Flood Forecasting and Hydraulic Structures: Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (Hydro

P. V. Timbadiya is an Associate Professor in the Water Resources Engineering section, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, 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 Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering Technology (now 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 Govt. of Gujarat. He is a recipient of 'Best Case Study Award - 2015' award by the American Society of Civil Engineers for his publication in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering and 'Young Engineers Award' by the Institution of Engineers (India) in the year 2015. He received 'Prof. R. J. Garde Research Award' for the year 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 the year 2021. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career. Prem Lal Patel is a Professor of Hydraulics and Water Resources in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He served as the Deputy Director of SVNIT. He also worked as a Reader in the Civil Engineering Department at Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) from 1999-2007. He served as an Assistant Executive Engineer in Border Roads Organization (BRO) from 1995-1999. He did his bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Government Engineering College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India and then pursued his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from the then University of Roorkee, now Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He has published more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He has guided 12 Doctoral Thesis and 47 Master's Dissertation so far. He has also served in various academic positions in SVNIT Surat, such as Dean (Academics), Head of Civil Engineering Department, Dean (Research & Consultancy), Dean (PG), etc. He was also instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on 'Water Resources and Flood Management' in the Institute through a research grant from World Bank-sponsored TEQIP-II. He is a recipient of visiting International Fellowship (VIF-2017) 2017 for attending the ASCE EWRI Congress-2017 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career. Vijay P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a Fellow of EWRI-ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He has published extensively in the areas ofhydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources (more than 1320 journal articles, 31 textbooks, 75 edited reference books, 110 book chapters, and 315 conference papers). He has received over 95 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 11 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), Chair of the Watershed Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is currently President of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He has served/serves as Editor-in-Chief of three journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series. His Google Scholar citations include 64073, h-index: 115, and I10-index: 903. V. L. Manekar is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean (Planning & Development) at Sardar VallabhbhaiNational Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. He worked as Dean (Student Welfare) at SVNIT 'Adjunct Professor' at SCOE, Washim of SGBB University, Amravati. He is a member of the Academic council (Senate) of the Government College of Engineering, Amravati (an Autonomous Institute of Govt of Maharashtra). He was also an Expert Member of the Academic & Selection Board of M. S. University Vadodara. He is working as a member of the State Technical Agency, PMGSY-Gujrat, Government of India. From India, he is one of the members of the Australia India Water Association (AIWA), which is recently formed between the two governments. He has more than 32 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering. He has experience working in different fields of Water Resources Engineering, including management of on-field irrigation systems, agro-climatic modelling, hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, sediment transport modelling and simulation, flow structure interaction, flood management and impact of changing climate and LULC on water resources. He has many research papers to his credit published in reputed international/national journals and reputed conference proceedings, book chapters, monograph, guided several Ph.D., P.G. dissertations & U.G. projects and completed many consultancy projects and handling of externally funded research projects to his credit.

P. V. Timbadiya 是印度蘇拉特市 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) 土木工程系水資源工程組的副教授。他於 2012 年和 2004 年分別獲得 SVNIT 蘇拉特的水資源工程博士學位和碩士學位。他在 Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering Technology（現為 SVNIT）取得土木工程學士學位。他指導了兩篇博士論文和 29 篇碩士論文，並發表了超過 110 篇研究論文，其中包括 25 篇在同行評審期刊上的文章。他曾擔任院長（校友及資源生成），目前擔任 SVNIT 水資源工程組的組長。他在設立「水資源與洪水管理」卓越中心的基礎設施方面發揮了重要作用，包括實驗水力學實驗室、計算水力學實驗室、水循環系統等。他被古吉拉特邦政府的 Narmada、水資源、水供應及 Kalpsar 部門任命為 Kalpsar 項目的「國家顧問」。他曾獲得美國土木工程師學會頒發的「最佳案例研究獎 - 2015」，以表彰他在《水文工程期刊》上的發表，並於 2015 年獲得印度工程師協會的「青年工程師獎」。他於 2020 年獲得印度水力學會頒發的「Prof. R. J. Garde 研究獎」。他於 2021 年獲得 DST-SERB 核心研究補助金，用於「非均勻可移動床上串聯和錯位橋墩周圍的局部沖刷」項目。他在各專業機構中活躍，並在其學術生涯中組織了多次會議、研討會和短期培訓課程。

Prem Lal Patel 是印度蘇拉特市 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) 土木工程系的水力學與水資源教授。他曾擔任 SVNIT 的副主任。他還曾於 1999 年至 2007 年在德里工程學院（土木工程系，現為 DTU）擔任講師。他於 1995 年至 1999 年在邊境公路組織（BRO）擔任助理執行工程師。他在印度中央邦的政府工程學院（Rewa）獲得土木工程學士學位，隨後在當時的 Roorkee 大學（現為印度理工學院 Roorkee）獲得土木工程碩士和博士學位。他在同行評審的期刊和知名會議上發表了超過 220 篇論文，至今已指導 12 篇博士論文和 47 篇碩士論文。他還在 SVNIT 蘇拉特擔任過多個學術職位，如學術院長、土木工程系主任、研究與諮詢院長、碩士院長等。他在該院設立「水資源與洪水管理」卓越中心方面也發揮了重要作用，該中心是通過世界銀行資助的 TEQIP-II 研究補助金成立的。他於 2017 年獲得國際訪問獎學金（VIF-2017），以參加在美國加州薩克拉門托舉行的 ASCE EWRI Congress-2017。他在各專業機構中活躍，並在其學術生涯中組織了多次會議、研討會和短期培訓課程。

Vijay P. Singh 是德州農工大學的傑出大學教授、董事教授及 Caroline 和 William N. Lehrer 水工程傑出講座教授。他獲得了工程學的學士、碩士、博士和科學博士學位。他是一名註冊專業工程師、註冊專業水文學家，並且是 ASCE-AAWRE 的榮譽外交官。他是 ASCE 的傑出會員、AGGS 的傑出研究員、AWRA 的榮譽會員，以及 EWRI-ASCE、IAH、ISAE、IWRS 和 IASWC 的研究員。他在水文學、灌溉工程、水力學、地下水和水質等領域發表了大量研究成果。