Dr. Vinay Kumar Gautam is working as a Assistant Professor, Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering under School of Natural Resource Management, CPGS-AS, Umiam, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur. Earlier, Dr. Gautam served at the Department of Soil & Water Engineering , CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan. He teaches several soil & water engineering courses and performs research on aquifer characterization, water quality and groundwater management  using remote sensing & GIS. He was also selected as a Post doctoral fellow at Texas A & M University, Texas, USA. Dr. Gautam has good  handing of surveying equipment and UAVs (Drones) for agriculture.

Dr. Gautam has collaborated his research with several leading institutions worldwide. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed research articles in significant  research journals and serves on the editorial board of many reputed journals, magazine and newspapers.