Dr. S. Tarafdar | GBPNIHE

Dr. S. Tarafdar

Scientist E

,Garhwal Regional Centre

Contact: (01346) 252603(O)

tarafdar101s@gmail.com

soukhin1974@yahoo.co.in

tarafdar101s@gmail.com

Area of Specialization

Weather & Climate Change

Groundwater

Hydrology

Qualification

  • B.Sc. (Geology) Hons. from Utkal University, Orissa, India in 1994.
  • M.Tech. (Applied Geology ) from I.I.T., Roorkee, India in 1997.
  • PhD ( Water Resource Management) from IIT Guwahati ,Assam,India

Expertise

Natural Resource Management

Disaster Management

EIA/EMP, Artificial Recharge (Ground water)

Application of passive microwave data for snow-depth and snow-extent estimation in parts of Himalayas.

Work Experience

Scientist

Research and Development

G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development,Garhwal Regional Centre

05/05/2008-Till Date

Senior Technical Assistant

Hydrogeological investigation, Aquifer Testing, Remote Sensing Studies for arsenic contaminated districts of Bihar , Preparation of district Brochure etc

Central Ground Water Board, Patna

31/07/2006-02/05/2008

GIS, RS & Geohydrology Specialist

EIA &EMP for OIL and Mining industries, GIS for Urban development and Risk mapping using IKONOS data.

Senes Consultant India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata

12/07/2005-30/07/2006

Technical Support Engineer

Worked for Meghalaya Forest Dept. Meghalaya

Erdas India Pvt. Ltd., Shillong

12/05/2005-10/06/2005

Scientific & Technical Assistant

RS data interpretation ,GIS ,Digital image Processing , GPS data collection and making project proposal for the state of Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Space Application Centre, Jharkhand

03/09/2004-10/05/2005

Research Associate

Satellite data interpretation, field verification, generation of various theme maps, etc

Department of Science & Technology and NES, Kolkata

25/11/1997-02/09/2004

Countries Visited

    China    Nepal   

Awards / Recognition

National

UCOST Young Scientist award

Academic Supervision

  • Status
  • Completed
  • Ongoing
  • Doctoral
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  • Post Graduation
  • M.Tech
    M.Phil
    MSc
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    2
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  • Bachelor
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  • Industrial Training
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Research Interests

Broad Subject Area Specialization Sector
Remote Sensing and GIS Natural Resource, Disaster Management and snow/glacier studies Water Resources
EIA/EMP Studies Ground Water Studies

Publications

Sl.No. Category Numbers
Peer Reviewed Reports 20
Peer Reviewed Papers 7
Paper in Book chapter 6
Popular article 6
Technical Manuals 5
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Skills

Technical Skills
  • Instruments : Water,Soil and Air Instruments
  • Softwares : RS and GIS software
Others
  • Surface and Groundwater Models

Extra curricular activities

  • Hobbies:    Bird Watching, Traveling
  • Sports:       Badminton, Table Tennis, Volley Ball