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पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्रीय विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान   
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology 
deemed-to-be-university under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Nirjuli - 791109, Arunachal Pradesh 
faculties

Dr. Salil Kumar Shrivastava

Professor

Climate Change, Watershed Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, Watershed Management

E-mail: ssk [AT] nerist(dot)ac(dot)in, salil(dot)nerist[AT]gmail(dot)com, Phone :0360 - 2257401-8 Extn. 6107, 6104, 6046, 6509 (R)

  • Professional Background
  • Honors and Awards
  • Educational Qualification
  • Administrative Background
  • Memberships in Professional bodies
  • Teaching Engagements
  • Projects and Thesis Supervised/ Currently Supervising
  • PHDs Supervised: 02 in progress
  • Participation in short term courses
  • Courses or Conferences Organised
  • Special Lectures Delivered
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  • Attainment in sports
From(Date of Joining) To Designation Organisation Nature of Association
26.12.1990 25.12.1995 Lecturer NERIST Regular
26.12.1995 25.12.1996 Lecturer (Senior Scale) NERIST Regular
26.12.2000 30.12.2005 Lecturer (Selection Grade) NERIST Regular
01.01.2006 14.03.2015 Associate Professor NERIST Regular
18.03.2015 Continuing Professor NERIST Regular

 

Award Institute Year
Awarded QIP fellowship to pursue Ph.D.   30/07/2002 to 30/07/2005
Distinguished Service Certificate Award ISAE 2009
Degree Subject University Year
B. Tech. Agricultural Engineering JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 1983
M.Tech. Soil & Water Conservation Engineering JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 1985
Ph.D. Surface Water Hydrology IIT, Roorkee July 2011
From To Designation Organisation
27.07.1995 15.10.1996 Chairman, Gymkhana NERIST
01.08.1996 21.01.1998 Nominee Chairman (VMC), KV, NERIST NERIST
06.11.1997 12.02.2001 Chairman, NERIST Medical Aid Centre NERIST
16.08.2007 02.05.2011 Head of the Department NERIST
20.10.2011 Continuing Head, Centre for Appropriate Technology and Rural Development NERIST
12.07.2012 Continuing Chairman, Central Time Table Committee NERIST
16.08.2007 02.05.2011 Chairman, Board of Studies NERIST
16.08.2007 02.05.2011 Chairman, Deptt. Research Committee NERIST
16.08.2007 02.05.2011 Chairman, Deptt. Purchase Committee NERIST
01.08.2009 01.01.2011 Member, Board of Management NERIST
13.11.2014 15.02.2016 Member, Board of Management NERIST
16.08.2007 02.05.2011 Member, Academic Council NERIST
20.10.2011 Continuing Member, Academic Council NERIST
01.07.2013 Continuing Member, Deptt. Post Graduate Committee NERIST
01.11.2014 Continuing Member, Deptt. Post Graduate Committee of HSS NERIST
01.09.1999 01.07.2002 Member, Library Advisory Committee NERIST
June 1997 February 1999 Member, NERIST Entrance Examination (NEE) NERIST
July 1996 July 2002 Lab in-charge, Deptt. Computer lab NERIST
July 1996 July 2000 Lab in-charge, Soil & Water Conservation Engg. lab NERIST
October 2011 Continuing Lab in-charge, Soil & Water Conservation Engg. lab NERIST
  1. Fellow – Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee (F-08-1237)
  2. Life Member – Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (LM-5198)
  3. Life Member – Indian Society for Technical Education (LM-15570)
  4. Life Member – Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists (LM-722)
  5. Life Member – Soil Conservationists Society of India (LM-2297)
  6. Life Member – Association of Hydrologists of India (AHI-LM-355-647)
  7. Life Member – Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee (LM-1373)
Title Course Code Module Semester
Soil & Water Conservation Engg AE-4105 Diploma 2nd Year July-December, 2014 and 2015
Elementary Soil & Water Conservation Engg AE-4405 Degree Bridge Jan-May, 2011, 2012, 2013
Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Change AE-5104 Degree 1st Year July-December, 2010
Forest Hydrology and Soil & Water Conservation AE-5205 Degree 3rd Year (Forestry) Jan-May2014, 2016
Hydrologic Elements and Analysis AE-7131 PG 1st year (SWCE) July-December2013, 2014, 2015
Open Channel Hydraulics AE-7132 PG 1st Year (SWCE) July-December, 2013, 2014
Climatology AE-7037 PG 1st Year (SWCE) Jan-May, 2014, 2015, 2016
Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management AE-7223 PG 1st Year  (Forestry) Jan-May, 2014
RS & GIS application in Soil & Water Conservation AE-7031 PG 1st Year (SWCE) July-December, 2011
Title of Project Names of Students
Seepage through various lining materials (Degree, 1992) S. Islam, P. Borthakur, N. Regia, N. and Lalthuthlungliana
Evaluation of Bamboo and Jute stick as a lining material for seepage reduction in field channels - A case study (Degree, 1993) S. Siddique, D.K. Das and S. Bhatta
Rainfall analysis - A basis for Irrigation and Drainage requirement of crops and prediction of runoff (Degree, 1995) M. Ahmed and S. Borah
Seepage through lining materials in Farm ponds - A case study (Degree, 1995) B.D. Barma and M. Ngemu
Comparative study of conventional methods of Irrigation for Pea (Pisum - Sativum) crop (Degree, 1996) R. Tiwari and K. Patar
Effect of different land uses on infiltration characteristics and their modelling for Nirjuli (Degree, 1999) V. Nyusou, Taku Taya and P.L. Singh
Assessment of meteorological drought over various regions of Assam (Degree, 2006) R. Sen and P. S. Tulla
Searching evidence for climatic change in N. E. Region of India (Degree, 2006) DeepshikhaNath
Temporal variation of evaporation over Humid Regions of Northeast India (Diploma, 2006) Sandeep Sarkar and Dipjoy Sarkar
Study of rainfall characteristics under the climatic conditions of Central and Upper Assasm (Diploma, 2006) Abhinoy Sinha and M. Sanjoy Singh
Effect of Climate change on selected crop yield of Arunachal Pradesh (Degree, 2009) Yesin Phuken and Nich Teli
Development of Software for detection of trend in the rainfall data (Diploma, 2009) Dobottam Chakraborty and Akash Mitra
Detection of trend in climatic variables using wavelet (Degree, 2010) Ram Prakash and Subu Tadu
Spatio-temporal climatic variability in north-east hills (Purvachal) and its teleconnections (Degree, 2011) N. Tade, N. Chiphang and K. Walling
Determination of Rainfall Erosivity Index of North Eastern Region of India (Diploma, 2015) Gotak Dubi, Dolo Bengde, Meema Khyoda
Assessment of climate change of India  and
Links with atmospheric circulations (M.Tech. 2013)		 Taw Rina
Trends in onset and withdrawal dates of monsoon and monsoon rainfall in major river basins of India (M. Tech., 2015) Annu Tagu
Topic Scholar Name Status of PHD Registration Year
  Luwangleima Full Time July 2015
  Annu Tagu Full Time July 2015
Course Name Sponsored By Date
Optimization and Stochastic Methods in Water Resources Management QIP July 6-18, 1992
Recent Trends in Microwave Engineering and Potential Sphere of Applications AICTE/ISTE December 19-30, 1994
Remote Sensing for Land and Water Resources Management AICTE/ISTE December 16-28, 1996
Integrated Environmental Management and its Bio-diversity with development of Chemical Technology AICTE/ISTE June 18–30, 2000
Energy Management AICTE/ISTE December 18-29, 2000
Reduced Order Modeling and Controller Design AICTE/ISTE March 8-19, 2004
Masters Training workshop on PROBE Project in Uttaranchal DST July 5-17, 2004
Faculty awareness camp on Entrepreneurship (FACE) ISTE-NSTEDB November 26-28, 2009
Soft Computing in Engineering Applications AICTE January 25, 2010 to February 05, 2010
Recent Advances in Mechanics and their Applications in Nano Engineering and Technology AICTE August 1-12, 2011
RS & GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management TEQIP (NERIST) May 14-18, 2012
Ergonomic Safety in Product Design TEQIP (NERIST) May 14-18, 2013
CADD Excellence (Computer Aided Design & Drafting) TEQIP (NERIST) July 30 to August 09, 2014
Course/Conference Name Sponsored By Date
Workshop on Natural Disaster Management at NERIST DST, Govt. Of Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar February 5th, 1994
Short term course on Keep Our Water Resources Clean Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt of India June 09-10, 1999
Short-term training programme on Integrated Watershed Development and Management at NERIST AICTE/ISTE, New Delhi December 17 – 28, 2001
Title Place Date
Conservation Measures for Micro Watersheds during the Short term course on Micro-Watershed Management Organized by the North Eastern Regional Institute for Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), Tezpur (Assam) Rural Works Department, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh February 14 –18, 1994
Watershed Management: Concept, Objectives and Planning during the AICTE-ISTE sponsored short-term training programme on Integrated Watershed Development and Management, organized by the Department of Agricultural Engineering NERIST, Nirjuli December 17 – 28, 2001

Publications

Published in International/National Journals/Proceedings = 17

  1. Shrivastava, S.K., Misra, S.K., Sahu, A.K., Ahmed, M. and Borah, S. (1998). Probability analysis of rainfall for crop planning at N. Lakhimpur, Assam. Indian J. Soil Cons., 26 (2): 162-165. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  2. Shrivastava, S.K., Sahu, A.K., Islam, S., Borthakur, P. Regia, N. and Lalthuthlungliana. (1999). Effectiveness of different lining materials for Sandy soils in Arunachal  Pradesh. Indian J. Soil Cons., 27 (1): 80-83. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  3. Dewangan, K.N., Shrivastava, S.K. and Khusre, B.C. (1999).  Infiltration characteristics and modelling in Rani Awanthibai  Sagar Pariyojana of Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Soil Cons., 27 (2): 112-117. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  4. Shrivastava, S.K., Misra, S.K., Sahu, A.K. and Bose, D. (2000). Correlation between pan evaporation and climatic parameters for Sunderbans - a case study. J. The Institution of Engineers (India), 81 (AG II): 55-58
  5. Shrivastava, Salil K., Upadhyay, A.P., Sahu, A.K. and Dubey, A.K. (2000). Rainfall characteristics and rainfall-based cropping strategy for Jabalpur region.  Indian J. Soil Cons., 28 (3): 204 – 211. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  6.  Sahu, A.K., Shrivastava, S.K., Dewangan, K.N., Ahmed, M. and Borah, S. (2000). Analysis of Irrigation and Drainage requirements of various crops at North Lakhimpur in Assam. J. Indian Water Resources Society, 20 (3): 123-129. (ISSN NO. 0970-6984)
  7. Shrivastava, Salil. K., Sahu, A.K., Dewangan, K.N., Misra, S.K., Upadhyay,  A.P. and Dubey, A.K. (2001). Estimating pan evaporation from meteorological data for Jabalpur. Indian J. Soil Cons., 29(3): 224-228. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  8. Pandey, Ashish, Rajput, G.S. and Shrivastava, Salil K. (2003). Effect of drip discharge on soil moisture distribution in clay soils of Madhya Pradesh – A case study. Indian J. Soil Cons., 31(3): 248-252. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  9. Rai, R. K., Shrivastava,  Salil. K. and M. K. Jain (2003) Fitting of frequency distribution function of rainfall for Midnapur district of West Bengal (India) – A case study. In: V.P.  Singh and, R.N. Yadava (eds). Proceedings of the International Conference on Water and Environment: Watershed Hydrology, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 459-469. (ISBN 81-7764-547-1)
  10. Rai, R. K., Jain, M. K., Rastogi, R. A., Shrivastava, Salil. K. and A. Chowdhury (2003) Deriving instantaneous unit hydrograph of ARMA (2,2) process using Z-transform technique. In: V.P. Singh and R.N. Yadava (eds). Proceedings of the International Conference on Water and Environment: Watershed Hydrology, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 146-157. (ISBN 81-7764-547-1)
  11. Rai, Raveendra K., Pandey, R.P., Jain, Manoj K. and Shrivastava, Salil K. (2005) Agricultural drought analysis using water balance approach. In: M. Perumal, D.C. Singhal, D.S. Arya, D.K. Shrivastava, N.K. Goel, B.S. Mathur, H. Joshi, Ranvir Singh and M.D. Nautiyal (eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (HYPSED – 2005), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, February 23-25, 2005 pp 244-251.
  12. Jhajharia, D., Shrivastava, S.K., Tulla, P.S. and Sen, R. (2007). Rainfall analysis for drought proneness at Guwahati. Indian J. Soil Cons., 35 (2): 163-165. (ISSN No. `0970-3349)
  13. Shrivastava, Salil K., Rai, Raveendra K. and Pandey, Ashish. (2008). Assessment of meteorological drought for Assam. J. Indian Water Resources Society, 28 (2): 28-32.
  14. Jhajharia, D., Shrivastava, S.K., Sarkar, D. and Sarkar, S. (2009). Temporal characteristics of pan evaporation trends under the humid conditions of northeast India. Agric. Forest Meteorol., doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.024
  15. Srivastava, P.C., Shrivastava, Salil K. (2011). Climatic Variability and its influence on water availability over eastern Himalayan belt of Arunachal Pradesh. J. Soil and Water Conservation, 10 (1), 3-9.
  16. Shrivastava, Salil K., Taggu, Annu (2014). Precipitation Concentration variability and trend in Humid Northeast India – a case study of Arunachal Pradesh. P.K. Pranav, A. Bhadra and A. Bandyopadhyay (eds). Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in Agricultural Engineering (ETTAE, 2014), Deptt. of Agril. Engg., NERIST from November 7-9, 2014, pp 394-402.
  17. Shrivastava, Salil K., Siddique, S., Das, D.K. and Bhatta, S. (2015). Bamboo (Bamboosae) lining for seepage control: evaluation and effectiveness in sandy soils of Arunachal Pradesh in north east India. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Food and Agricultural Engineering (ICFAE’15) held at Abu Dhabi (UAE) from March 16-17, 2015, pp.81-84.

Book Chapter = 05

  1. Shrivastava, Salil K. (1994). Conservation measures for Micro-Watershed Management. Lecture Notes of Short-term course on Micro-Watershed Management, organised by NERIWALM, Tezpur at RWD, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) from February 14 – 18.
  2. Shrivastava, Salil Kumar (2001). Drought: Concept, Consequences and Preparedness. Lecture notes of AICTE-ISTE sponsored short-term training programme on Disaster Management, organised by Faculty of Natural Disaster Management (FNDM) at NERIST from October 4 – 10, 2001,  pp. 230 –235.
  3. Shrivastava, Salil Kumar (2001). Watershed Management: Concept, Objectives and Planning. Lecture notes of AICTE-ISTE sponsored short-term training programme on Integrated Watershed Development and Management, organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering at NERIST from December 17 – 28, 2001, pp. 1-5.
  4. Shrivastava, Salil K. (2002). Performance of lining materials for seepage control in farm pond in sandy soils of Arunachal Pradesh – a case study. In: S.K. Dhyani, K.P. Tripathi, R. Singh, A. Raizada, N.K. Sharma, A.S. Mishra, S.S. Shrimali, B.L. Dhyani, A.R. Sharma and O.P.S. Khotari (eds.). Recourse conservation and watershed management: Technology options and future strategies, Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, Dehradun, India, PP: 388-390.
  5. Shrivastava, Salil K., Rai, R.K., Phuken, Y., Teli, N. (2013). Searching evidence for trend in rainfall of Arunachal Pradesh. Climate Change and Environment, Sundaresan, J., Sreekesh, S., Ramanathan, A.L., Sonnenschen, Lenand, Boojh, Ram (Eds.), Scientific Publisher, New Delhi, pp.

Edited Books/Manuals = 02

  1. Sahu, A.K. and Shrivastava, S.K. (1999). Keep Our Water Resources Clean. Edited, Lecture Notes of short-term Course sponsored by Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt of India (under the Environment Awareness Campaign Programme).
  2. Shrivastava, Salil Kumar and Sahu A.K. (2001). Integrated Watershed Development and Management. Edited, Lecture notes of two weeks short-term training programme, sponsored by AICTE-ISTE, New Delhi.

Research Paper Published as Abstract = 05

  1. Sahu, A.K., Sahu, M.L. and Shrivastava, S.K. (1993). Energy conservation through pumping systems. In: Proceedings of the VIII National Convention of Agricultural Engineers held at the Local Center of Institution of Engineers (India), Jabalpur from November 20-21.
  2. Shrivastava, S.K., Misra, S.K. and Sahu, A.K. (1998). Analysis of drought on the basis of rainfall data for North Lakhimpur, Assam. In: Souvenir of XXXIII Annual Convention of ISAE held at C.I.A.E., Bhopal from September 21-23. Paper No. SWE -98-II-22.
  3. Sahu, A.K., Shrivastava, S.K., Pali, G.P. and Pandey, D. (1998). Development of Irrigation schedule for a small feeder tank. In: Souvenir of XXXIII Annual Convention of ISAE held at C.I.A.E., Bhopal from September 21-23. Paper No. SWE- 98-I-29.
  4. Shrivastava, Salil K., Misra, S.K. and Sahu, A.K. (2001). Rainfall analysis for water management planning in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. In: Proceedings (A) of  National Conference on Resources Conservation and Watershed Management held at CSWCRTI, Dehra Dun from May 23 – 25, 2001
  5. Shrivastava, Salil K., and Sahu, A.K. (2001). Performance of lining materials for seepage control in farm ponds in Sandy soils of Arunachal Pradesh. In: Proceedings (A) of National Conference on Resources Conservation and Watershed Management held at CSWCRTI, Dehra Dun from May 23 – 25, 2001

Research Paper Presented = 08

  1. Mishra, K.K., Shrivastava, S.K. and Sharma, P.K. (1988).  Probability analysis of weekly rainfall data at Sehore - A basis for water management planning. Indian Science Congress held at Calcutta.
  2. Mishra, K.K., Sharma, P.K. and Shrivastava, S.K. (1988).  Statistical analysis of weekly rainfall for design of hydraulic structures at Sehore. XXV Annual Convention of ISAE held at Rajasthan Agricultural University, Udaipur.
  3. Sahu, A.K., Sahu, M.L. and Shrivastava, S.K. (1993). Energy conservation through pumping systems. VIII National Convention of Agricultural Engineers held at the Local Centre of Institution of Engineers (India), Jabalpur from November 20-21.
  4. Sahu, A.K., Shrivastava, S.K., Pali, G.P. and Pandey, D. (1998). Development of irrigation schedule for a small feeder tank. XXXIII Annual Convention of ISAE held at C.I.A.E., Bhopal from September 21-23.
  5. Shrivastava, Salil K., Misra, S.K. and Sahu, A.K. (2001). Rainfall analysis for water management planning in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. National Conference on Resources Conservation and Watershed Management held at CSWCRTI, Dehra Dun from May 23 – 25, 2001
  6. Shrivastava, Salil K., and Sahu, A.K. (2001). Performance of lining materials for seepage control in farm ponds in Sandy soils of Arunachal Pradesh. National Conference on Resources Conservation and Watershed Management held at CSWCRTI, Dehra Dun from May 23 – 25, 2001
  7. Shrivastava, Salil K. (2012). Temporal and Spatial Climatic Variability over Indian Himalayas and its impact on plant Bio-diversity. National Stakeholder Workshop on National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) held at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur during October 06-07, 2012.
  8. Shrivastava, Salil K., Siddique, S., Das, D.K. and Bhatta, S. (2015). Bamboo (Bamboosae) lining for seepage control: evaluation and effectiveness in sandy soils of Arunachal Pradesh in north east India. 5th International Conference on Food and Agricultural Engineering (ICFAE’15) held at Abu Dhabi (UAE) from March 16-17, 2015.
  1. Reviewer of Water Resources Management, Springer
  2. Reviewer of Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE
  3. Reviewer of Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee
  4. Reviewer of Hydrology Journal, Roorkee
  5. Session Chair, National Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in Agricultural Engineering, Organized by the Deptt. of Agril. Engg., NERIST from November 7-9, 2014.
  1. Represented Arunachal Pradesh in Table Tennis during the VII Sports Festival of North East Region held at Jorhat (Assam) from March 14-18, 1993
  2. Represented Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) in the Inter-University Table Tennis Tournament 1980-1981 held at Bombay.
  3. Represented Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) in the Inter-University Badminton Tournament 1980-1981 held at Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
  4. Represented Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) in the Inter-University Table Tennis Tournament 1982-1983 held at Jabalpur (M.P.)
  5. Represented Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) in the Inter-University Foot-Ball Tournament 1982-1983 held at Indore (M.P.).