Dr Tinesh Pathania

Biography

Dr. Tinesh Pathania is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He holds a B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from NIT Hamirpur and an M.Tech. in Water Resources Engineering and Management from IIT Guwahati. In 2021, he completed his PhD from IIT Bombay, where he also received the Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship to study at the University of Manchester for one year (Sept 2017 to Sept 2018). His work focuses on solving hydrological problems and applying optimization techniques for the management of groundwater and surface water resources.

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Water Resources Engineering
  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
  July 2015 - February 2021
  Postgraduate Research (PGR) Visiting Student, University of Manchester, UK, September 2017 - September 2018
• M.Tech., Water Resources Engineering and Management
  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
  July 2013 - July 2015
• B.Tech., Civil Engineering
  National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India
  2007 - 2011

Research Interests

• Surface Water and Groundwater Hydrology
• Groundwater Modelling
• Simulation-Optimization Models For Groundwater Remediation
• Water Resources Management
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research Group

PhD (Ongoing)

Kunwar Gaurav Singh (22DR0109)

Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF)

Ankita Kumari (23DR0024)

Institute Fellowship

Anket Pathak (23DR0223)

Institute Fellowship

Manish Kumar (24DR0299)

Institute Fellowship

Swastika Saha (24DR0310)

Institute Fellowship

M.Tech (Completed)

• Ankit (24MT0063): Thesis: Sustainable Groundwater Management in the Damodar River Basin with Integrated SWAT-MODFLOW and Machine Learning Framework
• Prashant Singh (24MT00309): Thesis: Estimating Groundwater Response to Climate Change in the Lower Ganga River Basin Using MODFLOW and GCM Models
• Deepak Kumar (23MT0120): Thesis: Simulation-Optimization Modeling to Investigate the Release History of Heavy Metals Pollution in Groundwater Through Landfill Site at Jhiri, Ranchi, Jharkhand
• Ishan Jee Dhruv (23MT0165): Thesis: Groundwater Modeling of Heavy Metal Pollution Near Non-Engineered Landfill Site at Jhiri, Ranchi, Jharkhand
• Gaurav Dumoga (22MT0135): Thesis: Estimating the Spatio-Temporal Variation in the Groundwater Table of Damodar River Basin using Coupled SWAT-MODFLOW Model
• Sahil Tomar (22MT0309): Thesis: Identification of Groundwater Depletion Areas in Ganga River Basin using GRACE Satellite Data
• Devvrat Yadav (21MT0134): Thesis: Aquifer Vulnerability to Fluoride Contamination by Coupling the GIS Based DRASTIC Model and Machine Learning Algorithm
• Naved Hasan (21MT0241): Thesis: Modelling of Groundwater Contamination Caused by Pharmaceutical Waste in Musi River, Hyderabad

Selected Publications

1. Eldho, T. I., Das, S., Anshuman, A., & Pathania, T. (2026). "A Comparative Study of State-of-the-Art Meshless Methods for Flow and Transport Simulation in Porous Media. CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. , 147(2), https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2026.078705
2. Kumari, A., & Pathania, T. (2026). "Comprehensive review of optimization and surrogate models for agricultural water resources and reservoir water management," Agricultural Systems. , 231, 104562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104562
3. Singh, K. G., & Pathania, T. (2025). "Development and Real Field Application of Meshless Generalized Finite Difference Method for Unconfined Groundwater Flow Modelling," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2025.07.027
4. Pathania, T. (2025). "BIOEFGM II: Two-dimensional meshless model to simulate the aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX contaminant through multiple electron acceptors in groundwater," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 171, 106089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2024.106089
5. Mishra, R. K., Barman, B., & Pathania, T. (2024). "Three-dimensional modeling of hydromorphodynamic characteristics of mining affected alluvial channel using TELEMAC and GAIA," Physics of Fluids, 36(10). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0227477
6. Dalal, G., Pathania, T., Koppa, A., Hari, V. (2024). "Drivers and mechanisms of heatwaves in South West India," Climate Dynamics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07242-x
7. Pathania, T., Bottacin-Busolin, A., & Eldho, T. I. (2023). "Evaluating the effect of aquifer heterogeneity on multiobjective optimization of in-situ groundwater bioremediation," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 148:336-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2023.01.005
8. Pathania, T., Eldho, T. I., & Bottacin-Busolin, A. (2020). "Optimal design of in-situ bioremediation system using the meshless element-free Galerkin method and particle swarm optimization," Advances in Water Resources, 144:103707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103707
9. Pathania, T., Eldho, T. I., & Bottacin-Busolin, A. (2020). "Coupled simulation of groundwater flow and multispecies reactive transport in an unconfined aquifer using the element-free Galerkin method," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 121:31–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2020.08.019
10. Pathania, T., & Eldho, T. I. (2020). "A moving least squares based meshless element-free Galerkin method for the coupled simulation of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in an aquifer," Water Resources Management, 34:4773–4794. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02689-z
11. Pathania, T., Bottacin-Busolin, A., Rastogi, A. K., & Eldho, T. I. (2019). "Simulation of groundwater flow in an unconfined sloping aquifer using the element-free Galerkin method," Water Resources Management, 33:2827-2845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02261

Recent Publications

Development and Real Field Application of Meshless Generalized Finite Difference Method for Unconfined Groundwater Flow Modelling

Singh, K. G., Pathania, T. (2025). Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.

BIOEFGM II: Two-dimensional meshless model to simulate the aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX contaminant through multiple electron acceptors in groundwater

Pathania, T. (2025). Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 171, 106089.

Evaluating the effect of aquifer heterogeneity on multiobjective optimization of in-situ groundwater bioremediation

Pathania, T., Bottacin-Busolin, A., Eldho, T. I. (2023). Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 148:336-350.

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