Prabhat C. Chandra
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Prabhat C Chandra[1] (born 4 December 1950) is an Indian geophysicist. Since 1973, he has done extensive work in the field of hydrogeophysics, encompassing groundwater exploration, development and management with a specialization in groundwater geophysics using various geophysical methods.
Prabhat C Chandra | |
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 Chandra in 2010 | |
| Born | 4 December 1950 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | NGRI, CSIR, Hyderabad, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
| Alma mater | Banaras Hindu University |
| Spouse(s) | Durga Chandra (1983–present) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hydro Geophysics |
Early life and educationEdit
He was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He graduated in Geology & post graduation in Geophysics[2] from Banaras Hindu University, then pursued doctoral work in Groundwater Geophysics jointly from Banaras Hindu University & National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. He topped his class in geology as well as post graduation in geophysics, and was awarded the BHU Cash Prize and Master N.L. Sharma Memorial Gold Medal for standing first in Geology.
CareerEdit
Chandra started his career with National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad as a Research Fellow in 1973, joining the Central Ground Water Board,[3] Ministry of Water Resources (India) as a geophysicist in 1978. He later became Regional Director in the same organization. Currently he is associated with WAPCOS[4] as an advisor and with 'The World Bank'[5] as a consultant.
His work includes:
- Source finding in drought prone areas/ rural community water supply
- Deep productive fracture zone aquifers in hard rocks
- Fresh/saline groundwater interface and aquifers in coastal tracts & cyclone inundated areas[6]
- Fresh aquifers in inland ground water salinity
- Regional aquifers in sedimentary basins
- Aquifers in saturated cavities of limestone[7]
- Fresh groundwater aquifers in desert
- Aquifers in shallow and deep palaeo-channels
- Fresh aquifers in island
- Groundwater in hilly tracts
- Groundwater movement
- Auto-flowing aquifer zones
- Aquifer hydraulic parameter estimation
- Integrated interpretation of aeromagtic maps & satellite imageries for fracture zones
- Groundwater pollution studies - anthropogenic
- Safe-aquifer delineation & well designing in geogenically contaminated areas[8]
- Artificial recharge
- Groundwater seepages
- Deep aquifers in Ganga, Bengal and Godavari basins
- Land subsidence & long cracks due to over- exploitation
- Integrating multi-technique surface/subsurface geophysics
- Borehole geophysical logging
- Water well assembly designing/ well rehabilitation
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Groundwater Geophysics in Hard Rock". CRC Press. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "Faculty of Science, Varanasi Alumni list". Banaras Hindu University. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ↑ http://cgwb.gov.in/wcr/profile.htm
- ↑ http://www.wapcos.gov.in/Home/Aboutus.aspx
- ↑ http://www.indiawrm.org/Docs/Project%20Preparation%20Guidelines/Trainings/NGRI%20Report%20to%20WB_SGT_Dec2014.pdf
- ↑ http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/Abstract_Volume_2010.pdf
- ↑ Chandra, P.C; Tata, Satyanarayana; Raju, K.C.B (1987). "Geoelectrical response of cavities in limestones: an experimental field study from Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India". Geoexploration. 24 (6): 483–502. doi:10.1016/0016-7142(87)90017-2.
- ↑ Saha, D; Sahu, S; Chandra, PC (2011). "Arsenic-safe alternate aquifers and their hydraulic characteristics in contaminated areas of Middle Ganga Plain, Eastern India". Environ Monit Assess. 175 (1–4): 331–48. doi:10.1007/s10661-010-1535-z. PMID 20563899. S2CID 45851883.