Faculty details

Prof.Tinesh Pathania

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Environmental Science and Engineering

Email: tineshpathania[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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

Research Interest: Groundwater Modelling, Simulation-Optimization Models For Groundwater Remediation, Hydrology, Water Resources Management

Teaching

UG Courses

ESI101: Environmental Sciences (Modular)

ESD404: Water Resource Planning and Management

PG Courses

NESC508: Numerical Methods for Environmental Application

ESD512 Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modelling

ESC503: MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation

ESD501: Environmental Geology and Resource Management

Academics

PhD      Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India Department of Civil Engineering PhD (July 2015 - Feb 2021)

MTech  Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India Department of Civil Engineering July 2013 - July 2015 

BTech   National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India Department of Civil Engineering 2007 - 2011 

Position

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, April, 2021 - Present

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Lecturer (on contract), Civil Engineering Department, August, 2012 - July, 2013

Gammon India Limited, Mumbai, India
Civil Engineer June, 2011 - August, 2012

Awards and Honors

Prof. U.C. Kothyari - ISH Best PhD Thesis Award 2021

Commonwealth Split-site PhD Scholarship 2017

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. Tinesh Pathania (2024). 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. (Accepted)
  2. Ravi Kumar Mishra, Bandita Barman and Tinesh Pathania (2024). Three-dimensional modeling of hydromorphodynamic characteristics of mining affected alluvial channel using TELEMAC and GAIA. Physics of Fluids, 36(10).
  3. Ganaraj Dalal, Tinesh Pathania, Akash Koppa and Vittal Hari (2024). Drivers and mechanisms of heatwaves in South West India. Climate Dynamics, 1-15.
  4. Tinesh Pathania, Andrea Bottacin-Busolin and T.I. Eldho (2023). Evaluating the effect of aquifer heterogeneity on multiobjective optimization of in-situ groundwater bioremediation. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 148:336-350.
  5. Tinesh Pathania, T.I. Eldho and Andrea Bottacin-Busolin (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.
  6. Tinesh Pathania, T.I. Eldho and Andrea Bottacin-Busolin (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.
  7. Tinesh Pathania and T.I. Eldho (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.
  8. Tinesh Pathania, Andrea Bottacin-Busolin, A.K. Rastogi and T.I. Eldho (2019). Simulation of groundwater flow in an unconfined sloping aquifer using the element-free Galerkin method. Water Resources Management, 33: 2827-2845.

Projects & Activities

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

1. Departmental Under Graduate Committee (DUGC) Member

2. Library Advisory Committee (LAC) Member, ESE Department 

3. Warden,  Aquamarine Hostel (July 2024-Present)

4. Vice-President, Society of Environmental Science and Engineering (SESE)

5. Time-Table Co-ordinator, ESE Department

Guidance

 1. Kunwar Gaurav Singh (22DR0109), Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) 

 2. Ankita Kumari (23DR0024), Institute Fellowship, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad 

 3. Anket Pathak (23DR0223), Institute Fellowship, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad