Biography

Myself, Chiranjit Guha, completed my post-graduation (Master of Technology) in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2005. I did my graduation from Presidency College (Calcutta University) with Geology honors and Chemistry, mathematics as minors. After completion of my post-graduation I joined Foundation for Ecological Security and posted in Bhilwara, Rajasthan (India). My job profile was to carry out hydrogeological survey in all the remote villages where FES is working to ensure water availability through participatory ground water management after taking care of natural resources with community mobilization. I worked for Bhilwara, Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Agar, Mandla, Yavatmal, Angul, Koraput, Anand, Dahod, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kolar, Chikaballapur area on the same and helping FES field teams to understand the local hydrogeological features and characteristics for better decision making. I have been closely associated with Clemson University on carry out hydrogeological research project in Agar, Madhya Pradesh. I visited Clemson University (South Carolina) to spend months in summer camp on hydrogeological investigation techniques and also helped their students by teaching geophysical survey on field. In 2011, I joined Environment Engineering department of M.N.Dastur & Co (Pvt) Ltd, (an engineering consultant company) where I closely worked with RioTinto for their diamond mine project nearby Khajuraho (Bunder) for 2 and half years on mine pit hydrogeology. At the same time I also worked for different clients like Tata Steel, Arcelor Mittal, Bandel Thermal Power Corporation etc on hydrogeological investigation. During this tenure I have been accredited to NABET (National Accreditation Board of Education and Training) to work as a functional expert on EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment). In 2013, I joined back to FES and presently working on India Observatory program of FES.