Ph.D in Applied Geochemistry from Osmania University, Telangana, India; She has cleared joint CSIR-UGC National eligibility exam for lectureship in Earth sciences. Vangala Sunitha is the recipient of Raman Post Doctoral Fellowship funded by UGC, New Delhi from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA under the supervision of Mark P.S Krekeler. Recipient of “Young Scientist award from DST, India. Current areas of interest are Hydrogeology, Geochemistry.