The Geological Society of India

K.R.Karanth Endowment Lecture

The annual endowment lecture on Hydrogeology was instituted by Smt.Nirmala Karanth wife of Late K.R. Karanth, one of the pioneering and well-known Hydrogeologists of the country, to perpetuate his memory. Eminent Hydrogeologists/Geophysicists who have delivered this lecture so far are listed below:
YearSpeakerTitle of the talkPlace
1998P.N.Ballukraya, ChennaiOver-exploitation, Artificial Recharge and Pollution of Groundwater with special reference to Hard RocksGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 1998
1999M.N.Thippeswamy, BangaloreWater Supply Scenario of Bangalore City for Next MillenniumGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 1999
2000N.G.Raghu Mohan, BangaloreRain water Harvesting with Special Reference to Bangalore MetroGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 20th December 2000
2001P.R.Reddy, HyderabadRemote Sensing in Groundwater StudiesGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 2001
2002D.S.S.Murthy, HyderabadGroundwater Development: The Need for a Legislation in its Present Context and ScenarioGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 27th December 2002
2003C.S.Ramasesha, BangaloreRainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge of Groundwater: Amenability and TechniquesGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 29th December 2003
2004B.S.Sukhija, HyderabadUnderstanding the Groundwater System for its Sustainable ManagementGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 2004
2005K.C.B.Raju, BangaloreAn Overview of Water Resources & The Importance of Groundwater Resources for the Development of the Country and the Role of Geoscientists in Making it SustainableGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 29th December 2005
2006K.J.Anandha Kumar, New Delhi Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 2006
2007Subhajyothi Das, BangaloreConjunctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater & State of ArtGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 2007
2008Sujit Kumar Sinha, New DelhiGroundwater Management: Role of Modeling & A Case StudyGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 29th December 2008
2009D.S.Thambi, Trivandrum Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 29th December 2009
2010Rana Chatterjee, New DelhiGroundwater Resources Estimation & Case Studies from IndiaGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 28th December 2010
2011S.C.Dhiman, FaridabadGroundwater Management and Regulation & A Pragmatic ApproachGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 29th December 2011
2012K.Md.Najeeb, BangaloreNational Aquifer Mapping & Expectations and ChallengesGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 27th December 2012
2013Madan Lal Jhanwar, JaipurAncient Traditional Wisdom as a Panacea for Water CrisisGeological Society of India, Bangalore on 27th December 2013
2014G. Sudarshan, BengaluruEfficacy of Artificial Recharge for Sustainable Developments – Success Stories from Hard rock Terrain of Andhra PradeshGeological Society of India, Bengaluru on 29th December 2014
2015Amlanjyoti Kar, FaridabadWater Management in Andaman & Nicobar IslandsGeological Society of India, Bengaluru on 28th December 2015
2016S. Shridhar Hegde, BengaluruDeep Groundwater Exploration in Over-Exploited Kolar District, Karnataka – An Over viewSampath Iyengar Hall, GSI, Bengaluru on 26th December 2016
2017T.V.Ramachandra, IISc, BengaluruBengaluru: Unliveable City with the Shrinking Water bodies and Green CoverGSI, Bengaluru on28-12-2017
2018A.Subburaj CGWB,BengaluruGroundwater Resources and Management in the Coastal state of Tamil NaduGeological Survey of India, Bengaluru on 27.12.2018
2019V.Kunhambu CGWB, BengaluruStatus of Groundwater Governance in India: Challenges and Constraints with case StudiesGeological Survey of India, Bengaluru on 26.12.2019
2021G.C. Pati, CGWB Faridabad"Ground water resource scenario & challenges in India"Geological Society of India, Bengaluru by Virtual Mode on 3rd March 2021