National Centre for Earth Science Studies

Education:

Professional career:

Training:

• National workshop on Continental Crust and Cover Sequences in the Evolution of the Indian Sub-Continent held at ESSO-National Centre for Earth Science Studies, MoES, Trivandrum. (20-21th January 2015).
• Attended international regional science meeting on "Land cover and landuse change dynamics and impacts in South Asia" and presented a poster on "Landuse change dynamics in selected locations of Southern Kerala" conducted by NASA Land cover land use change program, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, International START Secretariat, Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study and the University of Maryland, 2013
• Participated in a consultative workshop on River Policy and Management held at Institute of Management in Government (IMG), Thiruvananthapuram in 2013
• Assisted in organizing 34th Institute of Indian Geographers Meet, "National Conference on Natural Resource Management and Decentralised Planning" held at Centre for Earth Science Studies,Thiruvananthapuram in 2012
• Participated in a training programme at Institute of Land Disaster Management (ILDM) for river bank mapping in Cadastral Scale in 2012
• Participated in two days erdas imagine software training programme held at Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), 2012.

Research Interest:

Landslide Studies, Natural Resource Management, Geochronology, Remote Sensing and GIS analysis

Achievements & Awards:

1. Qualified NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET) conducted by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Earth System Sciences, 2012

Conference Proceedings:

1. Rajappan S., Lijith P.Nair and Mahamaya Chattopadhyay, Drainage discharge and its relation to catchment parameters- A case study of Achankovil river basin, Kerala": In 34th Indian Geography Congress on 'Hazards, Vulnerability and sustainable development Abstract Volume, organised by the Department of Geography, Patna University, Patna (Bihar), pp.114, 2012
2. Rajappan S., Indu P.Nair and Raju K., Influence of watershed characteristics on annual discharge of Achankovil river basin, Kerala": In 34th Institute of Indian Geographers Meet Abstract Volume, organised by Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), pp.59, 2012.

Education:

Professional career:

Research Interest:

Palaeomagnetism, Rockmagnetism & Igneous Petrology

Achievements & Awards:

1. Qualified UGC-JRF in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

Publications:

1. Soumya, G.S., Mohamed Asanulla, R. & Radhakrishna, T., 2017. Rockmagnetism in relation to magnetic mineralogy of anorthosites in the southern granulite region of the Indian shield, Geophysical Journal International, 209(3), 1768–1778, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx134.
2. Soumya, G.S. & Radhakrishna, T., 2017. Garnet in the Neoproterozoic Oddanchatram Anorthosite in the southern granulite terrain, India - a petrological puzzle, The Journal of Geology, 125(4), 459–467, doi: 10.1086/692330 .
3. Radhakrishna, T., Soumya, G.S. & Satyanarayana, K.V.V., 2017. Palaeomagnetism of the Cretaceous Lamproites from Gondwana basin of the Damodar Valley in India and migration of the Kerguelen plume in the Southeast Indian Ocean, Journal of Geodynamics, 109, 19, doi:http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.jog.2017.05.001
4. Mohamed Asanulla, R., Radhakrishna, T., Venkatachalapathy, R., Manoharan, C., Soumya, G.S. & Sutharsan, P., 2017. Rock magnetism and geomagnetic field strength of the rare Iron Age (300-500 BC) artifacts from Tamilnadu: the first Virtual Axial Dipole Moment determination from India, GeoResJ, 14, 135-144, doi: 10.1016/j.grj.2017.11.002.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Soumya, G.S. & Radhakrishna, T., 2016. Rock magnetic properties of Oddanchatram and Kadavur anorthosite-gabbro complexes of Tamilnadu, South India. Proceedings of the National Workshop on recent trends in the tectonics of Peninsular India, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, pp. 43.
2. Soumya, G.S., Radhakrishna, T. & Tomson, J.K., 2016. Oddanchatram anorthosite-gabbo complex in South Indian Granulte terrain, petrology and palaeomagnetism. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Western Ghats: Evolution and environmental issues. 1 - 2nd January 2016, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
3. Soumya, G.S., Rahakrishna, T. & Tomson, J.K., 2015. Field relations and petrography of Oddanchatram and Kadavur Anorthosites, Southern Granulite Terrain, South India. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Continental crust and cover sequences in the evolution of the Indian Sub-Continent. 20 -21st January 2015, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, pp. 81.

Education:

Professional career:

Training:

• National workshop on Continental Crust and Cover Sequences in the Evolution of the Indian Sub-Continent held at ESSO-National Centre for Earth Science Studies, MoES, Trivandrum. (20-21th January 2015).
• Training Program on Oil Spill Modelling and Sensitivity Mappingat Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management (ICMAM), MoES, Chennai. (14-16th February 2012)
• Training Program on Archaeological Sample Collection and Field Work held at Department of History, Annamalai University. (5-6th May 2010)
• Workshop on Research Methodology held at Department of Economics, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. (13-17th April 2010)

Research Interest:

Rock/Environmental magnetism, Archaeomagnetism, palaeomagnetism and Geomagnetic Field Model

Publications:

1. R. Mohamed Asanulla, T. Radhakrishna R. Venkatachalapathy C.Manoharan, G.S. Soumya, and P. Sutharsan, (2017). Rock magnetism and geomagnetic field strength of the rare Iron Age (300-500 BC) artifacts from Tamilnadu: The first Virtual Axial Dipole Moment determination from India. GeoResJ, 14, 135-144. (Impact Factor:1.09)
2. G.S. Soumya, R. Mohamed Asanulla, and T. Radhakrishna, (2017). Rock magnetism in relation to magnetic mineralogy of anorthosites in the southern granulite region of the Indian shield, Geophysical Journal International, 209, 1768–1778. (Impact Factor: 2.484)
3. R. Venkatachalapathy, R. Mohamed Asanulla, C. Manoharan, and T. Radhakrishna, (2013). Rock magnetic and geomagnetic field intensity studies on Megalithic archaeological pottery samples from Tamilnadu, India, Quaternary International, 298, 57-67. (Impact Factor: 2.383)
4. C. Manoharan, P. Sutharsan, S. Dhanapandian, R. Venkatachalapathy and R. Mohamed Asanulla, (2011). Analysis of temperature effect on ceramic brick production from alluvial deposits Tamilnadu, India, Applied Clay Science, 54, 20-25. (Impact Factor: 3.065)
5. S. Veerasingam, R. Venkatachalapathy, P. Raja, S. Sudhakar, V. Rajeswari, R. Mohamed Asanulla, R. Mohan, and P. Sutharsan. (2011). Petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in ten commercial fish species along Tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India, Environmental science and pollution research, 18, 687–693. (Impact Factor: 2.760)

Conference Proceedings:

1. R. Mohamed Asanulla and R. Venkatachalapathy, Comparison of Global Geomagnetic Model on Iron Age Archaeological artifacts from Tamilnadu, India. In: National workshop on Continental Crust and Cover Sequences in the Evolution of the Indian Sub-Continent, (2015).
2. R. Mohamed Asanulla, R. Venkatachalapathy and S. Veerasingam, Seasonal variation and sources of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in coastal waters along Chennai, Bay of Bengal, India. In: National conference on advanced materials and its applications, (NCAMA-2014), ISBN-13,978-81-909240-9-2.
3. C. Manoharan, P. Sutharsan, S. Dhanapandian, R. Venkatachalapathy and R. Mohamed Asanulla, Infrared and Mossbauer Spectroscopy in the Characterization Ancient Pottery. In:International conference on recent frontiers in applied spectroscopy (ICORFAS-2010).

Education:

Professional career:

Training:

• DST Sponsored Advanced Programme on” Modelling of magmatic and allied processes” Oct 2007

Research Interest:

Igneous and sedimentary Geochemistry.

Achievements & Awards:

1. CSIR- Diamond Jubilee Internship (2006 to 2008) CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad
2. DST sponsored International Travel Grant wide no SB/ITS-Y/1050/2014-15 for International Goldschmidt conference 2014, Sacramento, California.

Publications:

1. Singh P K., Singh M P., Prachiti P K., Kalpana M S., Manikyamba C., Lakshminarayan G., Singh A K., Naik A S. Petrographic characteristics and carbon isotopic composition of Permian coal: Implications on depositional environment of Sattupalli coal field,Godavari valley India. International journal of coal Geology v.90-91 34-42 (2012).
2. Prachiti P K., Manikyamba C., Singh P K., Balaram V., Lakshminaryana G., Raju K., Singh M P., Kalpana M S., Arora M. Geochemical systematic and precious metal content of the sedimentary horizons of Lower Gondwanas from Sattupalli coal field,Godavari valley, India. International journal of coal Geology v.88 83-100 (2011).
3. Lakhminarayana G., Manikyamba, C., Tarun C Khanna, Prachiti, P.Kanakdande., Raju, K. New Observation on Rajahamundary Traps of the Krishna-Godavari Basin Journal Geological Society of India, v. 75, pp.807-819 (2010)
4. Vijay Kumar, K., Chavan, C., Sawant, s., Nagaraju, K., Prachiti P. Kanakdande.,Sangita, P., Krishna, D., Krishnamacharyulu, S.K.G., Vaideswaran, T and Balaram, V, Geochemical investigation of a semi-continuous extrusive basaltic section from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India: implications for the mantle and magma chamber processes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 159 pp. 839-862 (2010).
5. Tarun C. Khanna, Manikyamba, C., Subba Rao, D.V., Prachiti, P.K., Raju, K. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Gadwal kimberlites, Eastern Dharwar craton, India. Journal of Applied Geochemistry, v.11, pp.315-327 (2009).
6. Manikyamba, C., Tarun C Khanna, Prachiti, P.K., Raju, K. High Mg magmas of diverse tectonic settings Journal of Applied Geochemistry, v.11, pp.328-346 (2009).

In Books:

1. Tarun C. Khanna, Prachiti, P.K., Manikyamba, C., Keshav Krishna, A. (2009) Heterogeneous mantle wedge: implication from the geochemistry of boninites from Gadwal greenstone belt, India. In(Ed.) Santosh Kumar on Magmatism, Tectonism and Mineralization, Macmillan publishers New Delhi, India, pp. 1-13.

Education:

Professional career:

Training:

• Scientific short course on Introduction to landslide site mapping at IIT Kanpur outreach centre, October 2016 (1 week).
• Advanced course in Himalayan Geology organized by Geological Survey of India, December 2012 (1 week).
• ‘SERC school on Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology’ sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, May-June, 2009 (15 days).

Research Interest:

1. Tectonic Geomorphology
2. Active tectonics
3. Quaternary landform evolution
4. Natural hazards such as Landslides and Soil piping
5. Optical Stimulated Luminescence Dating

Achievements & Awards:

1. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- NET (LS) (June 2011).
2. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- NET (LS) (June 2010).
3. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Fellowship 2013.
4. Fellowship in a Department of Science and Technology sponsored project, 2008-2012

Membership in Professional Bodies

1. Himalayan Geology (life membership)

Field Experience:

1. Filed work course in Zanskar Valley on theme ‘Sedimentation, Tectonic and Quaternary Landforms of Zanskar Valley’, August- September 2015 (15 days)
2. Filed work course in Ladakh Himalaya on theme ‘Major Tectonics and Lithounits in the Indus and Shyok Suture Zones of Ladakh Himalaya, August 2011 (15 days)
3. Underground mining training at Zawar, Rajasthan, December 2007 (1 week)

Projects:

1. Landslides and its triggering factors in the Western Ghats- an integrated geological, geotechnical and geophysical investigation (since 2016)
2. Involved in a project entitled “Role of tectonic- climate interaction in morphogenic evolution of Dhauladhar range during Late Quaternary in Kangra and Chamba regions of Western Himachal Pradesh” (2009-2013).

Publications:

1. Mayank Joshi, V. C. Thakur (2016). Signatures of 1905 Kangra and 1555 Kashmir earthquakes in medieval period temples of Chamba region, NW Himalaya, Seismological Research Letter. 87(5), 1150-1160.
2. Thakur, V. C., Joshi, M., Sahoo, D., Suresh, N., Jayangondapermal, R., and Singh, A. (2014). Partitioning of convergence in Northwest Sub-Himalaya: estimation of late Quaternary uplift and convergence rates across the Kangra reentrant, North India. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103(4), 1037-1056.

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