Prof. Sumedha Chakma is working as Associate Professor and an expert in Watershed Management, Bioreactor Landfill, and Permeable Reactive barrier. He has joined at IIT Delhi in 2014 as Assistant Professor and actively involved in teaching, research, consulting and also in administration. His current research interests include Settlement, Gas and leachate generation in landfill, Infiltration study on different land use and soil type, Landcover and land use change in watershed, Groundwater contamination and remediation, and Development of new materials for Permeable Reactive barrier for different contaminants.
Further, Prof. Chakma is running research projects that received grant from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and FIRP from IIT Delhi. He is involved in administrative duties as Warden, Programme Coordinator of Water Resources Engineering and was also incharge of President of Dramatics Club. He is also participating in Table Tennis games and received the Most Promising Sportsman Award in 2018 on Republic Day of India from IIT Delhi.
