Rao "G.S." Govindaraju, Vice President for Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District and Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, was welcomed as the Distinguished speaker for the Gyan Ganga Distinguished Lecture Series on River Sustainability on January 8, 2026 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His lecture focused on broadening the understanding of uncertainties in water quality estimates.

The Gyan Ganga Distinguished Lecture Series on River Sustainability is organised by the NMCG-IITD-Dutch Collaboratory for Intelligent River Systems and Clean Yamuna (IND-RIVERS), which is the Centre of Excellence on Water (CoE) at IIT Delhi.