Vision

The Centre is established to fully utilize and manage natural resources and the environment, towards increasing sustainability and providing global security to all sectors of society. It also aims to enhance the quality of life by ensuring water security for all by providing necessary research and development inputs, with special emphasis on the use of Geoinformatics.

Mission

To pursue exploratory research projects in diverse areas of Geoinformatics and Water Technology and bring together a team of dedicated researchers who push the limits to achieve the goals. The major goal is to use the latest tools and techniques in Geoinformatics to come up with innovative research designs and transferring the developed technology to the society that can make life easier.

List of ongoing Research Project

Principal Investigator: Dr. D. Karunanidhi

Funding Agency	Title of the Projects	Amount Sanctioned (Rs.) in Laksh	Status
DST - NRDMS Major Project	Geospatial Technology in Promoting Recharge in Lower Bhavani Basain in between Bhavanisagar to Bhavni Town Erode District, Tamil Nadu	14.80	On going
DST- SERB ECRA Scheme	Identification of Hydrogeochemical Controls on Occurrence of High Fluoridesin Bed Rock Aquifers of Shanmuganadhi Sub-basin, Amravathi River, Tamil Nadu – a Special Stress on Remediation by Managed Aquifer Recharge	26.27	On going

Core Faculty

Sl.No	Core Faculty	Highest Qualifications	Area of Specialization
1.	Dr. D. Karunanidhi Associate Professor	Ph. D	Geoinformatics Application for Groundwater Modelling
2.	Dr. K.Y. Raneesh Associate Professor	Ph. D	Water Resources Management and Climate Changes
3.	Dr. S. Saravanan	Ph. D	Irrigation Engineering Remote Sensing and GIS

List of Pursuing Ph.D Scholars

Sl. No	Name of The Scholar	Faculty/Degree	Title of the Thesis	Supervisor
1.	Mr. D.Sakthivelu	Civil Engineering (Part-time mode)	GIS based hydrological modeling in Kangayam Taluk, Thirupur District of Tamil Nadu	Dr. D. Karunanidhi
2.	Mr. J. Vignesh	S&H (Geology) (Part-time mode)	Geoinformatics modeling for hydrogeochemical process in Mettur Taluk, Salem District, Tamil Nadu	Dr. D. Karunanidhi
3.	Ms. T. Maithili	S&H (Geology) (Part-time mode)	Hydrogeochemical process and evolution of Fluoride in groundwater at  Eadapadi Taluk, Salem District, Tamil Nadu using GIS	Dr. D. Karunanidhi
4.	Mr. B. Anand	Civil Engineering (Full-time mode)	Geoinformatics based groundwater resources Development planning and Promoting recharge in Lower Bhavani basin, Erode District, Tamil Nadu	Dr. D. Karunanidhi
5.	Ms. Christina Marcus	S&H (Geology) (Full-time mode)	Hydrogeochemical Investigation and GIS based Groundwater Modeling of Thutha sub-basin, Bharathapuzha River, Kerala	Dr. D. Karunanidhi