K. Subramanya

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. K.Subramanya

Dr. K. Subramanya is a retired Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Mysore University and a Master’s degree from the University of Madras, India. Further, he obtained another Master’s degree and Ph. D degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He was teaching at IIT Kanpur for over 30 years and has extensive teaching experience in the area of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering.

He has authored several successful books for McGraw-Hill Education (India):His books include Flow in Open Channels (4th Ed.,McGraw Hill Education (India),2015), Engineering Hydrology (4th Ed., McGraw Hill Education (India), 2013), Hydraulic Machines (McGraw Hill Education (India), 2013), Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines- Problems and Solutions (McGraw Hill Education (India), 2011).

Dr. Subramanya has published over eighty technical papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is a Fellow of the institution of Engineers (India); Fellow of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Member of Indian Society of Technical Education and Member of Indian Water Resources Association.The Indian Society for Hydraulics has conferred the Prof. R.J. Garde Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Subramanya in 2012 for his contribution in education and research related to Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Engineering.

Currently, Prof. Subramanya resides in Bangalore (Inda) and is active as a practicing consultant in Water Resources Engineering.