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Department of Agricultural Engineering

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Engineering

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Dr. Salil Kumar Shrivastava

Professor

Climate Change, Watershed Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, Watershed Management

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From(Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisationNature of Association
26.12.199025.12.1995LecturerNERISTRegular
26.12.199525.12.1996Lecturer (Senior Scale)NERISTRegular
26.12.200030.12.2005Lecturer (Selection Grade)NERISTRegular
01.01.200614.03.2015Associate ProfessorNERISTRegular
18.03.2015ContinuingProfessorNERISTRegular
HONORS AND AWARDS
AwardInstituteYear
Awarded QIP fellowship to pursue Ph.D. 30/07/2002 to 30/07/2005
Distinguished Service Certificate AwardISAE2009
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
B. Tech.Agricultural EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)1983
M.Tech.Soil & Water Conservation EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)1985
Ph.D.Surface Water HydrologyIIT, RoorkeeJuly 2011
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
27.07.199515.10.1996Chairman, GymkhanaNERIST
01.08.199621.01.1998Nominee Chairman (VMC), KV, NERISTNERIST
06.11.199712.02.2001Chairman, NERIST Medical Aid CentreNERIST
16.08.200702.05.2011Head of the DepartmentNERIST
20.10.2011ContinuingHead, Centre for Appropriate Technology and Rural DevelopmentNERIST
12.07.2012ContinuingChairman, Central Time Table CommitteeNERIST
16.08.200702.05.2011Chairman, Board of StudiesNERIST
16.08.200702.05.2011Chairman, Deptt. Research CommitteeNERIST
16.08.200702.05.2011Chairman, Deptt. Purchase CommitteeNERIST
01.08.200901.01.2011Member, Board of ManagementNERIST
13.11.201415.02.2016Member, Board of ManagementNERIST
16.08.200702.05.2011Member, Academic CouncilNERIST
20.10.2011ContinuingMember, Academic CouncilNERIST
01.07.2013ContinuingMember, Deptt. Post Graduate CommitteeNERIST
01.11.2014ContinuingMember, Deptt. Post Graduate Committee of HSSNERIST
01.09.199901.07.2002Member, Library Advisory CommitteeNERIST
June 1997February 1999Member, NERIST Entrance Examination (NEE)NERIST
July 1996July 2002Lab in-charge, Deptt. Computer labNERIST
July 1996July 2000Lab in-charge, Soil & Water Conservation Engg. labNERIST
October 2011ContinuingLab in-charge, Soil & Water Conservation Engg. labNERIST
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
  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)
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
TitleCourse CodeModuleSemester
Soil & Water Conservation EnggAE-4105Diploma 2nd YearJuly-December, 2014 and 2015
Elementary Soil & Water Conservation EnggAE-4405Degree BridgeJan-May, 2011, 2012, 2013
Agricultural Meteorology and Climate ChangeAE-5104Degree 1st YearJuly-December, 2010
Forest Hydrology and Soil & Water ConservationAE-5205Degree 3rd Year (Forestry)Jan-May2014, 2016
Hydrologic Elements and AnalysisAE-7131PG 1st year (SWCE)July-December2013, 2014, 2015
Open Channel HydraulicsAE-7132PG 1st Year (SWCE)July-December, 2013, 2014
ClimatologyAE-7037PG 1st Year (SWCE)Jan-May, 2014, 2015, 2016
Forest Hydrology and Watershed ManagementAE-7223PG 1st Year  (Forestry)Jan-May, 2014
RS & GIS application in Soil & Water ConservationAE-7031PG 1st Year (SWCE)July-December, 2011
PROJECTS AND THESIS SUPERVISED/ CURRENTLY SUPERVISING
Title of ProjectNames 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
PHDS SUPERVISED: 02 IN PROGRESS
TopicScholar NameStatus of PHDRegistration Year
 LuwangleimaFull TimeJuly 2015
 Annu TaguFull TimeJuly 2015
PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
Course NameSponsored ByDate
Optimization and Stochastic Methods in Water Resources ManagementQIPJuly 6-18, 1992
Recent Trends in Microwave Engineering and Potential Sphere of ApplicationsAICTE/ISTEDecember 19-30, 1994
Remote Sensing for Land and Water Resources ManagementAICTE/ISTEDecember 16-28, 1996
Integrated Environmental Management and its Bio-diversity with development of Chemical TechnologyAICTE/ISTEJune 18–30, 2000
Energy ManagementAICTE/ISTEDecember 18-29, 2000
Reduced Order Modeling and Controller DesignAICTE/ISTEMarch 8-19, 2004
Masters Training workshop on PROBE Project in UttaranchalDSTJuly 5-17, 2004
Faculty awareness camp on Entrepreneurship (FACE)ISTE-NSTEDBNovember 26-28, 2009
Soft Computing in Engineering ApplicationsAICTEJanuary 25, 2010 to February 05, 2010
Recent Advances in Mechanics and their Applications in Nano Engineering and TechnologyAICTEAugust 1-12, 2011
RS & GIS Applications in Natural Resource ManagementTEQIP (NERIST)May 14-18, 2012
Ergonomic Safety in Product DesignTEQIP (NERIST)May 14-18, 2013
CADD Excellence (Computer Aided Design & Drafting)TEQIP (NERIST)July 30 to August 09, 2014
COURSES OR CONFERENCES ORGANISED
Course/Conference NameSponsored ByDate
Workshop on Natural Disaster Management at NERISTDST, Govt. Of Arunachal Pradesh ItanagarFebruary 5th, 1994
Short term course on Keep Our Water Resources CleanMinistry of Forest and Environment, Govt of IndiaJune 09-10, 1999
Short-term training programme on Integrated Watershed Development and Management at NERISTAICTE/ISTE, New DelhiDecember 17 – 28, 2001
SPECIAL LECTURES DELIVERED
TitlePlaceDate
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 PradeshFebruary 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 EngineeringNERIST, NirjuliDecember 17 – 28, 2001
PUBLICATIONS

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.
MISCELLANEOUS
  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.
ATTAINMENT IN SPORTS
  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.).