Dr. Nitesh Patidar

Scientist 'C' & OIC, Soil Water Lab

Groundwater Hydrology Division, Room No. C-317

npatidar.nihr@gov.in +91 1332 249222

About

Dr. Nitesh Patidar develops integrated system for assessment of surface and groundwater. NIH_WISDOM, G-MCDA (http://prajal.org/) and System’s model for interlinking of rivers are the few interesting systems developed recently by him. He has been working on integrated hydrologic modelling with emphasis on groundwater recharge estimation, groundwater flow simulation, simulation of surface-groundwater interaction, development of system's model for interlinking of rivers, and Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR). He envisages to develop efficient and useful models and web-based systems for the country.

Academic Qualifications

DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
Doctor of Philosophy Water Resources Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 2019
Master of Technology Water Management Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2013
Bachelor of Technology Agricultural Engineering CAE, JNKVV Jabalpur 2011

Experience

Administrative Roles

Research Interest

Publications

International Journal

  1. An Ensemble Hydrologic Modeling System for Runoff and Evapotranspiration Evaluation over an Agricultural Watershed
    Himanshu, S.K., Pandey, A., Madolli, M.J., Palmate, S.S., Kumar, A., Patidar N., Yadav, B.
    Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (2022 )
  2. Assessment of traditional rainwater harvesting system in barren lands of a semi-arid region: A case study of Rajasthan (India)
    Yadav, B. Patidar, N., Sharma, A., Panigrahi, N., Sharma, R.K., Loganathan, V., Krishan, G., Singh, J., Kumar, S., Parker
    Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies (2022 )
  3. Ensemble modelling framework for groundwater level prediction in urban areas of India
    Yadav, B., Gupta, P.K., Patidar, N. and Himanshu, S.K.
    Science of The Total Environment (2020 )
  4. A rule-based spectral unmixing algorithm for extracting annual time series of sub-pixel impervious surface fraction
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A.K.
    International Journal of Remote Sensing (2020 )
  5. Identifying the seasonal variability in source of groundwater salinization using deuterium excess-a case study from Mewat, Haryana, India
    Krishan, G., Prasad, G., Kumar, C.P., Patidar, N., Yadav, B.K., Kansal, M.L., Singh, S., Sharma, L.M., Bradley, A. and Verma, S.K.
    Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies (2020 )
  6. A multi-model ensemble approach for quantifying sub-pixel land cover fractions in the urban environments
    Patidar, N., Keshari, A.K
    International Journal of Remote Sensing (2018 )
  7. How Significantly do Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Changes Influence the Water Balance of a River Basin? A Study in Ganga River Basin, India
    Patidar, N., Behera, M.D.
    Proc. National Academy of Science India: A Physical Science (2018 )
  8. Impact of LULC change on the runoff, base flow and evapotranspiration dynamics in eastern Indian river basins during 1985–2005 using variable infiltration capacity approach
    · Das, P., Behera, M.D., Patidar, N., Sahoo, B., Tripathi, P., Behera, P.R., Srivastava, S.K., Roy, P.S., Thakur, P., Agrawal, S.P., Krishnamurthy, Y.V.N.
    Journal of Earth System Science (2018 )
  9. Increase in agricultural patch contiguity over the past three decades in Ganga River Basin, India
    · Behera, M.D., Patidar, N., Chitale, V.S., Behera, N., Gupta, D., Matin, S., Tare, V., Sen, D.J., Panda, S.N.
    Current Science (2014 )

Book Chapter

  1. Covariation Between LULC Change and Hydrological Balance in River Basin Scale
    Patidar, N., Das, P., Tripathi, P., Behera, M.D.
    Geospatial Technology for Land and Water Resources Management (2021 )
  2. Estimating Evapotranspiration in Relation to Lands-Use Change Using Satellite Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technology for Land and Water Resources Management
    Gupta, D.K., Patidar, N., Behera, M.D., Panda, S.N., Choudhary, V.M.
    Geospatial Technology for Land and Water Resources Management (2021 )
  3. Data Assimilation in Groundwater Modelling
    Patidar N., Anjali, B.
    Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change (2021 )

International Conference

  1. Integrated GEE-MODFLOW Model for Groundwater Recharge Assessment
    Patidar N., Krishan G., Sharma A.
    India Water Week (2022 )
  2. Estimation of Groundwater Recharge Utilizing Remote Sensing Inputs in Unsaturated Flow Model
    Patidar, N., Krishan G. and Sharma A.,
    Roorkee Water Conclave (2022 )
  3. Current Water Resources Management Issues and Challenges, concept note
    Patidar N. and Goel, M.K.
    Roorkee Water Conclave (2022 )
  4. Spatiotemporal variability of surface imperviousness and its implications on groundwater recharge in Delhi, India
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A. K.
    Seventh International Groundwater Conference (IGWC) on Ground Water Vision 2030, New Delhi, India (2017 )
  5. Improving Sub-pixel Land Cover Classification Using Multiple Classifier Fusion
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A.K.
    International Land Use Symposium (ILUS 2017), Dresden, Germany (2017 )
  6. Sub-pixel Mapping of land cover in Delhi, India Using Spectral Unmixing
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A.K.
    4th International Conference on Recent Development in Science, Engineering and Technology (REDSET 2017), Grurugram, India (2017 )
  7. Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of impervious surfaces in Delhi, India using spectral mixture analysis
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A.K.
    Modelling of Environmental and Water Resources Systems, Kanpur, India (2017 )
  8. Estimating surface imperviousness using satellite imagery for modelling groundwater recharge
    Patidar, N. and Keshari, A.K.
    Sixth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2015), Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, India (2015 )
  9. Do Evapotranspiration and Runoff Covary with LULC Change in Indian Ganga river basin?
    Patidar, N. and Behera M.D.
    Tropical Ecology Congress: Tropical Ecosysytems in a Changing World, New Delhi, India (2014 )

Projects

Sponsored Projects 2

Capacity Building Program on Site Suitability Mapping for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) under Varying Climatic Conditions using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning based Hydrological Modelling Tools, a collaborative project with IIT Roorkee
Agency: Asia Pacific Network | Duration: one year | Role: Co-PI
Development of Groundwater Module for Integrated Hydrologic Model
Agency: National Hydrology Project | Duration: 2018-21 | Role: Co-PI

Internal Studies 4

Integrated GEE-MODFLOW based groundwater recharge assessment system for Hindon river system
Agency: NIH | Duration: August 2020 to March 2022 | Role: PI
Conjunctive management of water resources in Indira Gandhi National Project (IGNP)
Agency: NIH (referred by MoJS) | Duration: July 2022 to May 2024 | Role: PI
Understanding the Impact of Proposed Dams on Salinity of River Mahadayi, referred by Ministry of Jal Shakti
Agency: NIH (referred by MoJS) | Duration: 2020 to 2021 | Role: Co-PI
Hydrological Studies to Conserve the Water Sources of Bikaner
Agency: NIH (referred by MoJS) | Duration: 2022-24 | Role: Co-PI

Consultancy Projects 2

Study of Various Possible Scenarios for Understanding the Long-Term Effect of En-route Canal Irrigation for Proposed Mahanadi-Godavari Link
Agency: National Water Development Authority (NWDA), Govt. of India | Duration: 2020-22 | Role: Co-PI
System Studies for Proposed Farakka – Sundarban Link Project
Agency: National Water Development Authority (NWDA), Govt. of India | Duration: 2022-23 | Role: Co-PI

Conference & Training

Achievements

Honors & Awards

Professional Memberships

Student Guidance

Miscellaneous

Foreign Visits