Prof. Ram Pal Singh

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: rps[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 05322271309(O) 05322271602(R) 9450536371(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Delivered a Key note address on “Fundamentals of Mathematical modelling of Biological Wastewater Treatment” in International Conference on Recent Trends & Challanges in Civil Engineering (RTCCE-2014) held at MNNIT, Allahabad during December 12-14, 2014.

Delivered a Key note address online on "Air quality Management in Prayagraj City, Uttar Pradesh” in 8th International Conference on Air Quality Management & Ist Indian International Conference on Water quality Management (IICAWQM 2023) held at ICWaR, IISc Banglore, Karnataka, on December 06, 2023

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

Presented a paper on “Settling Characteristics of Granules in UASB Reactor”, in the International Seminar on Civil Engineering Practices in Twenty-first Century, held at University of Roorkee, Roorkee, Feb. 26-28, 1996.

Presented a paper on “Water Quality Monitoring of Dikrong River in Arunachal Pradesh”, in the International Conference on Construction Industry, Environment Management and Disaster Management, held at Institution of Engineers (India) at Chandigarh, Nov. 18-20, 2000.

Presented a paper on “Simulation of a UASB Reactor’s Performance Treating Cornstarch Wastewater” In National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science & Engineering, held at I.I.T. Mumbai, Dec. 8-9, 2003

Presented a paper on “Modelling of Dissolved Oxygen Behaviour in Fast Moving Shallow Hilly Streams” in International conference on “Water, Environment, Energy and Society”, WEES-2009, held at New Delhi, during January 12 - 16, 2009.

Presented a research paper on “Appraisal of Certain Anaerobic Digestion Studies” in International Conference (AEST- 2014), held at Houston, Texas, U.S.A., during June 09-13, 2014.

Attended and presented a paper in International Conference at Kualalumpur, Malaysia during July 02-03, 2017

Attended and presented a paper in International Conference, 6th Word Congress at Goa, India during January 01-03, 2018

Award and Honors:

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR BEST B.TECH. PROJECTS GUIDED A B. Tech project entitled, “Modelling and Simulation of Dissolved Oxygen in Fast Moving Shallow River” guided by me in the year 2001-2002, has received INAE award under Innovation Potential of Student Project Award-2002 for best Civil Engineering B.Tech. Projects in November, 2002.

Received honour for good teaching at Cranefield University, Swindon, London, U.K. during my visit for a Training of Trainers programme on Disaster Management, sponsored by UNDP during Aug. 27 – September, 02, 2001

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR BEST B.TECH. PROJECTS GUIDED A B. Tech project entitled, “Modelling and Design of Activated Sludge Process” guided by me in the year 2002-2003, has received ISTE REC Calicut National Award-2003 for best B.Tech. Project in Civil Engineering in November 2003.

Nominated as a member of Core group of National Water Mission in U.P. Administration, Irrigation Sub-division-4, Lucknow by the Director MNNIT Allahabad on January 20, 2011.

Nominated as Academic Expert for Board of Studies (B.O.S.) in Civil Engineering Department by MMUT, Gorakhpur, since September 2021 till date.

Visited as NBA Expert committee member to University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to evaluate programmes for grant of NBA Accreditation, Nominated by National Board of Accreditation , New Delhi, during October 5 - 7, 2012

Received Recognition for Peer Reviews of Research papers and valuable Contribution to Research by the International Journal of Civil Engineering, published by Springer Nature on February 21, 2020.

Received a Special Award from Korean Society of Environmental Engineers for our most cited article in 2015-16, entitled Mass transfer kinetics using two-site interface model for removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution with Cassava peel and rubber tree bark as adsorbents, published in Environmental Engineering Research, an International journal, vol.21, 2016, by Mr. Heechul Choi, President Korean Society of Environmental Engineers on June 28, 2018.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Organized a Self financed Short Term Course on "Water & Wastewater Quality Examination (WWQE-2015)" & Geotechnical Investigations for Civil Engineering Projects (GICP-2015) as Coordinator , during January 27, 2015 to February 02, 2015, held at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Self-financed Amount : Rs.0.52 + 0.81 = 1.33 lakh

Organized a Self financed Short Term Course on "Construction Management in Water Supply Sector (CMWSS-2015)", as Coordinator, during April 6 -14, 2015, held at Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, funded by U. P. Jal Nigam Lucknow and partially by registration fee, Amount: Rs.2.25 lakh

Organized a TWO Week ISTE Approved Short Term Course as Coordinator on "Disaster Management" during October 04-10, 2001, held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, funded by Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and SBI, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, Amount: Rs. 4.0 Lakh (Note: ISTE approved the short term course but not financed by ISTE)

Organized One day Community Based Training Programme on Disaster Management" as Coordinator on November 09, 2002, at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, sponsored by Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, Amount: Rs. 0.50 Lakh

Organized One day Village Level Training Programme on Natural Disaster Management" as Coordinator on October 09, 2003, at Nirjuli & nearby villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Sponsored by Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, spent from FNDM fund, Amount: 0.20 lakh

Organised Three days Training Programme for Field Engineers Engaged in PMGSY Works as Co-coordinator, during January 22 - 24, 2004, at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, Sponsored by NRRDA New Delhi, Amount: 1.00 lakh

Organised Three days MHA sponsored Training Programme on Earthquake Resistant Design of RCC Buildings for Field Engineers" as Co-coordinator during January 20 - 22, 2005 NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh,Sponsored by Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, Amount : 1.50 lakh

Organized Two week’s NRRDA sponsored Training Programme on Laboratory Control for Junior Engineers and Lab Technicians Engaged in PMGSY works as Coordinator-, during February 11 - 25, 2005, held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, sponsored by NRRDA, New Delhi. Amount : 3.00 lakh

Organized One day Self financed Workshop on “ Design of Rural Roads-New Code of Practices” for Officers of UPPWD engaged in PMGSY works as Co-coordinator, on June 04, 2009, held at MNNIT Allahabad. Self-Financed, Amount : 0.35 lakh

Organised Three days Workshop on “ Disaster and Their Management” as Principal Coordinator, during May 29 - 31, 2014, held at MNNIT Allahabad sponsored under TEQIP –II, Amount: 2.25 lakh

Coordinator- Workshop on NBA Accreditation: Regulations and Procedure, organized by me as Institute Co-ordinator, NBA on July 27, 2019, Held at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Financed under TEQIP-II grant, Amount: 2.25 L

Organized a Short Term Course on Droughts and Flood analysis and their Management (DAM-2022) in On-line mode, as Coordinator, Sponsored by NIDM New Delhi under Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, Held at MNNIT Allahabad, April 14-18, 2022. Amount: 1.5 lakh

Organized a Short term course on Hydrological, Geotechnical and Geological Investigations on Dams (HGGID-2019), as Co-ordinator, financed by Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi under DRIP project, held at MNNIT Allahabad, during May 22 - 26, 2019. Amount : Rs. 3.25 lakhs

Organized a Self-financed one month Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Geoinformatics & Civil Engineering (STIPGCE-2019) as Coordinator, held at MNNIT Allahabad during June 10 - July 06, 2019.

Organized a five days Short term training programme on Water Quality Assessment, River sedimentation and Risk remedial measures as Co-ordinator, financed by Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi under DRIP project, held at MNNIT Allahabad, during September 25 - 29, 2019. Amount : Rs. 3.0 lakhs

Organized a five days Short term training programme on New Materials and Instrumentation for Rehabilitation of Dams as Coordinator, financed by Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi under DRIP project, held at MNNIT Allahabad, during November 25 - 29, 2019. Amount : Rs. 2.75 lakhs

Organized a five days Short term training programme on Risk uncertainty and Management Information System as s Coordinator, financed by Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi under DRIP project, held at MNNIT Allahabad, during December 18 - 22, 2019. Amount : Rs. 3.0 lakhs

Organized a Three Days Training-cum-workshop Programme on Satellite Earth Observation and artificial Intelligence Role in Development of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (EOAIDRI-2022) as one of the Coordinator, during Nov11-13,2022 sponsored by NIDM, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Amount : 1.65 lakh

On-going Projects:

A Project on Air Quality Monitoring Project” at Three Stations in Allahabad city, Sponsored by U. P. Pollution Control Board, UPPCB, Lucknow, An Annual Project extended every year by sponsoring agency. I was P.I. of the project w.e.f from December, 2011 – continued till Dec 20, 2019, thereafter the project was transferred to other faculty of the department. Amount: Rs. 10.56 lakh per annum

Projects Completed:

A Project on Hydro-geological evaluation of high Fluoride Concentration in ground water of District Sonebhadra, U.P., sponsored by National Academy of Sciences, India, Dr. H.K. Pandey(PI) & Prof. R. P. Singh, Co-PI Duration : Sept. 2009 till Aug. 2011 (18 months) Amount : Rs. 1.77 Lakh

A Nationally Coordinated Project on “Integrated development of urban public transportation system” in Collaboration with IIT Roorkee and MNIT Jaipur, NRRDA sponsored, New Delhi Prof. S. K. Jain, Professor, CED, IIT Roorkee,P.I. : Dr. A. K. Singh, Assistant Professor, CED, at MNNIT Allahabad, as Co-PI & myself as team member and other faculty of MNIT Jaipur, duration : 2007 to 2011. Amount : Rs. 30 lakhs

A project on Capacity building in Dam Safety under Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), as Co-P.I., Central Water Commission (CWC), Government of India Amount : Rs. 4.61 Crores -Prof. R.P. Tiwari (PI) Co_PIs are:,1.Prof. S. K. Duggal, 2. Prof. R. P. Singh, 3. Prof. P. K. Mehta, 4. Prof. R. M. Singh, 5. Dr. Vijay Kumar -Served as co-PI since October 2017 to December 2019

Modernization of Environmental Engineering Laboratory for Testing of quality of Water and Wastewater as Principal Investigator (P.I.), at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, funded under MODROB Scheme of MHRD, Government of India, New Delhi, Period 2000-2002) Amount : 9.0 lakh

Consultancy(Past):

Testing of Water Samples for domestic and construction purposes [as P.I.] July 2005 till Mar 2010, Various organization-ns like, U.P. Jal Nigam, PWD, Hospitals and other Semi-govt. and other private Organizations Amount: 4,00,000.00(Approx.)

Testing of Wastewater Samples [as P.I.] July 2005 till Mar 2010, Various organization-ns like, Ganga Pollution Control, U.P. Jal Nigam, PWD, Hospitals and other Semi-govt. organisations and other private Organizations. Amount: 2,00,000.00

Testing of Road Aggregates [as Co- P.I.] July 2005 till Mar 2010, Construction divison. UPPWD, PMGSY departments of U.P. State Amount: 2,00,000.00 (Approx.)

Soil testing, OMC, MDD & CBR [as Co-P.I.] July 2005 till Mar 2008, Various Departments of UPPWD, under PMGSY Amount: 4,60,000.00(Approx.)

Design of CC pavement [as Co- P.I.], 2006, Executive Engineer, Prantiya Khand, UPPWD, Mirzapur Amount: 22448.00

Design of Storm water drainage System [as P.I.], 2007 Dy. G.M., IFFCO Phulpur Unit, Allahabad Amount: 2,24,480.00

Testing of Bitumen [as Co-P.I.] April 2010 The airport authority of india catt bamrauli Allahabad & Sri R.K. Mehrotra P.H.E. (P.L.U.)8th floor, Indira Bhawan, Lucknow Amount: 83,277.00

Testing of Water for drinking, and Construct-ion purpose, chloride, fluride tests and testing of wastewater [as P.I.] July 2010- Feb 2011, C.P. – UOA; Axis Brick Industries Naini, Allahabad; Indian Formers Cooperative, Ltd.; Bamrauli (MES), Allahabad; Senior General Manager (Civil),Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited; IRCON International Limited; Priti Medical Research and Charitable Trust, Allahabad; Office of the AGE, B/R-II, Air Force, Bamrauli, Allahabad; Justice DPS Chauhan, Allahabad; and Project Manager), IVRCL Infrastructures Limited, Allahabad Amount: 2,26,115.00

Testing of waste water samples [as P.I.] April 2011- June 2011 M/s HNB Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Duplex No.-36, Ambedkar Vihar Colony, Chowphatka, Allahabad-211011 & Sri Samrat Singh, Major Garrison Engineer(AF) Bamrauli, Allahabad Amount: Rs. 1,58,612/

Testing of Water for drinking, and Construct-ion purposes, testing of wastewater [as P.I.] June 2011-March 2012, Project Manager, IVRCL Limited, 11/15 Maharshi Dayanand Marg, Allahabad; M/s HNB Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ganga Pollution Control Unit, Allahabad; Institute of Applied Sciences, Camp office-21, Mumfordganj, Allahabad; Sr. Manager IVRCL, MNNIT, Allahabad Amount: Rs. 62,982/

Checking/ Inspection, Site visits, Feasibility reports for various departments/Agencies, such as Project Manager, Office of the General manager, Ganga Pollution Control Unit, U.P. Jal Nigam, Allahabad; Chief Engineer ADA, Allahabad, Sri K.K. Singh, Chief Engineer, UP Jal Nigam, 6-Dayanand Marg, Allahabad, during Sept. 2011 – March 2012, Amount: Rs. 1,35,669/

Testing of Water for drinking, and Construct-ion purposes, testing of wastewater [as P.I.] April 2012-March 2013, Project Manager, IVRCL Limited, 11/15 Maharshi Dayanand Marg, Allahabad; M/s HNB Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ganga Pollution Control Unit, Allahabad; Institute of Applied Sciences, Camp office-21, Mumfordganj, Allahabad; Sr. Manager IVRCL, MNNIT, Allahabad etc, Amount: Rs. 1,83,157.00

Site Visit & Inspection report May 2012- march 2013 M/s HNB Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ganga Pollution Control Unit, Allahabad; Sri K.K. Singh, Chief Engineer UP Jal Nigam 6-Dayanand Marg, Allahabad; National Rural Drinking Water Mission, Govt.of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Amount: Rs.1,29,551/

Checking of Desin of Check Dams , [as Co-P.I.] July. 2012 , Executive Engineer, MES, Allahabad Amount: 8,03,374/-

Checking & Vetting of Design of Wastewater Treatment plant, [as P.I.], Nov. 2013, Executive Engineer, MES, Allahabad Amount: 90,00,00/=

Feasibility report on Construction of STTP at Lucknow, Dec. 2014, Director WSSO Lucknow Amount: 8,98,880/

Water and wastewater Quality testing from different Agencies, during 2015-2016, as P.I. Amount: 1,35,000/

Monitoring of Ramgarh Lake water quality at Gorakhpur [PI], Sept 2016 – Feb. 2017, U.P. Jal Nigam Gorakhpur, Amount: 26,68,000/

Monitoring of Wastewater quality of Six STPs in Allahabad City Jan. 2017-March 2017, P.I., Project Manager, Ganga Pollution Control Unit, Naini, Allahabad Amount: 3,56,000/

Performance Evaluation and suggestion for improvement of Rajapr STP, Allahabad, Jan. 2017-Sept 2019, Project Manager, Ganga Pollution Control Unit, Naini, Allahabad, Amount: 3,56,000/-

Monitoring of Ramgarh Lake water quality at Gorakhpur, March 2017– Aug. 2017, U.P. Jal Nigam Gorakhpur Amount: Rs.17,36,500/-

Monitoring of effluent quality of polluting industries discharging their STPs effluent into rivers Ganga and Yamuna during Kumbh mela (Dec,2018 - February 2019, as Co-PI, sponsored by UPPCB Lucknow, Amount: 15,25,680/=

Proof checking and vetting of Design and Drawings of STPs submitted by JMC Projects (India) Limited, Mumbai, as P.I. for STPs related work only, Completed in December 2019. Amount: Rs. 3.50 lakh

Consultancy project on Geotechnical Investigation (Only STP related work) of Thermal power Project 2x500 MW, by Executive Engineer, Electricity Civil Maintenance Division, Anapara, Sonebhadra, U.P., during December 2019. Amount :Rs. 4.60 lakhs

Consultancy project on Compliance Audit for Fly ash generation and Utilization of HINDALCO Industries, Birla Copper, Dahej, District-Bharuch, Gujrat during October 18-22, 2023. Amount :Rs. 3.42 lakhs

Expert Lectures:

Delivered a talk on " Disinfection of Water" in a short term course on "Keep our Water Resources Clean" held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, June 1999.

Delivered a lecture on “Water Quality Monitoring of Dikrong River in Arunachal Pradesh and Its Quality Awareness”, in Training of Trainers Course on Natural Disaster Management at Cranfield Disaster Management Centre, Cranfield University, Swindon, U.K. London, (August 30, 2000).

Delivered a lecture on “Necessity of Training in Disaster Management” In a short term course on Disaster Management, held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, October 4-10, 2001.

Delivered a lecture on “Community based Training and organisational set up for Disaster Management” In a short term course on Disaster Management held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, October 2001.

Delivered a talk on “Management of Disasters “ like earthquakes, floods and Landslides in a One day Village Level Onsite Training Programme along with a team of experts from Faculty of Civil Engineering Department of NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, before the villagers, held on October 9, 2003.

Delivered a talk on "Rural Water Purification" in a Training Programme for Creation of a Resource Pool for Women in FRESH WATER-2003 Workshop, held at ITANAGAR, Arunachal Pradesh on Dec. 19, 2003

Delivered a talk on “Use of Local Materials, Industrial Wastes in Rural Road Constructions & Influence of Environmental Factors” in NRRDA sponsored Training Programme for Field Engineers, held at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh during Jan. 22-24, 2004.

Delivered a talk on “Kinetics-based Modelling and Design of Activated Sludge Process” in CPHEEO Referesher Course on Computer Aided Design of Water & Wastewater Treatment Systems, held at MNNIT, Allahabad, U.P., India, during Nov.28-Dec.02, 2005.

Delivered a talk on “Integrated Solid waste Management: Current Practices, Research issues, economy and modeling aspects ” in CPHEEO Referesher Course on Solid Waste Management, held at MNNIT (Deemed University), Allahabad, U.P., India, during Feb. 06 – 12, 2006.

Delivered a special Lecture as resource person on Curriculum Planning and development for Environmental Studies” in a workshop organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, at M.M.M. Engineering College, Gorakhpur, U.P., during March 28-29, 2006.

Delivered a talk on “Mathematical modelling and kinetics based design of ASP” in a CPHEEO sponsored Refresher Course on Computer Aided Design of Water & Wastewater Treatment Systems, held at MNNIT (Deemed University), Allahabad, U.P., India, during Nov.02-07, 2006.

Delivered a talk on “Operation and Maintenance of Wastewater Treatment Systems” in CPHEEO Referesher Course on Governance of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation, held at MNNIT (Deemed University), Allahabad, U.P., India, during December. 11 – 16, 2006.

Delivered a talk on “Research Practices and Advances in Solid Waste Disposal” in CPHEEO Referesher Course on Solid Waste Management, held at MNNIT (Deemed University), Allahabad, U.P., India, during Feb. 22 – 27, 2007.

Delivered a talk on “Membrane technology - Application in water purification” in CPHEEO Referesher Course, held at MNNIT (Deemed University), Allahabad, U.P., India, during Nov. 12-17, 2008.

Delivered a talk on “Design of Concrete Pavements: New Code of Practices” in Workshop on on “Design of Rural Roads: New Code of Practices” held at MNNIT, Allahabad on June 04, 2009.

Delivered a lecture on “Disasters Induced by Water Pollution” in Workshop on “Disasters and their Management”, held at MNNIT, Allahabad on May 30, 2014.

Delivered talks on “Estimation of Storm Runoff” for design of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in a self-financed short term course on “Rainwater Harvesting System (RWH-2014)”, held at MNNIT, Allahabad during November 24-28, 2014.

Delivered series of lectures on water quality Parameters (As Course Coordinator) in short term course on “Water and Wastewater Quality Examination (WWQE-2015) held at MNNIT, Allahabad during January 27 -29, 2015.

Delivered talk on Chemical Characterization of soil (As Course Coordinator) in short term course on “Geotechnical Investigations for Civil Engineering Projects (GICP-2015)” as Coordinator-II, held at MNNIT, Allahabad during January 30-February 01, 2015.

Delivered talk on “ Importance of Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis” in Summer training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2015), held at MNNIT, Allahabad during June 15 – July 12, 2015.

Delivered talk on “Importance of Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis and analysis of few wastewater quality parameters” in Summer Training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2015), held at MNNIT, Allahabad during June 15 – July 12, 2015.

Delivered talk on “ Importance of Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis, Principles and Analysis of few water quality parameters” in Summer training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2016), held at MNNIT, Allahabad during June 10 – July 06, 2016.

Delivered talk on “Importance of Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis, Principles and Analysis of few water quality parameters” in Summer training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2017), held at MNNIT, Allahabad during June 13 – July 11, 2017.

Delivered talk on Air Pollution and its Control Measures: A Scenario of Air Pollution at Johnstonganj, Allahabad: in a workshop on “Environmental issues and Challenges” held at MNNIT, Allahabad during August 05, 2017.

Delivered talk on “Importance of Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis, Principles and Analysis of few water quality parameters” in Summer training and Internship Programme in Civil Engineering (STIPCE-2018), held at MNNIT, Allahabad during June 11 – July 10, 2018.

Delivered Lectures on “Importance of Examination of Water and Wastewater Quality and measurement of quality parameters” in a 4-week self-financed Summer Training cum Internship Programme in Geoinformatics & Civil Engineering (STIPGCE-2019), organized by GIS Cell, at MNNIT Allahabad during June 10 - July 06, 2019.

Delivered series of Lectures for Three days on “Design of Conventional Water Treatment Plants" to Field Engineers of U.P. Jal Nigam and Jal Kal Bihag, Varanasi at Jal Kal vibhag, Bhelupur, Varanasi, organized by Jal Kal Bibhag, Varanasi during December 20-22, 2019.

Expert Lectures delivered in Summer school cum workshop on Water and wastewater treatment (SSWWT-2015) on topic Modelling of Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems in Malviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T., BHU, Varanasi on 02.06.2015, I.I.T., BHU, Varanasi

Delivered a lecture on Environmental Pollution, its impacts on human, Agriculure, Forestry and life Sciences, held on October 29, 2013 at SHUAT, Naini, Allahabad

Delivered a lecture on Electro-kinetic remediation of Cadmium Contaminated Soil in Brain Storming Session at I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai on March 26, 2014.

Delivered a lecture on Disasters Induced by water pollution in a 3-days workshop on Disasters and their management (WDM-2014), held on May 30, 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad

Delivered a lecture on Introduction to floods and droughts in a short term course (DAM-2022), on April 14, 2022, held at MNNIT Allahabad, during April 14-18, 2022.

Delivered a lecture on Biological wastewater treatment and Microbial growth kinetics in Short term course on Water Pollution and wastewater treatment (WPWT-2015), held at Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad during January 27-31, 2015.

Delivered a Lecture on Air Pollution: Causes, Effects and a Case Study of Allahabad City on World Environment Day June 05, 2019, held at Meja Urja Gram, Meja, Allahabad.

Organized and Coordinated an Expert Lecture on ENTROPY THEORY & ITS APPLICATION N HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, delivered by Prof. Vijay P. Singh, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University TAMU College Station Texas, U.S.A. for all faculty members, UG, PG and PhD students of MNNIT Allahabad on14/10/2022 at MNNIT Allahabad.

Overseas Assignments:

Training and Study tour programme : Member of Training programme cum study workshop on research collaboration with faculty at AIT Bangkok, Thailand, from 28.09.2013 to 04.10.2013, sponsored and financed under TEQIP-II grant of MNNIT Allahabad

Expert Member, Selection committee for the post of Professor, in School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Gautam Budha University (GBU), Greater Noida, U.P., on 07.11.2015.

Expert Member, Selection committee for recruitment of Professor/Associate Professor at I.E.T. Lucknow, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, (AKTU) Lucknow, on 19.08.2017,

Examiner/Evaluator of Ph.D. Theses Outside the Institute (within India), Synthesis, Characterization and Geo-environmental Application of Alkali Activated Fly-ash, at Indian Institute of Technology, I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai on 17.02.2016.

Examiner/Evaluator of Ph.D. Theses Outside the Institute (within India), Water quality evaluation and water pollution assessment of Tigris river in Baghdad, Iraq, submitted at Delhi Technological University, DTU, Delhi, on 27.08.2016 at Delhi Technological University, DTU, Delhi

Examiner/Evaluator of Ph.D. Theses Outside the Institute (within India), Multi-objective optimization of the Electro-coagulation process for removal of Fluoride from drinking water and subsequent control of residual aluminium at Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on 04.10.2015, Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Expert member in Interview Board for Engineering Services Examination, Selection of Assistant Engineer, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road), Patna, Bihar, from 02.09.2013 to 03.09.2013 at Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna, Bihar

AICTE Nominee member, In selection Committee on various teaching positions at Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, from 03.06.2016 to 05.06.2016 at MMMUT, Gorakhpur

Advisor P.T. Boards for Engineering services Examination 2021 at UPSC, New Delhi, during February 28, 2022 till March 02, 2022

Advisor P.T. Boards for Engineering services Examination 2023 at UPSC, New Delhi, during October 30, 2023 till November 03, 2023

Examiner/Evaluator of Ph.D. Theses Outside the Institute (within India), on Sustainability Studies of Transportation Corridors in Metropolitan City Delhi, submitted at Delhi Technological University, DTU, Delhi, on 27.08.2020 at Delhi Technological University, DTU, Delhi

Examiner M Tech Thesis Viva voce Examination of 3 students of I.E.T. Lucknow held on January 07, 2023 in on-line mode.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Editorial Board Member, Associate Editor of Journal of Membrane Science and Separation Technology, An International Journal, Publisher : Life Science global Since 28.11.2013- Till date.

Reviewer of ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, Publisher : Journals Department, ASCE, 1801, Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400, USA Since August .2009 - Till date

Reviewer of ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive waste Management, ASCE, Publisher : Journals Department, ASCE, 1801, Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400, USA Since 25.05.2011- Till date

Reviewer of International Journal of Civil Engineering (IJCE), Publisher :Springer Nature, International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, CH-6330 CHAM (ZG), Switzerland . Since July 2017- Till date

Reviewer of National Journal ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Indian Society for Hydraulics, Since 23.11.2017- Till date

Books Reviewed:

Reviewed a book chapter on Modelling of Water quality Index of Haryana: A comparison of Deep Neural Network and Support Vector Machine in May 2022 as requested by Prof K.K. Singh, NIT Kurukshetra.

Reviewed a book chapter on Environmental Performance Assessment of Electric and Two-Wheelers using LCA, in May 2022 as requested by Prof K.K. Singh, NIT Kurukshetra.