Mrs. SAHITA WAIKHOM

Faculty Details

Mrs. SAHITA WAIKHOM
  • Designation : Associate Professor
  • Qualification : Ph.D. M. E, B. E.Civil
  • Experience : 23 Years
  • Area Of Interest : Water Resources Engineering

Skills and Knowledge

Skills and Knowledge

Tools & Technologies

  • Programming (Fortran, C+) 

Interpersonal Skills

  1. Teaching

  2. Lecturing

  3. Public Speaking

  4. Training

  5. Individual Counselling

Language Skills

  1. English (Speak/Read/Write)
  2. Hindi (Speak/Read/Write)
  3. Gujarati (Speak/Read/Write)
  4. Sanskirt (Read/Write)

Work Experience

Lecturer Adhoc (Civil Engineering)

                                Government Polytechnic, Dahod (2001 – 2009)

Associate Professor (Civil Engineering)

                              Government Engineering College, Surat (2009 – till date)

                

                

Educational Qualification

B. E. (Civil Engineering)

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

First Class with Distinction, 1997

M. E (Civil Engineering)

Water Resources Management

L. D. College of Engineering, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India

First Class with Distinction, 2000

Ph. D. Water Resources Engineering

SVNIT, Surat, First Class with Distinction, 2019


Courses Taught

Following courses are taught (Lecture and Laboratories) at undergraduate, and post-graduate level

Undergraduate (B. E. Civil Engineering)

  1. Irrigation Engineering
  2. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering
  3. Irrigation and Watershed Management
  4. Environmental Engineering
  5. Water and Waster Water Engineering
  6. Elements of Civil Engineering
  7. Environmental Studies

 

Post – graduate (M. E. Water Resources Engineering)

 

  1. Hydrology and Watershed Management
  2. Hydropower Engineering
  3. Water Use Management
  4. Water Resources Planning
  5. Ground Water Management
  6. Design of Hydraulic Structures
  7. Flood Management



Training and Workshop

Training and Workshop Participated and Completed:

Short Term Trainings" Total=13
1. Advances in Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering, GEC Surat, Online mode, 22-26/11/21
2. Introduction to Soft Computing Techniques-MOOC Course, 8 weeks, 18/1/21-12/3/21
3. UDAYAM (Unlimited Digital Advanced Yearlong Academic Method of Learning) E-content development Course, online FDP by GKS, 28/7/2020-18/8/20
4. Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Engineering, one week online ATAL FDP, GEC Surat, 2-6/11/20
5. NATE NBA Accreditation and Training Learning in Engineering, MOOC Course, 12 weeks, 26/8/19-18/10/19
6. Introduction to Research, MOOC Course, 8 weeks, 26/8/19-18/10/19
7. NBA Accreditation, 1 week NITTR trg, GEC Surat, 26-30/8/19
8. Recent Advances in Flood Modelling, 1 week trg, SVNIT, Surat, 3-7/12/18
9. Application of Modelling Tools and Techniques in Civil Engineering, 1 week, GEC Surat, 16-20/7/2018
10. Advanced Research Techniques, 2 weeks trg, SVNIT, Surat, 6-17/6/2016
Workshops: Total=1
1. Advanced Instrumentation for Bathymetry Survey, 2 days online wkshp by CWPRS, 13-14/10/2020

Portfolios

1. Head of Civil Engineering Department
2. Head Students Affairs
3. Member of Women Grievance Cell

Research Projects

Nil

publications

Publications
Book Chapter (SCOPUS)

Darshan Mehta1, S. M. Yadav2, Sahita Waikhom3 and Keyur Prajapati4 (2020). “Stable Channel Design of Tapi River using HEC-RAS for Surat Region”. Springer - Environmental Processes and Management. Water Science and Technology 25-36. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3_2.

Journal Papers:

1.Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2017). Prediction of total load transport of an Indian alluvial river to estimate unmeasured bed load through an alternative approach, Current Science (SCI), pp. 1120-1128.

2. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2018). A total load approach to predict bed load transport of Indian alluvial river, Indian Society of hydraulics, Taylor & Francis (SCOPUS)

3. Patel Rahul, Yadav, S. M. and Waikhom S. (2017). Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration in Lined Canal, Kalpa Publications in Civil Engineering.
4. Kakadiya, K, Waikhom S and Yadav S. M. (2016) Study of Meandering Channel, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development.
5. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2016).A regression model of total sediment transport based on correlation of dimensionless parameters, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
6. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2015). A regression model of total sediment transport based on correlation of dimensionless parameters, IRJET, Volume: 02, 1490-1493.
7.Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2014). Approaches of Total Sediment Transport of Alluvial River: The State of the Art, IJSET Volume-3, special issue,PP,377Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration in Lined Canal
Conference Papers:
1. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2016).Applicability of unit stream power approach for predicting total load transport rate, Proceedings on Nation conference in Recent Advances in Civil Engineering , India.
2. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2016) Comparative analysis of the applicability of Ackers and White Total sediment transport function for River and Flume data IAHR ADP.

3. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2016). Variation in total sediment rate prediction using different fall velocity methods  , In River Sedimentation: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation (Stuttgart, Germany) p. 458. CRC Press, 2016.

4. Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2016). Testing of Maddock's approximate estimation of Bed load for rivers, National Conference on Water Resources & Flood Management with special reference to Flood Modelling, SVNIT, Surat.

5. . Waikhom, S. and Yadav, S. M. (2015). Comparative study of original Ackers & White relation along with modified coefficient for total sediment load prediction, 36th IAHR World Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands, PP. 2062- 2073


Academic Projects

ME Dissertation Guided: 26 Completed 6 ongoing

AY 2020-21
1. EFFECT OF HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS AROUND BENDWAY WEIR IN LOWER TAPI RIVER
2. ASSESSING VULNERABILITY OF SUB SURFACE WATER TO SALINITY IN COASTAL BELT OF SURAT, GUJARAT
3. GROUNDWATER MAPPING OF SURAT DISTRICT USING INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TOOLS
4. SHORT DURATION SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HOURLY PRECIPIATATION CHARACTERISTICS
AY 2019-20
1. DEVELOPMENT OF TOTAL TOTAL LOAD TRANSPORT MODEL FOR SAND BED RIVERS
2. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIN OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM
AY 2018-19
1. ESTIMATION OF RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION USING SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUE
2. ASSESSMENT OF BED LOAD TRANSPORT OF STREAM BY FIELD MEASUREMENT
AY 2017-18
1. OF VARIATIN OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DISCHARGE MEASURED AT BURHANPUR, GOPALKHEDA, AND YERLI GAUGING SITE OF UPPER TAPI BASIN

Patent Filed

1. Patent filed & published (202021049788) with Early Publication on "PENCIL"

Professional Institution Membership

1. Life member Indian Society for Technical Education LM95971

2. Life Member Institution of Engineers AM1582502

3. Member IAHR(International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research) M42604

4. Life Member IASWC (Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationist) LM1944
5. Life Member Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) LM1074

Expert Lecture

1. Video conference training on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering on "Fluvial Hydraulics" organized by DTE on 15/2/2018.

2. "Rain Water Harvesting", SSIP Boot Camp for Schools, GEC Surat, 16/7/2019
3. Expert lecture on "Challenges in Groundwater Recharging", GEC Dahod, 20/4/2021.
4. 2 hr session in Online FDP on Sustainable Practices for Conservation and Management of Water, GEC Surat, 6/10/2021.

Awards

Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Sensor Based Traffic Management System for Busy Intersections and Bridges" presented in International Conference on Gujarat Model of Governance: Lesson & Future Scope (ICGS-2015) organized by Gujarat Technological University, Chandkheda.

Research Reviewer

Reviewer to Journals:

  1. Korean Society of Civil Engineers KSCE, (SCI)
  2. Indian Society for Hydraulics, CRC Press (SCOPUS)
Reviewer to Conference:
  1. HYDRO 2017, LDCE Ahmedabad
  2. ERICE 2019, GEC, Surat
  3. ERICE 2021, GEC Surat
  4. HYDRO 2021, SVNIT, Surat

Research Committee Member

Research Committee Member:

  1. DPC Member of 01 Ph. D. candidate in GTU (2021).

Events Organized

Trainings:

  1. Co-Coordinator, Online AICTE ATAL FDP on "Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Engineering", GEC Surat, 2/11/20-6/11/20
  2. Coordinator, Online AICTE ATAL FDP on "Sustainable Practices For conservation and Management of Water SPCMW 2021", GEC Surat, 4/10/2011 to 8/10/2021
Conference:
  1. Organizing Secretary, Emerging Research and Innovations in Civil Engineering, GEC Surat, 15-16 Feb 2019

Books and Chapters

Books Published:

  1. Sahita Waikhom, Ankita Upadhyay (2018) Assessing predictive capability of suspended load formulae, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN13-978-3-330-06776-9.
  2. Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Darshan Mehta,Sahita Waikhom (2018) 1-D Hydrodynamic Flood Modeling to identify Flood prone areas, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN13-978-620-2-01387-1.
Chapters Published:
  1. Arbaaz A Shaikh, Azazkhan I Pathan, Sahita I Waikhom, Praveen Rathod (2021) Comparison of Watershed Delineation and Drainage Network Using ASTER and CARTOSAT DEM of Surat City, Gujarat (Chapter), Lecture Notes in Netwok and Systems book series, 978-3-030-93247-3_75