EDUCATION:

• PhD in Water Resources at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana in the year 2024
• MTech in Environmental Engineering Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Karnataka in the year 2008
• B.E. in Civil Engineering Gulbarga University, Karnataka in the year 1988
• PUC, State Board, Karnataka in the year 1882
• SSC, State Board, Karnataka in the year 1980

EXPERIENCE:

• Professor at Navodaya Institute of Technology from 29th Feb 2024 to date
• Professor & Head of the Department at AVN Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ibrahimpatnam, Rangareddy from 1st December 2017 to 31st March 2023
• Professor at AVN Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ibrahimpatnam, Rangareddy from 5th May 2015 to 30th Nov 2017

• Professor & Head of the Department at AVN Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ibrahimpatnam, Rangareddy from 2nd Feb 2012 to 4th May 2015
• Associate Professor & Head of the Department at CMR Technical Campus, Kondlakoya, Hyderabad from 10th Jul 2010 to 31st Jan 2012
• Associate Professor & Head of the Department at Malla Reddy Institute of Technology, Secunderabad from 10th Nov 2008 to 9th Jul 2010
• Assistant Professor at Sree Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology & Science, Mahbubnagar from 24th Aug 2007 to 31st Oct 2008
• Assistant Professor at Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, Gulbarga from 1st Apr 1999 to 31st Jul 2007
• Site Engineer at Shaswath Constructions, Raichur from 1st Jun 1991 to 15th Mar 1999

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:

1. Shivarajappa, L. Surinaidu, Mohammed Hussain, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, S. Ahmed, and M.J. Nandan, “Impact of urban wastewater reuse for irrigation on hydro-agro- ecological systems and human health risks: A case study from Musi river basin, South India” Hydro Research Vol. 6, pp. 122-123, 2023
2. Shivarajappa, L. Surinaidu, Mohd. Hussain, K. Aruna Kumari, and M.J. Nandan, “Urban rejected water reuse in agriculture for irrigation in major cities of India: A synoptic review” in Journal of Hydro Science & Marine Engineering, Bilingual Publishing Co., Vol. 3, Issue. 1, 2021, http://ojs.bilpublishing.com/index.php/hsme
3. Shivarajappa and Mohammed Hussain, “Prediction of groundwater quality parameters in the irrigated area with wastewater near Hyderabad, India.” International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), Vol.13, issue 3, pp. 54-63, 2022
4. Shivarajappa and Mohammed Hussain, “Multiple linear regression models to predict the water quality parameters of Musi River near Hyderabad, India.” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), Vol.13, issue 3, pp. 19-30, 2022
5. Shivarajappa, “Numerical Computations for F.M. W & WWT Technology and Surveying using open-source Platform” in Grenze International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue. 3, pp. 163-167, 2018.

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCES:

1. Shivarajappa and Dr. Mohammed Hussain, Published the paper titled “Wastewater Reuse for Irrigation: A Case Study in Musi River Basin Near Hyderabad” in a day Seminar on “Water Scarcity – Possible Water Wars in Future” 21st March 2018, Proceedings, Page Nos.69-76, organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, Hyderabad.
2. Shivarajappa and Mohammed Hussain, “Application of worldwide free open-source software in numerical computation “Scilab (like MATLAB)” in water, wastewater and Irrigation Engineering: Certain Examples” In 5th National Conference on Water Environment & Society (NCWES-2018), Proceedings Page Nos.464-470, Centre for Water Resources, IST – JNTU, Hyderabad.

• No. of Research Papers Published: 09
• No. of Workshops Attended: 15
• No. of International Conferences Attended: 08
• No. of B. Tech. Projects guided: 32
• No. of Conference organized: 04
• No. of Workshops organized: 06
• No. of Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) attended: 06

• Best paper award for the paper entitled “Application of worldwide free open source software in numerical computation “Scilab (similar to MATLAB)” in water, wastewater and Irrigation Engineering: Certain Examples”, in 5th National Conference on Water Environment & Society (NCWES-2018), organized by Centre for Water Resources, IST – JNTU, Hyderabad.
• Attended Short Term Course on “Introduction to Soil and Water Assessment Tool using Open-Source Software: QGIS & QSWAT” at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM).
• Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) Telangana State Centre, Hyderabad.
• Worked as a College Governing Body Member While working at Malla Reddy Institute of Engineering & Technology (MRIT), Hyderabad
• Worked as Coordinator for M. Tech. Transportation Engineering in AVN Institute of Engineering and Technology, Khoeda Road, Ibrahimpatnam
• Worked as a Convener of “AAGAMYA-2013” A Two Day National Level Technical Symposium at AVN Institute of Engineering and Technology, Khoeda Road, Ibrahimpatnam
• Worked as a Co-Convener of “SAARANG-2016” A Two Day National Level Technical Symposium at A V N Institute of Engineering and Technology, Khoeda Road, Ibrahimpatnam
• Attended a Six-Day Faculty Development Programme on “Computational Methods in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering” (19th to 24th Mar 2018) at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW)
• Attended a Five-Day Faculty Development Programme on “Effective Teaching and Learning Practices for Design and Operation of Wastewater Treatment Systems” (9th to 13th Apr 2018) at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW)