Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Hydrology

Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)- Roorkee, (2018)

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences

Central University of Rajasthan, (2013)

B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology

Patna Science College, Patna University, (2011)

Ramanujan Fellow

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Aug 2022 to onwards)

Adjunct Assistant Professor

University of Waterloo, Canada (Aug 2022 to onwards)

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Waterloo, Canada (Jan 2019 to July 2022)

Project Assistant, Centre for Development Communications, Jaipur

Aug 2013 to May 2014

Prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship by ANRF, Govt. of India

Host Institute: Center for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi

National Eligibility Test(NET), Environmental Sciences Fellowship

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi
UGC Ref No-3678/(NET-DEC. 2013)

Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ASRB)-NET 2014, Environmental Sciences

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. Ref No. 02309/NET2014(I)

University Merit Scholarship

Central University of Rajasthan

• WSCC-2024 Travel Award, GieBen, Germany

• E-microBiome Project has been awarded as 1st Prize among all technologies presented in the 16th Open House, IIT Delhi. We received Rs 40,000/- cash prize for the same

• Water Research Award for Rural Development by Bihar Agriculture University, Sabaur, Bihar, India

• Vaibhav Deoli* received “Young Rural Innovator Award” in GI-YSRI Conference 2023 at NASC Complex, New Delhi held on May 31-June 2, 2023. (*PhD Student)

• Vaibhav Deoli* received prestigious “Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF)” for his PhD project on “Restoration of Chromium Contaminated Soil-Groundwater Systems at Rania COPR Site, Kanpur Dehat, India”. (*PhD Student)

• Travel Award - Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France

• Editor's Choice Manuscripts : i) Gupta et al. (2021) ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(8), 04021023; ii) Gupta (2020)ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 146(1), 03119001.

• Third Best Article in IIT Roorkee's Hindi Magazine awarded by IIT Roorkee in September 2018.

• JpGU Travel Grant Winner (100000 JPY) awarded by JpGU, Japan in May 2018.

• EXCEED Full Support to Participate in Workshop on “Water Security Assessment” during 26-30 March 2018 at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

• AGU Student Travel Grant Winner ($1000) awarded by AGU, USA in Dec. 2017.

• IIT Roorkee International Travel Grant awarded by IIT Roorkee in Dec. 2017.

• विज्ञान भारती (VIBHA)

• Society for Agriculture and Hydrology Scholar of India (SYAHI)

• Global Indian Scientist and Technocrats Forum (Vibha)

• International Association of Hydrological Sciences

• Japan Geoscience Union

• American Geophysical Union

• UK-India Water Centre

• International Water Resources Association

• American Society of Civil Engineers

• International Association for Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (IAWEES)

• European Association of Geochemistry

• Editorial Board Member of Environment & Wev: An International Journal of Science & Technology, SEDINDIA

• Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, Nature

• Member of Youth Editorial Board of Biochar Journal, Springer

• Member of Youth Editorial Board of Carbon Research Journal, Springer

• Review Editor of Water Journal, Frontiers

• Member of Editorial Board of Discover Applied Sciences Journal, Springer

• Book Editorship:
  1. Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies Elsevier, USA
  2. Navigating the nexus: hydrology, agriculture, pollution, and climate change Springer Nature Switzerland
  3. Integrated waste management: recent trends, policies, and perspectives CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group
  4. Advances in agri-tech approaches for nutrients and irrigation water management CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group
  5. Linkage of soil-water-agriculture-climate change Springer Nature Switzerland
  6. Advances in remediation techniques for polluted soils and groundwater Elsevier, USA
  7. Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants Springer Nature Singapore
  8. Precision Technologies for Digital Agriculture Elsevier, USA

• Guest Editor:
  1. Fate, Transport, and Remediation of Hazardous Contaminants in the Soil-Groundwater Systems, CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water
  2. Advances in Agrometeorology and Climatology, Agriculture, MDPI
  3. Looking into the Future of Smart Water Management through Artificial Intelligence, water, MDPI
  4. Remote Sensing for Wildfire Management Potential and Impacts, Fire Ecology, Springer
  5. Exploring the Rise of AI-Based Smart Water Management Systems, AQUA - Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, IWA
  6. AI-Driven Hydrological Models for Water Resource System” Clean, Wiley
  7. Comprehensive Waste Management with Optimizing Green Technology in Sustainable Environment, Sustainability, MDPI
  8. Sustainable River Ecosystem Management, J. of Hydro informatics, IWA
  9. Integrated System Dynamics Modelling of the Water–Energy–Food–Land–Climate Nexus, Water, MDPI

• Reviewed 4 Funding Proposals/Sponsored Student Thesis/Research Competition submitted to the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) – a think tank of Govt. of India for planning and policy decisions and the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) – the Government agency and mission that handles one of the largest basins in the world (The Ganga basin)

• Served as a Session Chair in a session in International Conference on Civil, Environmental, and Applied Sciences (ICCEAS 2025), held on 18th–19th July 2025 at GIET, Baniatangi, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

• Advisory Committee Member : International Conference on Civil, Environmental and Applied Sciences - 2025

• Jury Member for the Research Renaissance Event and Wastewater Treatment Case Study at Nirmaan, Civil Conclave 2025, IIT Roorkee.

• Jury Member, Student Thesis Completion (STC) on “Re-imagining Urban Rivers” by/at NIUA, New Delhi

• Reviewer and Session Chair at TRACE-2024, Amity University, Noida

• Member, AGU Water and Society Technical Committee, https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/committees/water-and-society

• National Advisory Committee, icMBT-2024 organized by Microbiological Association for Science and Technology Development (MASTD) Lucknow, India, Glorious Vision University, Nigeria

• Technical Advisory Committee of HYDRO International: 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, NIT Warangal, 21-23 December 2023.

• Core Organising Team of Global Indian Young Scientist Research and Innovation Conference 2023, May 31 – 2 June, 2023 at NAS Complex, IARI, New Delhi. https://gist-forum.org/GI-YSRIC-2023.

• Served as a chair in a session on “Earth, Environmental, and Sustinability Sciences” in Global Indian Young Scientist Research and Innovation Conference 2023, held on 31 May 2023-2 June 2023 at NAS Complex, New Delhi, https://gistforum.org/GI-YSRIC-2023

• Served as a pannalist in a session on “Y20: Role of Youth in Science amd Technology” in Global Indian Young Scientist Research and Innovation Conference 2023, held on 31 May 2023-2 June 2023 at NAS Complex, New Delhi, https://gistforum.org/GI-YSRIC-2023

• Served as a Judge for- i) EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, and ii) the poster session during the annual (2019) UW World Wetland Day Research Symposium by Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo.

• Advisor & Moderator of Agriculture Sessions by GIST at the India International Science Festival, Goa, 10-13 Dec 2021.

• Invited Guest in Webinar on “Revisiting Flood Management and Irrigation Improvement Prospects in Bihar” Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of Bihar, 6-7 Aug. 2021.

• Scientific Advisory Committee (International) of International Symposium on Environmental Sustainability (ENVIROSUSTAIN-2021) to be organized by Shoolni University, India during 11-13 Nov. 2021.

• Scientific Advisory Committee (International) of International Conference on Threats and Challenges to Sustainability of Natural Resources: Contemporary Remedial Tools and Techniques [TCSNR-2021] organized by Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, GBPUA&T Pantnagar during 23-24 Oct. 2021.

• Technical Review Committee of National Conference on Sustainable and Recent Innovation in Science and Engineering organized by Motihari College of Engineering, Bihar during 28-29 Nov. 2019

• Convener of AGU Fall Meeting 2019 session on “GH21A – Water Is Life: Understanding Geogenic Groundwater Contamination and Improving Public Health Through Advances in Assessments, Water Quality Modelling, and Water Supply Management-I” during 9-13 Dec. 2019.

• Convener of AGU Fall Meeting 2019 session on “GH23B – Water Is Life: Understanding Geogenic Groundwater Contamination and Improving Public Health Through Advances in Assessments, Water Quality Modelling, and Water Supply Management III Posters” during 9-13 Dec. 2019. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Session/86741

• Served as a Judge for- i) EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, and ii) the poster session during 2019 annual UW World Wetland Day Research Symposium by Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo.

• Advisor & Moderator of Agriculture Sessions by GIST at the India International Science Festival, Goa, 10-13 Dec 2021.

• Environmental Geochemistry and Health Springer

• Environmental Technology Taylor & Francis

• Journal of Environmental Management Elsevier

• Discover Agriculture Springer Nature

• Environmental Engineering Science AEESP

• Pedoshere Elsevier

• Frontiers in Water, section Water and Climate Frontiers

• Frontiers in Environmental Science Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment Frontiers

• Frontiers in Water Frontiers

• Water Resource Management Frontiers

• Frontiers in Water Environmental Water Quality Frontiers

• Frontiers in Earth Science Hydrosphere Frontiers

• Frontiers in Environmental Science Frontiers

• Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers

• Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry Taylor & Francis

• Water and Environment Journal CIWEM

• Environmental Claims Taylor & Francis

• Environmental Earth Sciences Springer

• PLOS WATER PLOS

• Separation & Purification Reviews Taylor & Francis

• Reviews on Environmental Health De Gruyter

• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Springer

• Environmental Science and Pollution Research Springer

• Biochar Springer

• Sustainable Water Resources Management Springer

• Water and Environment Journal Wiley

• Applied Water Science Springer

• Ecohydrology Wiley

• Land Degradation and Development Wiley

• Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Springer

• Bulletin Of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologySpringer

• Environment Development and Sustainability Springer

• Environmental Earth Sciences Springer

• Environmental Sustainability Springer

• New Journal of Chemistry Royal Soc Chemistry

• Pollutants MDPI

• RSC Advances Royal Soc Chemistry

• Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology Springer

• SN Applied Sciences Springer

• Vadose Zone Journal Wiley

• Water Resources Management Springer

• Water Air and Soil Pollution Springer

• Carbon Research Springer Nature

• Environmental Geology Springer Nature

• Environmental Science and Pollution Research International Springer Nature

• Science of The Total Environment Elsevier

• Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals Elsevier

• PLOS Global Public Health PLOS

• ES Energy and Environment ES

• Natural Hazards Springer

• Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology Taylor & Francis

• Mires and Peat MiresPeat.net

• Arid Land Research and Management Taylor & Francis

• Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer

• Environmental Science NANO Royal Soc Chemistry

• Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology KeAi

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