UNIVERSITY SERVICES


University Level Administrative Responsibilities

  • Senator, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, INDIA (October 2008 - February 2010)
  • Advisor (Vice-President), Civil Engineering Association, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA (August 2009 - February 2010)
  • Member of the Academic Council, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, INDIA (October 2008 - February 2010)
  • Member of the Departmental (General) Council, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, INDIA (October 2008 - February 2010)
  • Professor In-charge, Institute Quiz Committee, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, INDIA (October 2008 - February 2010)
  • Departmental Graduate Thesis Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA (August 2009 - February 2010) - responsible for the research work of all graduate students of the Department
  • Departmental Seminar Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA (August 2009 - February 2010) - responsible for seminars of all graduate (final year) students of the Department
  • Coordinator, Graduate (PhD) application scrutiny, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA (2009, 2010)
  • Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management held on 9th January 2009, IGIDR, Mumbai, India
  • Member, Academic Council, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai - since 5th December 2005
  • Institute Seminar Coordinator (2000 and 2001) along with Dr. P.V. Srinivasan and with Dr. Sripad Motiram, Dr. R. Vaidya and Dr. Subhro since January 2011
  • Computer Committee (IT), IGIDR (2001; 2002; 2003; 2006 and 2007)
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, IGIDR (2006 and 2007, 2010)
  • Entrance Exam Panel/Selection Panel, IGIDR (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010)
  • Faculty Coordinator, Students’ Newsletter, IGIDR (2006-2010)
  • Institute Transportation Committee, IGIDR (2001, 2002, 2003)
  • Institute Library Committee, IGIDR since January 2011
  • Post-Doctoral Fellows Selection Committee, IGIDR since January 2011
  • Module In-charge, Module on Environment, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) Project “Roles of Agriculture”, IGIDR (2002-03)
  • Project Director, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) funded research initiative on “Asian Regional Research Program on Energy, Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC), IGIDR (2002-06)
  • Institution Building


    Introduced a new initiative titled “Brown Bag Seminar Series (BBSS)”, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India as a part of its Civil Engineering Association’s activities. It is a platform for the faculty, research staff and the students to present their research work and seek valuable feedback from fellow members. In the absence of such a platform for the past 50 years, it was a great success at NIT Warangal.
    As a Departmental Seminar Coordinator I had introduced a new methodology of conducting and evaluating “Seminar” class at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India and it has received an outstanding rating from all students at NIT Warangal, India




    Project Management (Team and Research Coordination)

  • Chosen as Coordinator for the Center for Energy and Environment, a Project Proposed under a scheme of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India (with a proposed budget of about Rs. 100 Million) - 2009
  • Principal Coordinator, Development of Low Cost Filter for the Removal of Pesticides from Water, A project being considered and scrutinized under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Government of India (with a proposed budget of Rs. Million) - 2010
  • Co-author for incremental cost analysis and the preparation for the development of a full scale GEF project proposal on Cleaner Mobility in Urban Area, for the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India and UNDP (2006-07)
  • Project Director, Swedish International Development Coop. Agency (Sida) funded research initiative on “Asian Regional Research Program on Energy, Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC), IGIDR (2002-06)
  • Organizing Member, “Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability – Local Solutions for Global Change Urban Environment” A Special Session by the Urban Environmental Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005.
  • Module In-charge, Module on Environment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Project “Socio-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing Countries” – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, IGIDR (2002-03)
  • Coordinator, Brainstorming/Inceptions Workshop on “Policies for the promotion of energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in urban transportation sector in India, 19th November, 2003, IGIDR, Mumbai, India
  • Organizing Committee Member, Symposium on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, IGIDR, 6 – 7 July 2003.
  • Team Leader for a industry consultancy project on Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Development of Relocation & Rehabilitation Plan for a Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit at Lanjigarh, Orissa, India funded by Tata AIG Risk Management Services Ltd., India (2001-2002)
  • Team Leader, Evolution of Environment in Mumbai, A Commission paper from Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (2002)
  • Team Leader, A research project“Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Estimation and Selection of Economically Feasible Abatement Methodology” funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the scheme of “Fast track proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001”
  • Program Coordinator (Leader), EETCPN Environmental Economics Training Program for the Private Corporate Sector under The World Bank’s EERC Project (June/July, 2000)
  • Program Coordinator (Leader), Environmental Economics Training Programme under the sponsorship of the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, held at IGIDR, Mumbai (July 13-16, 2000).
  • Organizing Committee Member for the session “Energy Policy Issues and Power Sector Reforms” and “Environmental Management: Local and Global issues” in the “International Symposium on Development Policies for the Next Millennium” being held at IGIDR in July’2000.