Dr V.S. Joji, working as faculty at Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute, Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India, Raipur, Chhattisgarh and is also working as Govt. of India TNA consultant. He completed his graduation and post-graduation from University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. He carried his PhD work at the University of Kerala availing financial assistance from University Grants Commission in the form of UGC-Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF). Dr. Joji qualified almost all the competitive examinations in the field of Geology and a few among them are NET, UGC-JRF, CSIR-JRF, GATE, Geologist in ONGC & GSI and Lecturer in Geology. Dr. Joji has successfully completed many TOT courses of DOPT such as SAT, NTP, TNA, DTS and DOT courses designed by Thames valley University, UK. He has more than 50 published international, national research, technical papers and reports to his credit.