K Subramanya is a retired Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Mysore University and a Master’s degree and a Ph.D degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He has taught at IIT Kanpur for over 30 years and has extensive teaching experience in the areas of Open Channel Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology. He has authored several successful books for McGraw-Hill Education India; besides the current book, his other books include Engineering Hydrology (3rd Ed., TMH 2008), and 1000 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics (TMH 2005).

Dr. Subramanya has published over technical papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is a Fellow of the institution of Engineers (India); Fellow of Indian Society for Hydraulics, Member of Indian Society of Technical Education and Member of Indian Water Resources Association.

Currently, he resides in Bangalore and is active as a practicing consultant in water Resources Engineering.