AWARDS

Selection of scientific or commercial applications of DE : Vasan, A, and K. Srinivasa Raju, Optimal reservoir operation using differential evolution, International conference on hydraulic engineering: Research and Practice (ICON-HERP-2004), October 26-28, 2004, Roorkee, India, pp.503-514 (Application No. 16, Homepage of Differential Evolution, the URL of which is http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~storn/code.htm

Latest Top Rated Article rating is given by International Society of Robust Engineering Professionals, U.S.A in the category of Operations Research/Statistics for the paper entitled 'Multicriterion decision making in performance evaluation of an irrigation system' published in European Journal of Operational Research, 112(3), pp.479-488, 1999.

Sir Arthur Cotton Memorial Medal  is given by Institution of Engineers (India) during Indian Engineering Congress, Patna in December 2002 for the paper entitled “ Multicriterion Q-Analysis and Compromise Programming for Irrigation Planning” , published in Vol 82, June 2001, Civil Engineering Division, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India). Award consists of citation and medal (Photograph, Certificate).

Highest quality rating is given by Anbar Electronic Intelligence, United Kingdom for the paper  ‘Multicriterion decision making in performance evaluation of an irrigation system' published in European Journal of Operational Research, 112(3), pp.479-488, 1999. The award is made to less than 10% of all authors whose work is reviewed among 90,000 papers from over 400 of the world’s top management journals.

Outstanding Achievement Award in the field of Multicriterion Decision Making by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

REVIEWED papers for the following journals 

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, World Scientific

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier 

Decision Support Systems, Elsevier 

Environmental Management, Springer

European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier 

Hydrological Process, Wiley Inter Science

Hydrologic Sciences Journal (IAHS)

International Journal of Sediment Research, Elsevier 

Irrigation Science, Springer

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier 

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier 

Water Policy, IWA 

Water Resources Management, Springer

Hydrology Journal of IAH

ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

National Institute of Hydrology, Ministry of Water Resources, Roorkee, Government of India (Technical Reports)

INVITED TALKS

Lecture on Multicriterion Decision Making: A Brief Overview, DST sponsored two-days brainstorming workshop on Application of Advanced Soft Computing Techniques in Geo-spatial Data Analysis,  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, September 22-23, 2008.

Lecture on Multicriterion Decision Making in Irrigation Planning, SDP Programme on Computer Applications in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, November 12-24, 2007.

Lecture on Fuzzy linear programming for irrigation planning: a case study, Short term course on Flood Hazard Mitigation and Watershed Management, Sponsored by DONER, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, December 1-5, 2006.

Lectures on Multiobjective programming in water resources planning and  Decision making in multicriterion environment with reference to irrigation planning, AICTE Short term course, Department of Civil Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, December 13, 2006.

Lectures on water resources management aspects during Advanced Training Programme on Water Resource Development and Management for NABARD Officers, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani,  November 3-7,2004.

Lecture on Multiobjective programming: application of fuzzy linear programming to a case study of Irrigation Planning in India, Short term course on Fuzzy System Modelling in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, June 3‑6, 1998.

Lectures on irrigation management aspects during workshop entitled " Watershed Management " conducted at BITS, Pilani. The programme is sponsored by Government of Himachal Pradesh, India.

MEMBERSHIP

International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, U.S.A

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), U.K.

Associate Member and Chartered Engineer, Institution of Engineers (India)

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Indian Society for Technical Education

Indian Water Resources Society

Indian Water Works Association

Indian Society for Hydraulics

Association of Hydrologists of India

Indian Association of Hydrologists

Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

System Dynamic Society of India

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Group Leader, Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan during 2003-2006.

Member, Research Board, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan during 2003-2006.

Nucleus Member, Practice School Division, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani during 2002-2005.

Core Group (CG) Member, Capnet India (Secretariat at KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar)

Team member, Rain water harvesting and well replenishment, RANA Project, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Team member, Center for Desert Development Technologies (C-DDT), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.  

Participated in the international consultancy project Irrigation Water Management in the Euro-Mediterranean Countries involving two countries Spain and Greece.

Technical Committee member, National Conférence on Environmental Conservation, (NCEC-2006), September 1-3, 2006, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Co-Ordinator, Advanced Training Programme on Water Resource Development and Management for NABARD Officers, held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani during November 3-7,2004.

Organizing Secretary, Symposium on Prediction in Ungauged Basins for Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (PUBSWRPM-2004) Organized by Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India during October 30, 2004.

Organizing Secretary, Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (ISWRPM-2003) Organized by Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India during October 11-12, 2003.

Member, Local organizing committee, Asia Regional Workshop on Promoting Sustainability of Community based Rural Transport Infrastructure, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, September 6-8, 2004.

Member, Technical committee, National Conference on Structural Engineering and Mechanics (SEM-04) Organized by Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, September 24-25, 2004.

Member, Technical advisory committee, International conference on advanced modeling techniques for sustainable management of water resources, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Jan 28-30, 2004.

Member, Local organizing committee, Asia Regional Workshop on Improving mobility for the rural poor: achieving sustainable motorized and non-motorized rural transport, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, September 23-26, 2002.

Member, Local organizing committee, Conference on disaster management, Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, March 5-7, 2001.

Attended Fifth IHP/IAHS George Kovacs Colloquium on Sustainable Water Resources held at UNESCO, Paris, France during June 2-3, 2000.

Paper evaluator for APOGEE 2002, XX All India Academic Week, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, March 12-16, 2002.

Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) for Ph.D scholars at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. 

Examiner for Ph.D qualifying examination at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan

Co-ordinator, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Practice school (PS-1) Programme at NGEF Limited, Bangalore; Yuken India Limited, Bangalore; Vijayawada Thermal Power Station, Vijayawada; Kanaka Durga Agro Industries, Vijayawada; Hitech print systems, Gannavaram, Vijayawada; Birla Museum, Pilani.