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Dr. Sumit

Project Scientist I, Solid Earth Research Group (SERG)

Email : sumitsagwal123[at]gmail[dot]com

Phone(Off) :

Mobile : +918398034756

Education:

PhD. : 2024, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad.
Title : Sedimentological and Geomorphological evolution of Pangong Tso, Ladakh vis a vis climatic variability.
M.Tech : 2018, Applied Geology (Integrated 5-year) , Kurukshetra University.

Area of Specialization & Interest:

  • Clastic Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Lake level fluctuation, Paleoclimate, Luminescence Dating, Palaeofire reconstruction.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

  1. CSIR Research Associate 2025.
  2. DST-SERB International travel grant to present a research paper at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec 2023, San Francisco, CA.
  3. Junior Research Fellow (2018). Qualified the CSIR-UGC NET examination for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and Lectureship (LS) in Dec. 2018 (with All India Rank – 26) and again in Nov. 2020 (with All India Rank – 64). Availed the JRF (July 2019 to June 2024) at WIHG.

SCI Publications :

  1. Sagwal, S., Sengupta, D., Kumar, A., Dutt, S., Srivastava, P., Agnihotri, R., Gahlaud, S.K.S., Sarathi Jena, P., Shivam, A. and Bhushan, R., (2023a). Late-Holocene wildfire record from the Stagmo peat section, Leh valley, NW Himalaya. The Holocene, 33(6), p.685-694. (IF: 1.6).
  2. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C. P., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., & Bhushan, R.(2023b). Late Holocene hydrological variability from the NW Himalaya and southwestern Tibetan Plateau: Paleo-salinity records from Pangong Tso. The Holocene, 33(7), p. 842-859. (IF: 1.6).
  3. Sagwal, S., Panda, S., Sengupta, D., Shahrukh, M., Kumar, S., Kumar, A., & Dutt, S. (2024). Flash flood dynamics in the foothills of the NW Himalayas: insights into hydrological and morphological controls. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(1), 81. (IF-2.9).
  4. Sengupta, D., Dutt, S., Warken, S. F., Singam, A., Frank, N., Sagwal, S., & Maurya, S. (2025). Climate-change induced human migration and socio-political changes in eastern India during the Meghalayan age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112873. (IF-2.6).

Book/ Monographs /Chapters/Edited Volumes:

  1. Review on catastrophic flood distribution and assessment in different climatic zones of the Himalaya accepted in Natural Hazard and Risk Management – Natural Hazards in Himalaya and Risk Management by Springer -Nature Volume 2. Authors: Panda S., Sengupta D., Sagwal S.*, Shahrukh M., Mandal S., Kumar A., Dutt S.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia:

  1. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C. P., Saha, S., & Srivastava, P. (2023, December). Sedimentological approach for evolution of fluvial-dominated lake deltas in arid climatic set-up. AGU23 Fall Meeting.
  2. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., & Bhushan, R. (February, 2023). Lake level fluctuation history from Ladakh Himalaya: Paleo-salinity records of Pangong Tso. In Association for Luminescence Dating (ALD) held in IISER Kolkata.
  3. Sagwal, S., Sengupta, D., Kumar, A., Dutt, S., Srivastava, P., Agnihotri, R., & Bhushan, R. (2022, December). First evidence of paleo wildfire records from Trans Himalaya vis-à-vis climate and human intervention. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. PP12C0653).
  4. Sagwal, S., Sengupta, D., Kumar, A., Dutt, S., Srivastava, P. (2022, November). Late Holocene wildfire record from the Ladakh Himalaya in response to climate variability and anthropogenic impact. In Federation of Indian Geosciences Associations held in the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun.
  5. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., & Bhushan, R. (2022, June) Late Holocene Lake level fluctuations vis-à-vis climate: Paleosalinity records from Pangong Tso. In 6th National Geo Research Scholar Meet 2022 held at the University of Ladakh, Leh.
  6. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., & Bhushan, R. (2022, January) Late Holocene lake-level fluctuations and hydrodynamics of larger lakes from Trans Himalaya since 3 ka. In the First Indian Quaternary Congress -2022 (online).
  7. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., & Bhushan, R. (2021, December). Late Holocene Rapid Shrinkage of Larger Lakes and their Hydrodynamics from Trans Himalaya, India. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. EP35A-04).
  8. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, C.P., Srivastava, P., Aggarwal, S., Bhushan, R. (2021, September). Late Holocene rapid shrinkage of larger lakes and their hydrodynamics from the Trans Himalaya, India. In the 16th International Luminescence & ESR Dating Conference (online).

Membership in Professional Bodies:

  1. Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR).

Google Scholar Links:

  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yNk67awAAAAJ

ORCID:

  • 0000-0002-9166-494X