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Responsibilities

  • Associate Dean, Research & Development

Research Areas

  • Physical, Chemical, Isotope Hydrogeology
  • Water Res. Policy and Governance
  • Contaminant fate and transport
  • Numerical and Geochemical Modeling
  • Geologic control on hydrologic systems

Ph.D., 2006, University of Kentucky, USA; Postdoctoral, 2006-08, University of Texas at Austin; Physical Hydrogeologist, 2008-10, Alberta Geological Survey, Canada; Faculty, 2010-till, IIT Kharagpur

I work in groundwater exploration for suitable and sustainable drinking water sources in different parts of the world, specifically India.These study areas suffer from poor groundwater quality or groundwater insufficiency. With my specialization in regional hydrogeology and groundwater contaminant transport, my students and I are engaged in understanding decadal-scale groundwater storage changes over Indian subcontinent, groundwater-river-seawater interactions, groundwater quality evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, Numerical and AI simulations of groundwater. I have also recently initiated a project on application of artificial intelligence techniques in predicting future groundwater availability and pollution in different parts of India.My regularly collaborators include internationally acclaimed scientists from NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, British Geological Survey, MIT, Columbia University, KTH Sweden, University College London, Manchester University etc.

My researches on groundwater have been funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, DST, Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of West Bengal, GSA etc. I have developed the first regional groundwater flow model of the western Bengal basin and explored arsenic-safe aquifers in extensive parts of the Gangetic plains and delta. The findings have influenced the groundwater usage policy by Government of India. I received the first Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2020 in groundwater and selected by DST as one of 50 Indian scientists below 50 years age

Research Areas

  1. A. Arsenic and other contaminants fate and transport: global-scale to laboratory scale
    B. Interaction of groundwater with sea and river water
    C. Groundwater recharge and estimation
    D. Groundwater evolution (flow and chemistry) of large sedimentary basins
    E. Groundwater exploration, management and remediation
    F. Urban Geoscience
    G. Numerical Methods, AI, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics Application
    H. Numical, Geospatial and Geochemical Modeling
  • Solute chemistry and fate of arsenic in the aquifers between the Himalayan foothills and Indian craton: Influence of geology and geomorphology by Mukherjee, A.*, Scanlon, B.R., Fryar, A.E.,D, Ghosh, A., Chaudhari, S., Mishra, R. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 90 283-302 (2012)
  • Deeper groundwater chemistry and geochemical modeling of the arsenic affected western Bengal basin, West Bengal, India by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E. Applied Geochemistry 23 863-892 (2008)
  • Hydrogeochemical comparison and effects of overlapping redox zones on groundwater arsenic near the western (Bhagirathi sub-basin, India) and eastern (Meghna sub-basin, Bangladesh) of the Bengal basin by Mukherjee, A.*, von Brömssen, M, Scanlon, B.R., Bhattacharya, P., Fryar, A.E., Hasan, M.A., Ahmed, K.M., Jacks, G. Chatterjee, D., Sracek, O. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 99 31-48 (2008)
  • Regional hydrostratigraphy and groundwater flow modeling of the arsenic contam by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E., and Howell, P Hydrogeology Journal 15 1397-1418 (2007)
  • Regional scale stable isotopic signature and recharge of the deep water of the arsenic affected areas of West Bengal, India by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E., and Rowe, H.D. Journal of Hydrology 334 151-161 (2007)

Principal Investigator

  • Analysis & Consumables of Environmental Samples Various Government and Non-Government Organisations
  • Drinking water availability in the climate change vulnerable Sunderbans, West Bengal, India Public Health Engineering Directorate
  • Estimation Study of Sand Deposition in Sand MiningBlock MGB-42 situated at MouzaAskola, Gopiballavpur-II, District Jhargram,West Bengal Office of the Joint Director, Zone I ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
  • Evaluation of sources of groundwater recharge and groundwater contamination and decipher their control BRNS, DAE, MUMBAI
  • Impact RISE Conclave 2026 IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Present day and predicted physico-chemcial and climate change influence on solute influx to Northern Bay of Bengal and its impact on biotic system Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • Strengthening Climate Resilience and Source Sustainability in Rural Water Supply Systems in West Bengal United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)

Co-Principal Investigator

  • AI-based Mapping and Prediction of Groundwater Salinization in Israel and India under Current and Future Climate Scenarios Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • AI-based Mapping and Prediction of Groundwater Salinization in Israel and India under Current and Future Climate Scenarios Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Hydro- Geological Study of the proposed project Thermal Power Plant 2x800 at Salboni JSW Thermal Energy Limited
  • Metagenomic assessment of microbial diversity, functionality and metabolic activities in polymetallic nodules and associated sediments and water of Central Indian Ocean Basin Ministry of Earth Sciences

Ph. D. Students

Abantika Kar

Area of Research: Hydrology

Ankit Dipta Dutta

Area of Research: Subsurface Geophysics

Ankuran Dewgharia

Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality

Anwesha Mukhopadhyay

Area of Research: Groundwater and surface water quality

Arpan Das

Area of Research: Groundwater processes

Champa Banerjee

Area of Research: Groundwater Interactions

David Anand Aind

Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality

Kate Rutuja Ramesh

Area of Research: Reclamation and biodiversity assessment

Md Anisur Hoque

Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality

Mugdha Talukdar

Area of Research: Hydrogeology

Nilasree Raychowdhury

Area of Research: Groundwater Pollution

Pabitra Senapati

Area of Research: Coastal Hydrology

Prakrity Majumder

Area of Research: Groundwater evolution

Rahul Ghosh

Area of Research: Groundwater River water Interactions

Samarpita Sarkar

Area of Research: Groundwater River water Interactions

Somdipta Sen

Area of Research: Ecohydrology

Sonia

Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality

Swagata Adhikary

Area of Research: Groundwater chemistry

Tridip Bhowmik

Area of Research: Groundwater quality and remediation

Yachna Verma

Area of Research: Paleoclimatology and Continental Deposits