Professor
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology
India
Arnab Bandyopadhyay, born on September 12, 1977, is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of water resources development and management. With a robust educational background and significant contributions to academia, he has made notable strides in his profession.
Arnab completed his secondary education in 1994 from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and his higher secondary education in 1996 from the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE). He pursued a B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), West Bengal, graduating in 2000. His exceptional performance earned him the Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal and the Shishubala Memorial Gold Medal as the University Topper, along with the University Merit Scholarship.
Furthering his studies, Arnab obtained an M.Tech. in Water Resources Development and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2003. He was awarded the Institute Silver Medal as the Department Topper and received the prestigious GATE 2000 Fellowship (AIR 10) and DAAD Fellowship for his M.Tech. project at the Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, TU Dresden, Germany.
In 2008, Arnab earned his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, supported by the High Value Ph.D. Fellowship.
His professional career began as a Scientist ‘B’ at the National Institute of Hydrology from August 2005 to January 2010. He then joined the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), where he served as an Assistant Professor from February 2010 to January 2015, was promoted to Associate Professor in January 2015, and has been a Professor since January 2018.