Faculty

Practising engineers — not academics in residence.

AFA faculty are subsurface engineers active on real projects across hydropower, transport tunnels, dam safety, and utility engineering. Every lecture is grounded in field work shipped in the last decade.

56 faculty members

Er. Ashwin B. Pandya is currently serving as Secretary General of the International Commission on Irrigation… Read more

Mr. A. B. Pandya

Ex- Secretary General, ICID & Ex- Chairman, Central Water Commission

As Executive Director in NHPC, responsible for Project Investigation & Geology Div & all Power… Read more

Mr. Anil Kumar Jain

Executive Director, NHPC

Arvind Kumar Mishra is Managing Director, Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority of Bhutan (MHPA)… Read more

Mr. Arvind Kumar Mishra

Managing Director, Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority Bhutan

Dr. Avtar K. Raina is working as Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel… Read more

Dr Avtar K Raina

Senior Principal Scientist @CSIR-CIMFR & Professor @ AcSIR

Maj Gen (Dr) B Nagarajan, is a permanent Commissioned Officer from the Indian Army, which he joined in… Read more

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) B Nagarajan

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur Formerly permanent Commissioned Officer, Indian Army

Dr. B. Ravi Kumar Pillai is currently serving as Commissioner- CADWM, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of… Read more

Dr. B. R. K. Pillai

Member, Krishna River Management Board Government of India

Mr Binaya Kumar Mishra, Geotechnical expert, is presently leading the Geotechnical teams for Kanpur and… Read more

Binay K Mishra

Geotechnical Expert, Kanpur and Agra Metros, TYPSA India, Formerly with NHPC, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power, SMEC India and L&T Construction

Dr Bineshian, Hoss is the Technical Director of AMBERG Engineering AG. He obtained his BEng with first… Read more

Dr Bineshian Hoss

Principal, Director (Technical) Amberg Engineering AG

Mr. Devendra Kumar Sharma has 39 years of experience in water resources and energy sectors in India and… Read more

Mr. D K Sharma

Former Chairman, BBMB

Dr. Gopal Dhawan has been actively associated with investigation, planning, design and construction of… Read more

Dr Gopal Dhawan

Founder & Chairman, DDAG Pvt. Ltd. Formerly, CMD, MECL Executive Director, (Geo Tech) NHPC

Mr. Gulshan Raj joined Central Water Commission in 1989 as an Assistant Director. In his professional… Read more

Mr. Gulshan Raj

CE, DSO, CWC

Harald Wagner has received his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1970 from Technical University (TUG) of… Read more

Dr Harald Wagner

Consulting Engineer Underground Infrastructure for Global Society

Shri Hari Dev graduated in Civil Engineering from Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab University,… Read more

Mr. Hari Dev

Scientist E and Director, Grievance

Mr Imran Sayeed

Senior Consultant Eng.Geology, Formerly Chief General Manager (Geotech), NHPC

Kanwar Singh Former Director (Civil),SJVN Limited, a schedule "A" CPSU possesses wide experience of over… Read more

Kanwar Singh

Consultant & Faculty (Contract Management & Dispute Resolution), DDAG, Formerly Director (Civil), SJVN & Executive Director, NHPC, Member, CIAC

Mr. M. M. Madan is a B.Tech (Civil) and MBA. He is having more than 45 years of rich experience in all… Read more

Mr. M. M. Madan

Formerly Executive Director (NHPC), Formerly President & CEO (Hydro) - Jindal Power, Advisor (Power & Tunnelling) ASSOCHAM

Dr. Mahendra Singh is currently a Professor of Civil Engineering at Department of Civil Engineering,… Read more

Dr (Prof) Mahendra Singh

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

Mr. Manohar Singh an engineering graduate from University of Delhi worked for over 30 years in various… Read more

Mr. Manohar Singh

Ex-CWC, CE

Mr. Murari Ratnam, former Director, Central Soil and Materials Research Station, Ministry of Water Resources,… Read more

Mr. Murari Ratnam

Ex-Director, CSMRS

Mr. Naresh Kumar Mathur is former Member of Central Water Commission. He did his BE Civil from M B M… Read more

Mr. N K Mathur

Commissioner, CAD, MOJS

Mr. Nitya Nand Rai is a graduate in Civil Engineering from KNIT, Sultanpur. He obtained his Masters in… Read more

Mr. N N Rai

Director, CWC

Second Topper of the Delhi College of Engineering 1990 batch, and with technical skills including in-depth… Read more

Neeta Arora

Director-Renewables-SACA SMEC International Pty Ltd

A Mechanical Engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and joined Aziwell in 2018… Read more

Nils Ivar Iversen

Managing Director, Aziwell AS, Norway

Mr Nirbhay Narayan Singh is presently Research Scholar in Civil Engineering Department of IIT Delhi.… Read more

Mr Nirbhay Narayan Singh

Research Scholar in Civil Engineering Department of IIT Delhi

Nuh Bilgin was graduated from Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University. He obtained… Read more

Prof Dr. Nuh Bilgin

Chairman, Turkish Tunnelling Society, Formerly head, Mining Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University

Mr. Rama Raju Penmetsa is the acting Advisor and Dam Safety Expert, Govt of AP since the year 2011 till… Read more

Mr. P Ramaraju

Engineer-in-Chief, W.R.D., A.P.

Paavan Kumar Reddy Gollapalli (KRG) is a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture and water management.… Read more

Mr. Paavan Kumar Reddy Gollapalli

Programme Executive - Watershed at ITC Limited

Dr. Prabhas Pande did his M.Sc. in Geology in the year 1971 and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy… Read more

Dr Prabhas Pande

Consultant & Faculty (Earthquake Engineering, Disaster Management & Engineering Geology), DDAG, Formerly Addl. Director General, Geological Survey of India

Dr. Rajbal Singh is former Joint Director and Head of Rock Mechanics in CSMRS, New Delhi. Also, he had… Read more

Dr Rajbal Singh

Consultant & Faculty (Rock Mechanics and Concrete Technology), DDAG, Top Level Expert, WAPCOS Ltd. Formerly Joint Director & Head of Rock Mechanics, CSMRS

Rajeev Sethi has been associated with many Hydro Power projects for Investigations, Design and Construction… Read more

Rajeev Sethi

Sr. Vice President - Civil Design, EIPL, formerly General Manager - Civil Design, NHPC

Mr Rajesh Pandey, Managing Director of Dynasoure Concrete Treatment Pvt Ltd, having vast knowledge and… Read more

Mr. Rajesh Pandey

Director, Dynasoure Concrete Treatment Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Rajinder Bhasin has a doctoral degree in Rock Engineering from the University of Oslo in Norway and… Read more

Dr. Rajinder Bhasin

Technical Expert / Regional Manager Asia, NGI, Norway

Mr. Rajinder Nath Khazanchi was born and brought up in a Kashmiri Pandit family of Srinagar, J&K.… Read more

Mr. Rajinder Nath Khazanchi

Formerly Executive Director NHPC, MD, PHPA I & II and MD, Tala Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan

Dr. R. K. Goel superannuated from CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) in Jun 2020.… Read more

Dr Rajnish K Goel

Formerly Chief Scientist and Scientist-in-Charge of CSIR-CIMFR

Ramesh Narain Misra is Former Chairman and Managing Director of SJVN Limited. He briefly held additional… Read more

Mr. Ramesh Narain Misra

Advisor & Faculty DDAG, Formerly Adjunct Prof. IIT, Roorkee Formerly CMD, SJVN Limited, Formerly Honorary Advisor, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad

Mr. Ravi Sundaram is a post graduate in Geotechnical Engineering with 41 years experience in site investigations,… Read more

Mr. Ravi Sundaram

Director Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd

Mr S. Masood Husain, a Civil Engineering graduate from AMU, Aligarh in 1979, later obtained his M Tech… Read more

Mr. S Masood Husain

Ex-CWC, Chairman

Mr. S.K.G.Pandit is Post Graduate in Civil Engineering and an expert in the field of WRD with specialization… Read more

Mr. S K G Pandit

Ex-CWC, Member

Mr. Saibal Ghosh is presently serving in Central Water Commission as General Manager of Farakka Barrage… Read more

Mr. Saibal Ghosh

Chief Engineer, CWC

Dr. Sam Johansson (1955), HydroResearch, Sweden, is a well-known expert within dam safety and dam monitoring.… Read more

Dr. Sam Johnsson

Member, ICOLD Committee of Dam Monitoring & Surveillance

Dr. Sanjay Rana is a geophysicist by profession. He has been working in the field of engineering geophysics… Read more

Dr. Sanjay Rana

Professional Geophysicist, Geophysics Trainer Founder & Managing Director, Parsan Overseas (P) Limited Chairman, Aqua Foundation

Dr. Sanjay Rana is a geophysicist by profession. He has been working in the field of engineering geophysics… Read more

Dr. Sanjay Rana

Chairman, Aqua Foundation & Managing Director, PARSAN

Sharique Khan is an expert geotechnical engineer specialized in the field of rock mechanics and tunneling… Read more

Sharique Khan

Lead engineer (Geotechnical) Tunnels & Underground, Cowi India Ltd.

Somnath Chattopadhyaya has received his B.E degree in Production Engg. from Jadavpur University in 1992,… Read more

Somnath Chattopadhyaya

Associate Professor - IIT (ISM)

Shri Sumit Jain did his BE civil in 2005 from Delhi College of engineering and also cleared IRSE in 2005.… Read more

Sumit Jain

Project Director, Rishikesh Karnaprayag New Rail Line Project of RVNL

Dr. Trevor Carter, P.Eng., is currently a Senior Consultant to the Rock Engineering group across the… Read more

Dr Trevor G. Carter

Senior Consultant, Golder Associates Mississauga

Vinayagam Subramanian is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering & Post Graduate in Marketing Management.… Read more

Mr. V Subramanian

Chief Executive/Director, Carpi India Waterproofing Specialists Pvt. Ltd

Mr. V V Arora recently retired (May 2020) from National Council for Cement and Building Materials , Ballabgarh,… Read more

Mr. V V Arora

Former Joint Director & Head, CDR. NCCBM Ballabgarh

Prof. V.M.S.R. Murthy Graduated in Mining Engineering from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering… Read more

Prof V.M.S.R. Murthy

Professor, Centre of Rock Excavation Engineering, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Vijay Kumar Rastogi has spent his career spanning over five decades in the field of instrumentation.… Read more

Mr. Vijay Kumar Rastogi

Country Head of Geodata Austria in India

Shri Vinod Kumar graduated as Mechanical Engineer from University of Roorkee (Now IIT) in 1972; fifty… Read more

Mr Vinod Kumar

Formerly Executive Director, Konkan Railway Tunnelling Engineer & Advisor

Vipin Kumar has been associated with Environment, Forests, R&R and related issues of Hydropower and other… Read more

Vipin Kumar

Formerly Chief (Environment & Sustainability), NHPC

Vipul Nagar completed his M.Sc. (Tech.) in Geophysics from Banaras Hindu University in Year 2000. Before… Read more

Mr. Vipul Nagar

Senior Manager (Geophysics), NHPC Limited

Mr. Y. K. Handa is Post Graduate in Structures from Delhi College of Engineering and Graduated in Civil… Read more

Mr. Y K Handa

Ex-CWC, Chief Engineer

Dr. Kaluvai Yella Reddy is the Dean (Faculty of Agril. Engg & Technology) of ANGR Agricultural University,… Read more

Dr. Yella Reddy

Dean, Agriculture University & Ex-Director, WALAMTAR

" Absorbing intricacies of geology at project sites makes me feel at home". That’s Yogendra… Read more

Mr. Yogendra Deva

Director, DDAG Pvt. Ltd. Vol. Retd. Director, Geological Survey of India