The IAHR Eastern India Young Professionals Network (YPN) is proud to announce the launch of a new online lecture series aimed at sharing knowledge and inspiring early-career professionals in the fields of water and environmental engineering.

This initiative will provide a platform for young researchers, practitioners, and students to engage with leading experts from around the world, fostering learning and collaboration across borders.

 First Lecture

Title: Satellites as a Tool to Depict Source-to-Sink Dynamics
Date: 3 September 2025 | Online
Time: 12:30 PM (IST) | 9:00 AM (CET)
Speaker: Michael Nones, Associate Professor in the Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Department at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.

 Second Lecture

Title: Modelling and Prediction of Subaerial Landslide Tsunamis
Date: 29 October 2025 | Online
Time: 12:30 PM (IST) | 8:00 AM (CET)
Speaker: Valentin Heller, Associate Professor in Hydraulics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK.

 Third Lecture

Title: Advanced methods and technologies in river science and management practice
Date: 2 December 2025 | Online
Time: 10:00 AM (IST) | 5:30 AM (CET)
Speaker: Sanjay Giri, Senior Specialist in Haskoning, Netherlands.

 Fourth Lecture

Title: Flow–Vegetation Interactions and Their Implications for Nature-Based Coastal Protection
Date: 19 February 2026 | Online
Time: 11:30 AM (IST)
Speaker: Jiarui (Gary) Lei, Assistant Professor, NUS, Singapore.

 Fifth Lecture

Title: Modeling coastal vegetation and its impact on wave dissipation and carbon sequestration
Date: 17 March 2026 | Online
Time: 04:30 PM (IST)
Speaker: Heidi Nepf, Donal and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environment Engineering, MIT, USA.

 Sixth Lecture

Title: Bendable concrete: what, how, and why for resilient hydraulic and oceanic infrastructures
Date: 16 April 2026 | Online
Time: 04:00 PM (IST)
Speaker: Avik Kumar Das, Assistant Professor, Instutete of Ocean Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.

 Seventh Lecture

Title: Plastic pollution transport mechanics in rivers
Date: 7 July 2026 | Online
Time: 11:30 AM (IST)
Speaker: James Lofty, Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute for Water and Environment, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

By bringing together young professionals and established researchers, this lecture series reflects IAHR’s commitment to building a dynamic and inclusive community of future leaders in hydro-environment engineering.

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