Maruti Dattatrey Kudale, former Additional Director, Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune (CWPRS) has over 39 years of expertise in Hydraulic Engineering. He has also served as President of the Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) and is a Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) [MIE]. He has 163 publications in the field of Coastal / hydraulic Engineering including 24 publications in the Journals and 80 publications at International Level. He has supervised and provided technical guidance for the various studies undertaken at CWPRS and conducted a number of training courses / workshops and conferences.
Education
M. Tech. (Marine Structures)NITK, Surathkal
Audited Master of Civil Engineering in Coastal EngineeringUniversity of Delaware, USA during fellowship training under the UNDP project
Skill expertise
He has worked in more than 150 coastal / hydraulic engineering projects which includes port layouts, breakwaters, intake-outfall structures, safe grade elevation for Nuclear Power Plants, submarine pipelines, etc. He has provided designs of coastal, estuarine and riverine bank protection measures for more than 250 erosion sites.