Dr Manish Pandey is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research interests include Experimental Hydraulics; Sediment Transport; River Training Works; Hydraulics Structure; and Flow through Open Channels. He has more than six years teaching and research experience in experimental hydraulics and water resources engineering. He has authored more than 60 peer reviewed journal papers, book chapters and conferences. He has guided 02 PhD and 10 M.Tech students. Presently, he is supervising 03 Ph.D. and 05 M.Tech students to investigate river hydrodynamics and sediment transport challenging applications. He has collaborated with a number of leading universities and research organizations, including University of Glasgow, University of Bradford, Southeast University China, NCHU Taiwan etc.