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G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development

(An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India)

Kosi-Katarmal, Almora - 263643, Uttarakhand, India

 

 

 

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Er. Soukhin Tarafdar

Scientist-C

Group: Watershed Process Management (WPM) & Knowledge Product & Capacity Building (KCB)

Theme: Watershed Process Management (WPM)

Address: G.B.P.I.H.E.D., Garhwal Unit, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India

Phone:  (Code: +91-1346) 252603(O), Fax: 252603

Born: 14.04.1974

Qualifications

Level

Year

Degree

University

Graduation

1994

B.Sc. (Geology) Hons.

Utkal University, Orissa, India

Post Graduation

1997

M.Tech. (Applied Geology)

I.I.T., Roorkee, India

Employment

No.

Post

Place

From

To

Duties

1

Scientist

GBPIHED, Garhwal Unit, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand

05/05/2008

Till date

Research & Development

2 Senior Technical Assistant Central Ground Water Board, Patna 31/07/2006 02/05/2008 Hydrogeological investigation, Aquifer Testing, Remote Sensing Studies for arsenic contaminated districts of Bihar, Preparation of district Brochure etc
3 GIS, RS & Geohydrology Specialist Senes Consultant India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata 12/07/2005 30/07/2006 EIA &EMP for OIL and Mining industries, GIS for Urban development and Risk mapping using IKONOS data.
4 Technical Support Engineer Erdas India Pvt. Ltd., Shillong 12/05/2005 10/06/2005 Worked for Meghalaya Forest Dept. Meghalaya
5 Scientific & Technical Assistant Jharkhand Space Application Centre, Jarkhand 03/09/2004 10/05/2005 RS data interpretation  ,GIS ,Digital image Processing ,GPS data collection  and making project proposal for the state of Jharkhand.
6 Research Associate Department of Science & Technology and NES, Kolkata 25/11/1997 02/09/2004 Satellite data interpretation, field verification, generation of various theme maps, integration and analysis using Digital Image Processing and GIS software and report writing

Research and Development – Experience & Expertise

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

Field / Demonstration Projects – Experience & Expertise

Natural Resource Management, Disaster Management, EIA/EMP, Artificial Recharge (Ground water)

Academic Supervision

 

Doctoral

Post Graduation

Bachelor

Industrial Training

Completed

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In Progress

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Research Interests

No.

Broad Subject Area

Specialization

Sector

1

Remote Sensing and GIS

Natural Resource, Disaster Management and snow/glacier studies  
2 EIA/EMP Studies Ground Water Studies  

 Extra curricular activities: 

  1. Hobbies:        Bird Watching, Traveling
  2. Sports:           Badminton, Table Tennis, Volley Ball

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