SOMNATH BANDYOPADHYAY

About

Dr Somnath Bandyopadhyay is a Development Ecologist based in Vadodara (India). He consults on environmental and social reporting, studies sustainable water systems in monsoon Asia, and mentors sustainability enthusiasts through books and lectures. He is also on different government committees and Boards of non-profits.

He was a Founding Faculty at the School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, during 2014-2022, where he taught post-graduate courses related to ecology and sustainability, limnology and oceanography, environmental economics and policy.

A Gold medalist in his undergraduate and post-graduate courses at Calcutta University, he received his MPhil and PhD in Environmental Sciences from JNU, New Delhi (1994). He is also trained in Environmental Economics and Policy at Harvard, USA (1999) and Enterprise Development at the Springfield Centre, UK (2008). He led the State Environment Action Plan for Gujarat (2002) and a Multi-input Area Development Programme for Bihar (2010) before focusing on water issues.

Employment

• Nalanda University Associate Professor
  2014 - 2022

Education

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Publications (11)

• A win-win solution? The promise and the social realities of aquifer storage and recovery options in rural India
  Societal Impacts 2025 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100121
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• Water in poverty alleviation (SDG 1)
  Water Matters: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2024 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15537-6.00011-2
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• Environmental footprints of disposable and reusable personal protective equipment ‒ a product life cycle approach for body coveralls
  Journal of Cleaner Production 2023 31 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136166
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• Looking Back at My Guru “Professor Brij Gopal” : An Extraordinary Wetland Ecologist
  International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2022 1 citation DOI: 10.55863/ijees.2022.0021
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• An Integrated Site Selection Criterion for Aquifer Storage and Recovery
  Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2022 5 citations DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001674
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• Potential for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) in South Bihar, India
  Sustainability 2021 14 citations DOI: 10.3390/su13063502
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• Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems
  Journal of Water Process Engineering 2021 126 citations DOI: 10.1016/J.JWPE.2021.101966
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• Sustainable Access to Treated Drinking Water in Rural India
  Rural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security 2016 12 citations DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804132-1.00009-3
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• Sustainable Access to Treated Drinking Water in Rural India
  Rural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security 2016 12 citations DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804132-1.00009-3
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• 11. Exclusion to empowerment: Women of the Siddi community in Gujarat, India
  What Works for the Poorest? 2013 2 citations DOI: 10.3362/9781780440439.011
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