PARITOSH SINGH CHAUHAN

Expert- Hydrogeology & Remote Sensing / GIS

Address: ****, ****** *****, **** *****, 27th Main HSR Layout-Bangalore-560102, India

Phone: +91-962*******, +91-810*******

Email: acvhil@r.postjobfree.com. acvhil@r.postjobfree.com.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A dedicated & hard working professional with approximately 11 years and 6 Months of experience in Groundwater Modeling, Surface Hydrological Modeling, Transport Pollutants modeling, Conceptual Modeling with available Models like, FEFLOW, FEMWATER, MODFLOW, MT3D, MODPATH, etc. Flood Control System Planning & Management, Flood Risk Assessment, Flood Modeling, Flood Control Management, Aquifer Mapping, Groundwater Quality Mapping & Modeling, Production of Cross Sections, Geological Maps, Scientific Reports Writing, Projects Presentations, Geological Surveys, Rock Sampling - Processing on Geological Data - Statistics - Creation of Database, ArcGIS structures, Geo Modeler 3D and Petrographic & Structural Studies. Pursuing PhD in Ground Water Quality Mapping & Pollutants Modeling possessed PG Diploma RS & GIS Geological Applications and completed MSc-Geology; presently associated with HMR Environmental Engineering Consultants, Muscat, Oman as Expert - Hydrogeology & Remote Sensing and GIS. Supervising sites for different recharge structures for ground water sustainability and for the mining waste dumps successfully spearheaded various research programs & projects.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree

University

Year

Major

PhD

Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Hyderabad, India

Pursuing

Groundwater quality mapping & pollutants modelling

P G Diploma

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS (ISRO), Dehradun, India

2005

Remote sensing and GIS

MSc.

Lucknow University, India

2002-2004

Geology

BSc.

C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur, India

1999-2002

Geology

TRAINING:

Use of GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) for study of placer deposits in coastal region, organized by Ministry of Mines and ISM Dhanbad.

Training on GMS (Groundwater Modelling Software) using different hydrological and hydrogeological models, organized by Aditi Infotech.

Training on “Collecting geophysical data and using it for aquifer mapping and Modelling”, organised by NGRI & NRSC/ISRO.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Hydrogeological & hydrological Modelling and management;

GIS & Remote Sensing;

Formulating flood control system, mitigation and Modelling;

Aquifer mapping, aquifer zonation, Modelling, budgeting and management;

Groundwater quality mapping and pollutants spread Modelling;

Thematic mapping, data base management, data integration and Modelling;

Petrographic and structural studies through geophysical interpretations;

Assessing & modelling natural resources and suggesting management plans;

Glacial snout monitoring;

Sediment Load Assessment in different flowing channels;

Risk Assessment Modelling;

Supervising sites for different recharge structures for ground water sustainability and for the mining waste dumps; and

GIS/ RS training to senior scientists and officials.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

GIS software: ARC GIS, ARC info, ARC view, Surfer

Remote Sensing software: ERDAS, ENVI, MapInfo, GEOMATICA

Hydrology/ Hydrogeological software: MODFLOW (GMS), AQUACHEM, FEFLOW, FEMWATER,MODPATH,SEAM-3D, Stratigraphic Modelling

Geology software: GeoBlock, GeoTrace

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

Period of Employment

Designation/Position

Organisation

March 2015 – Current

Expert- Hydrogeology & Remote Sensing/ GIS

HMR Engineering Consultants, Bangalore, India

Aug 2014- Feb 2015

Expert Hydrogeologist

IIC Technologies, Hyderabad, India

Aug 2009 – Aug 2014

SRF-Hydrogeologist

NRSC/ ISRO-Balanagar- India

July 2007 –July 2009

Lecturer-Geologist

PPN Degree College

March 2006 – Apr 2007

Project Scientist

UP RSAC-Lucknow-India

July 2004 –Feb 2005

Lecturer-Geologist

PPN Degree College

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

HMR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS-BANGALORE

(Since March 2015 till date)

Project

Main Responsibilities

Al-Hoota Cave Project

Make flood control system for Al-Hoota Caves and suggesting structure to be constructed for mitigation and control flood water going to cave.

Flood Risk Assessment-PDO

Risk Assessment through abandoned oil well to habitats, soil, water and atmosphere for PDO-Oman, through weightage analysis and thematic layers integration.

Buraimi Industrial Estate-Oman

Identification of locations for geotechnical survey through remote sensing and GIS. Correlating geotechnical survey results and flood zone mapping, for estimating land degradation or land subsidence

Flood Risk Assessment-OGC Salalah Port-Oman

Flood risk assessment and flood Modelling, stratigraphic modelling, and conceptual modelling to estimate stratigraphic distribution and amount of water available in every zone of aquifer.

Hydrogeology/ Hydrology of RAS-MARKHAZ

Did hydrological modeling and topological modeling for stablishing different storage containers

GIS Database creation and management-OMAN

Create data base at GIS Plate form for Oman at a Scale of 1: 5,000; including layers like Geology, Geomorphology, Structures, Base Maps, LU/LC, Soil, Well Layers, Ground Water Prospect Layers, Ground Water Quality, etc.

Flood Control system-ROP

Hydrogeology/ hydrology/ Geology of IRFAN site

Flood mitigation and control, Modelling surface Hydrology, calculate flow rate, volume of flooding and accordingly suggest the remedies for ROP - Oman.

Flood mitigation, modeling and control, groundwater contamination study, Modelling surface Hydrology, hydrogeology, groundwater pollutants distributions,

distribution and amount of water available in every zone of aquifer, calculate flow rate, volume of flooding and accordingly suggest the remedies for IRFAN site.

Railway Alignment Project-KEO

Worked on Habitat Mapping for Railway alignment project for Oman Railways, the proposed Railway alignment.

Beach-well Project

Supervise pump test for Beach well in Unconfined Aquifer, ground water quality data analysis, report preparation and then suggesting client correlation about number of wells/Yield and their requirement to fill crystal Lagoon for Community development purpose.

IIC TECHNOLOGIES, HYDERABAD

(Aug 2014 to Feb 2015)

Project

Main Responsibilities

Aquifer Mapping

Village/ Khasra level Aquifer Mapping, Aquifer/village-wise budgeting and management by using FEFLOW, FEMWATER, MODFLOW, MODPATH, SEAM 3D & Stratigraphic Modelling. Onetime assessment of groundwater resources (watershed basis & for village & aquifer wise), suggested mechanism for collection of required data/parameters for seasonal assessment.

Ground water quality mapping and Modelling

Multi-date Ground Water Quality mapping, groundwater aquifer models with varying quality with depth and seasons. Pollutants spreading models creation which are been simulated and cross checked through injection methods and its resultants.

Ground water budgeting

Created grid model by integration of all layers (More than 150 Layers of Information), which is displayed by display tool. Individual Grid display showed all information about 2D-Aquifers, 3D-Aquifers, Ground Water Quality, Stratigraphy and Sustainability information.

Trainings

Capacity building of Client Staff/Officials - State Level Training Program for Local End-users was conducted and led by me.

NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE/ ISRO, HYDERABAD

(Aug 2009 to Aug 2014)

Project

Main Responsibilities

RGNDWM Project

Ground Water Prospect Mapping in India, Phase - III. Worked for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry, Assam, Uttrakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. Ground Water Prospect Mapping/Ground Water Quality Mapping/Ground Water Aquifer Mapping/Ground Water Modelling in IV Phase.

Aquifer Mapping Project-CGWB

Ground Water Quality Mapping for 3 levels of Aquifers with remote sensing and GIS applications. Ground Water Quality Pollutants Modelling. Aquifer Mapping & Modelling with the co-relation of ground water prospect maps to geo-physical data (especially VES data) & water level data.

COPIS Project

Conducted placer deposits mapping with GPR, remote sensing & GIS data in Rameshwaram area, Tamil Nadu, India.

Ground Water Planning & Management Study for Greater Hyderabad

Ground Water Planning & Management Study for Greater Hyderabad, India, based on Geophysical, Hydrological Data, using Remote Sensing and GIS. Groundwater management plan was been suggested for next 50 years. Some recharge structures are been suggested to enhance the resources and quality of groundwater.

DDWS

Ground water Distribution System-TWAD

Groundwater distribution system development using DEM analysis and high resolution images in kalpakkam, Tamilnadu

BSF-Udhampur

Ground Water Prospect mapping, planning and management study and suggested bore well sights, in and around BSF Campus, Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

Palmakul watershed-Hyderabad

Identified representative sample location for Geogenic & Anthropogenic elements for ground water quality, using remote sensing and GIS. Weightage analysis and Modelling for resources estimation. Aquifer Mapping & Modelling with the co-relation of ground water prospect maps to geo-physical data (especially VES data) & water level data.

War for Water-DDWS

Identifying critical zones of aquifers with respect to prospects and quality, with the help of remote sensing and GIS, Identifying different problems, mitigation, modeling and suggesting an integrated groundwater management plan.

MAR’s Project

Study of hydraulic minerals on the mars by using hyperspectral remote sensing.

NRSC- Shadnagar

Ground Water Prospect mapping, planning and management study and suggested bore well sights, in new campus of NRSC/ISRO, at shadnagar. Suggesting storages and recharge structures types and locations.

UTTAR PRADESH REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION CENTRE, LUCKNOW

(March 2006- April 2007)

Project

Main Responsibilities

Sediment Load Assessment

Sediment load assessment in all rivers of Uttar Pradesh, India. Assessment is been done since 1968 to 2005.

Snout monitoring of Gangotry Glaciers

Snout monitoring of Gangotri Glacier Project. The glacial snout movement is been estimated through remote sensing interpretation of LISS-IV data and Toposheet to study shift in last 46 years of spam.

PPN DEGREE COLLEGE, KANPUR-UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

(2007-2009 & July 2004 to Feb 2005)

Project

Main Responsibilities

Lecturership

Recognized, respected & nurtured the creative potential of each student.

Prepared exercises, questionnaires and assignments for students at various levels.

Spearheaded teaching operation for structural geology, physical geology, mineralogy, petrology, paleontology, Stratigraphy, remote sensing & GIS, environmental science, economical geology, stratigraphical paleontology and engineering geology.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

2001 Study of Sedimentary formations/Litho-Stratigraphy at Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India.

2002 Structural & Physical Geology at Rishikesh & Dehradun, India.

2003 Structural & Sedimentological studies at Jhansi, India.

2004 Palaeontology & Engineering Geology at Dhar & Lameta, Bagh Beds, M.P

2004 Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India

2007 Metamorphic studies at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

2008 Physical Geology & Petrology at Jaipur, Jodhpur & Mt. Abu, Rajasthan

2009 Post field verification for Groundwater prospect mapping with ISRO, Jammu & Kashmir, India

2009 GPR survey for placer deposits in COPIS Project with ISRO at Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu, India

2010-11Pilot study for Groundwater Quality Mapping for 3 levels of aquifers with ISRO at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

2012 Groundwater prospect &Quality Mapping with ISRO at Pondicherry, Karaikal, Yanam & Mahi, India

PRESENTATIONS

“Methodology for ground water prospect with remote sensing/GIS” to Partner Institute& Organizations for RGNDWM Project.

“Methodology for ground water quality mapping with remote sensing & GIS” to G Madhavan Nair, Principle Secretary Planning Commission, India

“Methodology for ground water quality mapping with remote sensing & GIS” to 36 Partner Institutes and Organizations for RGNDWM Project.

“Methodology of integration with geophysical data to ground water quality& prospect data for mapping 3d pollutant distribution and modelling” to National Geophysical Research Institute, India and training program by NRSC/ISRO.

Methodology for selection of sample location for ground water quality with remote sensing/GIS to the Director, NRSC/ISRO.

Aquifer mapping and modelling with geophysical remote sensing & GIS Data to Scientists CGWB, India.

RESEARCH PAPERS

“Ground Water Quality Mapping of Lalitpur District- Uttar Pradesh, India with Remote Sensing and GIS Using Spatial Interpolation Method –Kriging” Paritosh Singh Chauhan* & C Sarala** Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology.(4th International Conference on Hydrology & Watershed Management- ICHWAM-2014, ISBN-***-**-****-952-1)

“Water Quality Index Model for the Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Part of Agra District, Uttar Pradesh” Paritosh Singh Chauhan*,C Sarala** & J Chandra Mohan**, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology. (4th International Conference on Hydrology & Watershed Management- ICHWAM-2014, ISBN-***-**-****-952-1)

“Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in Groundwater Resource Management: A Case Study from Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir. “K. Babu Govindha Raj*, Paritosh Singh Chauhan* & S.K. Subramanian** Hydrogeology Division, RS & GIS Application area, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) **Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), (Bhujal News, CGWB, VolumeNo.25, No.3 & 4, July & Dec 2010& Vol. 26, No1&4, Jan-December 2011, ISSN-0970-5775)

RESEARCH ABSTRACT

“Micro Level Aquifer Mapping of Palmakul-Kotur Watershed, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh-India”, “Paritosh Singh Chauhan*, G S Reddy**, S K Subramanian**, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) **Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),49th Annual Convention, Indian Geophysical Union.

“Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Selection of Sample Location for Determining the Geogenic and Anthropogenic Influences over Groundwater Quality”, “Paritosh Singh Chauhan*, G S Reddy**, S K Subramanian**, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) **Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), 49th Annual Convention, Indian Geophysical Union.

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