Bio-sketch: Dr. K. R. Harne received his B. Tech in Civil Engineering from Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University, Amravati in 1987, and M. Tech (1993) form Government Engineering College, Amravati and Ph. D (2003) from IIT Roorkee. He worked as a Principal in different colleges in Baba Sahib Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad and Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, from 01.01.2007 to 21.07.2015. He has joined Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), West Campus the then Ch. Brahm Prakash Government Engineering College, Jaffarpur, New Delhi through Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in 2015, and has since served in many capacities. Although he has held several administrative positions like the Dean (Academics), Dean (IRD), Head, Department Civil Engineering, Head Department of Environmental Engineering and at heart he is a committed teacher and researcher.
Prof Harne’s research spanning a period of more than 30 years is concerned with the development of new techniques of water and Wastewater Treatment; several of these are of fundamental importance and have been extensively cited in literature including textbooks and reference works. He has also attempted to make some contributions to indigenous R&D efforts, in the form of field studies and consultation in Public Works Department, Jal Nigam undertaking technologically advanced projects of Bridges, underpasses etc. Dr. Harne was deeply involved in the process of establishment of the Pune District Education Association’s College of Engineering Pune and has served as a Principal of this School. As a Principal of the Institute, he took several major academic initiatives. Dr. Harne has also helped his students set up their own businesses/ companies with a view to encourage entrepreneurship.
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Selected Publications:
a. Filed and published a patent titled ‘Hybrid Passive Downdraft Evaporative Cooling System’ vide patent application no. TEMP/E1/51106/2019-DEL dated 26.11.2019.
b. Paper published in International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information System titled ‘Rainfall runoff Modeling of Sutlej River Basin (India) using Soft Computing Techniques’ Volume 10, Issue 2, April-June 2019
c. Paper Published in International Journal of Advanced Technology in Civil Engineering ISSN:2231-5721 titled ‘Advanced Method for Sewage Water Treatment’ Volume1, Issue 2, 2012, Pp 94-98