Working Group

The Governing Body of the Institute has constituted three Working Group under the Chairmanship of the Director, NIH to consider and to recommend to TAC on the program of studies to be taken up by the various Scientific Divisions of the Institute and review the progress of work. Experts in specialized fields from various field organisations both from Central and State Governments and academic and research institutions are members of the Working Group. The members of the Working Group are drawn from various Central and State Governments Organisations, Universities and individual experts working in the field of hydrology and water resources. The constitutions of the Working Group as approved by 78th Governing Body are given below:

Chairman: Director, NIH, Roorkee

Members


S.No. | Address

A. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (Including R & D organisation)
1
Two Nominee (Director Level) CWC, New Delhi
2
Nominee of CGWB, Faridabad
3
Nominee of IMD, New Delhi
4
Nominee of CPCB, New Delhi
5
Nominee of NWDA, New Delhi
6
Nominee of Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GoI
7
Nominee of Ministry of Environment & Forest (NRCD), GoI
8
Nominee of North East Council, Shillong
9
Nominee of Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI
10
Nominee of Ministry of Agriculture (NRM), GoI
11
Nominee of Geological Survey of India, Kolkata
12
Director, NIC , New Delhi
13
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
14
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Dehradun
15
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
16
GBP Institute of Himalayan Env. & Dev., Almora
17
National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi
18
BARC, Mumbai
19
Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad
20
CAZRI, Jodhpur
21
NEERI, Nagpur
22
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
23
IIRS, Dehradun
24
NGRI, Hyderabad
25
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
26
Nominee of Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati
B. STATE GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING R&D ORGANISATIONS)
27
Nominee of Water Resources Deptt., Karnataka
28
Nominee of State Water Investgation Directorate, West Bengal
29
Nominee of Water Resources Deptt., Odisha
30
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., M.P.
31
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Maharashtra
32
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Punjab
33
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Chhattisgarh
34
Nominee of Jal Sanathan, Uttarakhand
35
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Andhra Pradesh
36
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Telangana
37
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar
38
CWRDM, Kozikode
39
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Rajasthan
40
Irrigation Research Institute, Roorkee
C. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
41
Dr Varun Joshi, Professor Uni. School of Environment Management Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
42
Prof K K singh Prof. in Civil Engg. NIT, Kurukshetra, Haryana
43
Prof Vimal Mishra Civil Engg. Deptt., IIT Gandhinagar
44
Prof. A K Saraf Deptt. of Earth Sciences IIT, Roorkee
45
Prof M L Kansal Deptt. of Water Res. Dev. & Management IIT, Roorkee
D. MEMBERS IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY (INCLUDING NGOs)
46
Dr Bhishm Kumar Prof. Staff & Advisor (Retd.), IAEA, Roorkee
47
DR S S Grewal Director (Retd.), Reg. Station of PAU-Ludhiana Chandigarh
48
Dr Dhanya C T Assistant Professor IIT, Delhi
49
Dr Kaushal K Garg Senior Scientist-NRM ICRISAT, Hyderabad
50
Prof Ramakar Jha NIT, Patna
51
Prof A P Dimri Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
52
Dr Debashish Sen Director Peoples Science Institute, Dehradun
53
Dr Sadhna Malhotra (Economist) Director, Mindspace, Dehradun
54
Sh Sudhindra Mohan Sharma Consultant, Ex-Nodal Officer National Drinking Water Security Pilot Projects MoDWS (GoI), Indore
E. INTERNAL (NIH)
55
Divisional Head, SWH Div. NIH
56
Divisional Head, GWH Div. NIH
57
Divisional Head, EH Div. NIH
58
Divisional Head, HI Div. NIH
59
Divisional Head, WRS Div. NIH
60
Divisional Head, RMOD Div. NIH
Member Secretary
Dr.Sanjay Kumar, Scientist G & Head,Technical Cell, NIH, Roorkee
Last Updated on: 20 Jun 2026