Urban Ecology, Water Quality and Climate Change / Water Science and Technology Library Bd.84 (PDF)

range of his scientific pursuits. He has published  hundreds of journal and tens of books and book chapters in hydrology, ground water, hydraulics, irrigation engineering, environmental engineering, and water resources. For his scientific contributions to the development and management of  water resources and promoting the cause of their conservation and  sustainable use, he has received more than 75 national and  international awards and numerous honors, including three honorary  doctorates. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, and a fellow EWRI,  AWRA, IWRS, ISAE, IASWC and IE and holds membership in 10  international science/engineering academies. He has served as  President and Senior Vice President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH).

 

 Prof. Dr. Rajib Bhattacharjya is a Professor in the Department of  Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His current research interests include groundwater management and pollution control, management of saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers, classical and metaheuristic optimization methods and  artificial neural networks. He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching and research and has published more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific publications in various reputed international journals and conference proceedings. As a faculty member at the Indian Institute of  Technology Guwahati, he is involved in teaching courses in subsurface  hydrology, surface water hydrology, optimization methods, and water resources planning and management.

 

Dr. Suresh A. Kartha is presently Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India. He joined IIT Guwahati in the year 2007 as a Senior Lecturer in the specialization of Water Resources Engineering and Management in the Department of Civil Engineering. As a faculty member, Dr. Kartha has taught courses on numerical methods, hydrology, subsurface hydrology, fluid mechanics, etc., and his research focus is in the area of flow and transport processes in the porous media. His internet web profile can be assessed through the link http://www.iitg.ac.in/kartha/homepage/index.html.