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Vivek L. Manekar

Professor · Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

Portrait of Vivek L. Manekar
Institution
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Country
India
Qualification
Ph. D. VNIT, Nagpur

Areas of interest

Ago-Climatic Modelling, Hydrodynamic Flood Modelling, Impact of LULC & Climate Change on Water Resources, Sediment Laden Flow Modelling and Simulation.

Biography

Vivek Manekar is presently working as Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and appointed as ‘Adjunct Professor’ at SCOE, Washim of SGBB University, Amravati.He has more than 32 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy in the field of hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering. He has experience, working in different fields of Water Resources Engineering including management of on field irrigation system, agro-climatic modelling, hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, sediment transportmodelling and simulation, flow structure interaction, flood management and impact of changing climate and LULC on water resources.He has many research papers in the reputed international / national journals and conference proceedings, guided several Ph.D. thesis, and completed many consultancy projects and handling of externally funded research projects to his credit.

Research Project

Estimation of near field concentrations of KAPS discharged radionuclides (3H,137Cs,60Co) in the aquatic environs of Moticherlake (As CI); Funding: BRNS Secretariat, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India

Flow Structure and Turbulence; Funding: DST-FIST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India New Delhi

Key Publications/Reports

Nitin Bharadiya and Vivek Manekar, (2015). “Development of agro-climatic wheat yield model for Surat district, India using dimensional analysis”, Journal of AgrometeorologyVol.17 (2):223-226, December 2015

Ravi Shah, Nitin Bharadiya, Vivek Manekar, (2015). “Drought Index Computation Using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) Method for Surat District, Gujarat” Aquatic Procedia, Science Direct, Elsevier, Vol. 4, March 2015.

Kadbhane SJ, Manekar VL. “An experimental study of the surface and subsurface irrigation methods with respect to soil moisture on grape yard”, Journal of Water and Land Development, 31(1):73-85, Dec 1, 2016

Kadbhane Sharad J., Manekar Vivek L., (2017). “An experimental study on the grape orchard: comparison of two irrigation systems.” Journal of Water and Land Development Vol. 32 (I – III): 41-51, Mar 1, 2017.

Andharia, B. R., Patel, P. L., Manekar, V. L., & Porey, P. D. (2018). “Numerical and experimental studies in prediction of bed levels of aggrading channels”. CURRENT SCIENCE, 114(8), 1697-1708, Apr 25, 2018.