Dr. Malay Kanti Ghosh

Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
R.K.M Government Engineering College, Purulia
Agharpur; Joypur; Purulia, WB

Area of Research Interest

Experimental hydraulics and sediment movement; Diversion and storage structures; Hydrological modelling; Isotope Hydrology, Surface and ground water modelling and management with GIS applications.

Contact and Personal Information

Permanent Address:
C/o- Kishori Mohan Ghosh
Vill. – Malla; P.O - Dhadika; P.S- Garbeta
Dist. – Paschim Medinipur
West Bengal – 721127

Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

     Thesis title: “Downstream Local Scour and Sediment Flushing Characteristics of River      

 Diversion Barrages”

     Institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

M. Tech. in Water Resources Development and Management

     Thesis title: ''A Plan for Development of Watershed Command Area Continuum in plateau region of Purulia district in West Bengal.”

     Institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

B.E. in Civil Engineering

     Project: Design of steel framed industrial building

     Institute: Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, West Bengal, India.

Teaching Assignments

I have conducted the tutorial classes for the following subjects in association with the respective faculty of the Civil Engineering Department

• Fluid Mechanics
• Irrigation Engineering and Hydrology.  
• Surveying
• Building Materials

Computer Skills

Operating System: Windows family.

Languages: FORTRAN, Basic and C.

Packages: Fluent, Surfer 8.0, SPSS, Origin 7.5, AutoCAD and Microsoft office

Work Experince

Design and Installation of Tubewell, (HDTW, MDTW and LDTW), River Lift Irrigation scheme(RLI) with Water Transmission Arrangement (WTA).

I also worked as an Executive Engineer (AI) for six years under Water Resources Investigation and Development Department (WRI&DD) and implemented different schemes i.e Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting Scheme, Recharge Tank, Checkdam, Gabbion Structures,  Rubber Dam etc. as pilot basis  and also executed WORLD BANK PROJECT (Checkdam, Water Detention Structures, Watershed Development, Solar Operated Pump Dug Well, Solar and Electric Lift Irrigation  schemes etc. during 2014-2017).

I served as an Assistant Professor to National Institute of Technolgy Raipur from May 2009 to November 2009 and subjects taken for teaching are as follows

1. Fluid Mechanics-I  with Laboratory for B.Tech-III semester
2. Advance Fluid Mechanics for M.E (Water Resources Engineering) –Ist semester
3. Ground Water Evaluation for M.E –II nd semester

Publication

Journal

1. Ghosh, M. K., Kumar, G. and Sen, D. J. (2009). “STUDY OF DOWNSTREAM SCOUR FOR DIVERSION BARRAGES.” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Maritime Engineering, Water Management, 162, October 2009 issue WMS Page 309-319.
2. Ghosh, M. K., Dutta, S and Sen, D. J. (2014). “Sediment Flushout from Pond of River Diversion Barrages by Gate Operation” Journal of Water Resources Management by Springer, December 2014, Volume 28, issue 15, pp 5335–5356.