Dr. M.V.S.S. Giridhar graduated in Civil engineering from Nagarajuna University (1993) and did his M. Tech (Water Resources Development and Management) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (1995). He obtained his Ph.D in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad in 2007. He joined in JNT University, Hyderabad, in 2006 as Assistant Professor at Centre for Water Resources of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Hyderabad and presently working as Associate professor in Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad. After his M.Tech, he has 12 years (1995 to 2007) experience in the water resources industry.
He was Coordinator for the World Bank funded project TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme) - Phase I, II and III. He also worked as Additional Controller of Examinations (ACE) of the JNTUH University from the year 2010 to 2014. He worked as Head, Centre for Water Resources and Coordinator for the Centre for Earth Atmospheric Weather Modification Technology, IST, JNTUH for the period from 2014 to 2016.
Subjects taught by Dr.Giridhar are Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Surface Water Hydrology, GIS & Remote Sensing, Geospatial Applications to Water Resources, Water Resources Simulation and Modelling lab. He is an academician having 19 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. His research interests are remote sensing and GIS applications to water resources, Integrated Water Resources Management, Watershed Management, Rainwater Harvesting and Urban Water issues.
He has published 160 research papers in various National/International Journals/ Conferences. He guided three Ph.D student and also guided 75 M. Tech dissertations. He has organized several National and International Conferences and workshops. He published three international proceedings and six national proceedings as an editor, conducted nine training programs in the area of geospatial applications for water resources and environmental engineering. Also conducted one GIAN program during 11-22 December, 2017 with Dr. Nithin Tripathi as a foreign faculty from AIT, Bangkok, Thailand. Another GIAN program is scheduled in the month of April, 2018 with Dr.R.K. Singh as a foreign faculty from USGS, USA.
Dr. Giridhar is a Member of Institution of Engineers and member of various reputed professional bodies. He has started the National Conference on Water, Environment and Society (NCWES) to raise the awareness on the existing water and environment resources and its impact on the society. Its first conference was conducted during 30th June – 1stJuly 2014, from where he conducted the conferences for next four consecutive years till 2018 which has been widely appreciated. Sixth conference is scheduled during 5-7, June, 2019.
He visited several countries for dissemination of his research outputs and for exchange of ideas at places like Los Angeles, USA (2008), Honolulu, USA (2008), Bangkok, Thailand (2009) and Hanoi, Vietnam (2010), USA (2015), Thailand (2016) and Sri Lanka (2016). He has participated in more than 50 conferences at National and International level on themes related to his subject expertise to share his views in the field of water resources.
His successfully completed seven R&D projects and it’s currently handling four research projects. With the funds received from the Central Ground Water Board, MoWR, AICTE, he constructed 23 recharge bore wells in the University campus and every year more than 10.0 crore liters of rainwater is being harvested and recharged into the aquifers after proper filtration.
Dr. Giridhar is one of the expert committee for effective implementation and spread the awareness of rain water harvesting structures in the state of Telangana as Government order (GO No.426) issued by the Government of Telangana for recognizing his works in the area of water resources
