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Dr. Sanjay Kumar
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Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Scientist 'G' & Head

+91-1332-249229

sk[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Flood Forecasting and Management
Dr. Sumant Kumar

Dr. Sumant Kumar

Scientist ‘E’

+91-1332-249313

sumantk[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Groundwater Contamination, Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Modelling and Management, Rainwater Harvesting and Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR),Hydrogeological Assessment
Dr. Lagudu Surinaidu
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Dr. Lagudu Surinaidu

Scientist ‘D’

+91-1332-249206

lsn[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Groundwater hydrology, Coastal Aquifers, Seawater Intrusion, Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling, Integrated hydrological modelling, Hydrogeophysics, Hydrogeochemistry and Groundwater-Surface water interactions
Dr. Nitesh Patidar
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Dr. Nitesh Patidar

Scientist ‘C’

+91-1332-249222

npatidar[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Surface and subsurface hydrological modeling, groundwater recharge estimation, application of remote sensing, machine learning and ensemble techniques in hydrology; Land cover classification
Ms. Anjali

Ms. Anjali

Scientist 'C'

anjali[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Groundwater flow and contaminant Transport Modelling, Contaminant Hydrology, Micro-plastic assessment & Treatment, Water Quality, Risk Assessment and Landfill Leachate Analysis and Treatment.
Dr. Ajit Kumar Behera
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Dr. Ajit Kumar Behera

Scientist 'C'

+91-1332-249262

akbehera[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Coastal Hydrogeology, Groundwater Flow Modeling, Hydrogeochemical Evolution, Stable Isotopes, Seawater Intrusion, Submarine Groundwater Discharge
Dr. Sushindra Kumar Gupta
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Dr. Sushindra Kumar Gupta

Scientist 'C'

+91-1332-249256

skgupta[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, Sediment Yield Modeling, Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) Method, Soil Moisture Accounting (SMA), Application of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Groundwater Hydrology and RS & GIS Application in Water Resources.
Dr. Satendra Kumar
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Dr. Satendra Kumar

Scientist 'B'

+91-1332-249387

satendrakr[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Soil Physics, Soil-water Salinity, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Unsaturated and Root Zone Hydraulics, Groundwater Hydrology, Modelling, Simulation and Estimation of Parameters by Inverse Techniques
Sh. Pintu Kumar Gupta

Sh. Pintu Kumar Gupta

Scientist 'B'

+91-1332-249399

guptapintu[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Ground Water Flow Modelling, Soil and Water Conservation, Irrigation and Drainage, Watershed development and Management, Pond and River Rejuvenation, Rainwater Water Harvesting, Remote Sensing and GIS application in Water Resources, Integrated Natural Resource Management.
Smt. Nisha Kichalu

Smt. Nisha Kichalu

PS

+91-1332-249204

nishakichlu[dot]nihr[at]gov[dot]in

Last Updated on: 13 Jul 2026