Department
Civil Engineering
Designation
Associate Professor
Qualification
PhD
Experience
29 years
Interest Areas
Environmental Engineering, Design of Water distribution Network using WaterGems & ArcGIS Software, Solid Waste Management
Academic Profile :

Research Papers Published:

National Journal

  1. “Water Quality Problem in Maharashtra State- Overview of Hot Spot Parameters and Mitigation Measures”, Presented at National Water Academy in Pune, National Conference organized by CPHEEO of GoI, January, 2006.
  2. “Risks and Disasters to Water Supply System- Lessons from Ambernath and Badlapur Water Works”, National Conference on Integrated Water and Wastewater Management for Sustainable Urban Development- Modern Trends, organized by, The Institution of Engineers (India), Pune on 10-11 March, 2006.
  3. “Disaster Management- Interlinking Water Supply Systems in Mumbai metropolitan Area (Part II)”, Journal of IWWA, Vol. XXXVIII, No.3, July- September,2006, P. 13.
  4. “Water Quality Problem in Maharashtra”, 39th Annual Convention of IWWA on Emerging Opportunities in Management of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects, on 1-3 February 2007
  5. “Rainwater Harvesting- Recent Experience”, Maharashtra Economic Development Council a Monthly Economic Digest, pg. no.17, August 2007
  6. "Disaster Management for Kalyan- Dombivali Corporation", 10th International Conference of IWWA on Achieving 24x7 Continuous Water Supply, 11-12 Jan 2008, Mumbai, India.
  7. " Disaster Management of Water Supply Using GIS and Hydraulic Model”, Water Today, April 2008
  8. “Moving Towards 24x7 Continuous Water Supply Systems”, National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management under TEQIP at Aurangabad on 13-14 June 2008
  9. “Solution for 24x7 Water Supply,” e-gov Magazine, Vol.4, Issue 8 Aug. 2008 
  10. “EPS Model for Disaster Management-Interlinking Water Supply Systems of
  11. Metropolitan Cities”, Water Utility and Security Management 41st Annual Convention Hyderabad, 8-10th Jan. 2009
  12. “Crisis Management of Water Supply- Sustaining Lives of 17 Million,” journal of IWWA, April-June 2009, Vol XXXXI No.2, p85.
  13. “On Tap of 24x7 Water Supply System”, The Urban World, Vol 2 No.3 July- September 2009
  14. “Crisis Management of Water Supply,” Water Today, P. 72, Nov-Dec, 2009.
  15. “Water Wars -Sustaining Service Delivery in Crisis Condition”, 11th International Conference of IWWA on improving Service Delivery in Water Supply, 8-9th Jan 2010, Thane, India.
  16. “A Crisis Resolved”, geospatial Today, April 2010.
  17. “Crisis Management of Water Supply in Developing countries - Sustaining Lives of 17 Million,” Geo-Spatial, April, 2010.
  18. “Hydraulic Model for Managing Water Supply in Crisis,” National Conference on ‘Sustainable Development of Urban Infrastructure’ SDUI, VNIT Nagpur June-2010.
  19. "Transforming intermittent into continuous water system- Badlapur Case Study", 10th International Conference of IWWA on Achieving 24x7 Continuous Water Supply, 11-12 Jan 2008, Mumbai, India.
  20. “Solution for 24x7- Case Study of Badlapur City, Maharashtra,” The E- Government magazine for Asia and Middle-East, http://www.egovonline.net/articles/article-
  21. “Disaster Management of Water Supply System in flood” - A Case study of Shirpur Town, International Conference on ‘24x7 water supply systems’ YCC- 2014, Nagpur.
  22. “Hydraulic Model for Smart cities- Case Study of Surat City”, International conference on advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE-2019), Thane, January 2019
  23. “Criticality Analysis-a tool for efficient urban water supply management- a Case Study of Surat City”, National conference on Geoinformatics in Water Management, SIES, Nerul, Navi Mumbai January 2019

International Journal

  1. “Indian Utility Taps Modeling Software to Solve Water Crisis,” Cadalyst, Nov. 2009
  2. “Water War Won,” Construction Week, Feb. 2010.
  3. “Managing Disasters Using Pressure Dependent Demand Analysis – Case Study of Shirpur Town”, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Journal, 49(2),165- 172, December 2016
  4. “Partial Recovery of Water Supply in Disaster Using Pressure-Dependent Analysis”, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering (April 2020)
  5. “Computation of Non-Revenue Water Using Step Test for Achieving 24x7 Water Supply”, International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET)Volume 8 Issue XI November 2020.
  6. “Refurbished Technology: Solution to E-Waste”, IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2021 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613
  7. “Solid waste management using IoT for Thane North zone”, IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol. 9, Issue 4, June 2021
  8. “Solid Waste Management & UX:A Sustainable Experience”- UGC approved International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management (IJRESM) ISSN (Online): 2581-5792, Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2022
  9. “Intelligent Traffic Management System in Smart Cities” International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, ISSN(O) : 2395-4396, Volume-8 Issue-3 2022 June 2022

Professional Credentials:

    1. Book Co-edited- Wrote a Chapter of “Pressure management” in the book titled “Water Loss management”, published by Bentley Systems, USA in the year 2010.
    2. Appointed as one of the Reviewers in “Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (JCCEE), Science Publishing Group NEW YORK, USA, (May2018- May2020)
    3. Patent filed on 1/07/2019 patent No.-201921026347
    4. Delivered an expert talk on “Design of water distribution network using Watergems software” organized by MIT WPU, Pune on 1st June 2020
    5. Appointed as an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (JCCEE), Science Publishing Group NEW YORK, USA. (April 2022- April 2024)
    6. Delivered an expert talk on “Design of water distribution network using Watergems software” organized by MIT WPU, Pune on 1st June 2020

Awards And Achievements

  1. Best Lecture Award - Delivered lecture at Mumbai center on the subject of- “Water Quality Problem in Maharashtra state – Overview of Hot Spot Parameters and Mitigation Measures”. This lecture has been acknowledged by the Mumbai center as the Best Lecture of the year 2005-06 and was honored by IWWA in  the 39th Annual Convention at Mumbai.
  2. Brijnandan Sharma Award: Bagged this prestigious Young Engineers National award, which was bestowed on her during IWWA’s Annual Convention at Mumbai, Feb 2007.
  3. Paryawaran Mitra Award: winner of this prestigious award in 2009. This Award is given in the field of environmental conservation beneficial for the society by Thane Janata Sahakari Bank, Thane.
  4. BE Inspired Award: winner of this coveted international award in 2009 at Charlotte, USA. This Award is given in the field of Water and Wastewater Management and she received the award for her work – “Crisis Management of Water Supply- Sustaining Lives of 17 Million”.
  5. Vyankatesh Dahasahasra Award: winner of this coveted award for exemplary work done in crisis viz. disaster management in water supply or sanitation sector during last three years period in the 42th annual convention, Jodhpur in 2010.
  6. Late Kamalbai Mohiniraj Nimkar, Pune Award: winner of this coveted award for excellence in the field of Engineering in 2014 at Devrukhe Mahila Melava Ratanagiri, Maharastra.
  7. Her work on “Study of lakes in Thane City” as a part of ME project work was published in Loksatta Newspaper, Mumbai Edition, dated 3rd October 2004
  8. Best Oral Presentation Award in National Conference on “Geoinformatics in Water Management” organized by SIES, Nerul, Navi Mumbai on 23rd January2019.

COURSES COMPLETED

  1. NPTEL
  1. Wastewater Treatment and Recycling, 12 weeks FDP course, July -Oct 2019
  2. Water Supply Engineering, 12 weeks FDP course, January -April 2020
  3. Integrated Solid Waste Management for Smart Cities, 12 weeks FDP course July -Oct 2020
  4. Urban utilities Planning Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage, 12 weeks FDP course July -Oct 2021
  5. Appreciating Hindustani Music, 8 weeks FDP course January -April 2022
  1. COURSERA 
  1. Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures, 
  2. Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, 
  3. Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management
  4. Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems
  5. Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
  6. Boosting Creativity for Innovation
  7. Introduction to Self-Determination Theory: An approach to motivation, development and wellness
  8. Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

Faculty Development Programs (FDP) Organized :

  1. Co-Ordinator of FDP on “Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering” [ETCE-2020] organized by Civil Engineering Department of A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane held on June 22-26, 2020.

  2. Convenor of FDP on “Research in Engineering - a Way Forward, organized by A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane held on 6th - 10th July 2020

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED:

  1. Attended a Two Days Workshop on All India Meeting of Women in Science Expanding Frontiers of Science with Information Technology and poster presentation titled ‘Study of lakes in Thane City’ organized by Indian Women Scientists Association (IWSA), Navi Mumbai, 26-28 November 2004.
  2. Attended a Two Days International conference on ECOSAN at Leela Kempinski, Mumbai conducted by Indian Water Works association on 25- 26 November 2005.
  3. Attended a one-week Training program on WaterCAD from Bentley- Hasted, organized at Chief Engineer’s Office, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, Thane on 3-9 January 2006
  4. Attended a Two Days Regional Workshop on Water Quality for Western Region conducted by Monitoring Central Organization Central Water Commission, Nagpur at National Water Academy, Pune, 24-25 January 2006.
  5. Attended a one-week Training Course sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development CPHEEO on Preventive Maintenance and Leak Detection of Water Distribution System, Conducted by BMC on 16- 22 February 2006.
  6. Attended a CEP Course on Urban Drainage Management: State-of-the-Art conducted by IIT Bombay during, 10-12 July 2008.
  7. Attended a Two days GIS Training program on Introduction to ArcGIS II, organized by ESRI India at Chief Engineer’s Office, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, Thane, on 14-15 May2009.
  8. Attended a five days Training program on WaterCad frpm Bentlye Haested, organized by Chief Engineer’s Office, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, Thane, on 20-15 July 2009.
  9. Attended a Two days GIS Training program on Introduction to ArcGIS II, organized by ESRI India at Chief Engineer’s Office, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, Thane, on 20-21 August 2009
  10. Attended Two days FDP on” Modern surveying Instruments” organized by   Department of Civil Engineering of A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane on 10th & 11TH January 2019
  11. Attended one Week Short Term Training Program on “Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, VIVA Institute of Technology, Virar from 22.06.2020 to 26.06.2020.
  12. Attended 5-Day Webinar series on “Prominent Areas of Civil Engineering” organized by   Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering & Technology held from 13th May to 17th May 2020 
  13. Attended One Week Online FDP on “Research in Environmental Engineering & A Way Forward”  organized by  Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune from 15th - 20th June, 2020
  14. Attended One Week Online FDP on, “Evolution from Offline to Online Teaching” organized by Satish Pradhan Dhyansadhna College, Thane held from 30th May to 3rd June 2020 
  15. Attended One Week AICTE sponsored STTP, on Developing R&D culture in Educational  Institutes through project based learning(Part1) organized by Poornima college of Engineering, Jaipur held on 19- 24 October 2020
  16. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Environmental Geotechnology" from 2020-9-14 to 2020-9-18 at Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Tecchnical campus, Ferozepur.
  17. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Smart Cities" from 2020-10- 12 to 2020-10-16 at Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad.
  18. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on  “Waste Technology" from 2021-01-04 to 2021-01-08 at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.
  19. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on, "Secrets of Human Bio-energy fields & Subconscious mind" from 2021-7-12 to 2021-7-16 at Sona College of Technology.
  20. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on, " Internet of Things(IoT) in Smart Cities" from 2021-9-20 to 2021-9-24 at Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology.
  21. Attended 5 days AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on, " GIS & Remote Sensing" from 2021-10-04 to 2021-10-08  at Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous).
  22. Attended 8- Days National online FDP on "NAAC Framework- 2022" May 21-28, 2022 organized by AAdhyapana, Bangalore
  23. Attended one day Stakeholder Workshop on, Liquid Waste Management in Rural and Urban Areas: Strategies to Scale-Up Eco-Prudent Solutions, Organized by Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay  as part of the project Innovative Centre for Eco-prudent Wastewater Solutions' funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India on 2nd June 2022

Membership of Professional Bodies/Society/Institution:

  • Life Member- Institution of Engineers (IE)
  • Life Member- Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Life Member of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA)
  • Life Member of NGO, “Hariyali” Thane.