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Ajay Kumar Taloor

Ajay Kumar Taloor

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2025

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Citations
3529
World Ranking
988
National Ranking
41

Earth Science

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36
Citations
4297
World Ranking
7336
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52

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Overview

Ajay Kumar Taloor is affiliated with the University of Jammu in India. Their research primarily addresses topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on areas such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their major research interests include earthquake and tectonic studies, groundwater and watershed analysis, landslides and related hazards, cryospheric studies and observations, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, flood risk assessment and management, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Ajay Kumar Taloor has contributed extensively to several prominent publication venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • Quaternary Science Advances
  • Groundwater for Sustainable Development
  • Quaternary International
  • Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment
  • Geodesy and Geodynamics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Girish Ch Kothyari
  • Rakesh K. Dumka
  • Raj Sunil Kandregula
  • Suresh Kannaujiya
  • Bahadur Singh Kotlia

Some selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ajay Kumar Taloor highlight their engagement with groundwater quality, land surface temperature analysis, and water resource management. These include:

  • Spring water quality and discharge assessment in the Basantar watershed of Jammu Himalaya using geographic information system (GIS) and water quality Index(WQI), 2020, Groundwater for Sustainable Development
  • Retrieval of land surface temperature, normalized difference moisture index, normalized difference water index of the Ravi basin using Landsat data, 2020, Applied Computing and Geosciences

Additionally, related significant works with high citation include studies on groundwater quality appraisal for drinking and irrigation in Central Telangana, published in 2020 in Groundwater for Sustainable Development.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogeochemical investigation of groundwater quality in the hard rock terrain of South India using Geographic Information System (GIS) and groundwater quality index (GWQI) techniques

    Narsimha Adimalla;Ajay Kumar Taloor

  • Impact of climate change on groundwater hydrology: a comprehensive review and current status of the Indian hydrogeology

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  • Retrieval of land surface temperature, normalized difference moisture index, normalized difference water index of the Ravi basin using Landsat data

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Drinder Singh Manhas;Girish Chandra Kothyari

  • Spring water quality and discharge assessment in the Basantar watershed of Jammu Himalaya using geographic information system (GIS) and water quality Index(WQI)

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Rayees Ahmad Pir;Narsimha Adimalla;Sajid Ali

  • Appraisal of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes in Central Telangana, India

    Narsimha Adimalla;Ratnakar Dhakate;Anusree Kasarla;Ajay Kumar Taloor

  • Flood frequency analysis of river Jhelum in Kashmir basin

    M. Sultan Bhat;Akhtar Alam;Bashir Ahmad;Bahadur S. Kotlia

  • Identification of groundwater resource zone in the active tectonic region of Himalaya through earth observatory techniques

    SkMafizul Haque;Suresh Kannaujiya;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Dipika Keshri

  • Identification of artificial groundwater recharge sites in parts of Yamuna River basin India based on Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System

    Armugha Khan;Himanshu Govil;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Gaurav Kumar

  • Integrated study of GRACE data derived interannual groundwater storage variability over water stressed Indian regions

    Tandrila Sarkar;Suresh Kannaujiya;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Prashant Kumar Champati Ray

  • Estimation of quantitative measures of total water storage variation from GRACE and GLDAS-NOAH satellites using geospatial technology

    Anil Kumar Singh;Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Bahadur Singh Kotlia

  • Tectonic imprints of landscape evolution in the Bhilangana and Mandakini basin, Garhwal Himalaya, India: A geospatial approach

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Lalit Mohan Joshi;Bahadur Singh Kotlia;Akhtar Alam

  • Surface runoff estimation of Sind river basin using integrated SCS-CN and GIS techniques

    Abanish Kumar;Shruti Kanga;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Suraj Kumar Singh

  • Isotopes (δ18O, δD and 3H) variations in groundwater with emphasis on salinization in the state of Punjab, India.

    Gopal Krishan;Bhishm Kumar;Natarajan Sudarsan;Mavidanam Someshwar Rao

  • Exploring recent groundwater level changes using Innovative Trend Analysis (ITA) technique over three districts of Jharkhand, India

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  • Groundwater quality assessment using geospatial and statistical approaches over Faridabad and Gurgaon districts of National Capital Region, India

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  • Landscape evolution and deduction of surface deformation in the Soan Dun, NW Himalaya, India

    Girish Ch Kothyari;Neha Joshi;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Raj Sunil Kandregula

  • Artificial recharge to groundwater using geospatial and groundwater modelling techniques in North Western Himalaya, India

    Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Rajesh Kumar;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Arun Kumar Saraf

  • Active tectonic deformation along reactivated faults in Binta basin in Kumaun Himalaya of north India: Inferences from tectono-geomorphic evaluation

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Prashant Kumar Champati Ray;Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Bahadur Singh Kotlia

  • Geoinformatics based groundwater quality assessment for domestic and irrigation uses of the Western Doon valley, Uttarakhand, India

    Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Upasna Andotra;Baghwan Dass Bhagat

  • Monitoring and assessment of groundwater quality and its suitability for domestic and agricultural use in the Cenozoic rocks of Jammu Himalaya, India: A geospatial technology based approach

    Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Upasna Andotra;Rajesh Kumar

  • Detection of snow/ice cover changes using subpixel-based change detection approach over Chhota-Shigri glacier, Western Himalaya, India

    Vishakha Sood;Hemendra Singh Gusain;Sheifali Gupta;Ajay Kumar Taloor

  • Tectono-climatic influence on landscape changes in the glaciated Durung Drung basin, Zanskar Himalaya, India: A geospatial approach

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Bahadur Singh Kotlia;Avtar Singh Jasrotia;Ajay Kumar

  • Coexistent pre-existing extensional and subsequent compressional tectonic deformation in the Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya

    Akhtar Alam;M. Sultan Bhat;Bahadur Singh Kotlia;Bashir Ahmad

Frequent Co-Authors

Bahadur Singh Kotlia
Bahadur Singh Kotlia Kumaun University
Narsimha Adimalla
Narsimha Adimalla East China Institute of Technology
Prosun Bhattacharya
Prosun Bhattacharya Royal Institute of Technology
Nadhir Al-Ansari
Nadhir Al-Ansari Luleå University of Technology
Anil V. Kulkarni
Anil V. Kulkarni Indian Institute of Science
Sharad K. Jain
Sharad K. Jain Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Sanjay Mittal
Sanjay Mittal Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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