{"id":2119,"date":"2025-02-04T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/?page_id=2119"},"modified":"2025-02-10T06:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:16:29","slug":"keynote-speakers-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/keynote-speakers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2119\" class=\"elementor elementor-2119\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e89736 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e89736\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-995563a\" data-id=\"995563a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1f01d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1f01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote Speakers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d81e293 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d81e293\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dbcc46\" data-id=\"2dbcc46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6182fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6182fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mukesh-Kumar-Sinha-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2333\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ff36d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ff36d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Dr. M K Sinha<\/span><\/p><p>Chairman, CWC<br \/>Central Water Commission (CWC)<\/p><p>Ex-Chairman, Godavari River Management Board<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa19e9\" data-id=\"2fa19e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da0ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8da0ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-N-Sankhua-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-N-Sankhua-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-N-Sankhua.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a47a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97a47a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Dr. R. N. Sankhua<\/span><\/p><p>Member (KRMB)<br \/>Ministry of Jal Shakti<\/p><p>(WR, RD &amp; GR), Govt of India<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75e754b\" data-id=\"75e754b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0c4398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0c4398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vijaya-Saran-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1812\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vijaya-Saran-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vijaya-Saran.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d29bee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d29bee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shri. Vijai Saran<\/strong><\/p><p>Former Director, DRIP &amp; Former Chief Engineer, CWC<br \/>Central Water Commission (CWC)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-203eccc\" data-id=\"203eccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d9710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85d9710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shri.-A.-B.-Pandya-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2271\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49106bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49106bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shri. A. B. Pandya<\/strong><\/p><p>Secretary General<br \/>International Commission on Large Dams, India (INCOLD)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-065c9c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"065c9c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed1a6c6\" data-id=\"ed1a6c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a70792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a70792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/C-S-Padhi-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2309\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af93ae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af93ae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Chandra Shekhar Padhi<\/strong><\/p><p>Engineer-In-Chief<br \/>Water Resources Dept., Odisha<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f89a7b\" data-id=\"0f89a7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e4f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10e4f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr.-Gouda-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2310\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45152cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45152cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shri. Lingaraj Gouda<\/strong><\/p><p>Engineer-In-Chief, Planning &amp; Design<br \/>Water Resources Dept., Odisha<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-330df5a\" data-id=\"330df5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d952e7f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d952e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prof.-Subashisa-Dutta-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1604\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-058a1dd elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"058a1dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Prof. Subashisa Dutta\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d23cbd\" data-id=\"4d23cbd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b1f2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3b1f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dr.-Ajay-Pradhan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1598\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dr.-Ajay-Pradhan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dr.-Ajay-Pradhan.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-151bd35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"151bd35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Ajay Pradhan<\/strong><\/p><p>Vice President (3i)<br \/>KIIT- DU,\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem;\">Bhubaneswar<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Speakers Dr. M K Sinha Chairman, CWCCentral Water Commission (CWC) Ex-Chairman, Godavari River Management Board Dr. R. N. Sankhua Member (KRMB)Ministry of Jal Shakti (WR, RD &amp; GR), Govt of India Shri. Vijai Saran Former Director, DRIP &amp; Former Chief Engineer, CWCCentral Water Commission (CWC) Shri. A. B. Pandya Secretary GeneralInternational Commission on Large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/event.kiit.ac.in\/IWDS2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}