This Department offers consultancy services in ground water exploration, development and management including water quality, mineral exploration and engineering geophysics. 

Consultancy services:

• This department offers consultancy services in ground water prospecting, water resources management, mineral exploration, engineering geophysics, seismic risk assessment
• So far this department has handled about 200 ground water exploration projects for farmers. For Industrial town ship of Ferro Alloys, Residential colonies of Hindustan Ship Yard, Visakhapatnam Port trust, projects were undertaken for exploring the ground water resources.
• A project was undertaken to delineate the extension of chromite mineral for Ferro Alloys Corporation.
• Another project for delineating the lead ore was undertaken for a private agency in Orissa state.