Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Ajai Singh
Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India
Expertise: Hydrology; Water Resources Engineering and Management; Hydrological Modelling; Irrigation and Micro-Irrigation; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Water Resources
ORCID: 0000-0002-7503-0461
Institutional Profile: Central University of Jharkhand
Section Editors
Section Editors provide subject-specific editorial oversight, coordinate and support the peer-review process, assess reviewers’ recommendations, and help maintain the scientific quality, ethical integrity, and disciplinary scope of the journal.
Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management
Prof. B. C. Kusre
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Central Agricultural University, Ranipool, Sikkim, India
Expertise: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering; Agricultural Water Management; Water Resources Management; Natural Resources Management; Soil and Water Conservation
ORCID: 0000-0001-7285-7132
Institutional Profile: College of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Hydroinformatics
Prof. Iftikhar Balakishi Abbasov
Academy of Engineering and Technology, Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence; Image Recognition; Mathematical and Computational Modelling; Engineering Systems Modelling; Data-Driven Analysis
ORCID: 0000-0003-4805-8714
Institutional Profile: Southern Federal University
Water Policy, Governance and Integrated Water Resources Management
Prof. M. Sugirtharan
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Expertise: Integrated Water Resources Management; Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management; Groundwater Resources and Water-Quality Assessment.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0715-1429
Institutional Profile: Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Hydraulics, River Engineering and Flood Risk
Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh Dikshit
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
Expertise: Hydraulics; Dam-Break Modelling; Hydrological and Hydroclimatic Modelling; Weather Prediction and Forecasting; Climate Extremes; Flood-Risk Assessment
Institutional Profile: Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Water Quality, Environmental Management and Nature-Based Solutions
Dr. Prashant Srivastava
Senior Research Scientist, Environment, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Expertise: Environmental Contamination Assessment; Environmental Management and Remediation; Water and Soil Quality; Pollution-Risk Assessment; Sustainable Remediation
ORCID: 0000-0002-6234-3987
Institutional Profile: CSIRO
Hydrology, Hydrological Modelling and Climate Change
Prof. Sangam Shrestha
Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Expertise: Hydrological Modelling; Rainfall–Runoff Modelling; Climate-Change Impact Assessment; Hydroinformatics; Water Resources Management
ORCID: 0000-0002-4972-3969
Institutional Profile: Asian Institute of Technology
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Dr. Surjeet Singh
Scientist G and Head, Centre for Cryosphere and Climate Change Studies, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India
Expertise: Groundwater Hydrology; Hydrogeological Impact Assessment; Groundwater Modelling and Management; River–Aquifer Interaction; Aquifer Characterization; Hydrochemistry; Groundwater Contamination
ORCID: 0000-0001-9364-8823
Institutional Profile: National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
Associate Editors
Associate Editors assist the Editor-in-Chief and Section Editors in manuscript assessment, reviewer selection, peer-review management, and editorial decision-making within their areas of expertise.
Eng. A. C. M. Zulfikar, Consultant, Groundwater Monitoring Network, Sri Lanka.
Dr. A. K. Verma, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India.
Dr. Amresh Chandra Pandey, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Dr. Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India.
Prof. D. M. Denis, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
Prof. Deepak Kumar Chauhan, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.
Prof. Deepak Pant, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Dr. Devesh Walia, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Dewasis Dahal, Water Resources Engineer, Maurer-Stutz, Inc., United States.
Dr. Euis Nurul Hidayah, University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Eng. Faridoon Danesh, Asian Development Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Dr. Hemanta Kumar Mishra, Indian Institute of Health Management Research University, Jaipur, India.
Dr. Jagabandhu Panda, Central Agricultural University, Gangtok, India.
Kirtan Adhikari, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan.
Prof. M. Chandra Sekhar, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.
Prof. M. L. Gaur, Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India.
Prof. M. V. Manjunatha, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Dr. P. K. Singh, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.
Pratik Singh Thakuri, University of Rhode Island, United States.
Prof. Pravendra Kumar, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.
Prof. R. M. Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Dr. S. N. Rai, Former Chief Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Sanchita Mondal, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India.
Dr. Sanjay Giri, Haskoning, the Netherlands.
Dr. Shikha Chourasiya, Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India.
Sumant Pushp, Biomimetic and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory, Tezpur University, Assam, India.
Dr. Suresh Kumar, Vinita Environ Consultancy, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Suresh Lamani, Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag, Karnataka, India.
Dr. V. K. Tripathi, Department of Farm Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Prof. Vivekanand Singh, National Institute of Technology Patna, India.
Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh, Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management, Development Management Institute, Patna, India.
International Editorial Advisory Board
The International Editorial Advisory Board provides strategic guidance on the journal's scientific direction, international development, emerging research areas, and standards of scholarly publishing.
Dr. Ajay Pradhan, President and CEO, Cetus Consulting Solution Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Prof. Alfredo Ribeiro Neto, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Dr. Arjamadutta Sarangi, Director, ICAR–Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, India.
Atul Singh, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Fair Observer, United States.
Dr. Bharat Sharma, International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Canh Tien Trinh Nguyen, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Eng. Chitsungo Bezzel, Department of Irrigation Development, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Zimbabwe.
Sri Gautam Hazari, Chief Product and Innovation Officer, XConnect, United Kingdom.
Prof. Jeff Camkin, Adjunct Professor of Water Resource Management, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Dr. Manoranjan Kumar Mondal, International Rice Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dr. Mochammad Amron, Senior Lecturer, Gunadarma University; formerly State University of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Prof. Monowar Hossain, Institute of River Modelling, Bangladesh.
Dr. Neelam Patel, NITI Aayog, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Philippe Cullet, Professor of International and Environmental Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Dr. Prafull Kumar Singh, Department of Geology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India.
Prof. Rameshwar S. Kanwar, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Water Resources Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States.
Prof. Wen-Yen Chang, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, and Director, Eastern Taiwan Earthquake Research Center, Taiwan.
Editorial Board Membership and Responsibilities
Members of the Editorial Board are selected on the basis of their academic qualifications, research expertise, publication record, professional standing, and relevance to the aims and scope of JWEAM. Editorial Board members are expected to contribute actively to maintaining the scientific quality, integrity, and international development of the journal.
Membership is reviewed periodically to ensure continued active participation, appropriate subject coverage, institutional diversity, and broad geographical representation. All members are required to confirm their willingness to serve on the Editorial Board and to disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
Editorial decisions are based solely on the scientific quality, originality, methodological rigor, relevance, and ethical integrity of submitted manuscripts, without discrimination based on nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, or other personal characteristics.
