Pradeep Kumar, Director, National Water Academy is a 2000 batch CWES Officer. He has joined as Assistant Director at CWC Headquarter, New Delhi in July 2003. He is Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Engineering College, Kota (now RTU, Kota, Rajasthan) and M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

During his tenure in Central Water Commission, he has worked as Assistant Director and Deputy Director in PP(N&S) Directorate, Software Management Directorate, Gate (N&W) directorate and CMC Directorate in Central Water Commission, New Delhi.

Nature of work handled include Co-ordination and preparation of TAC note for the appraisal of Detail Project Report (Externally aided Projects), procurement and management of softwares/hardwares, managing and organising trainning programmes in respects of IT field, examination of Detail Project Report in respect of Hydro-mechanical works (Hydraulic Gates and hoists), Examination of Manufacturing/Technical Specification drawings of various type of hydraulic gates,Hoists, Gantry cranes etc used in water resource projects, and preparation of Technical Specification document and drawings for hydraulic gates and hoists arrangement for water resource projects.

His duties in National Water Academy include coordinate and conduct the training programs in respect of IT Field concerned with water resource developments, RS/GIS TOOLs etc.

His field of expertise include appraisal of DPRs (Externally aided projects), designing of hydro - mechanical equipment such as Vertical lift hydraulic gates (fixed wheel, slide), stoplogs, mechanical hoists, gantry cranes etc, Construction equipment and plant planning in respect of water resource projects, use of Hydro informatics tools such as Quantam GIS, GRASS, SAGA, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, AutoCAD, computer programming using C, C++, Visual C++, window programming, Device Driver Programming, testing & quality control of softwares.