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Faculties

Faculty of Engg. & Architecture
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agricultural and Food Engineering
- Architecture and Regional Planning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Centre for Computational and Data Sciences
- Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Centre of Excellence in Advanced Transportation
- Centre of Excellence in Precision Agriculture & Food Nutrition
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- DRDO Industry Academia - Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE)
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg.
- Energy Science and Engineering
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- G.S Sanyal School of Telecommunication
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- M. N. Faruqi Centre for Innovation
- Ocean Engg and Naval Architecture
- Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Mngt.
- Rubber Technology
- School of Water Resources
- Steel Technology Centre
- Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability
Faculty of Biotechnology & Biosciences
Faculty of Sciences
- Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL)
- Chemistry
- Education
- Geology and Geophysics
- Mathematics
- Physics
Faculty of Humanities, Social & Economic Sciences
- Centre for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences & Engineering
School of Management
- Vinod Gupta School of Management
School of Law
- Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law

Centre for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology

Faculty Members

Madan Kumar Jha

Professor
Head, Center for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology
Head, Agricultural and Food Engineering

Research Areas

Basin-wide Groundwater Modeling

Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge

GW Management using RS, GIS and MCDA

Field Investigation & Seawater Intrusion

Goundwater-Surface Water Interaction

Piyush Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Research Areas

AgriValue Chain Financing and Management

Agricultural Marketing and Price Risk

Performance Management of MFIs

Public Finance and Rural Development

ImpactAssessment of Development Projects

Somnath Ghosal

Ph.D., University of Nottingham, UK

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Research Areas

Rural Development and Regional Planning

Ethnographic and Qualitative Research

Social Forestry for Entrepreneurship

Rural Water, Health, & Education

Public Policy for Science & Society