“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.”
- Albert Einstein
Welcome to my site!
This site is meant to keep you up to date on - my fieldwork, current research, research publications, and as a means to invite potential collaborators on interdisciplinary research topics focusing on Freshwater Science.
If interested in any research and consultancy work assignments, kindly refer to my professional website - www.rtgeoenviron.in (RTGEOENVIRON Consultancy & Research, Pune)
If interested in any research and consultancy work assignments, kindly refer to my professional website - www.rtgeoenviron.in (RTGEOENVIRON Consultancy & Research, Pune)
The MOTIVATION behind WHY & WHAT I DO
|
I have earned my master’s studying physical volcanology and geochemistry of basaltic lava flows of the Deccan Volcanic Province, but the turning point for me to pursue a career in groundwater was when I went on a summer trek up the mountains in 2009. The one-on-one interaction that I had with a few women belonging to tribal communities living upstream in the Western Ghats exposed me to a whole new reality of issues around water accessibility and quality. The women there had to slide through a narrow rock crevice to collect drinking water from a natural spring (photo on the right)
|
|
What I witnessed that day, made me rethink - why I should be working for them and what I should be doing with my degree. It catapulted me to use my credit courses in hydrogeology & watershed science to help vulnerable communities better understand their natural resource and manage them. Ever since then, I have not looked back and it continues to motivates me to work towards 'making the invisible visible'.
© 2026 Renie Thomas. All Rights Reserved.
