Dr. Tanvi Arora

Principal Scientist , Electrical and Heliborne Geophysics

Dr. Tanvi Arora

tanvi.ngri@csir.res.in

Academic Identity
        

Specialization

Hydrogeophysics Critical zone science

Research Area

Tanvi ARORA did M.Tech (Geophysics) from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. She carried out her doctoral research at CSIR-NGRI as the Senior Research Fellow (CSIR-SRF) and was awarded PhD from Osmania University in 2008. She was awarded the “Sandwich Fellowship” from France Government and she completed a part of her thesis at CEREGE-CNRS, Aix-en-Provence in France. Since 2008, Dr. Arora is working as Scientist at NGRI with specialization in Hydro-Geophysics. She highlighted the importance of unsaturated zone in the work completed and it is supported that recharge is the most important component of groundwater balance. She carried out both theoretical and field studies to pursue the doctoral thesis towards relationship between electrical resistivity and soil moisture in the unsaturated zone of hard rock terrenes. She is involved in various Research oriented projects of National as well as International repute which include the projects sponsored by UNESCO, World Bank, National Hydrology Program, European Union and Government of Africa (WAPCOS). She has presented her research work in different continents. 

Being a Hydrogeophysicist, she is interested towards the development of geoelectrical methods (including Self-potential, electrical resistivity and induced polarization). She is also interested in the application of these methods to a variety of problems including the contamination of aquifers, time lapse measurements for effective recharge, critical zone science, vadose zone properties, lithological characterisation, as well as finding suitable zone of recharge as a point measurement. As an Assistant Professor, AcSIR, Dr. Arora is guiding 4 Doctoral Students. 

Tanvi has taken on both formal and informal communication positions in the Institute and different organizations such as the  SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicist), IGU (Indian Geophysical Union), YES (Young Earth Scientist Network), SPG (Society of Petroleum Geophysicist), to capitalize on her ability to reach broad and diverse audiences in the field of Earthscience. Tanvi is passionately involved in collaborating her knowledge through classroom teaching as well as practical field trainings towards the Skill India initiatives of the country thriving to bridge the gap between Science and Society.

 

Ongoing Research Projects

1. Groundwater reacharge and sustainable extraction through resilient forest communities. [2024-2025]. [SEG Sponsored]

2. Carriers of Mass Transport Contamination in the unsaturated zone of the Ghazipur landfill site of Delhi, NCR [2022-2024] [MoES Sponsored]

3. Understanding Food-Energy-water Nexus in dynamics of Critical Zone: WRJ-1 Critical Zone Observatory [2020-2023]

4. Delineating the boundary of shallow saline zones encountered in Poyya, Karalam, Adat and Tholur Panchayats in Thrissur District, Kerala and investigating their origin and possibility of any underlying fresh water aquifers through geophysical surveys. [2020-2023]

5. Hydrogeological and Geophysical investigations in SIPCOT, Perundurai Industial Area, Erode District, TN [2020-2023]

Honors & Awards

  1. Guest Associate Editor, Geohazards and Georisks, Frontiers in Earth Science for the topic “Bridging Geoscience and Society: Enhancing Community Awareness and Involvement”
  2. Supervised the AcSIR Best Thesis awarded to Dr.George Biswas in October 2024 entitled "Mapping variability in structure and functioning of diverse basaltic aquifers". 
  3. Conferred with “Eminent Scientist Award -2023” by National Environmental Science Academy [NESA] for outstanding contribution in the field of Earth Science (Groundwater Geophysics) on 14th December, 2023 at CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
  4. CSIR “Women Achievers in STEM Award – 2023” by CSIR Delhi.
  5. Awarded with Craig J. Beasley award for Social Contribution, in the field of Geophysics from Society of Exploration Geophysicists, USA (https://seg.org/About-SEG/Governance/Honors-and-Awards ), 2022
  6. Inducted as Scientific Board member of Hydrogeology theme of IGCP UNESCO [2020-2024]
  7. Excellent Lecture Award during 1st International Conference on Exploration and utilization of underground space for the lecture on “Hydrogeophysical tools to identify the shrinking underground space with relevance to critical zone” [November 2019]
  8. Young Researcher Award for efficient and effective propagation of best practices in the area of development of Geoelectrical methods and for the involvement in various research oriented projects of national as well as international repute sponsored by UNESCO, European Union and Government of Africa towards societal development. AMITY International University conferred this award during the International Conference in London ICACTM, 23-26 April, 2019.
  9. Elected as Regional Representative (2011-2012) for South-East and Far-East Asia, Young Earth Scientist (YES) Network (www.networkyes.org), a program of International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) under the patronage of UNESCO.
  10. Elected for a ‘Sandwich scholarship’ in Earthsciences for the year 2005 – 2006, by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of France to pursue doctoral research work for one year at Centre Européen de Recherche et 'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), Aix-en-provence, France. It is one of the prestigious scholarships and is being awarded to only 7 students in different streams. I was adjudged as the only one candidate (out of 7 as a whole) and one from whole of Earth Science stream for a maximum duration (1 year) of the scholarship.
  11. Chosen as ‘Student Representative of India’ to participate in International Quiz competition organized by Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG), at San Antonio, USA, 23-28 September, 2007.
  12. Received Gold medal for the ‘Best Student Poster Presentation’ at 7th International Conference and Exposition on Petroleum Geophysics organized by the Society of Petroleum Geophysicist (SPG) at Hyderabad in January 2008.

 

 

 

Publications

  1. Pathan S, Arora T. (2025). Unveiling the potential of geophysical methods for contaminant studies in urban areas: a review from South Asia.  Episodes -0001;0:-.  https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2025/025004 
  2. P. Mohasin, Tanvi ARORA, G. Sumanth Kumar and S. Ray (2024). Seasonal changes in subsurface characteristics in the Lower Bengal Basin: Potential Impacts on Groundwater. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101368 
  3. Tanvi Arora, S Kumar, R Khan, D Jalander, S Ahmed  (2023) Electrical imaging to decode the potential aquifer locations for water security in semiarid Niger, Africa,  Geosystems and Geoenvironment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100072 
  4. Tanvi ARORA, Farooq A. Dar, Taufique Warsi, and Shakeel Ahmed. (2021). Electrical imaging of karst terrene for managed aquifer recharge: a case study from Raipur, Central India, Journal of Earth System Science 130 (1), 1-14
  5. Tanvi ARORA and V.M.Tiwari (2019). Hydrological studies in India during last decade: A Review, Proc Indian National Science Academy, 85 (2), June 2019
  6. Farooq Dar, Tanvi ARORA, Taufique warsi, A. Rama Devi, Mr. Wajihuddin, Gestche Grutzamer, Ninad Bodhankar, Shakeel Ahmed (2017). 3-D Hydrogeological model of limestone aquifer for managed aquifer recharge in Raipur of central India, Carbonates and Evaporates, 32 : 459-471, DOI: 10.1007/s13146-016-0304-7.  
  7. Tanvi ARORA and Shakeel Ahmed. (2011). Characterization of recharge through complex vadose zone of a granitic aquifer by time lapse electrical resistivity tomography, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 73, 35-44
  8. Tanvi ARORA, Alexandre Boisson and Shakeel Ahmed (2016). Non-intrusive Hydro-geophysical Characterization of the Unsaturated Zone of South India-A case study", Volume 122, Pages 88-97, Journal of African Earth Sciences.
  9. Tanvi ARORA, Niklas Linde, Andre Revil, and J. Castermant, (2007). Non-intrusive characterization of the redox potential of landfill leachate plumes from self-potential data. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 92, 274-292, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.01.018. Most Cited Article published in 2007, extracted from SciVerse Scopus.
  10. Linde Niklas, Damien Jougnot, Andre Revil, S. K. Mattha¨i, Tanvi ARORA, Renard, and Claude Doussan (2007), Streaming current generation in two-phase flow conditions, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L03306, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL028878

Books

  • Tanvi ARORA and Shakeel Ahmed (2022). Pathways to aquifer: How important are they? In “Hydrogephysics for improved modelling of groundwater flow process, Cambridge Scholars Publishers
  • Shakeel Ahmed, Tanvi

Research Scholars

 

Sr. Nr

Name of student

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Educational Qualification

PhD

Proffessional Experience

08/17 -               Assistant Professor, Academy of Physical Sciences, AcSIR

08/23 – till          Principal Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

08/19 – 08/23     Senior Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

08/11 – 08/19     Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

08/08- 08/11      Junior Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

04/07-07/08       Project Assistant, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

04/04-04/07       CSIR Senior Research Fellow, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

10/05-10/06      ‘Sandwich’ Fellow for PhD, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, Awarded by Ministry of External Affairs, France

Proffessional Affiliations

SEG,

IGU

NESA

SPG

 

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