Prof. Makarand Chintamani DEO
Present Designation:
Emeritus Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology BombayAreas of Interest:
Coastal and Ocean Engineering (hydrodynamics, climate change impacts on coastal infrastructure, applications of machine learning and advanced statistical methods); water resources (hydrology and soft computing)
Specialisation:
Civil Engineering
Major Professional Contributions:
• Chairman, Editorial Board, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK
• Member, Editorial Board, Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier,
• Member, Editorial Board, Ocean Engineering, Elsevier
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• Served in the past as
• President, The Indian Society for Hydraulics (2004-08),
• Member, Board of Directors, Konkan Railway Corporation (2008~2011)
• Member, Governing Council, CWPRS, Ministry of WR, GOI, Pune (2012~)
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, CWPRS, Pune (2011~)
• Member, Advisory Committee, IEOT, ONGC
• Member, Maharashtra Coastal Zone Regulation Authority (2012~)
• Member, Technical Advisory Council, NIOT, Chennai, (2011~)
• Member, Project Management Board, NIOT, Chennai (2010~)
• Member, Research Advisory committee, ICMAM, MoES, Chennai (2013~)
• Member, Technical Advisory Board, Indian Register of Shipping
• Member, Advisory Board, National Water Academy
• Member, Scientific advisory committees, INCOIS, NIOT
• Member, Hydrology project group, Govt. of Maharashtra (2010~)
• Consultant, World Bank, Institutional review, 2013
• Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engg. (2000-2012)
• Chief Editor, ‘International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems’, SAGE Publi.., UK.
• Chairman, Review Committee for CWPRS Pune, Ministry of Water Resources, 2009
• Chair and Co-chair: Hydro2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 conferences
• Session Chair of a large number of conferences held in India and abroad
• Delivered key notes, invited talks’ at large number of workshops, seminars, conferences .
• Examined Ph D thesis of candidates from Delft Univ., (2011), IIT’s, IISc,….
• Editor: Special issues of the ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering – 2002-2010
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering,Hindawi Publications
• Member, Editorial Board of Civil-Comp conferences, U. K.
• Member, Editorial Board, Open Ocean Engineering Journal, Bentham Press, UK.
• Member, Faculty Selection Committees of five IIT’s, I ISc, NITs
• Member, Scientists Selection Committee of some Government and other organizations
• Member, Advisory Boards of UPSC
• Member, Selection Committees of CSIR
• Member, Monitoring Committees of AICTE projects
• Member, various Accreditation Committees of National Board of Accreditation
• Member of Governing councils, Curriculum boards,.. of various engineering colleges, institutes
• Member, Program approval committees of the AICTE
• Reviewer of innumerable international and national journal papers
• Reviewer, research proposals under UK’s EPSRC scheme, (2013, 2014)
• Reviewer, research proposal, Croatia Govt. (2013)
Consultancy Areas:
water resources, coastal engineering, offshore engineering, hydraulics.
Sector Associated With:
Academia
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
Educational / Academic institutions, Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies), Consultancy Firms, Private Agencies
Professional Experience
Professor, IIT Bombay~1983 (teaching, research, consulting, admin.) Post-doc: 1985 and 1989 at Liverpool University, UK Head, Civil Engg. Dept., (2005-08); Coordinator, QIP/CDP/EFIP (2002-05) Director, VJTI, Mumbai from 06/2011 to 05/2012. Research Assistant, CWPRS Pune – 1975-‘77 .
Keywords
real time prediction of ocean waves, tides, currents, sediment transport; hydrological predictions, impact of climate change .
Education
BE, M.Tech, Ph.D.
Awards and Recognitions
• Lifetime Achievement Award – 2019, of Indian Society for Hydraulics
• Institute Chair Professor (2014~)
• Fellow, INAE, 2013
• Prof. H H Mathur Award for Excellence in Applied Research- 2009
• IIT Bombay research award for best paper- 2006
• Jalavigyan Puraskar -1998 given by Indian Society for Hydraulics
• Special recognition for "Distinguished and meritorious service to ASCE as an outstanding Associate Editor"
• Excellence in Teaching Award, - 2016, 2018
• The most cited author in civil engineering from India as per Google Scholar (~1400), Nov. 2012
• Total citations: around 5,000; h-index: 27 (25.11.2019) as per Scopus Citation Overview
Link to Website
https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~mcdeoINAE Section Affiliated
I: Civil Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2013
Year of Birth
1954
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