Impacts of Urbanization on Hydrological Systems in India (PDF)

Dr. P Thambidurai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Coastal Disaster Management at Pondicherry University - Port Blair Campus, Andaman, India. He received his Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India and Gian Maria Zuppi scholarship for high-achieving in research in the international student category, awarded by the University of Venice during his doctoral degree. He completed his graduate and post-graduate degrees from Periyar University, Salem, India. He joined Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala as a Research Associate after finishing his Ph.D. in 2015 and then, served there as an Assistant Professor till 2018. He has intensive field and consultancy experiences in Geo Technical Mining Solution, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India.



He has vast field experience in hydrogeology, where he contributed to building the national level policy called Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Recommendation - The Fundamentals to improve the groundwater and surface water resources. This River policy has been adopted by Government of India - Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Jal Sakthi to Rejuvenate 13 major rivers in India. He has published about 20 scientific articles in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters.







Dr. Anil Kumar Dikshit is Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) Professor in the Environmental Infrastructure & Clean Tech (EICT) Group and In-charge of GIS Laboratory for Environmental Management & Sustainability (GEMS) of the Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) Department at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

He did his graduation and masters' in Civil Engineering in 1985 and 1987, respectively and completed Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, USA in the year 1994.





He has more than 30 years of experience in Teaching, Research and