I work in the field of Environmental Science and Engineering. My broad research area is Groundwater and surface water quality management, GIS and ANN modeling of environmental systems. Currently i am working on Biochar application in water quality management.

Thesis supervision/Mentorship

Phd Thesis  : 01 (awarded in 2025) and 04 is ongoing

M.Tech Thesis : 15 (completed)

B.Tech project: 06 (completed)

ORCID ID- 0000-0002-0830-2084

Courses taught at various levels

At UG level

Environmental Engineering, Environmental science, Environmental management, EIA and ISO

At PG Level and pre-PhD courses

Ecological Dynamics and Energy, Industrial Pollution Control, Water supply and wastewater management , Environmental system Engineering, Environmental Economics, Environmental Statistics, Waste management

• Groundwater quality management
• Wastewater Treatment and management 
• Agroresidue management and Biochar production and application 
• Environmental economics and Environmental Statistics
• Neural network modeling

GATE Percentile ( Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)  -- 81.17( Qualified with Life Sciences as a subject in  March , 2002.)

NET ( National Eligibility Test) For Lectureship Qualified with Environmental Sciences as a Subject. in August , 2004.

International journal

1. Avishek, K., Pathak, G., Nathawat, M.S., Jha, U. and Kumari, N., 2010. Water quality assessment of Majhiaon block of Garwa district in Jharkhand with special focus on fluoride analysis. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 167(1), pp.617-623.   
2. Kumari, N. and Pathak, G., 2014. A review of groundwater quality issue in Jharkhand due to fluoride. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, 4(3), pp.65-77.
3. Kumari, N., Pathak, G. and Singh, T.B., 2015. The overall assessment of quality and quantity of drinking water with focus on fluoride in the areas of extreme western parts of Jharkhand. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 5(4), pp.814-829.
4. Singhal, A., Kumar, M., Bhattacharya, M., Kumari, N., Jha, P.K., Chauhan, D.K. and Thakur, I.S., 2018. Pretreatment of Leucaena leucocephala wood by acidified glycerol: optimization, severity index and correlation analysis. Bioresource technology, 265, pp.214-223.
5. Kumari, N., Garg, S., Singhal, A., Kumar, M., Bhattacharya, M., Jha, P.K., Chauhan, D.K. and Thakur, I.S., 2019. Optimizing pretreatment of Leucaena leucocephala using artificial neural networks (ANNs). Bioresource Technology Reports, 7, p.100289.
6. Pandey, S., Kumari, N., & Priya, S. (2021). Soil quality and pollution assessment around Jumar watershed of Jharkhand, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14(24), 2748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09091-y
7. Singhal, A., Kumari, N., Ghosh, P., Singh, Y., Garg, S., Shah, M.P., Jha, P.K. and Chauhan, D.K., 2022. Optimizing cellulase production from Aspergillus flavus using response surface methodology and machine learning models. Environmental Technology & Innovation, p.102805.
8. Pandey, S., Kumari, N. and Al Nawajish, S., 2023. Land use land cover (LULC) and surface water quality assessment in and around selected dams of Jharkhand using water quality index (WQI) and geographic information system (GIS). Journal of the Geological Society of India, 99(2), pp.205-218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2288-y
9. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2023. Prediction and monitoring of LULC shift using cellular automata-artificial neural network in Jumar watershed of Ranchi District, Jharkhand. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(1), p.130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10623-6
10. Soumya Pandey, & Neeta Kumari. (2023). Application of Artificial Intelligence in addressing Land degradation: A case study of Jumar watershed, Ranchi, Jharkhand. International Journal of Microsystems and IoT, 1(4), 2223–230. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8433468
11. Kadave, K.P. and Kumari, N., 2023. Assessment of seasonal water quality and land use land cover change in Subarnarekha watershed of Ranchi stretch in Jharkhand. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30979-7
12. Kadave, K., Patil, V. and Kumari, N., 2023. Noise Mapping of Nashik City using Q-GIS. Grenze International Journal of Engineering & Technology (GIJET), 9(1).
13. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2024. Assessment of Morphology and Soil Erosion Risk in Agrarian Watershed of Jharkhand India Using RUSLE, GIS and MCDA-AHP. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, pp.1-20.
14. Kumari, N., Kumar, G. and Hembrom, S., 2025. Groundwater fluoride modeling using an artificial neural network: a review. Frontiers in Water, 7, p.1580202.
15. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2025. Assessment of morphology and soil erosion risk in Agrarian watershed of Jharkhand India using RUSLE, GIS and MCDA-AHP. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 53(6), pp.1685-1704.
16. Hembrom, S. and Kumari, N., 2026. Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mining Areas: A Review. Journal of Mining and Environment, 17(1), pp.1-26.
17. Hembrom, S. and Kumari, N., 2026. Evaluation of Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Groundwater Resources in the Kuju Coal Mining Area of Ramgarh District, Jharkhand. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 237(3), p.191.
18. Neeta Kumari, Susmita Marandi, Soumya Pandey, 2026. “Fluoride removal from groundwater using fish scales derived biochar”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 124,2026,Pages 68-75,ISSN 2214-7853,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2024.01.033.

Conference proceeding

1. Pandey, S., & Kumari, N. (2021). ), Review of impact assessment on agricultural watershed due to change in environmental factors, In Proceedings of Advances in Sustainable Research for Energy and Environmental Management (A. K. Mungray, V. N. Lad, A. . Mungray, M. Chakraborty, & J. Singh (eds.); First, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 1–248). Nandan Graphics & Library Services.
2. Kumar, G. and Kumari, N., 2023, March. Surface Water Quality Assessment of Lakhisarai Stretch of Kiul River in Bihar. In International Conference on Advances in Water Treatment and Management (pp. 267-277). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
3. Kumari, N., Marandi,S. Pandey,S. (2024). Fluoride removal from groundwater using fish scale derived biochar (accepted and in press in Materials Proceedings) DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2024.01.033
4. Hembrom, S. and Kumari, N., 2025, February. Groundwater Quality Assessment in a Coal Mining Area of Khalari Coalfield, Ranchi, Jharkhand. In International Conference on Water Elixir Meet (pp. 163-181). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
5. Neeta, K. and Gopal, P., 2015, December. Determination of suitable ANN architecture for groundwater fluoride prediction. In International Conference on Computational Intelligence (pp. 81-88). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
6. Pandey, S., Kumari, N. (2024). Effect of WTP Lime Sludge on the Properties of Agricultural Soil of Jumar Watershed, Jharkhand, India. In: Çiner, A., et al. Recent Research on Geotechnical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Earthquake Seismology. MedGU 2021. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43218-7_19 (SCImago and SCOPUS)

Book chapter

1. Singhal, A., Pandey, S., Kumari, N., Chauhan, D.K. and Jha, P.K., 2021. Impact of climate change on soil microbes involved in biogeochemical cycling. Climate Change and the Microbiome: Sustenance of the Ecosphere, pp.63-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76863-8_5
2. Kumari, N. and Pandey, S., 2022. Sustainability Assessment of Jumar River in Ranchi District of Jharkhand using River Sustainability Bayesian Network (RSBN) model approach. In Ecological Significance of River Ecosystems (pp. 407-428). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85045-2.00021-2
3. Pandey, S., Kumari, N., Dash, S.K. and Al Nawajish, S., 2022. Challenges and Monitoring Methods of Forest Management Through Geospatial Application: A Review. Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring, pp.289-328. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119788157.ch13 (SCOPUS)
4. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2022. Sustainable Utilization and Management of Agricultural and Kitchen Waste. Agricultural and Kitchen Waste, pp.127-163. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003245773-7
5. Pandey, S., Kumar, G., Kumari, N. and Pandey, R., 2023. Assessment of Causes and Impacts of Sand Mining on River Ecosystem. Hydro geochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems, pp.357-379. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119870562.ch16
6. Kumari, N. and Pandey, S., 2023. Application of artificial intelligence in environmental sustainability and climate change. In Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 293-316). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99714-0.00018-2
7. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2023. Impact assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface water bodies. Metals in Water, pp.129-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95919-3.00004-5
8. Pandey, S., Kumari, N. (2023). Valorisation of Agricultural and Food Waste Biomass for Production of Bioenergy. In: Pal, D.B. (eds) Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3784-2_10
9. Kumari, N., Kadave, K., Marandi, S., Pandey, S., Kumar, G. (2023). Constructing the Dynamics of Water Quality Parameters Using Geospatial Technology and In Situ Observations. In: Mushtaq, F., Farooq, M., Mukherjee, A.B., Ghosh Nee Lala, M. (eds) Geospatial Analytics for Environmental Pollution Modeling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45300-7_8
10. Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2024. Utilisation of agricultural waste biopolymer for soil erosion management. Role of Green Chemistry in Ecosystem Restoration to Achieve Environmental Sustainability, pp.249-260.  https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15291-7.00019-5
11. Kumari, N., Pandey, S., Kumar, G. (2024). Sand Mining: A Silent Threat to the River Ecosystem. In: Kanhaiya, S., Singh, S., Dixit, A., Singh, A.K. (eds) Rivers of India. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49163-4_6
12. Hembrom, S., Pandey, S. and Kumari, N., 2026. Nanoengineering of Polymer Particles for Traversing Bio, Nano Interactions. In Nanostructured Polymers: Synthesis and Performance (pp. 211-234). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
13. Kumari, N., Hembrom, S. and Pandey, S., 2026. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Arabian Peninsula: Climate-Driven Changes, Species Vulnerability and Conservation Strategies. In Climate Change in the Arabian Peninsula: Challenges and Pathways to Solutions (pp. 161-184). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland
14. Pandey, S., Kumari, N. and Mallick, L., 2024. Review on assessment of land degradation in watershed using geospatial technique based on unmanned aircraft systems. Unmanned aircraft systems, pp.263-311.

1. Co-PI in DST- FIST (Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure) grant to the dept of civil and environmental engg of one crore for five years from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for the project entitled “Strengthening Research in Monitoring and Remediation of Chemical Contaminants of Emerging Concern for clean and potable water”. The grant supported the purchase of an FTIR-Microscope as the major equipment in this project, which is used in Microplastic analysis.
2. PI in Jharkhand council of Science, technology and innovation (JCSTI) funded project on “Designing of drinking water system for the removal of groundwater fluoride using biochar derived from agro industrial waste” (2025-2027)

• Editorial board member of  1. Journal of Advanced Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2. International Journal of Advanced Research in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering; 3. Journal of Advanced Research in Satellite Remote Sensing and Innovations. of advanced research publications (https://www.advancedresearchpublications.com)