Dr. Laxmikant Madanmanohar Gupta is working as professor (Higher Administrative Grade, HAG) in the department of Applied Mechanics and former Dean (Planning and Finance) Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. He obtained his B.E. (Civil Engineering) from Government College of Engineering Amravati, M.Tech.(Structural Engineering) from Visvesvaraya Regional Collage of Engineering (VRCE), Nagpur and Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) from Nagpur University. Major area of his research is structural engineering. He has published almost 50 papers in national and international journals, whereas almost 100 papers in the national and international conferences. Dr. Gupta is also having the membership of several professional bodies of national and international repute. In addition to this he has organized many short term courses for the quality improvement. Moreover he has completed several R & D and consultancy projects successfully. He has several awards to his credit given by VRCE Nagpur in 1995 and PWD (Government of Maharashtra) for some of his distinguish works. Dr. Maya Rajnarayan Ray is currently a professor at the department of civil engineering, G.H. Raisoni college of Engineering, Nagpur. She obtained B.E. and M.E. (Civil Engineering) from the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodra and Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Major area of her research interest includes, hydraulic and water resources engineering, hydraulic structures, computational hydraulics, free surface flow, water quality monitoring, ground water hydrology, operation of reservoir, study of downstream impacts and stochastic hydrology. She has published more than a dozen papers in the respected international journals and proceedings. She has also completed several consultancy projects successfully. Dr. Maya is a member of several professional bodies of national and international repute. Dr. Pawan Kumar Labhasetwar, is Chief Scientist and Head in Water Technology & Management Division (WTMD), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, A CSIR laboratory of Gov. of India. He obtained B. E. (Civil Engineering) and M. E. (Env. Engineering) from Government Engineering College Jabalpur and Ph. D. (Env. Engineering) from NEERI, Nagpur University. His area of research interest includes water resource management, water quality monitoring, water safety plan, environmental impact assessment, grey water treatment reuse, environmental sanitation. He has published more than 40 papers in national and international journals, where as he has completed more than 300 R & D and consultancy projects successfully, funded by government of India and different bodies. He has many awards and achievements to his credit like ‘Jal Nirmalata’ Award of Indian Water Works Association 2016-17, best paper award, Nagpur ‘Gaurav Sanman’, Oklahoma University Water Prize, project innovation award, DST-Lockheed Martin Innovation Growth award from FICCI, NEERI foundation day award, Commonwealth Science Council fellowship etc.
