QUALIFICATION OF KEY PERSONNEL

ADMINISTRATION BRANCH
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Er. D.P.Shirke Director General B.E.(Civil Engg.) (Two Gold Medals in Structural Engineering) Mumbai University 
 
Investigation, planning, design,  construction and management of multipurpose Irrigation Projects, construction of Hydel Projects & pumped storage schemes.
2 C.S. Devkar Superintending Engineer & Joint Director B.E. Civil Project Planning, Construction & Maintenance of Water Resources Projects, Construction & Maintenance of buildings etc.
3  Er. Manoj R. Awalgaonkar Administrative Officer M.E. (Civil) Civil Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Engineering.
4 Er. S. P. Pailwad

Executive Engineer  & Associate Professor

B.E. (Civil) Hydrology, Irrigation, Civil Engineering, Computer application in Engineering, Applied Mathematics.
5 Er. Dilip Saraf Assistant Administrative Officer (Addl. Charge) AMIE (Civil) Construction & Maintenance of buildings
6 Er. P.V. Ranjnikar Sub Divisional Engineer B.E. (Civil) Construction & Maintenance of buildings
  FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Prof. Dnyanoba G. Holsambre Professor & Head M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering & Management I.I.T. Haifa, Israel Planning, Design & Operation of Gravity Irrigation System, Drainage for Agriculture Land, Land Forming for Irrigation, Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Management, Improved Surface Irrigation Management, Watershed Development & Management, Lift Irrigation Recharging Ground Water and Use.
2 Er. Kisan R. Shirsat Associate Professor DCE Rehabilitation works of irrigation projects, Construction of Village tanks, Percolations tanks & K.T. Wear
3 Prof. Pradeep V. Purandare Associate Professor M.E. in Water Use Management I.I.T. Roorkee (India) Operation & Maintenance of Gravity Irrigation System, Canal Automation
4 Er. Pradeep. S. Bhalge Assistant Professor M. E. in IWM, I.I.T. Roorkee(India) Operation & Management of Irrigation System. Soil and Water Conservation. Water and Culture, Traditional wisdom in Water Management, Rain water harvesting, Ground water harvesting , Ground water Recharge, Planning Design and operation of Gravity Irrigation System
5 Smt. P. P. Kulkarni Assistant Professor B. E. (Civil work management) Rehabilitation works of irrigation projects, Valuation of houses, estimates etc.
6 Er. Madhusudan Y. Khadatare Assistant Professor M. Tech. in SWE, PAU, Ludhiana Irrigation & Drainage Engineering, Soil & Water Engineering
7 Er. Ajit B. Nirmale Assistant Professor M.E. (ag) IWME, MPUAT, Udaipur Irrigation Water Management & Environment Engineering
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Prof. Dr. Mohan S. Palaskar Professor & Head M.Sc. (Agri) Ph. D. (Soil Science.) Soil Science, Soil-Water-Plant –Relationships, Evapo-Transpiration & crop water requirement, Soil Survey, Irrigation Scheduling.
2 Prof. Dr. Dattatraya H. Pawar Professor M.Sc. (Agri) Ph. D. (Agronomy) Crop water requirement, Irrigation scheduling, Crop production technology in irrigated area
3 Prof. Prakash R. Chabbda Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Agri.) Soil Science , soil survey, Weather parameters, Crop water requirement, Irrigation scheduling
4 Prof. Sesherao P. Sonune Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Agri.) Cropping pattern in command area, Crop water requirement, Irrigation scheduling , IWM of crops Agro-Techniques , crop production Techniques
5 Prof. Satish D. More Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Agri) Soil Science, Soil water plant relationship, Soil survey, Agro-Metalurgy
6 Shri. Vijaykumar A. Bodkhe Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Agri.) in Horticulture PDKV, Akola Fruit & vegetable, Cultivation, Landscape gardening, Shed net and Polyhouse cultivation & Management.
  FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Prof. Dr. Bhau P. Kale Professor M.Sc. (Agri. Extension) Ph.D. Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Farmers Participation in IWM / PIM, Farmers Training.
2 Prof. R.B. Bharaswadkar Associate Professor

M.Sc. (Agri. Extension) Ph.D.D.B.M

HydraulicsAgricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Farmers Participation in IWM / PIM, Personality Development.
3 Prof. Tukaram S. Gayke Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Agri. Extension) Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Training Techniques, Video Film Production
4 Prof. Mrs. Vidya P. Purandare Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Statistics) Statistics, Economic Evaluation of Irrigation projects, Women farmers Training, Socio - Economic Survey
FACULTY OF SCIENCE (Computer Applications & Hydraulics)
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Prof. Badri B. Jadia Professor & Head (Additional charge) M. Tech (Agril. Engg.) Watershed Development and Management and on-farm irrigation water management including drainage
2 P. D. Joshi Associate Professor
3 Prof. Ms. Mangal D. Devaroroo Assistant Professor B.E. (Civil), ME (Hydraulic Engineering), MIE (India), Member of CSI. Irrigation water management, Open channel hydraulics & flow measurement, Computer applications in IWM, Water resources engineering
4 Prof. Ajay P. Ingle Assistant Professor B.Tech (Agril Engineering) ME (WUM), MIWRS, Diploma in Computer Software & System Analysis Member of CSI Computer Application in irrigation water management, Open channel hydraulics & flow measurements
  FACULTY OF INTEGRATED WATER SHED DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT (IWDM)
Sr. No. Name Designation Qualification Areas of Specialization
1 Prof. Badri B. Jadia Professor & Head M. Tech (Agril. Engg.) Watershed Development and Management and on-farm irrigation water management including drainage
2 Prof. Avinash S. Garudkar Assistant Professor ME (Hydrology) IIT Roorkee , PG Dip. in Hydrometeorology (Israel) Research Scholar, IIT Bombay, Fellow IWRS , MIE (I), MIAH MIAHS (UK) Surface Hydrology, Ground Water , Benchmarking of Irrigation Projects, Watershed Management, Irrigation Methods , Genetic Alogrithm
3 Er. Anil. K. Jadhao Assistant Professor M. Tech (Agril. Engg.) SWE Soil and water Conservation, Watershed Development & Management , Remote Sensing & GIS, Hydrological Modelling.