks”, Journal of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 18, 2007, pp. 41-50.	Journal of Indian Society for Hydraulics	SCI and SCOPUS
2008	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert, CSP Ojha, Christoph König	Vijay Shankar, Paul Eckert, Chandra Ojha, Christoph König, (2008). “Transient 3-D Modelling of Riverbank Filtration at Grind Well Field, Germany. Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 17, No 2, 321-326.	Hydrogeology Journal	SCI and SCOPUS
2009	M. K. Jat, D. Khare, P. K. Garg and V. Shankar	M. K. Jat, D. Khare, P. K. Garg and V. Shankar (2009). “Remote sensing and GIS-based assessment of urbanisation and degradation of watershed health”. Urban Water Journal (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 6, No. 3, 251-263.	Urban Water Journal	SCI and SCOPUS
2009	C.S.P. Ojha, K.S.Hari Prasad, Vijay Shankar, C.A. Madramootoo	Ojha, C.S.P., Hari Prasad, K.S., Vijay Shankar, C.A. Madramootoo, (2009). “Evaluation of a non-linear root water uptake model”. ASCE Journal of Irrigation & Drainage, Vol. 135 No. 3, 302-312.	ASCE Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2009	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad and C.S.P.Ojha	Shankar, V., Hari Prasad, K.S. and Ojha, C.S.P., (2009). “Crop Coefficient Calibration of Maize and Indian Mustard in a Semi-Arid Region” ISH Journal of Hydraulics, Vol. 15, No. 1, 64-80.	ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	SCOPUS
2012	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, CSP Ojha and R.S.Govindaraju	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, Ojha, CSP, Govindaraju, R.S., (2012). “Model for Non-Linear Root Water Uptake Parameter”. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. Vol. 138, No. 10, 905-917.	ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2012	Rohitashw Kumar, Mahesh Kumar Jat and Vijay Shankar	Kumar R., Shankar V., Jat, M.K. (2013). Soil moisture dynamics modeling considering multi-layer root zone. Water Science and Technology, IWA Vol. 67 (8), 1778-85. Doi:10.2166/wst.2013.054.	Water Science and Technology	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, CSP Ojha and R.S. Govindaraju	Vijay Shankar, K.S. Hari Prasad, CSP Ojha and Govindaraju, R.S., (2013). “Optimizing Water Use in Irrigation – A review”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Vol. 93:2 Apr.–Jun. 2013, 209-226.	Journal of the Indian Institute of Science	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat	Kumar R., Shankar V., Jat, M.K. (2013). Soil moisture dynamics modeling considering multi-layer root zone. Water Science and Technology, IWA Vol. 67 (8), 1778-85. Doi:10.2166/wst.2013.054.	Water Science and Technology	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Rohitashw Kumar, Mahesh Kumar Jat and Vijay Shankar	Rohitashw Kumar, Mahesh K. Jat, Vijay Shankar, (2013). “Soil moisture dynamics modeling enabled by hydraulic redistribution in multi-layer root zone” Current Science, Vol. 105, No. 10, 1373-1382.	Current Science	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Rohitashw Kumar, Mahesh Kumar Jat and Vijay Shankar	Kumar, R, Jat, M. and Shankar, V. (2013). Evaluation of modeling of water eco-hydrologic dynamics in soil-root system. Ecological Modelling, 269, 51-60, doi: 10.1016/j.ecomodel.2013.08.019.	Ecological Modelling	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Vijay Shankar, Govindraju RS, Ojha CSP, Hari Prasad K.S	Vijay Shankar, Rao, S. Govindraju, Ojha CSP, Hari Prasad K.S. (2013). A non-dimensional relationship for root water uptake parameter, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 11, ISSN 0733-9437/2013/11-961-964, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000632.	ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2013	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat (2013), Efficacy of Nonlinear Root Water Uptake Model for Multi-Layer Crop Root Zone, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, Vol. 139, No. 11, ISSN 0733- 9437/2013/11-898-910, Doi: 10.1061 / (ASCE) IR. 1943-4774. 0000626.	ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2014	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and M.K. Jat (2014). “Sensitivity analysis of non-linear model parameters in multi-layer root zone”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 2, ISSN 1084-0699/ 2014/2-462-471, doi 10.1061/ (ASCE) HE. 1943-5584. 0000804.	ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2014	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and M.K. Jat (2014). “Evaluation of Nonlinear Root Uptake Model for Uniform Root Zone vis-à-vis Multilayer Root Zone”. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 2, 04013010 (2014)/ 1 – 9; http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000655	ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2014	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat	Rohitashw Kumar, Vijay Shankar and Mahesh Kumar Jat (2014). Evaluation of root water uptake models – a review, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2014.981955, 1-10.	ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	SCOPUS
2016	Devatha, C.P., Shankar, V., and Ojha, C.S.P.	Devatha, C.P., Shankar, V., and Ojha, C.S.P. (2016). “Assessment of Soil Moisture Uptake under Different Salinity Levels for Paddy Crop”. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001009, 1-10.	ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	SCI and SCOPUS
2017	Rajat Kango, M. A. Alam and Vijay Shankar	Rajat Kango, M. A. Alam and Vijay Shankar (2017). “Investigations of wall effect on permeability through porous media at low flow rates”. Water Supply and Technology: Water Supply. ws2017113; DOI: 10.2166/ws.2017.113.	Water Supply and Technology : Water Supply	SCI and SCOPUS
2018	Rajat Kango, Vijay Shankar and M. A. Alam	Kango, R., Shankar, V., & Alam, M. A. (2018). Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity based on grain size distribution parameters using power function model. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2018.106.	Water Supply and Technology : Water Supply	SCI and SCOPUS
2018	Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar and Vijay Shankar	Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar, Vijay Shankar (2018). “Evaluation of two irrigation scheduling methodologies for potato (solanum tuberosum l.) in north-western mid hills of India” ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,	ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	SCOPUS
2018	Arunava Poddar, P aras Gupta, Navsal Kumar and Vijay Shankar	21. Poddar, A., Gupta, P., Kumar, N., Shankar, V., & Ojha, C.S. (2018). Evaluation of Reference Evapotranspiration Methods and Sensitivity Analysis of Climatic Parameters for Sub-Humid Sub-Tropical Locations in Western Himalayas (India). ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2018.155173	ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	SCOPUS
2019	Arunava Poddar, Navsal Kumar and Vijay Shankar	22. Poddar, A., Kumar, N., & Shankar, V. (2019). Computation of moisture uptake based irrigation schedules to counter ill effects of saline irrigation on agricultural productivity. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems 11(01):1004-1013	Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems	SCOPUS

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