Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay

About

Dr. Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay was born in Durgapur, Burdwan Dist. ( Now Paschim Bardhaman), West Bengal, India. He completed his schooling from A-Zone Multipurpose School, Durgapur and then graduated from Durgapur Government College, Durgapur. After completion of Post Graduate degree, he served Raniganj T D B College ( Govt. Sponsored College) for nearly 14 years. Then joined Bengal Engineering College ( Deemed University), Dr. Mukhopadhyay became the Founder Head of the Department of Geology ( Now Department of Earth Sciences) in 2005. .In 2008, the Department was renamed as Department of Earth Sciences to encourage the multidisciplinary research activities in the Department from various branches of Earth Sciences like Geophysics, Oceanography, Meteorology etc. in association with Geology under the Headship and with the initiative of Dr. B.P.Mukhopadhyay.The Department received DST-FIST (1st phase) grant in 2008 and the project was implemented under the Chairmanship of Dr. Mukhopadhyay. He established the Hydrogeological research in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIEST,Shibpur in 2014. At present he is working on Hydrogeological problems in agricultural belt of West Bengal, India. Research on the environmental and hydrogeological problems related to the Thermal Power Plant in West Bengal are also being carried out from the Hydrogeological Laboratory, Along with this the studies are being done on the different environmental problems, especially the consequences of the global climate changes and unplanned growth of urbanisation, like groundwater depletion, drought, landslide, flash flood in the mountainous region.

Apart from the academic research, Dr. Mukhopadhyay is interested in popular science writing in vernacular medium, especially for the schoolgoers. Popularisation of science in vernacular medium is his passion. He is writer of a good number of books on popular science in Bengali.

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D in Sciences (Geology) from the University of Burdwan with specialisation on Sedimentology and Basin Tectonics.
M.Sc. in Geology from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal,India.
B.Sc.( Hons. in Geology) from Durgapur Government College (under the University of Burdwan., West Bengal,India).

Research Statement

:Working with various R&D projects funded by different Governmental Organisations on the following broad areas :

Hydrogeology
Sedimentology
Basin Tectonics
Natural Hazards
Environmental Geology

Latest Publications

1 Anirban Mitra, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, Swarnali Barua, A geospatial approach for delineating of groundwater potential zone under agriculture dominated area in southern part of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India., 9th international conference organised by National Association of Geographers India (NAGI), Ranchi University, Jharkhand, 7th to 10th October,2025, 2025

2 R.Roy, B.P.Mukhopadhyay, S.Chaudhuri, Morphological analysis and stability assessment of upstream terraces: a case study from Teesta river, covering parts of Sikkim and Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India, 84(16), 1-21, Environmental Earth Science, 2025

3 1. Mitra,R., Mukhopadhyay,B.P., Barua,S., Mitra,A., Chowdhury,P., An integrated water resource conservation technique in a semi-arid region using MCDM method with insights from Kalahandi district, Odisha, India, 3: 165, 1-24, Discover Geoscience, 2025

4 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Identification of suitable sites for surface rainwater harvesting in the drought prone Kumari River basin, India in the context of irrigation water management, 621, 129655 (1-17), Journal of Hydrology (Impact Factor: 6.4), 2023

5 Amit Bera; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Shubhamita Das, Groundwater vulnerability and contamination risk mapping of semi-arid Totko river basin, India using GIS-based DRASTIC model and AHP techniques, 307, 1-14, Chemosphere (Impact factor 8.943), 2022

6 Sudatta Wadadar; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, GIS-based landslide susceptibility zonation and comparative analysis using analytical hierarchy process and conventional weighting-based multivariate statistical methods in the Lachung River Basin, North Sikkim, 1-38, Natural Hazards (Impact Factor: 3.158 ), 2022

7 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Ananya Chakraborty; Amit Bera; Ranajit Saha, Suitability assessment of groundwater quality for irrigational use in Sagardighi block, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, 12, 1-17, Applied Water Science (Impact factor: 5.411), 2022

8 Puja Chowdhury; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Amit Bera, Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater suitability for irrigation in the north-eastern blocks of Purulia district, India using GIS and AHP techniques, 126, 1-17, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (Impact factor: 3.311 ), 2022

9 Swarnali Barua; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Amit Bera, Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater for irrigation suitability in the alluvial aquifers of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, 80, 514(1-14), Environmental Earth Sciences (Impact factor: 3.119), 2021

10 Puja Chowdhury; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Siperna Nayak; Amit Bera, Hydro-chemical characterization of groundwater and evaluation of health risk assessment for fluoride contamination areas in the eastern blocks of Purulia district, India, 01-28, Environment Development and Sustainability (Impact Factor 4.08 ), 2021

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Research Areas

Hydrogeology
Stratigraphy
Sedimentology
Basin Tectonics

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Earth Surface Processes 2 Geomorphology 3 Sedimentology 4 Hydrogeology 5 Environmental Geology

Publications

17 Soumen Mitra; Souvanic Roy; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Susanta Chaudhuri; Dibyendu B. Bhattacharyya, A multi-criteria based methodology for mapping landslide risk zones for Urban planning guidelines: A case study Darjeeling hill town, eastern Himalayas, India, 36(2), 76-101, Urbn India, 2016

18 B. P. Mukhopadhyay, Souvanic Roy, Susanta Chaudhuri, Soumen Mitra, Influence of Geological Parameters on Landslide Vulnerability Zonation of Darjeeling Town, in Eastern Himalayas., 4(2), 27-46, Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster management, 2012

19 Ananya Biswas, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Signature of a paleogene submarine-fan from the Jenam Formation, Barail Group, Assam-Arakan orogen, northeastern India, 78, 510-522, Journal of the Geological Society of India (Impact factor: 0.899), 2011

20 S. Chaudhuri, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, K. Debnath, Experimental study on equilibrium scour hole volume around circular bridge pier in clay-sand mixed cohesive sediment beds, 2(1), 47-53, Journal of Indian Geological Congress, 2010

21 B.P. Mukhopadhyay, A. Biswas, R. Kumar, Signature of as part of Proterozoic Fan-Delta system from the Chhaosa Formation, Simla Group, Himachal Pradesh,India, 25(2), 251-258, Gondwana Geological Magazine, 2010

22 A. Biswas, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, Deep-water clastics from the Laisong Formation, Paleogene Barail Group, Assam-Arakan orogen, India, 25, Bangladesh Journal of Geology., 2006

23 H.N. Bhattacharyya, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, Submarine pyroclastic rocks in the Chitradurga greenstone belt, Karnataka, India, 45 (3), 175-182, Indian minerals, 1991

2 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Flood risk assessment and mapping in Gumti River Basin, Tripura using Multiple Criteria Analysis and GIS techniques, Human Adaptation and Sustainability, 2018

3 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Application of Geospatial techniques for Rural Agricultural Development in Kumari River Basin, West Bengal, International Seminar at Institute for Social Development and Research, Ranchi, 2018

4 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Debasish Das, Spatio- temporal analysis of the Summer-time Urban heat Island in Kolkata Metropolitan Area by using MODIS Land Surface Temperature data, Emerging Trend of Physical Sciences, 2018

5 Rupsa Chakraborty,Siperna Nayak, , Sayan Sinha, B P Mukhopadhyay, Atin Kumar Mitra, Hydrogeological Study With Special Emphasis On Chemical Components Of Groundwater , Block 1 and 2 , Purulia District, West Bengal, India, National Seminar on Sustainable Groundwater Management Through Effective Governance, 2016

6 Siperna Nayak, Rupsa Chakraborty, Sayan Sinha, B P Mukhopadhyay, Atin Kumar Mitra, Study on the occurrence of groundwater in Block I and II of Purulia District,West Bengal,India, National Seminar on Sustainable Groundwater Management Through Effective Governance, 2016

7 A. Biswas, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, T. Banerjee, P. Mazumdar, A. Thorie, Sedimentation Modelling as a proxy tool for reconstruction of a Falling Stage System Tract on a Proterozoic Carbonate Ramp: Evidence from Simla Group, Western Lesser Himalaya, India, 19th International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2014), Geneva, Switzerland,, 2014

8 E.K. L. Ferguson, S.H. Seeber, M.S. Akhter, A. Steckler, A. Biswas, B.P. Mukhopadhyay, The Dauki Fault in NE India: A crustal scale thrust-fold reactivating the continental margin, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2011

9 Susanta Chaudhuri; Koustuv Debnath; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Volume of scour around circular cylinder in clay-sand mixed Beds, 7-14, ‘HYDRO-2009’ -International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering, Indian Society for Hydraulics, CWPRS, Pune, 2009

10 B.P. Mukhopadhyay, R. Kumar, A. Biswas, A foreland depositional environment as evidenced from the Mesoproterozoic sedimentary succession in Chattisgarh basin, Central India craton, India, Extended Abstract in National Seminar volume on "Earth Resources, Environment and Earth Sciences for Society" SALEM, 2008

11 B.P. Mukhopadhyay, K. Das, A. Biswas, A review of Kosi alluvial fan, Bihar, India.-- Hydrogeologic structures, hydrological circumstances, water circulations and future prospects of water resources,, XXXVI International Association of Hydrologists Congress, 2008

1 Barua, S., Mukhopadhyay, B.P., Spatio-temporal Variation of Depth to Water Level Due to Conventional Agricultural Practices and Its Consequences on Hydrogeological Condition in an Alluvial Terrain: A Case Study from Dakshin Dinajpur District, West Bengal, India, Sunitha, V., Muralidhara Reddy, B., Sudharshan Reddy, Y., Prasad, M., Pradeep Kumar, B., Balaji, E. (eds) Remote Sensing, GIS and Modelling for Water Resource Management. Springer Water. Springer, ChaSpringer Water ( SPWA), 387-407, , 2025

2 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, "Unish Shotoker Bangali Samaj o Ishwarchandra Bidyasagarer Juktibadi Bhabna" in edit.vol. " Janmadwishotoborse Bidyasagar", Ananda Publishers115-145, , 2020

3 Amit Bera; Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay; Swagata Biswas, "Aquifer vulnerability assessment of Chaka river basin, Purulia, India using GIS-based DRASTIC model" in edited volume "Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India", Springer Nature, Switzerland13-35, , 2020

4 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, "Jal niye kichu kotha" in edited volume "Jal niye jantrana", National Book Agency Private Limited7-38, , 2019

5 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Swagata Biswas, "Assessment of Gully Erosion and Estimation of Sediment Yield in Siddheswari River Basin, Eastern India, Using SWAT Model" in edited volume "Gully Erosion Studies from India and Surrounding Regions", Springer Nature Switzerland279-293, , 2019 6 Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Debasish Das,, "Morphometric Analysis of Adula River Basin in Maharashtra India using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques" in edited volume "Geo-spatial Data in Natural Resources", Gatha Cognition13-35, , 2018

7 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Atos Bazi Theke Rocket (From Fireworks to Rocket), Akshar Publisher, 2016

8 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Ek Prakriti Bijnanir Atmokotha (Translation of Autobiography of Charles Darwin in Bengali), Patralekha, 2014

9 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay and others, Contributed in, Sishu- Kishore Academy (Govt. of West Bengal)1, , 2008

10 Editor: Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Tridib Kumar chattopadhyay, Edited : Voyonkorer Jibon Kotha (On Volanism) By Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay, Patrabharati, 2004

11 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Chhoy Bijyani (Six Scientists), Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha, 2003

12 Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Prakritik Biporjoy (Natural Disaster), Jnan bichitra, 2003

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Life Member, Geological, Mining, Metallurgical Society of India

Life Member, Indian Geological Congress

Life Member, Indian Association of Sedimentologists

Fellow , Geological Society of India

Responsibilities

Head, Department of Earth Sciences

15+ years

Hostel Wardem

Eight (08) years

Chairman, Stock Verification Committee

Two Years

Chairman, Allotment of Residential Quarter Committee

2023- till date

Projects

Hydrogeological impact assessment on account of the ash pond due to storage of ash slurry in the ash pond and mitigation measures to be taken for avoiding any possible pollution on account of the same on water quality in that area at Sagardighi Thermal Power Plant, West Bengal, India, Sponsored
Ongoing
Decision Support System for Urban Planning in Landslide Prone Zones in darjeeling Hills, Sponsored
Completed
PIRE: Life on a Tectonically Active Delta- Convergence of Earth-Science and Geohazard Research in Bangladesh with Education and Capacity Building, Sponsored
Completed
Facies Analysis and Depositional Milieu of the Chandarpur Group of the Proteroxoic Chhastisgarh Supergroup and it's significance in basinal evolution, Sponsored
Completed
Sedimentation and Palaeogeographic model for the Late Proterozoic sequences of the Shimla area and their sub-surface equivalents in the Himalayan foothills, Consultancy
Completed
Study of Sedimentation pattern and facies development in relation to Proterozoic extentional tectonics and crustal rifting in the Alwar basin, North Delhi fold Belt, Rajasthan, Sponsored
Completed
Geohydrological Investigation of water resources of Howrah District to address the problematic Decentralized planning of drinking water, Sponsored
Completed
Detailed Hydrogeological study to asses the sustainability of water sources especially during the lean season for 2 X 500 MW extension project at Sagardighi Thermal Power Project, District Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, Sponsored
Ongoing