B.E. (Civil Engg.), Gauhati University
P.G. Dip. (Water Resources Development)
University of Roorkee
M.E. (Water Resources Development)
University of Roorkee
Ph. D. (Water Resources Development)
University of Roorkee
Prof. Dr. Nayan Sharma is Distinguished Professor in Shiv Nadar University, Institution of Eminence India and former
Professor in IIT Roorkee. His specialization covers Water Management, River Hydraulics, Fluvial Morphology, Dam
Engineering, Irrigation Science. He guided 174 Master’s and 22 Ph.D. theses in IIT Roorkee. He has 234 publications and
has been member of 66 national & international technical committees. He conducted 132 consulting projects & 12 major
national – international research schemes. He has four books published by SPRINGER with one by INCID.
The INDIAN SOCIETY FOR HYDRAULICS conferred him prestigious 'ISH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for year 2020' for
his contribution to water resources engineering and hydraulics on 26th March 2021.
In 2016, The INDIAN SOCIETY FOR HYDRAULICS conferred him JALVIGYAN PURASKAR and S. N. Gupta Memorial AWARDS.
He was responsible for hydraulic design of innovative PIANO KEY WEIR technology as FIRST in India in Major Hydel Sawra
Kuddu HEP in Himachal Pradesh using hydraulic modelling. This led to sizable project cost savings adapting the unviable
project into a viable one, besides boosting hydraulic efficiency of spillways for enhanced Dam Safety.
He was recipient of reputed INDO-SWISS BILATERAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE AWARD as Visiting Professor in EPFL Lausanne
Switzerland. He was an Honorary Professor of River Science in The University of Nottingham UK. He was appointed
Member of the National level Committee for drafting New Ganga River Act by Govt. of India.
He delivered talks in The Imperial College London, Southampton University UK, Edinburgh University Scotland, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland, University of Iowa USA, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon University
Portugal and Gottingen University Germany. He delivered Dr. K. L. Rao Memorial Lecture in 26th National Convention of
Civil Engineers, Institution of Engineers (India) and S. N. Gupta Memorial Lecture in 21st HYDRO International Conference
of The Indian Society for Hydraulics.
IWAI implemented his ECOFRIENDLY River Training technology gainfully on Ganga River in 2010 for cost-efficient
navigation channel and Australian Govt. granted him Innovation Patent as its INVENTOR.
Visiting Professorships
Awarded Visiting Professorship in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland during
2008 to further develop hydraulically efficient Piano Key Spillway for Dam Safety, under Indo-Swiss Bilateral
Research Initiative (ISBRI) Award.
The University of Nottingham, UK has conferred the Honorary Professorship of River Science for the duration
August, 2016 -2019.
His latest book "River System Analysis and Management" was adjudged as Top Downloaded Title Performing as Leader in
2017 by book publisher SPRINGER. He was Adjudged STAR PERFORMER and awarded EXCELLENT rating on overall
performance for year 2005-06 by IIT-Roorkee.