Climate Change Impact on Water Resources : Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021)

P. V. Timbadiya is an Associate Professor in the Water Resources Engineering section, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), India. He secured his doctoral degree and post-graduation in Water Resources Engineering from SVNIT Surat in 2012 and 2004, respectively. He did his under graduation in civil engineering from SVNIT. He has guided two doctoral thesis and 29 master’s dissertations. He has more than 110 research papers to his credit, including 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He served as Dean (Alumni and Resources Generation), and currently serving as Sectional Head, Water Resources Engineering Section at SVNIT. He played an instrumental role in setting up infrastructure facilities in the Centre of Excellence on ‘Water Resources and Flood Management’ such as the Experimental Hydraulics Lab, Computational Hydraulics Lab, Water Circulation System, and others. He is appointed as ‘National Consultant’ for Kalpsar Project by Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department of the Government of Gujarat. He is a recipient of ‘Young Engineers Award’ by the Institution of Engineers (India) in 2015. He received ‘Prof. R. J. Garde Research Award’ in 2020 by the Indian Society for Hydraulics. He has awarded DST-SERB Core Research Grant for the project on ‘Local Scouring around tandem and staggered bridge piers on Non-uniform mobile bed’ in 2021. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career.