Full name	:DR. N. SURESH KUMAR.
Father’s name	:Sri. N. RAMULU
Address for correspondence	:DR. N. SURESH KUMAR, Professor, Dept of Civil Engg.,  College of Engg (A), Osmania University,  HYDERABAD – 500 007 ( A. P.)
	Tel :  040 -27097125, ext : 219  Fax :  040 - 27090317  Email : nskdr@yahoo.co.in

DETAILS OF EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

 TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Experience :  18.0 Years
Research Experience :   4 .0 Years

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS :

Suresh Kumar, N. and  Pani, B.S. (2002),‘Rapid Mixing with free jets’, Journal of Indian Water Works Association, Bombay, 34(3) : 191 to195

Suresh Kumar, N. and  Pani, B.S. (2003), ‘Tapered flocculation with hydraulic jets’, Journal of Indian Water Works Association, Bombay, 35(3) : 167 to 172

B.S. Pani, S. G. Joshi, and Suresh Kumar, N. (2008), ‘Retention time distribution in flocculation chambers’, Journal of Indian Water Works Association, Bombay, 40(1) : 63 to 72

Suresh Kumar, N. , Pani, B.S. and Joshi, S. G. (2009), ‘Residual turbidity  in hydraulic jet flocculators’, Journal of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Pune, 15(2) : 108 to 117


RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCES :

Suresh Kumar, N., Joshi, S.G., and Pani, B.S. (1997), ‘Jet Flocculators’, National Conference on Environmental Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Visakhapatnam (A.P.), India: III-1  to  III-6

Suresh Kumar, N., Joshi, S.G., and Pani, B.S. (1998), ‘Flocculation with the aid of Hydraulic Jets’, Second International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong :771 to 776.

Suresh Kumar, N., Pani, B.S., and Joshi, S.G. (2000), ‘Correlation between degree of Mixing in Hydraulic Jet Flocculators and Settling Efficiency’, International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, Roorkee, India : 268 to 275

Suresh Kumar, N., and Gopala Krishna Rao, B. (2001), ‘Catchment area treatment plans’, National Conference on Hydraulics & Water Resources, Pune : 16 to22

Sunitha, S and Suresh Kumar, N. (2002), ‘Analysis of a watershed using GIS/ARC INFO’ National Conference on Geographic Information Systems and their applications in Civil Engg, Hyderabad : 128 to 132

Raju, P.V. , Suresh Kumar, N. and Chandrashekar, G. (2002), ‘Real time adoptive irrigation water distribution plan using satellite data’, ISPRS Commission VII Symposium on Resource and Environment Monitoring, Hyderabad : 104 to 109

Rampradeep, A and Suresh Kumar, N. (2004), ‘Lagrange’s Method of Undetermined Multipliers for deriving Hydraulically efficient channel section’, Conference on Water Resources Development and Management Practices, Hyderabad : 136 to 142

Suresh Kumar, N., Pani, B.S., and Joshi, S.G. (2007), ‘Estimation of energy loss in jet Flocculators’, National Conference on Hydraulics & Water Resources, Surat : 279 to 286

Suresh Kumar, N. and Ellam Raj, Y. (2010), ‘Low-Cost Jet Clariflocculators’, National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change, Hyderabad :  446 to 451

TECHNICAL NOTES PUBLISHED :

Published an article on ' Jet Flocculator for water treatment Plant' in ‘The Hindu’ News Paper Science and Technology Supplement HOT LINE Column dated 29th October 1998.

 SPONSORED PROJECTS HANDLED :

Principal Investigator for ‘Low-cost jet clariflocculators’, R & D Project funded by AICTE for 6.0 lakhs (Completed)

MODROBS Project  in  Water  Resources  Engg   Laboratory,  funded  by  AICTE for 15.0 lakhs  (Completed)

TRAINING COURESES ATTENDED :

Participated in a 23-day 'Orientation Course ' (3rd to 25th February, 2000) being organized by the Academic Staff College, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Participated in a 5-day short-term course on 'Introduction to wind tunnel testing techniques' (27th to 31st May, 2002) being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Participated in a 6-day short-term course on 'Municipal Wastewater treatment' (28th April to 3rd May, 2003) being organized by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Participated in a 7-day short-term course on 'Soft Computing tools in Civil Engg' (10th to 16th November, 2003) being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Participated in a 5-day short-term course on 'Soil and Water Pollution' (01st to 05th December, 2003) being organized by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Participated in a 11-day short-term course on ‘Applications of Remote Sensing & GIS  in Water Resources Development and Management’ (06th to 16th January, 2004)  being organized by National Water Academy, Pune.

Participated in a 5-day short-term course on 'Advances in Groundwater Research' (17th to 21st January, 2005) being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Participated in a 5-day short-term course on 'Recent Trends in Dam Engg' (05th to 09th June, 2006) being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

Participated in a 2-day training course on 'Plumbing and Sanitary Services in  Buildings' (22nd and 23rd May, 2008) being organized by the National Council for Cement and Building Materials, Hyderabad.

Participated in a 21-day Refresher course on 'Integrated Survey with DGPS and Total Station' (13th Oct, 2008 to 04th Nov, 2008) being organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.

Participated in a 5-day short-term course on 'Earthquake analysis of dams' (17th to 21st August, 2009) being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED :

National Conference on Environmental Hydraulics and Free Surface Flows, Visakhapatnam, India, (21st & 22nd February, 1997), Suresh Kumar, N., Joshi, S.G., and Pani, B.S., ‘Jet Flocculators’ : III-1  to  III-6

International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, Roorkee, India, (12th & 13th October, 2000), Suresh Kumar, N., Pani, B.S., and Joshi, S.G. , ‘Correlation between degree of Mixing in Hydraulic Jet Flocculators and Settling Efficiency’: 268 to 275

National Conference on Hydraulics & Water Resources, Pune, India, (06th & 07th December, 2001),  Suresh Kumar, N., and Gopala Krishna Rao, B. , ‘Catchment area treatment plans,: 16 to22

National Conference on Geographic Information Systems and their applications in Civil Engg, Hyderabad, India, (14th to 16th February, 2002)  Sunitha, S and Suresh Kumar, N. ‘Analysis of a watershed using GIS/ARC INFO’ : 128 to 132

Conference on Water Resources Development and Management Practices, Hyderabad, India, (27th February, 2004), Rampradeep, A and Suresh Kumar, N. , ‘Lagrange’s Method of Undetermined Multipliers for deriving Hydraulically efficient channel section’ : 136 to 142

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED :

Participated in a 3-day workshop on 'Earth quake Disaster Mitigation' (18th to 20th August, 1999) being organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration , New Delhi.

Participated in a 1-day workshop on 'Artificial Neural Networks in Hydraulics' (5th July, 2003) being organized by the Indian Society for Hydraulics, Pune.

Participated in a 1-day workshop on 'Environmental Pollution and Remedial Measures'  (26th June, 2004) being organized by Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal .

Participated in a 1-day workshop on 'Advances in Computational Structural Mechanics and Fluid Flows' (5th December, 2005) being organized by Osmania University College of Engg, Hyderabad.

Participated in a 3-day workshop on 'Integrated Survey Using Total Station and GPS' (15th to 17th April, 2008) being organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.

Organized a 2-day workshop on 'Urban Stormwater Management-Issues and Challenges' (20th and 21st February, 2009) at Dept of Civil Engg, Osmania University College of Engg, Hyderabad.

CONSULTACY PROJECTS HANDLED :

One of the three Coordinators for the quality control report to the A. P. State Government regarding the works executed under Janma Bhoomi Programme.

One of the three Coordinators for the preparation of Master plan to the Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.

Designed the power requirements of Lift Irrigation Scheme for the Srisailam Left Bank Canal.

Designed the gate operation schedule for the Sewage Treatment Plant, Okhla, New Delhi.

INVITED TALKS :

‘Unit Processes in Water Treatment’ at Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board Training Programme for Managers funded by World Bank (February,1998).
                                                                                                                                          
‘Hydrology’ at one day orientation workshop on Issues in Water being organized by Godavari Vedika, Hyderabad (September,2003).
                                                                                                                                          
Flood Management- Structural and Non-Structural measures organized by Engg Staff College of India, Hyderabad (September,2004).
                                                                                                                                           

CONTRIBUTION TO CORPORATE LIFE :

Assisted the Chief Superintendent from 1997 to 1999 of M.E. exams in the

1. collection of attendance details and sessional marks
2. checking the attendance details of the individual students
3. conduct of M.E .exams
4. compiling, publishing, and declaring the results of M.E. (Regular and Part-time) programme.

Acted as Departmental Convener for the M. E. (Regular and Part-time) Admissions in the year 2000 and 2008.

Acted as Department Coordinator for the preparation of Time-Tables in the academic year 2005-2006

Looked after the requirements/developments of the Environmental Engg Laboratory from 1997 to 2006.

Looked after the requirements/developments of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory from 2004 to 2006.

Looked after the requirements/developments of the Department Library from 2002 to 2006.

Looked after the requirements/developments of the Computer Laboratory from 2006 to 2007

Coordinated the networking of Civil Engg Department premises.

Formulated the syllabus for Water Resources Engg related subjects of the Osmania University College of Engg.

Prepared the Environmental Engg laboratory Manual for the use of UG students.

Formulated the syllabus for several courses in the M.E. (CIVIL- HMWM) programme.

Introduced new experiments in the M.E. (CIVIL- HMWM) Water Resources lab. (This was done by making the best use of the available materials lying in the scrap as well as the facilities lying idle in the lab.)

Introduced additional experiments in the Environmental Engg laboratory course.

Faculty Adviser of M.E. (CIVIL-HMWM) programme for the academic year 2004-2005.

Member of the Board of Studies (Civil Engg) of the Osmania University College of Engg. from 2000 to 2008.

Member of the Civil Engg Dept Purchases Committee of the Osmania University College of Engg. from 2004 to 2006.

Member of Civil Engg Departmental Committee from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006.

Member of the Credit based System Committee of the Osmania University College of Engg.

Member of the 'Operations and Maintenance Committee of Osmania University in 1999.

Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM-4310)

Life Member of Indian Society for Hydraulics (LM-447)