B Das

Bitanjaya Das

Sr. Professor

Prof. Bitanjaya Das is a Senior Professor in the School of Civil Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. He joined KIIT-DU as Professor and Head of the Civil Engineering in 2004, and in the year 2012 promoted to Senior Professor. He has 36 years of teaching and research experience, and also served as the Head, and as the Dean of the School of the Civil Engineering. At the KIIT University level, worked as the Dean and subsequently as the Director of Students’ Affairs, Chief Warden of Hostels and Professor-in-Charge of the Central Library. Besides, officiated as the Registrar, Controller of Examinations and Dean of UG studies of KIIT-DU on several occasions.

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Educational Qualification
  1. Doctor of Engineering - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand & University of Bonn, Germany.
  2. Master of Engineering - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand; The Netherlands Government’s Full Fellowship.
  3. Bachelor of Engineering - OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India, National Scholarship, Govt. of India


Research Interests
Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, Free Surface Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering & Management, WR Planning and Management, Application of Optimization techniques and GIS & RS in water sectors, Drought analysis & management

Projects
  • Improving Groundwater Levels and Quality through Enhanced Water Use Efficiency in Eastern Indian Agriculture. Sponsored by Information Technology Research Academy, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India, (4 years).
  • Disaster Management with Special Reference to Flood Management in Mahanadi Delta in Orissa, India, Sponsored by DHI, Water & Environment, New Delhi (1 year).
  • “Comparing the NWS and the MIKE II Dam Break Model”, Sponsored by Danish International Development Agency (INDIA) in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology (1 year)
  • “Improved Operation and Management of Large-Scale Irrigation Systems,” Sponsored by GTZ Gmbh, Germany in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology (4 years).


Administrative Responsibility
  • Member of Academic Council: 2004 to 2015
  • Chairman, Board of Studies of School of Civil Engineering: 2004 to 2020
  • Dean, School of Civil Engineering: July 2009 - June 2012
  • Head, Department of Civil Engineering: January 2009 - June 2009
  • Head, Department of Civil Engineering: 2004- 2007


Memberships
  • Fellow, Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS)
  • Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Life Member, Soil Conservation Society of India
  • Member, Indian Science Congress Association

Journals/Conferences :
• “Assessment of heat transfer in large parallel plates with a narrow gap maintained at constant temperatures” Heat Transfer Journal, Vol. 52, Issue:7, page-4711-4731,Wiley Publication (2023)
• "Thermal characteristics of forced convection in combined pressure and shear driven flow of a non-Newtonian third grade fluid through parallel plates", Heat Transfer Journal, Vol 50, Issue-7, pp
6737-6756, Willey Publications (2022)
• “Effect of aspect ratio on emergent vegetated flow condition: A semi-analytical study”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure
(ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 207, Springer Nature, Singapore (2022)
• “Trend analysis of Monsoon rainfall over Odisha”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM,
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol.207, Springer Nature, Vol.2-Singapore (2022)
• “Spatio-temporal analysis of Monsoon rainfall over Odisha”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-
ENV-WRM-Vol.2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 207, Springer Nature (2022)
• “Identification of auto regressive model parameter for rainfall forecasting in Baleswar district of Odisha”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in
Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 207, Springer Nature, Singapore (2022)
• “Surface Runoff Estimation of Rana Watershed In Mahanadi River Basin Using HEC-HMS”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable
Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 207, Springer Nature, Singapore (2022)
• “Water Resource Management during Monsoon Months Based on SPI and CZI in Khordha District, India”, In: Das B. B B., Barbhuiya S., Gupta R., Saha P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable
Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 75, 1001-1012, Springer, Singapore. (2021)
• “Groundwater Level Trend Analysis for Sustainable Extraction and Use in Coastal Odisha”, In: Das B., Barbhuiya S., Gupta R., Saha P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure.
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 75., 1047-1058, Springer, Singapore(2021)
• “A Review: Effect of Turbidity Current on the Reservoir Sedimentation”, In: Das B., Barbhuiya S., Gupta R., Saha P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil
Engineering, vol 75., 985-990, Springer, Singapore.(2021)

Major: Water Resources Engineering & Irrigation Engineering & Management

Students’ Administration at KIIT-DU

  • Director, Students’ Affairs-KIIT-DU: 2012- 2015
  • Dean, Students’ Affairs-KIIT-DU: 2005- 2012
  • Chief Warden-Hostels-KIIT-DU: 2005-2015

Ph.D. Guidance

  • Prediction Methods for Geohazard Mitigation Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
  • Efficacy of River Training Measures for River Bank Protection and Flood Management – A Morphodynamic Study
  • Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol.207, Springer Nature, Vol.2-Singapore (2022)
  • “Spatio-temporal analysis of Monsoon rainfall over Odisha”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM-Vol.2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 207, Springer Nature (2022)
  • “Identification of auto regressive model parameter for rainfall forecasting in Baleswar district of Odisha”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 207, Springer Nature, Singapore (2022)
  • “Surface Runoff Estimation of Rana Watershed In Mahanadi River Basin Using HEC-HMS”, in Das B. B., Hettiarachchi H., Sahu P. K., Nanda S., (Eds), Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 207, Springer Nature, Singapore (2022)
  • “Water Resource Management during Monsoon Months Based on SPI and CZI in Khordha District, India”, In: Das B. B B., Barbhuiya S., Gupta R., Saha P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 75, 1001-1012, Springer, Singapore. (2021)
  • “Groundwater Level Trend Analysis for Sustainable Extraction and Use in Coastal Odisha”, In: Das B., Barbhuiya S., Gupta R., Saha P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 75., 1047-1058, Springer, Singapore(2021)
  • Modeling the Sediment Transport in a Highly Hydrodynamic Estuary -A Case Study of Hooghly
  • Drought Analysis and Management In KBK Districts of Odisha
  • Characteristics for Flow through Vegetation in Straight and Meandering River

Tech. Thesis Guidance

  • Hydrological Modeling of an Intercepted Catchment in Mahanadi Basin using MIKE-SHE
  • Groundwater Level and Rainfall Trend Analysis of Coastal Odisha
  • Analysis of Monsoon Rainfall over Odisha
  • Auto-Regressive Modeling of Monsoon Rainfall in Coastal Odisha

Rainfall Probability Distribution for Different Blocks of KBK Districts of Odisha

Sponsored Projects

  • Improving Groundwater Levels and Quality through Enhanced Water Use Efficiency in Eastern Indian Agriculture. Sponsored by Information Technology Research Academy, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India, (4 years)
  • Disaster Management with Special Reference to Flood Management in Mahanadi Delta in Orissa, India, Sponsored by DHI, Water & Environment, New Delhi (1 year)
  • “Comparing the NWS and the MIKE II Dam Break Model”, Sponsored by Danish International Development Agency (INDIA) in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology. (1 year)
  • “Improved Operation and Management of Large-Scale Irrigation Systems,” Sponsored by GTZ Gmbh, Germany in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology.(4 years)

Major Consultancy

  • Hydrological Study at JSW Utkal Steel Plant site at Paradip, Odisha
  • Physical Model Study of the Stepped type Spillway of the Truncated Jambhira Earth Dam of Subarnarekha Irrigation Project
  • National Consultant of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila for Institutional Development for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Odisha under ADB Assistance to Govt. of Orissa for OIIWAMP Project- Detailed Implementation Strategy
  • National Consultant of Asian Development Bank(ADB), Manila for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Orissa under ADB Assistance to Govt. of Odisha for OIIWAMP Project.-Inception Study