PhD in Environmental Science (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad), India
Hydrogeochemistry
Contamination of water resources by geogenic and anthropogenic activities
Groundwater-seawater interaction
Aquifer vulnerability
Water quality and health
Mining, Water resources management and GIS
Assistant Professor at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2020.
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2016-2020.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Experiance Researcher at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile, 2019.
Erasmus Mundus (AREaS+) Doctoral Exchange Scholarship at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Young Scientist Award 2022 in Groundwater Investigation and Management by the Indian National Chapter - International Association of Hydrogeologists (INC-IAH), 2024.
Young Scientist Award 2025 by Melpadom Sabha.
Best Lightning Talk Award in the category Environmental Science and Environmental Sustainability at the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Annual Conference, Milan, Italy, 2024.
Received the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Working Group Award as the Chair of the Research Funding Working Group in Krakow, Poland, 2025.
Chair of the Research Funding Working Group of the MCAA since September 2023.
Member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) since February 2024.
One of three Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA) Country Representatives for India since November 2024.
Member of the Steering Committee of the Early Career Hydrogeologists Network (ECHN), IAH.
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)-Actions member of OFF-SOURCE.
Founding member of the International Water Association ( IWA)-Young Water Professionals (YWP) Chapter in India.
Awarded a small grant from the DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, for the high-impact paper publication.
Tiwari A K and Singh A K (2014) Hydrogeochemical investigation and groundwater quality assessment of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India (Springer) 83:329-343
Tiwari A K, De Maio M, Singh P K, Mahato M K (2015) Evaluation of Surface Water Quality by Using GIS and a Heavy Metal Pollution Index (HPI) Model in a Coal Mining Area, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer) 95(3):304-310.
Tiwari A K, Singh P K, Mahato M K (2016) Environmental geochemistry and quality assessment of mine water of the West Bokaro coalfield, India. Mine Water and the Environment (Springer) 35:525–535.
Tiwari A K, Singh P K, De Maio M (2016) Evaluation of aquifer vulnerability in a coal mining of India by using GIS based DRASTIC model. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer) 9(6):1-15.
Tiwari A K, Pisciotta A, De Maio M (2019) Evaluation of groundwater salinization and pollution level on Favignana Island, Italy. Environmental Pollution (Elsevier) 249: 969-981.
Tiwari A K, Giri S, Mahato M K, Singh A K 92025) Anthropogenic influence on groundwater metal toxicity and risk to human health assessment in Umaria coalfield of Madhya Pradesh, India. Scientific Reports (Nature publication) 15(1):12007
Micallef, A, Person, M, Haroon, A, Weymer BA, Jegen M, Schwalenberg K, Faghih Z, Duan S, Cohen D, Mountjoy JJ Woelz S, Gable C, Averes T, Tiwari A K (2020) 3D characterisation and quantification of an offshore freshened groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight. Nature Communications (Nature publication) 11:1372.
De Maio M and Tiwari A K (2020) Applied Geology: Approaches to Future Resource Management, (Edited Book), Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43953-8
