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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 | Durga Chandra (1983–present) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hydro Geophysics |
Early life and education
editHe was born in Varanasi. 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.
Career
editChandra 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, deep productive fracture zone aquifers in hard rocks, fresh/saline groundwater interface and aquifers in coastal tracts and cyclone inundated areas, aquifers in saturated cavities of limestone,[6] safe aquifer delineation and well designing in contaminated areas.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Groundwater Geophysics in Hard Rock". CRC Press. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Faculty of Science, Varanasi Alumni list". Banaras Hindu University. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Central Ground Water Board, West Central Region". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "WAPCOS - About Us". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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. Bibcode:1987GeoEx..24..483C. 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. Bibcode:2011EMnAs.175..331S. doi:10.1007/s10661-010-1535-z. PMID 20563899. S2CID 45851883.