Rudra Mohan Pradhan

Dr. Rudra Mohan Pradhan

Scientist-B, Marine Science Group (MSG)

Email : rudra[dot]pradhan[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in

Phone(Off) : 0471- 2511717

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

Ph.D. : 2022, Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
M.Sc. : 2012, Geology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
B.Sc. : : 2010, Geology, North Orissa University Baripada, Odisha, India.

Area of Specialization & Interest:

  • Fault Zone Hydrogeology, Earth Surface Processes, Critical Zone Studies,Near-Surface Geophysics, Stable Isotopes

Professional Career:

2024 - Present Scientist-B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
2022 - 2024 National Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
2022 - 2022 Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
2019 - 2022 Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
2019 - 2019 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA.
2016 - 2018 Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
2013 - 2014 Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

  1. International Travel Support (ITS), ANRF, Govt. of India (₹120000) (2024).
  2. 52ndWorld Groundwater Congress IAH 2024 Travel Support, Davos, Switzerland ($750) (2024).
  3. International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Grant, UK (€450) (2024).
  4. INC-IAH Travel Bursary, IAH Indian National Chapter, Faridabad (₹10000) (2024).
  5. Best Presentation Award, INC-IAH-CSMU Groundwater Conference, Navi Mumbai (2024).
  6. INC-IAH Best Paper Award, IAH Indian National Chapter, Faridabad (2023).
  7. National Postdoctoral Fellowship, SERB-DST, Govt. of India (₹2600000) (2022).
  8. Research Associateship, IIT Bombay (₹84000) (2022).
  9. Geochemical Society Grant (Goldschmidt 2022) Hawai’i, USA ($2500) (2022).
  10. AGU Fall Meeting Grant (Near-Surface Geophysics), USA ($1000) (2021).
  11. GEOHOST Support (35th IGC 2020, India) ($375) (2020).
  12. International Travel Grant by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (₹140000) (2019).
  13. GSA International Travel Grant (Geological Society of America, USA), ($700) (2019).
  14. IAHS-SYSTA Grant, IAHS, UK ($2700) (2019).
  15. WARI Fellowship, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and DST ($15,200) (2019).
  16. International Financial Grant, State Key Laboratory, Shanghai, China ($1000) (2018).
  17. International Travel Support (ITS), SERB-DST, Govt. of India (₹86275)(2018).
  18. Institute Inspire Scholarship by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (₹24000) (2010).
  19. IIT Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM) Qualified.
  20. Senior Merit Scholarship by North Orissa University, Odisha (₹1300) (2009).
  21. National Merit Scholarship by CHSE, Govt. of Odisha (2007).

Membership in Professional Bodies:

  • Member: International Association for Hydrogeologists (IAH), UK
  • Life Member: International Association for Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UK
  • Member: Geochemical Society, USA
  • Member: American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA
  • Life Member: Nordic Association for Hydrology (NAH), Sweden
  • Member: Geological Society of India, Bangalore

Google Scholar Links:

  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TSKWpcgAAAAJ

ORCID:

  • 0000-0002-9977-9223

Vidwanid:

  • 584053

Other Professional Activities (Professional Training/Committees/Editorial Services):

 

 

Training/Workshops

  • Training Course on “Advanced Instrumentation for Earth and Environmental Sciences” (DST-STUTI, NGRI Hyderabad and NIT Warangal) (June 2023).
  • Short course on “Environmental Isotope tracers in Hydrogeological Applications” (University of Milano and GTK Finland) (Oct 2020).
  • Short course on “Contaminant Hydrogeology with a Focus on Asia" at Daejeon, Korea (Instructor: Prof. Franklin D Schwartz, Ohio University, USA) (2018).
  • Training on (1) Well Hydraulics and Pumping Test Data Analysis, (2) Application of Geophysical Techniques in Groundwater, (3) Aquifer Mapping: Concept and approaches (CGWB-RGNGWTRI, Raipur) (July-Nov 2016).
  • Training on Isotope Hydrology and groundwater resources (NIH Roorkee) (Feb 2016).
  • Training on Advanced Hydrological Modeling (NIH Kakinada) (Feb 2014).
  • Workshop on Hydrogeological and Aquifer characterization tests (Anna University) (Nov 2013).

Journal Reviewer

  • Scientific Reports (Nature)
  • Water Resources Management
  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • National Academy Science Letters
  • Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
  • Geoscience Frontiers
  • CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water
  • RSC Advances
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Natural Resources Research
  • Water
  • Remote Sensing
  • Land
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable Water Resources Management
  • Hydrology
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Applied Water Science
  • Earth Systems and Environment
  • Discover Geoscience
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Managing Editor: Journal of Geointerface (ISSN:2583-6900) (February 2022 onwards-)
  • Managing Executive and Board of Management: CEHESH TRUST OF INDIA (2022-)
  • Member Environment: ROSHNI Foundation (2015-)