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.

• 2024 - Present Scientist B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies
• 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.

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

1. International Travel Support (ITS), ANRF, Govt. of India (₹120000) (2024).
2. 52^ndWorld 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).

• 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

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• 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).

• 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-)

1. Technical Report on Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Study for delineating suitable sites for constructing earthing pits at Arjan Singh Air Force Station, Panagarh, West Bengal (2024). Funding agency: Indian Air Force, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. Role: Data acquisition and interpretation (Status: Completed).
2. Quantification of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and its quality flux (Trace elements and Nutrients) along the Odisha Coast, India: an integrated Time-lapse ERT and Environmental isotopic approach. Funding agency: SERB-DST, Govt. of India. Role: PI (Total Award: ?2600000; 12/2022-11/2024; Status: Closed).
3. Uranium contamination status in Precambrian basement aquifers of Ambaji Basin (Aravalli terrane), India: insight from structural and geochemical constraints. Funding agency: Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Role: PI (Total Award: $2000; 06/2019-09/2019; Status: Completed).

1. Maurya, S., Pradhan, R.M. and Singh, A. (2025). Characterization of structurally complex granitic basement rocks using multi-geophysical data: Insights into subsurface weathered bedrock zones and groundwater exploration. Near Surface Geophysics 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.70007.
2. Goswami, A., Sarangi, S., Mohanty, S.P., Patil, D.J., Sarkar, A., Ray, J.S., Das, S., Mohanty, D., Ahmad, S.M., Pradhan, R.M. and Barik, A. (2023). Negative d13Ccarb excursions within early part of the Lomagundi event recorded in the Paleoproterozoic sedimentary carbonates, Aravalli Supergroup, Rajasthan India: chemostratigraphy and basin evolution. Precambrian Research 399, 107240.http://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107240.
3. Pradhan, R.M.*, Singh, A., Ojha, A.K. and Biswal, T.K. (2022). Structural controls on bedrock weathering in crystalline basement terranes and its implications on groundwater resources. Scientific Reports (Nature) 12, 1-22. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15889-x.
4. Biswal, T.K., Pradhan, R.M., Sharma, N.K., Tiwari, S.K., Beniest, A., Behera, B.M., Singh, S., Saraswati, R., Bhardwaj, A., Umasankar, B.H. and Singh, Y.K. (2022). A review on deformation structures of different terranes in the Precambrian Aravalli-Delhi Mobile Belt (ADMB), NW India: Tectonic implications and global correlation. Earth-Science Reviews 230, 104037. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104037.
5. Behera, A.K.*, Pradhan, R.M., Kumar, S., Chakrapani, G.J. and Kumar, P. (2022). Assessment of Groundwater Flow Dynamics Using MODFLOW in Shallow Aquifer System of Mahanadi Delta (East Coast), India. Water 14(4), 611. http://doi.org/10.3390/w14040611.
6. Pradhan, R.M.*, Behera, A.K., Kumar, S., Kumar, P. and Biswal, T.K. (2022). Recharge and geochemical evolution of groundwater in fractured basement aquifers (NW India): Insights from environmental isotopes (d18O, d2H, and 3H) and hydrogeochemical studies. Water 14(3), 315. http://doi.org/10.3390/w14030315.
7. Pradhan, R.M.*, Balamurugan, G., Pradhan, B. and Biswal, T.K. (2021). Integrated multi-criteria analysis for groundwater potential mapping in Precambrian hard rock terranes (North Gujarat), India.Hydrological Sciences Journal 66 (6), 961-978.http://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.1906427.
8. Pati, P.*, Pradhan, R.M., Dash, C., Parkash, B. and Awasthi, A.K. (2015). Terminal fans and Ganga plain tectonism: A study of neotectonism and segmentation episodes of the Indo-Gangetic foreland basin, India.Earth-Science Reviews 148, 134-149.http://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.06.002.

1. Roul, A.R.*, Behera, A.K., Pradhan, R.M. and Pradhan, S.P. (2024). Navigating Hydrological Factors in Understanding and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in the Indian Himalayas. Springer Publ. (in Press).
2. Behera, A.K.*, Pradhan, R.M., Roul, A.R. and Kumar, P. (2024). Groundwater and Its Impact on Landslides Along Himalayan Regions: A Review. In: Meraj, G. et al. (eds) Navigating Natural Hazards in Mountainous Topographies. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Cham, 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65862-4_2.
3. Behera, A.K.*, Pradhan, R.M., Pradhan, B. and Kumar, P. (2024). Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater in Ambagarh regions: Mining rich state Chhattisgarh, India. Springer Publ. In: Marrugo-Negrete et al. (eds.), Mining Impacts and their Environmental Problems, (Springer Cham. and Capital Publ.), 163-174.
4. Pradhan, R.M.*, Deshmukh, R., Chandrasekhar, E., Balamurugan, G. andBiswal, T.K. (2019). Geoelectrical studies for groundwater exploration in fractured rock terrane (Ambaji basin, India). In: New Prospects in Environmental Geosciences and Hydrogeosciences (Springer), 511-514. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72543-3_115.
5. Pradhan, R.M.* and Biswal, T.K. (2018). Fluoride in groundwater: a case study in Precambrian terranes of Ambaji region, North Gujarat, India. PIAHS (Copernicus Publ.), 379, 351-356, http://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-351-2018.

1. Pradhan, R.M.*, Biswal, T.K.and Sharna, S.P. (2024). Understanding the complex granitic rock aquifers through lense of structural and geoelectrical studies: weathered-bedrock architecture and groundwater perspectives. 52nd World Groundwater Congress IAH 2024, Davos, Switzerland [ORAL].
2. Pradhan, R.M.*and Biswal, T.K. (2022). Elevated uranium in shallow fractured granitic aquifers, NW India: a structural and geochemical perspective. Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, Hawai?i, USA [POSTER].
3. Pradhan, R.M.*and Biswal, T.K. (2019). Elevated uranium concentration in groundwater of Aravalli region, Gujarat, India: a structural and geochemical study. 27th IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, July 8-18 [ORAL].
4. Pradhan, R.M.*, Weber, K.A., Snow, D.D. and Biswal, T.K. (2019). Spatio-temporal distributions of uranium concentration in shallow aquifers of Aravalli terrane (North Gujarat), India. GSA Annual Meetings, Arizona, USA, Sept 22-25 [POSTER].
5. Pradhan, R.M.* and Biswal, T.K. (2019). Structural and geophysical study for mapping deep-seated aquifers in Aravalli terrane, India. AGU Chapman Conference, Oct 21-24, Valencia, Spain [POSTER].
6. Pradhan, R.M.* and Biswal, T.K. (2018). Occurrence of uranium in groundwater in crystalline basement aquifers of Ambaji region, North Gujarat, India. 45th IAH Congress, Daejeon, South Korea, Sept 9-14 [POSTER].
7. Pradhan, R.M.* and Biswal, T.K. (2018). Sustainability of groundwater resources in Precambrian basement aquifers of Aravalli terrane, North Gujarat, India-a structural approach. 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (ICAMG-9), Shanghai, China, Oct 10-12 [POSTER].