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Dr. Rouf Ahmad Shah

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Dr. Rouf Ahmad Shah

Dr. Rouf Ahmad Shah

Designation : Scientist ‘C’

Phone : 7006764443

E-mail : rouf[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

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  • Research Group

    Hydrogeology – Himalayan Fluvial System and Groundwaters

  • Specialization

    Karst Hydrogeology & Isotope Hydrogeology

  • Academic Qualification

    Ph. D.

  • Professional Experience

    Year Experience
    Since 01 January, 2024 Scientist-c, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
    Since 06 Nov. 2020 To 31 Dec. 2023 Scientist-B, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India.
    05-02-2018 To 05-02-2019 Post-Doctoral Fellow at Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, Department of Space (Govt. of India), 380009
    10-09 2014-31-12- 2015 SRF, SERB-DST, GoI, Funded Research Project with DST No: SERB/F/1554/2012.
    Lecturer (on Contract), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India.
    Lecturer (on Contract), Department of Higher Education, J&K, India

  • Visiting Positions

    None

  • Teaching Experience

    • Lecturer (on Contract) from 01-07 -2020 To 15-10-2020, at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India.

    • Lecturer (on Contract) from 01-04-2020 to 31 -06-2020 at Govt. Degree College Ganderbal, Department of Higher Education, J&K, India.

  • Services

    a. Supervision/Guidance to Ph.D. Students

    01(Ongoing)

    b. Trainings

    M. Sc Dissertations (04) & Internship (07)

    c. Teaching

    M.Sc. & B. Sc. Level (batch, 2017, 2018, 2019), J&K, India

    d. External Research Fund received & Project Handled

    01 (Ongoing)

    e. Consultancy

    01 (Completed)

    f. Member of important Committees

    • Principal Member (Nominated), Bureau of Indian Standards, WRD-03, Govt. of India.

    • Member (Nominated) State Ganga Committee (SGC), Govt. of Uttarakhand.

    • Member (Nominated) Water Security Resilience in Uttarakhand, State Water & Sanitation Mission, Govt. of Uttarakhand.

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    • Post-doctoral Fellowship (01 year), PRL, Ahmedabad, India.

  • Countries Visited

    None

  • National/International (outside WIHG)Collaboration

    • Prof. Ghulam Jeelani, UoK, Srinagar, India

    • Prof. R.D. Deshpande, PRL, Ahmedabad, India

    • Dr. Noble Jaccob, Isotope Applications Division, BARC, Mumbai, India

    • Prof. Nico Goldscheider, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    • Prof. Alan E. Fryar , Deptt. of Earth and Environ. Sci., University of Kentucky, USA

    • Dr. Jerome Perrin, BRGM, Orleans Cedex, France

  • List of Publications

    (a)Publications (Referred Journal)
    • Shah RA*, Rawat G, Luirei K, Chauhan, K (2024) Geohydrology & Chemometric appraisal of karst & fissured springs in the Lesser Himalaya, India. Environmental Sustainability.

    • Iqbal V, Parray DS, Islam Z, Lone SA, Balaji S, Saleem M, Shah RA, Bhat GR (2024). Geoelectrical and Hydrochemical Insights in Tracing the Seawater Intrusion Along Coastal Aquifers of the East Coast of South Andaman Island, India. Earth Systems and Environment.

    • Shah RA*, Rai SK, Yadav JS (2023). Understanding recharge processes and solute sources of groundwater in karst settings of the Lesser Himalaya, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences,16, 186.

    • Shah RA*, Rai SK, Yadav JS, Tiwari SK (2023). Stable isotope hydrology of surface and groundwater from the Doon Valley: geo-meteorological processes and hydraulic linkages. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 68 (1), 76-90.
    • Chauhan P, Sharma J, Bhardwaj P, Mehta M, Shah RA, Singh O, Sain K (2023). Comparative analysis of discharge and sediment flux from two contiguous glacierized basins of Central Himalaya, India. Environ. Monit. Assess., 195 (6), 729
    • Shah RA*, Jeelani G, Yadav JS, Rai SK (2022). Hydrogeochemical and stable isotopic evidence to different water origins of karst springs in the western Himalayas, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 81 (10), 297.
    • Yadav JS, Tiwari SK, Rai SK, Shah RA, RBS Yadav (2022). Characterization of meteorological parameters over Dokriani Glacier catchment, Central Himalaya: implications for regional perspectives. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 134, 5, 88
    • Shah RA*, Ganaie JA, Yaseen S, Rai SK, Yadav JS, Dar TA, Tiwari SK (2021). Aquatic geochemistry of a major freshwater lake in the Kashmir Himalaya: solute acquisition and denudation process in the lacustrine system. Journal of Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. Springer Nature publications. 193:835.

    • Jeelani G, Shah R A, Deshpande RD, Dimri AP, Suraj, M, Sharma A, (2021). Isotopic analysis to quantify the role of Indian monsoon to water resources in selected river basins of the Himalaya. Journal of Hydrological Processes. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 35(11): e14406.

    • Shah R A, Jeelani G, Goldscheider N (2018). Karst geomorphology, Cave development and hydrogeology in the Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Acta Carsologica. Postajna Publications,47:1, 167-183.
    • Jeelani, G, Shah R A and Deshpande, RD (2018). Application of water isotopes to identify the sources of groundwater recharge in a mountainous catchment of western Himalaya. Journal of Climate Change. IOS Press. 4 (1):37-47.
    • Shah R A, Jeelani G and Noble J (2017). Estimating mean residence time of karst groundwater in mountainous catchments of Western Himalaya, India. Hydrological Sciences Journal, Taylor and Francis Publication. 62:8, 1230-1242.
    • Jeelani G, Shah R A, Deshpande RD, Frayar EA, Perrin J, Mukherjee A (2017). Distinguishing and estimating recharge to karst springs in snow and glacier dominated mountainous basins of western Himalaya, India. Journal of Hydrology. Elsevier Publications. 550: 239-252.
    • Jeelani, G, Shah R A, Frayar EA, Deshpande, RD, Mukherjee, A, Perrin, J (2017). Hydrological processes in glacierized high altitude basins of western Himalayas. Hydrogeology Journal. Springer Publications. 26:2, 615-628
    • Lone SA, Jeelani G, Deshpande, RD, Shah R A (2017). Evaluating the sensitivity of glacier to climate based on stable water isotopes and remote sensing. Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer Verlag Publishers. 76:598.

    • Jeelani G, Deshpande R D, Shah RA and Hassan W (2017). Influence of southwest monsoons in Kashmir Valley, western Himalayas. Journal of isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. Taylor and Francis Publications, 53(4): 400- 412.
    • Shah RA and Jeelani G (2016). Vulnerability of karst aquifer to contamination: a case study of Liddar catchment, Kashmir Himalayas. J. Himalayan Ecol. Sustainable Dev. 11: 58-69. University of Kashmir Publications.
    • Jeelani G, Shah R A, Noble J and Deshpande R D (2016). Estimation of snow and glacier melt contribution to Liddar stream in a mountainous catchment, western Himalaya: an isotopic approach. Journal of isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. Taylor and Francis Publication. 53(1): 18-35p.
    • Saleem M, Jeelani G and Shah R A (2015). The hydrochemistry of Dal Lake and the potential for sustainability for present, future management by using hydrochemical facies Ionic Ratios, and statistical analysis. Journal of Environmental Earth Science, Springer –Verlag. 74(4),3301-3313p.
    • Jeelani G, Shah RA and Hussain A (2014). Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater in Kashmir Valley, India. Journal of Earth System Science, Springer –Verlag.123 (5),1031-1043p.
    • Sheikh J A, Jeelani G, Gavali S and Shah R A (2013). Weathering and anthropogenic influence on water and sediment chemistry of Wular Lake, Kashmir western Himalaya, India. Journal of Environmental Earth Science, Springer- Verlag.71,2837-2846p.
    b. Publications in Edited Books
    • Rai, SK, Shah RA, Das S (2022). Cooperative management of Himalayan rivers among the riparian states. In: Water Scarcity, Contamination and Management. Tiwari AK, Kumar A, Singh, AK, Singh TN, Suozzi E, Matta, G, Russo SL (eds), Elsevier, Radarweg, AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5, 59-71.
    • Jeelani, G, Shah R A and Deshpande, RD (2017). Assessment of groundwater in karst system of Kashmir Himalayas. Groundwater of South Asia. Mukherjee A (Eds). Springer Nature, Singapore, 85-100p. Doi: 10.1007/ 978-981-10-3889-1_6.
    • Jeelani G and Shah RA (2017). Delineation of point sources of recharge in karst settings. Trends in Asian water in Environmental Science and Technology: by Futoshi Kurisu, AL Ramanathan, Absar Kazmi and Manish Kumar (Eds): International Springer Verlag, London; 17: 195-209p.
    C. Papers Presented in Conferences (International/National)
    • Vulnerability of karst aquifer to contamination. International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Environment), 83-84p (ISSUE 2017). Tezpur University, Assam, 23-24 June, 2017
    • Estimation of glacier melt contribution to Liddar stream in a mountainous catchment, western Himalaya: an isotopic approach. International conference on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia, held at Kathmandu, Nepal March-2015 (ISSUE 2015).
    • Distinguishing and estimation of spring recharge. A case study of Martand Karst Spring Kashmir Valley.19th National symposium on Environment: Climate Change. December 11-13 (ISSUE 2014). MGM- Indra Gandhi University, Kottayam Kerala Karela, India.
    • MRT of groundwater in karst. Paper presented in 11th JK Science Congress 2015 on Scientific, Social and Economic dimensions of climate change held at University of Kashmir from October 12-14,2015
    • Hydrogeochemistry of groundwater in Kashmir Valley. 8th JK Sciences Congress 2012, India
    • Hydrogeological characterization of Martand Karst Spring, western Himalaya, India. International geographical conference (IGU) held at Srinagar.
    • Karst landscapes of Anantnag. A potential resource. 22 April 2013, Earth Day conference in J&K, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.

  • Any Additional Information (if any)

    Reports/Other Documents

    • Impact of climate change on groundwater resources of karst aquifer in Kashmir Valley, India. • Locating Groundwater at Santala Devi Resort, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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