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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Syed Hilal Farooq Associate Professor, HoS
School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences

Research Interests

Contamination Studies; Geothermal Energy; Environmental Impact Assessment, Coastal Water, Sub-marine Groundnwater Discharge

Brief Resume

Contact Details

  • 101, SEOCS Building, Argul Campus
  • 674-713-5522
  • hilalfarooq@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Earth Sciences 2010 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 

Biosketch

Dr. Farooq is an esteemed scholar serving as the Associate Professor and Head of the School of Earth, Ocean, and Climate Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), in collaboration with the prestigious Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. With over 12 years of enriching teaching experience, Dr. Farooq has played a pivotal role in shaping the education and research initiatives in Geology at the School. His dedication to academic excellence has garnered him recognition among his peers and students.
 

Dr. Farooq's research focuses in the field of Water, Energy, and the Environment. His research contributions have been featured in prestigious publications such as Water Research, Journal of Hydrology, Geothermics, Science of the Total Environment, among others.

Beyond his research accomplishments, Dr. Farooq exhibits exceptional administrative skills. Since May 2021, he has been serving as the Head of the School of Earth, Ocean, and Climate Sciences, overseeing academic and research endeavors while also leading as the faculty in-charge of the Advanced Geochemical Laboratory. Dr. Farooq actively contributes to various institute-level committees at IIT Bhubaneswar, demonstrating his commitment to institutional development. He has also acted in various capacities in national and international committees.

Dr. Farooq has gained valuable international research experience, spending two and a half years at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. He was also honored with the prestigious United Nations University (UNU) Fellowship, being one of the seven professionals selected globally. During his stay at UNU Iceland, Dr. Farooq was engaged in advanced geothermal research and training. He has also received DAAD fellowships on multiple occasions and continuing his collaborative work with KIT, Germany.

As a dedicated mentor, Dr. Farooq has guided four students to successfully attain their Ph.D. degrees,  and thirty-six students for their Master's degree project dissertations. Dr. Farooq's passion for education, research, and institutional development continues to inspire colleagues and students alike.

Teaching

Geothermal Energy, Environmental Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Analytical & Measurements Techniques, Coal and Petroleum Geology, Earth and Its Interior

Projects

  • Middle Pleistocene to Holocene dynamics of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its implications to global climate: Evidence from Southern Pacific. by SERB (Co-PI with Dr. R. K. Singh)
  • "Sea water intrusion into coastal aquifers of Odisha"  by MoES.
  • International Collobrative Project entitled "Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Groundwater-dependent Irrigation System in Asia-Pacific Region" by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.
  • Young Scientist Project from Department of Science and Technology on "Lateral variability in the distribution of arsenic in agriculture fields and its mass balancing - a study from West Bengal".

Author(s) Recent Publication (International Journals)
Farooq S.H., Zimik H.V., Sveinbjörnsdóttir A.E.
Mishra A.K. & Farooq S.H.
Debnath S, Farooq S. H.*
Barik S. S., Singh R. K., Tripathy S., Farooq S. H., Prusty P.
Ahmad S., Ahmad I., Umar R., Farooq S. H.
Mishra A. K. and Farooq S. H.
Prusty P. and Farooq S. H.*
Farooq S. H.*, Zimik H. V. and Sveinbjörnsdóttir A. E.
Zimik H. V., Farooq S. H., Prusty P.
Mishra A.K., Khadanga M. K., Patro S., Apte D., Farooq S. H.
Barik S. S., Prusty P., Singh R. K., Tripathy S., Farooq S. H., and Sharma K.
Prusty P, Farooq S H*, Swain D, Chandrasekharam D
Prusty P. and Farooq S. H.*
Prusty P. and Farooq S. H.*
Farooq, S.H., Dhanachandra, W., Chandrasekaharam, D., and Ram, K.
Prusty P., Farooq S. H., Zimik H.V., Barik S.S.
Ramiz M. M., Modal M. E. A., Farooq S. H.
Farooq S. H., Prusty P., Singh R. K., Sen S., Chandrasekharam D.
Das M., Singh R. K., Vats N., Holbourn A., Mishra S., Farooq S. H., Pandey D. K.,
Zimik H. V., Farooq S. H., Prusty P.
Shahid S., Wang X., Farooq S. H., Keramat M., Lubis R. F., Akhter M. G.,
Chandrashekhar A.K., Chandrasekharam, D., Farooq, S.H.,
Farooq S.H. and Chandrasekharam D.,
Shahid, S., Wang, X. J., Keramat M., Akhter G., Farooq S. H., Lubis R. F.
Chandrasekharam, D., Farooq, S. H., Wang, Y., Chandrasekhar A.K., Xie, X. and Guo, Q.
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Abbt-Braun, G., Berner, Z., Norra, S. and Stüben, D.
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Norra, S., Berner, Z., Eiche, E., Thambiduri, P. and Stüben, D.
Farooq, S.H., Saha, N., Pande, N., Iyer, K., and Bobby, P.M.
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Berner, Z., Norra, S. and Stüben, D.
Ahmad, A.H.M., Bhat, G.M., Khan M.S., and Farooq, S.H.
Ahmad, A.H.M., Shahab, A.M.S., Farooq, S.H.
Ahmad, A.H.M., Singh, A.,.Khan M.H.A, and Farooq S.H.
Ahmad, A.H.M., Khan, M.H.A, Sayeed, A.S.M., Farooq S.H., and Faisal S.M.S.
Recent Publication (International Conferences) Author(s)/Speaker(s)
Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Seasonal Variability of Trace Elements in Coastal Groundwater of Puri District, India. Goldschmidt 2018, August 12-17, Boston USA. (DOI: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/abstracts/abstractView?id=2018001855)
Pintu P., Farooq S.H., Zimik H. V.
Evaluation of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Thermal Spring Water of Odisha, India. Goldschmidt 2018, August 12-17, Boston USA. (DOI: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/abstracts/abstractView?id=2018001842)
Horthing HV, Farooq S.H., Pintu P.
Suitability of Geothermal Spring Water for Estimation of Reservoir Temperature from Odisha, India. GSA Annual Meeting-2017, Washington, USA. (2017).
Zimik H. V., Farooq S. H., Prusty P.
Geomorphic Control on Occurrence of Fresh Groundwater in a Saltwater Intruded Coastal Aquifer. GSA Annual Meeting-2017 Washington, USA. (2017)
Prusty P, Farooq S. H., and Zimik, H. V.
Reservoir Temperature Estimation of Geothermal Springs of Odisha, India. Goldschmidt Conference-2017, 13-18 August 2017, Paris, France. pp. 296. (2017)
Zimik H. V, Farooq S. H. and Prusty P
Saltwater Intrusion into the Coastal Aquifer of Puri District, India: A Geochemical Approach. Goldschmidt Conference-2017, 13-18 August 2017, Paris, France. pp. 789. (2017)
Prusty P, Farooq S. H. and Zimik H. V
Variations in East Asian Winter Monsoon and its impact on the paleoceanography of Japan Sea over 400ka. In Quaternary Climate: Recent Findings and Future Challenges, 28-30 April 2016. National Institute of Oceanography Goa. (2016).
Das M., Singh R.K., Holbourn A., Farooq S.H., Kanjilal A.
Variability of Asian monsoon and its linkage with deep-sea water and ecological system of benthic foraminifera assemblages over 700 Ka. 1st CVAS Workshop during 28-30 November 2016 at Hamburg University, Germany. (2016).
Das M., Singh R.K., Farooq S.H., Vats N.
A Comparative Study of Arsenic Accumulation in Agricultural Fields. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2016), June 19-23, 2016, Stockholm, Sweden. pp. 346-349. (2016)
Farooq S. H. , Dhanachandra W., Chandrasekharam D., Chandrashekhar A. K., Norra S., Berner Z. A., and Stüben D.
Arsenic accumulation in agricultural fields and its relationship with cultivation practices and crop type. Goldschmidt-2014, June 8-13, California, USA. pp. 665. (2014)
Farooq, S. H., Chandrasekharam, D., Dhanachandra W. and S. Norra, S.
Seasonal variability in arsenic concentration in the groundwater of Manipur, North-eastern state of India. Goldschmidt-2014, June 8-13, California, USA. pp. 666. (2014)
Chandrashekhar, A. K., Chandrasekharam, D. and Farooq, S. H.*
Arsenic Contamination in the Groundwater of Manipur, India. The 5th Conference of the International Medical Geology Association, 25–29 August 2013, Arlington, Virginia USA. 1-3. (2013)
Chandrashekhar, A. K., Farooq S. H., Chandrasekharam, D., Thambidurai P.
Future calamity of Arsenic Poisoning in the Groundwater of Thoubal and Bishnupur Districts of Manipur (India). Goldschmidt 2013, 25-30 August 2013. Florence, Italy. pp. 1434. (2013)
Chandrasekhar A.K., Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Thambidurai, P.
Extent of Arsenic Contamination in the Groundwater of Thuwal and Bishnupur Districts of Manipur (India): 7th European congress on Regional Geoscientific cartography and Information systems (EUREGEO), 12-15 June 2012, Bologna, Italy. 440-441. (2012)
Chandrashekhar, A. K., Farooq, S. H.*, Chandrasekharam, D., Thambidurai P.
Role of phosphate in mobilizing arsenic from soil to groundwater in West Bengal – an experimental investigation: 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 22-27 July 2012, Cains, Australia. pp. 280-281. (2012)
Vinay, G., Chandrasekharam, D., Nair, B., Trupti, G. and Farooq S.H.*
Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Surma basin of Assam and Mizoram, North Eastern India: 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 22-27 July 2012, Cains, Australia. pp. 47-49. (2012)
Thambidurai, P., Chandrasekharam, D., Chandrashekhar, A.K., and Farooq, S.H.
Fate of arsenic in agriculture soils in response to change in crop pattern and cultivation practices – A study from West Bengal (India): AGU Chapman Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater of Southern Asia, 14 -17 November 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam. pp. 20 (2011).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Dhanachandra, D., and Stüben, D.
Effect of traditional jute producing techniques in mobilization of arsenic in the Bengal Delta: 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 17 -21 May 2010, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan. pp. 99-101 (2010).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Berner, Z., Norra, S. and Stüben, D.
Organic carbon in paddy fields and its effect on arsenic in groundwater, West Bengal: National conference on Groundwater resource development and management in hard rocks, 12 -13 February 2010, University of Pune, Pune, India. pp. 50 (2010).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Thambidurai, P., Burner, Z., and Stueben, D.
Role of agricultural practices and product processing in mobilization of arsenic: German Alumni Groundwater Network, DAAD Expert Seminar on Water & Biodiversity, 1 - 6 November 2009, Bangalore,India. pp. 17. (2009).
Farooq, S.H. and Chandrasekharam, D.
Role of agricultural practices in mobilization of arsenic from sediments to groundwater: AGU Chapman Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater of Southern Asia, 24 - 27 March 2009, Siem Reap, Cambodia. pp.18 (2009).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Norra, S., Berner, Z., and Stüben, D.
Difference of arsenic mobilization in submerged soils of a jute pond and a rice paddy in West Bengal, India: Eurosoil Congress - 2008, 25 - 29 August 2008, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. pp. 344 (2008).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Norra, S., Berner, Z. and Stüben, D.
Seasonal variation of arsenic concentration in groundwater of West Bengal, India. 2nd International Congress - "Arsenic from Nature to Humans", 21 - 23 May 2008, Valencia, Spain. pp. 77 (2008).
Farooq, S.H., Chandrasekharam, D., Norra, S., Berner, Z. and Stüben, D.
The possibility of removal of arsenic from food chain: International Groundwater Conference – 2006 (IGC-2006), 01 - 04 February 2006, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. pp. 228 (2006).
Farooq, S.H., and Chandrasekharam D.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • DAAD Fellowship for Collaborative Research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany (2022)
  • United Nations University Fellowship (2018)
  • DAAD Fellowship for Collaborative Research (2015)
  • DAAD Ph.D. Fellowship under Sandwich Program (2006-2008)
  • Participation in the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP) and awarded a fellowship by US-NSF (2011)
  • Grants by American Geophysical Union (A.G.U.) on competitive basis (2009 & 2011)
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (2003-2006)
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) – JRF, conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India (2002 & 2003)
 

Research Scholar

Ph.D. Scholar
 
Mr. H. Zimik (Awarded in  2020)
Mr. P. Pusty (Awarded in 2021)
Ms. M. Das (Awarded in 2021, Co-supervised)
Mr. Samshaad Khan (Awarded in 2021, External, Co-Supervisor)
 
Mr. Sandip Kr. Mohakud (Joined in 2019 ...)
Mr. Bhibabasu Pradhan ((Joined in 2021 ...)
Mr. Imran Nawab (Joined in 2022...)
 
Post-doctoral Fellow
 
Dr. Amrit Kumar Mishra (Joined as NPDF in 2021)
 

Professional Experience

Professional Memberships   International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Oxfordshire, UK. German Alumni Water Network (GAWN), Universität Siegen, Germany. American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG), USA.   Selected Workshops/Trainings   “Advance Training on Analysis of Elements by Inductively Coupled Plasma- Optical Emission Spectrometry” conducted by Agilent Centre of Excellence, Gurgaon. July 2017.   Workshop on "Oceanic Processes along the Coasts of India" at National Institute of Oceanography(NIO) Goa, March 2015. Workshop on " Issues and Challenges of Geotermal Energy" at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, July 2013. "Indo-Australian workshop on Arsenic" at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, October 2012. Workshop on "Recovering uncompromised samples of aquifer sands with in-situ groundwater from up to 300-m depth in South and South Asia" organized by International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), Hanoi, Vietnam. April 2011. Workshop on "Use of Synchrotron X-ray and IR methods in the Geosciences" at ANKA, Forschungszentrum (A Humboldt Research Center), Karlsruhe, Germany, Nov. 2007. "Triple B Workshop (Berlin, Beijing, Buenos Aires) on Urban Atmospheric Pollution in Mega Cities" at Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 2007. Workshop on "Planetary Atmosphere, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere" conducted by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Tiruanantpuram, India, February 2003.

Projects

  • Middle Pleistocene to Holocene dynamics of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its implications to global climate: Evidence from Southern Pacific. by SERB (Co-PI with Dr. R. K. Singh)
  • "Sea water intrusion into coastal aquifers of Odisha"  by MoES.
  • International Collobrative Project entitled "Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Groundwater-dependent Irrigation System in Asia-Pacific Region" by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.
  • Young Scientist Project from Department of Science and Technology on "Lateral variability in the distribution of arsenic in agriculture fields and its mass balancing - a study from West Bengal" (2011).
 

Selected Workshops

  • “Advance Training on Analysis of Elements by Inductively Coupled Plasma- Optical Emission Spectrometry” conducted by Agilent Centre of Excellence, Gurgaon. July 2017.  
  • Workshop on "Oceanic Processes along the Coasts of India" at National Institute of Oceanography(NIO) Goa, March 2015. 
  • Workshop on " Issues and Challenges of Geotermal Energy" at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, July 2013.
  • "Indo-Australian workshop on Arsenic" at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, October 2012.
  • Workshop on "Recovering uncompromised samples of aquifer sands with in-situ groundwater from up to 300-m depth in South and South Asia" organized by International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), Hanoi, Vietnam. April 2011.
  • Workshop on "Use of Synchrotron X-ray and IR methods in the Geosciences" at ANKA, Forschungszentrum (A Humboldt Research Center), Karlsruhe, Germany, Nov. 2007.
  • "Triple B Workshop (Berlin, Beijing, Buenos Aires) on Urban Atmospheric Pollution in Mega Cities" at Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 2007.
  • Workshop on "Planetary Atmosphere, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere" conducted by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Tiruanantpuram, India, February 2003.
 

Professional Memberships

  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Oxfordshire, UK.
  • German Alumni Water Network (GAWN), Universität Siegen, Germany.
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG), USA.
 

M.Sc. Dissertations Supervised

2013-2015 Batch

1.         Ms. Steffinie Sawian

2.         Mr. Pintu Prusty

3.         Ms. Indhulekha K.

 

2014-2016 Batch

4.         Mr. Samir Debnath

5.         Ms. Urmi Ghosh

6.         Mr. Subhash Singh Chandel

7.         Ms. Sibani Priyadarsani Malik

8.         Mr. Deep Konar

9.         Mr. Prabhas Kumar Mohanty

 

2015-2017 Batch

10.       Mr. Pintu Layek

11.       Mr. Ashish Tiwari

12.       Mr. Apurba Nayan Das

13.       Mr. Sourav Dutta

14.       Mr. Subhajit Sen

15.       Mr. Shashikant Singh

 

2016-2018 Batch

16.       Mr. Rajesh Rath

17.       Mr. Abdul Rajik Khan

18.       Mr. Sandip Kumar Mohakud

19.       Mr. Suraj Vichhi

20.       Mr. Manoj Kumar Routray

 

2017-2019 Batch

       Mr. Sujay Nandi

       Mr. Subhajit Pothal

 

2018-2020 Batch

23.       Mr. Asim Ranjan Mondal

24.       Mr. Ashutosh Sahoo

 

2019 -2021 Batch

25.       Mr. Rakesh Dash

26.       Mr. Debashish Sahu

2020-2022 Batch

27.       Mr. Nilesh Rawat

28.       Mr. Harish Chandra Mahanta

29.       Mr. Soubhik Bhattacharya

30.       Mr. Sauparna Ghosh

31.       Mr. Subhasish Mukherjee

 

2021-2023 Batch

32. Mr. Kaustab Dutta

33. Mr. Arindam Dey

34. Mr. Debarshree Das

35. Mr. Amaresh Kumar Behera

36. Mr. Sulendra Mahto

37. Mr. Bhagabat Majhi

38. Mr. Arpan Das

39. Mr. Souvik Daripa

 

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