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)
Two Nominee (Director Level) CWC, New Delhi
Nominee of CGWB, Faridabad
Nominee of IMD, New Delhi
Nominee of CPCB, New Delhi
Nominee of NWDA, New Delhi
Nominee of Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GoI
Nominee of Ministry of Environment & Forest (NRCD), GoI
Nominee of North East Council, Shillong
Nominee of Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI
Nominee of Ministry of Agriculture (NRM), GoI
Nominee of Geological Survey of India, Kolkata
Director, NIC , New Delhi
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Dehradun
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
GBP Institute of Himalayan Env. & Dev., Almora
National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi
BARC, Mumbai
Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad
CAZRI, Jodhpur
NEERI, Nagpur
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
IIRS, Dehradun
NGRI, Hyderabad
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Nominee of Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati
B. STATE GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING R&D ORGANISATIONS)
Nominee of Water Resources Deptt., Karnataka
Nominee of State Water Investgation Directorate, West Bengal
Nominee of Water Resources Deptt., Odisha
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., M.P.
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Maharashtra
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Punjab
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Chhattisgarh
Nominee of Jal Sanathan, Uttarakhand
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Andhra Pradesh
Nominee of Ground Water Dept., Telangana
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar
CWRDM, Kozikode
Nominee of Water Resources Dept., Rajasthan
Irrigation Research Institute, Roorkee
C. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Dr Varun Joshi, Professor Uni. School of Environment Management Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
Prof K K singh Prof. in Civil Engg. NIT, Kurukshetra, Haryana
Prof Vimal Mishra Civil Engg. Deptt., IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. A K Saraf Deptt. of Earth Sciences IIT, Roorkee
Prof M L Kansal Deptt. of Water Res. Dev. & Management IIT, Roorkee
D. MEMBERS IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY (INCLUDING NGOs)
Dr Bhishm Kumar Prof. Staff & Advisor (Retd.), IAEA, Roorkee
DR S S Grewal Director (Retd.), Reg. Station of PAU-Ludhiana Chandigarh
Dr Dhanya C T Assistant Professor IIT, Delhi
Dr Kaushal K Garg Senior Scientist-NRM ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Prof Ramakar Jha NIT, Patna
Prof A P Dimri Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
Dr Debashish Sen Director Peoples Science Institute, Dehradun
Dr Sadhna Malhotra (Economist) Director, Mindspace, Dehradun
Sh Sudhindra Mohan Sharma Consultant, Ex-Nodal Officer National Drinking Water Security Pilot Projects MoDWS (GoI), Indore
E. INTERNAL (NIH)
Divisional Head, SWH Div. NIH
Divisional Head, GWH Div. NIH
Divisional Head, EH Div. NIH
Divisional Head, HI Div. NIH
Divisional Head, WRS Div. NIH
Divisional Head, RMOD Div. NIH
Member Secretary
Dr.Sanjay Kumar, Scientist G & Head,Technical Cell, NIH, Roorkee
Last Updated on: 20 Jun 2026