Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka (2002–2003). His research
expertise is about hydrological system analysis, process based rainfall-runoff
modelling, climate change impact assessment and analysis in large river basins, e.g.
the Brahmaputra River basin, and integrated land and water resources management
(ILWRM). He acquired and fund raised 93 interdisciplinary research projects in
Southern Africa, Brazil, Europe and South Asia funded e.g. by the European
Commission (EC), the German Research Association (DFG), and the Federal
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). He supervised 96 MSc theses, and
24 PhD projects, has authorship in more than 120 publications, and was editor of a
Springer booklet on the Brahmaputra River basin. He established the Integrated
Land Management System (ILMS) at the Jena University, in 2006 and coordinated
the INNO-Asia project in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. In 2000, he
was awarded with the Biennial Medal of Natural Systems of the Modelling and
Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ), and in 2012 and
2014 he was appointed by the former Chief Minister of Assam, India, as international member of the “Advisory group of experts on flood and erosion and water
management” for the Brahmaputra River. Since his retirement in 2014, he is an
internationally active consultant for applied Geoinformatics in Integrated Land and
Water Resources Management (ILWRM) and hydrological climate change analysis
in river basins.
Dr. Sharad Kumar Jain is an eminent hydrologist and researcher. He recently
superannuated from the post of the Director of National Institute of Hydrology
(NIH), Roorkee, India and is currently serving as Visiting Professor, Civil
Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee. He received his B.E (Civil) from University
of Roorkee, (1980) and M. Tech (Hydraulics & Water Resources) from Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur (1982). He received his PhD from University of
Roorkee (1990). He has a vast experience in research and teaching for more than
38 years. His research interests include Surface Water Hydrology, Water Resources
Planning and Management, and Application of Advanced Tools such as Artificial
Neural Networks, Remote Sensing, GIS and Decision Support Systems etc.
Dr. Jain has authored 5 books, and contributed to over 250 technical papers in
various international and national journals. He has also edited 5 books, and written
8 chapters in handbooks/ encyclopedia, 20 book chapters and over 80 technical
reports at NIH. He has also worked on more than 40 research and consultancy
projects. Dr. Jain has worked as visiting faculty at the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering in Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. He
is a member of many national/international committees in his field of work and is a
member of editorial boards of three journals.
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expertise is about hydrological system analysis, process based rainfall-runoff
modelling, climate change impact assessment and analysis in large river basins, e.g.
the Brahmaputra River basin, and integrated land and water resources management
(ILWRM). He acquired and fund raised 93 interdisciplinary research projects in
Southern Africa, Brazil, Europe and South Asia funded e.g. by the European
Commission (EC), the German Research Association (DFG), and the Federal
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). He supervised 96 MSc theses, and
24 PhD projects, has authorship in more than 120 publications, and was editor of a
Springer booklet on the Brahmaputra River basin. He established the Integrated
Land Management System (ILMS) at the Jena University, in 2006 and coordinated
the INNO-Asia project in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. In 2000, he
was awarded with the Biennial Medal of Natural Systems of the Modelling and
Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ), and in 2012 and
2014 he was appointed by the former Chief Minister of Assam, India, as international member of the “Advisory group of experts on flood and erosion and water
management” for the Brahmaputra River. Since his retirement in 2014, he is an
internationally active consultant for applied Geoinformatics in Integrated Land and
Water Resources Management (ILWRM) and hydrological climate change analysis
in river basins.
Dr. Sharad Kumar Jain is an eminent hydrologist and researcher. He recently
superannuated from the post of the Director of National Institute of Hydrology
(NIH), Roorkee, India and is currently serving as Visiting Professor, Civil
Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee. He received his B.E (Civil) from University
of Roorkee, (1980) and M. Tech (Hydraulics & Water Resources) from Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur (1982). He received his PhD from University of
Roorkee (1990). He has a vast experience in research and teaching for more than
38 years. His research interests include Surface Water Hydrology, Water Resources
Planning and Management, and Application of Advanced Tools such as Artificial
Neural Networks, Remote Sensing, GIS and Decision Support Systems etc.
Dr. Jain has authored 5 books, and contributed to over 250 technical papers in
various international and national journals. He has also edited 5 books, and written
8 chapters in handbooks/ encyclopedia, 20 book chapters and over 80 technical
reports at NIH. He has also worked on more than 40 research and consultancy
projects. Dr. Jain has worked as visiting faculty at the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering in Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. He
is a member of many national/international committees in his field of work and is a
member of editorial boards of three journals.
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About the Editors