Rabindra Kumar Panda
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Designation & Address: Professor (Higher Academic Grade), Head (School of Infrastructure) & Dean (Research Development), Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Toshali Bhavan, Bhubaneswar-751007
Present Basic Pay & Scale: Rs. 79000/- in the scale: Rs. 67000-79000/-
Education / Post Doctorate, USDA, Bushland, Texas, USA, 1995Ph.D., Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, 1984
M. Tech., Water Technology Centre, Indian Agril Res. Institute, New Delhi, 1980, 1st Rank (3.88/4.0)
B. Tech., Orissa University of Agril & Technology, Bhubaneswar, 1978, 1st Div (3.4/4.0) 3rd Rank
Experience / Aug. 2013 - current - Professor (HAG), Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2013 - Professor (HAG), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Jun. 2003-Aug. 2009 - / Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Feb. 1998-Jun. 2003 - / Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Apr. 1991- Feb. 1998 - / Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Nov.1984- Mar.1991 - / Sr. Scientist, Sr. Lecturer & Lecturer, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India
Jan. 1984- Nov. 1984 - / Assistant Professor, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Honours
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Awards / ¨ Fellow of Indian Water Resources Society 2015
¨ Commendation medal by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering for the year 2003-04 for excellence in teaching and research
¨ Shankar Memorial Award by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering for excellence in research in the discipline of Soil and Water Engineering during 1998-99.
¨ Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Fellowship, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1994 for post-doctoral research in USA for one year
¨ Better Opportunity for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology (BOYSCAST) Fellowship, Govt. of India, 1990
¨ Dr. Gopal Chandra Pattnaik Award 2004 by the Orissa Vigyan Prachar Samiti
¨ DAAD Fellowship to visit Germany for 3 months during 2001 DAAD, Germany & University of Hohenheim, Germany
¨ Exchange fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy and Royal Society of UK for post-doctoral research in Cranfield University, UK in 1998
¨ Director (Technical) Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1998-2000
¨ Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India offered in 2004
¨ Merit Award by the Central Board of Irrigation & Power, Govt. of India during October 1995 for a paper on Irrigation Water Management
¨ Best paper award in the 2nd International R& D conference of the Central Board of Irrigation & Power, Govt. of India during October 1997
¨ Second best poster award in the International Symposium on Agro meteorology and food Security held during 18-21 February 2008 at CRIDA, Hyderabad
¨ Graduate Fellowship from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1978-83
¨ University Merit Scholarship, Orissa Univ. of Agril. and Tech., Bhubaneswar, 1974-78
Supervision / 13 Ph.D theses supervised and 5 are continuing
68 M. Tech theses supervised and 1 continuing
Publications / 74 Journals (61 International + 13 Indian) and
60 Conference Proceedings (31 International + 29 Indian)
Patent & Copyright / § Developed and patented “A soil moisture sensor for automated micro irrigation system” (Patent No. 205487 Date 18/09/1998)
§ Developed a software for design of centrifugal pump (Copyright filed)
Research areas of interest / Watershed management, Non-point source pollution of water resources, Rainwater harvesting, Deficit Irrigation Management, Crop growth simulation modelling, Water supply and water quality management, Ground water management and Agro-meteorology
Editorship
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Reviewer / • Associate Editor of Institution of Engineers (India) Journal, Springer Publication.
• Reviewer of the Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier; Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, Environmental Quality Management, Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, Journal of Hydrology
Professional Societies / § Fellow of the Indian Water Resources Society
§ Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India
§ Member American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers
§ Member of American Society of Agricultural Engineers
§ Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
§ Life member of Indian Society of Water Management
§ Life Member of the Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources
§ Life Member of the Indian Society of Agro-meteorologist
Developments / § Developed a low cost hydraulic weighing lysimeter
§ Prepared a laboratory manual on Water lifts and pumps for U G and P G teaching
§ Developed a Water Quality Laboratory with modern equipment to test all the parameters related to water quality
§ Developed a field lysimetric laboratory with four lysimeters and an underground control chamber for monitoring
Administrative Responsibilities / § Dean (Research and Development), IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Head, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Member, Board of Governors of IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Member, Finance Committee of IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chief Vigilance Officer of IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, House Allotment Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Institute Coordinator for the IMPRINT Programme
§ Chairman, M.S (Research) regulation development Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, new R & D regulation development Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, Students Brotherhood Fund, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, Committee for establishment of a School for children in the permanent campus , IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, Staff recruitment shortlisting committee, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman, Campus Recruitment Committee
§ Chairman, Security Tender Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Developed the draft Purchase Manual of the Institute, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Chairman of Departmental Purchase Committee, SEOCS, IIT BBS
§ Chairman, House Allotment Committee, IIT Kharagpur, 2006-07
§ Professor-in-charge, Water Works, IIT Kharagpur, 3 years
§ PG & Ph. D. Coordinator, IIT Kharagpur, 3 years
§ Wardenship of 2 Hostels, IIT Kharagpur, 4 years
§ Project Engineer Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency 3 years
Sponsored Research Projects / § Principal Investigator, “Improving groundwater levels and quality through enhanced water use efficiency in Eastern Indian Agriculture”
Sponsoring Agency: Information Technology Research Academy, Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India (2013-2017), Rs. 330.00 lakh
§ Principal Investigator, “Assessment of Non-point Source Pollution of Soil & Water Resources using the AVSWAT model in an Agricultural Watershed in Eastern India”
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and DFG, Germany (2008-10)
§ Principal Investigator, “Identification, quantification and control of non-point source pollution of water resources from agricultural watersheds”
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India (2001-2007), Rs. 58.00 lakh.
§ Principal Investigator, “Experimental agro-meteorological advisory service unit (AAS)”
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (Continuing since 2006).
§ Co-Principal Investigator, “To study boundary layer characteristics during occurrence of severe thunderstorm”
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (2006-09), Rs. 40 lakh.
§ Principal Investigator, “Rain water harvesting of IIT, Kharagpur campus”
Sponsoring Agency: SRIC, IIT, Kharagpur (2003-04).
§ Principal Investigator, “Optimal Management of Irrigation water under deficit Conditions”
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India (1996-2000).
§ Co-Principal Investigator, “The use of waste materials to enhance agricultural production”
Sponsoring Agency: International Development Research Centre, Canada (1997-2002).
§ Co-Principal Investigator, “Integration of rainwater harvesting and climate resilient agriculture in sustaining productivity and profitability of rainfed agro-climatic zones of Eastern India”
Sponsoring Agency: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
Consultancy Projects / § Principal Consultant , “ Rainwater harvesting for Bokaro, Steel Plant, SAIL, Bokaro”
Sponsoring Agency: Bokaro Steel Ltd., SAIL, Bokaro
§ Principal Consultant , “Feasibility study and design of a radial collector well system for S.E. Railway, Kharagpur” Sponsoring Agency: S.E. Railway, Kharagpur
§ Principal Consultant , “Rainwater harvesting at BRBNMPL campus, Salboni”
Sponsoring Agency: Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Limited, West Midnapore, WB
§ Principal Consultant, “Construction of periphery road at BRBNMPL campus, Salboni”
Sponsoring Agency: Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Limited, West Midnapore, WB
§ Principal Consultant , “Rainwater harvesting at Alumina Refinery, Damanjodi”
Sponsoring Agency: National Aluminium Co. Ltd., Orissa
§ Principal Consultant,“Study of effect of mining activities on surrounding water quality”
Sponsoring Agency: Tata Steel Ltd., Noamundi
§ Principal Consultant , “Rainwater harvesting at Guaili Iron ore mines”
Sponsoring Agency: Guali Iron Ore Mines, Keonjhar
§ Principal Consultant , “Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Nuagaon Iron Ore mines”
Sponsoring Agency: Nuagaon Iron Ore Mines, Keonjhar
§ Principal Consultant , “Rainwater harvesting at Arati Steel Ltd., Ghantikal, Cuttack”
Sponsoring Agency: Arati Steel Ltd. Ghantikal, Cuttack
§ Principal Consultant , “Rainwater harvesting at Tata Metaliks campus, Kharagpur”
Sponsoring Agency: Tata Metaliks campus, Kharagpur
§ Principal Consultant, “Rainwater Harvesting at Utkal Asbestos Ltd.”
Sponsoring Agency: UAL, Bengal
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL
Singh, G., Panda, R. K., 2015. Bootstrap based Artificial Neural Network Analysis for Prediction of Daily Sediment Yield from a Small Agricultural Watershed, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, Inderscience Publisher, 5(4):333-348.
Singh, G., Panda, R. K. and Lamers, M., 2014. Modeling of daily runoff from a small agricultural watershed using artificial neural network with resampling techniques, Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA Publishing, 17(1):56-74.
Halder, D. and Panda, R. K., 2014. Determination of appropriate sowing date and phosphorus fertilization strategy for peanut in Eastern India, African Journal of Agricultural Research, 9 (32): 2475-2487.
Behera, S. K. and Panda, R. K., 2013. Simulation of Crop Responses and Fertilizer Solute Transport for Rice Crop Using CERES-Rice and HYDRUS-1D, Environmental Quality Management, 23 (1): 55-70.
Behera, S. K. and Panda, R. K., 2013. Effect of fertilization on crop responses and solute transport for rice crop in a sub-humid and sub-tropical region, Paddy and Water Environment, Springer Publications, 11: 227-239
Singh, R. K., Panda, R. K., Satapathy, K. K. and S. V. Ngachan., 2012. Runoff and Sediment Yield Modelling for a Treated Hilly Watershed in Eastern Himalaya Using the Water Erosion Prediction Project Model, Water Resources Management, 26: 643-665.
Panda, R. K., Alam, J. and Nandgude, S., 2012. Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Yield and Evaluation of a Coping Strategy Using the Crop Growth Model, International Journal of Climate Change: Impact and Responses. CG Publishers, 3 (2):7-29.
Singh, R. K., Panda, R. K., Satapathy, K. K. and S. V. Ngachan, 2011. Simulation of runoff and sediment yield from a hilly watershed in the eastern Himalaya, India using the WEPP model, Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier Publishers 405 (3-4): 261-276.
Pramanik, N., Panda, R.K., and Singh, A., 2011. Daily river flow forecasting using wavelet ANN hybrid models, Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA Publishing 13.1: 49-63.
Singh, G. and Panda, R. K., 2011. Daily Sediment Yield Modeling with Artificial Neural Network using 10-fold Cross Validation Method: A small agricultural watershed, Kapgari, India, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 4(6): 443-450.
Behera, S. K and Panda, R. K., 2011. Assessing Soil and Groundwater Contamination with Hydrus-1D: A Study from West Bengal, Environmental Quality Management. Wiley Publications Inc., Spring 2011: 59-75
Nandgude, S., Panda, R.K., Streck, T., and Lamers, M., 2010. Climatic Parameter-based Simulation of Runoff and Sediment Yield from a Small Agricultural Watershed, International Journal of Climate Change: Impact and Responses. CG Publishers, 2 (2):1-24.
Pramanik, N. and Panda, R. K., 2010 'Reply to the Discussion on “Application of neural network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems for river flow prediction” by O. Kisi', Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55: 8, 1455-1456.
Pramanik, N., Panda, R. K., and Sen, D. J., 2010. Development of design flood hydrographs using probability density functions, Hydrological Processes, Wiley Pub. 24 (4): 415-428
Pramanik, N., Panda, R. K., and Sen, D. J., 2010. One Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling of River Flow Using DEM Extracted River Cross-sections. Water Resources Management, Springer Publ. 24 (5): 835-852.
Kulluru, P. P. Das B. S. and Panda R. K., 2010. Evaluation of Sorption and Leaching Potential of Malathion and Atrazine in Agricultural Soils of India. International Journal of Environmental Research, 4 (1): 75-90.
Pramanik, N., Panda, R. K., Singh, A., 2010. Daily River Flow Forecasting Using Wavelet ANN hybrid models, Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA Publication 13 (1) : 49–63
Panda, R. K., Pramanik, N. and Bala, B. 2010. Simulation of river stage using artificial neural network and MIKE 11 hydrodynamic model, Computers and Geosciences, Elsevier Science, 36: 735-745.
Behera, S. K. and Panda, R. K., 2009. Integrated management of irrigation water and fertilizers for wheat crop using field experiments and simulation modeling, Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier Science, 96 (11): 1532-1540.
Behera, S. K. and Panda, R. K., 2009. Effect of fertilization and irrigation schedule on water and fertilizer solute transport for wheat crop in a subhumid subtropical region., Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, Elsevier science, 130: 141–155.
Pramanik, N. and Panda, R. K., 2009. Application of artificial neural network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for river flow prediction, Hydrological Sciences Journal., IAHS Publications, U.K, 54 (2): 247-260.
Patil, S. J., Panda R. K. and Nandgude S., 2009. Effect of Climate Change on the Yield of Winter Wheat in West Midnapore, India, International Journal of Climate Change: Impact and Responses. CG Publishers, 1 (1): 31-46.
Behera, S. K. and Panda, R. K., 2009. Judicious management of irrigation water and chemical fertilizer for potato crop in sub-humid sub-tropical region. Assam University Journal of Science & Technology (An International Journal), 2 (2): 22-28.
Renji, R. and Panda, R. K., 2008. Groundwater vulnerability assessment, risk mapping, and nitrate evaluation in a small agricultural watershed: Using the DRASTIC model and GIS. Environmental Quality Management. Wiley Publication, Inc.17(4), (Summer 2008): 53-75
Renji, R. and Panda, R . K., 2007. Groundwater Quality Mapping Using GIS: A Study from India's Kapgari Watershed. Environmental Quality Management. Wiley Publications Inc. 16 (3), (Spring 2007): 41- 60
Behera, S. and Panda, R. K., 2006. Evaluation of management alternatives in an agricultural watershed using a physical process based model. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 113(1-4): 62-72
Patra, S. and Panda, R.K., 2006. Development of a hydraulic weighing lysimeter and its testing in field condition. Journal of Environment and Ecology, 24(1): 85-90.
Behera, S. K., Panda, R. K. and Behera, S, 2006. Optimal Management of Land, Water and Nutrients in a Small Agricultural Watershed: A case study from India. Environmental Quality Management, Wiley publication: 25-39