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Prof. Brijesh Kumar Yadav

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, University of California Davis

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1286-7934
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Prof. Brijesh Kumar Yadav is the Head of Hydrology Department, Indian Institute of Hydrology (IIT) Roorkee. He is an awardee of ‘Ramanujan Fellow’ by Government of India and had received postdoctoral fellowships from University of California Davis, Utrecht University & UNESCO-IHE Delft, Netherlands. His current research focuses on Groundwater management, multi-phase flow in subsurface, soil water flow and solute transport through deep and heterogeneous vadose zone, Phytoremediation of heavy metals, Bioremediation of hydrocarbon polluted sites, Quantification of groundwater, Managed Aquifer Recharge in salt affected regions, and CO2 sequestration in deep subsurface. Prof. Brijesh has published more than 55 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and made 40+ presentations at various national and international gatherings in areas of natural resource management. He has mentored 03 Postdoctoral fellows and supervised 07 PhD and 33 MTech dissertations. He is currently handling 02 international research projects and involved in 09 research/consultancy projects at national level in different areas of soil-water resources. He has successfully organized the 8th International Groundwater Conference (IGWC) in 2019 and chaired the Natural-hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas in 2022. He was also the core committee member of Roorkee Water Conclave (RWC) in 2020 and 2022. Prof. Brijesh has coordinated 15 training courses/workshop sponsored by different funding agencies (CPCB, GIAN, QIP, TEQIP) of Government of India. Apart from these, Prof. Brijesh was ranked in the top ten outstanding teachers list consequently for the last four years i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 in the PG category at IIT Roorkee.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Professor and Head
    2021 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Associate Professor
    2016 - 2021
  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Assistant Professor
    2012 - 2016
  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Ramanujan Fellow
    2011 - 2012
  • University of California Davis Postdoc researcher
    2010 - 2010
  • Universiteit Utrecht Postdoctoral Fellow
    2008 - 2010
  • UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Researcher
    2006 - 2008

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD
    2003 - 2007

Projects & Funding

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Publications (17)