Sudhir Kumar Arora
Department : Civil Engineering
Research Interests
● Infrastructure Development
● Water Supply (Urban/Rural)
● Sewer networks and STPs
● Reuse of treated effluent
● Low Cost Sanitation
● Rain water Harvesting
● Area Drainage
● SPV Projects
● Energy Efficiency and Computer simulation of dispersion of pollutants
● Preparation of DPR for reuse of treated sewage
● Development of river front including EIA
Professional Summary
Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, (Jul 2021 to Present)
Chief Engineer, MoD, Lucknow, (Jul 2018 – Jun 2020)
Director Legal, HQ Chief Engineer Eastern Command, Kolkata, (Nov 2017 -Jun 2018)
Director (PHE & SOLAR ENERGY), HQ MES, New Delhi, (May 2015 – Oct 2017)
Director (Utility) at HQ Chief Engineer Northern Command, Udhampur J&K, (Sep 2013 – Apr 2015)
PHE Expert and Head of Design Team at ADG(D&C) Pune, Officiated as ADG for one year, (Sep 2008 – Aug 2013)
Commander Works Engineer (CWE) at Army Jodhpur, (Aug 2006 – Aug 2008)
Director (PHE) at HQ MES, New Delhi. Secretary IDSE Association for one year, (Apr 2003 – Jul 2006)
Garrison Engineer at Air Force Palam, Delhi, (Aug 2001 – Mar 2003)
Dy Commander works at HQ 137 WE at Dimapur, Nagaland, (Jan 1999 – Jul 2001)
Ex En Work and Budget at Chief Engineer Navy Mumbai , (Nov 1995 – Dec 1998)
Garrison Engineer Air Force Jamnagar, (Jun 1991 – Sep 1992)
Publications
1. Co-authored chapter “COMMON MISTAKES IN PLANNING OF SEWER NETWORKS AND STPs” in e-book published by IIT Kanpur from Springer Publisher, Singapore.
2. A technical paper “Computer Aided Simulation of Air Pollution for an Indian city” was selected for presentation at 2nd IUAPPAl conference on air Pollution at Seoul, Korea in Sep 91.
3. A paper titled “Need to review Drinking Water Specifications” published in IWWA Journal, Oct-Dec 2009.