Education

Professional Experience

Nov 2024-onwards Scientist-B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Dec 2022-Oct 2024 National Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
(Mentor:  Prof. S.P. Sharma)
May-Aug 2022 Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
(Mentor:  Prof. T.K. Biswal)
June-Sept 2019 Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
(Mentors:  Prof. Karrie A. Weber and Prof. Dan D. Snow)
June-Dec 2016 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
(Mentor:  Prof. T.K Biswal)
2013-2015 Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
(Mentor:  Prof. GJ Chakrapani)

Awards/Honors/Fellowships

2024 International Travel Support (ITS), ANRF, Govt. of India [₹115000]
2024 International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Grant, UK [CHF450]
2024 51st World Groundwater Congress Grant, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland [CHF675]
2024 INC-IAH Partial Travel Bursary [₹10000]
2024 Best Presentation Award, INC-IAH-CSMU International Groundwater Conference, CSMU Panvel, Mumbai
2024 INC-IAH Best Paper Award-2022, International Association of Hydrogeologists (Indian Chapter)
2022 SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, Govt. of India [₹2600000]
2022 Research Associateship by IIT Bombay [₹100000]
2022 Geochemical Society Grant (to attend Goldschmidt 2022, Hawai'i, USA) [$2500]
2021 AGU Near-Surface Geophysics Travel Grant (to attend AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA) [$1000]
2020 GEOHOST Financial Grant (to attend 36th IGC 2020, New Delhi, India) [$750]
2019 International Travel Grant by IIT Bombay (to attend AGU Chapman Conference, Valencia, Spain) [₹130000]
2019 GSA International Travel Grant (to attend GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA) [$700]
2019 Visiting Research Fellowship by DST, IUSSTF, and UNL, NE(to carry out research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA) [$14700]
2019 IAHS-SYSTA Grant, United Kingdom (to attend 27th IUGG Assembly, Montreal, Canada) [$2800]
2018 International Financial Grant, State Key Lab for Marine Geology & Tongji University, China (to attend 9th ICAMG, Shanghai, China) [$1000]
2018 International Travel Grant (ITS), SERB-DST, Govt. of India (to attend 45th IAH Congress, Daejeon, Korea) [$1100]
2016 Junior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES),  Govt. of India
2013 Junior Research Fellowship, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Govt. of India
2010 Institute Inspire Scholarship by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
2009 Senior Merit Scholarship by North Orissa University, Odisha
2007 National Merit Scholarship by CHSE, Govt. of Odisha

Memberships/Professional Activities

Member: Geological Society of India, Bengaluru • International Association for Hydrogeologists (IAH), UK •  International Association for Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UK • Geochemical Society, USA • Nordic Association for Hydrology (NAH), Norway • International Association for Structural  Geology and Tectonics (IASGT), India

Journal Reviewer: Scientific Reports • Journal of Applied Geophysics • CLEAN-Soil, Air and Water • Water Resources Management • Natural Resources Research • RSC Advances •  Geoscience Frontiers • Hydrological Sciences Journal • Stochastic  Environmental Research  and Risk Assessment • Frontiers in Environmental Science • Sustainable Water Resources Management • Journal of Earth System Science • National Academy Science Letters •  Remote Sensing •  Land •  Sustainability •  Hydrology •  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment •  Water • Discover Water •  Environmental Earth Sciences • Applied Water Science • Discover Geoscience •  Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Editorial Board: Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) (Oct 2025 onwards-)
Review Editor: Frontiers in Earth Science (2025- onwards)
Editor-in-Chief: GeoChronicle Panorama (ISSN: 3108-0162), (2025- onwards)
Executive Council Member (2026-29): International Association for Hydrogeologists-Indian Chapter (INC-IAH)

Other outreach activities:  Convener: Earth Science Forum (ESF), NCESS

Invited Talks

• Delivered two lectures (Invited, online mode) to the newly appointed Geologists and Chemists selected through the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Examination-2024. (a) Sampling protocols for groundwater, preservation and on-site analysis of samples and (b) Hydro Geochemical Data Validation and Reporting mechanism, Geological Survey of India Training Institute, Hyderabad (11/12/2025)

• Invited Talk (Virtual) at G. S. Tompe Arts, Commerce and Science College, Amaravati (25/03/2025)

• Invited Talk at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, Panvel, India (21/01/2024)