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Dr. Vamdev Pathak
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Department of Geology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, VPO-Ghudda, Bathinda, Punjab, India- 151401
Dr. Vamdev Pathak

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences

 

Qualification

Ph.D. from the University of Delhi (Dept. of Geology) in the year 2016.

M.Sc. from the University of Allahabad (Applied Geology) in the year 2008.

Experience
Teaching Experience
  • Assistant (Teaching); Aug 2010 - March 2013; Dept. of Geology, University of Delhi
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Jan 2022-Current
Research Experience
  • Scientist 'C'; Mar 2018 - Dec 2021 (o.c); Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi 
  • Scientist ‘B’; Mar 2013 - Mar 2018 (o.c); Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi
  • Junior Research Fellow; Jan 2012 - March 2013; Dept. of Geology, University of Delhi
  • Research Scholar; Aug 2010 - Jan 2013; Dept. of Geology, University of Delhi
  • Junior Research Fellow; Aug 2008 - Aug 2010, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Allahabad
Administrative Experience
  • PAMC-Geosciences; Mar 2018 - Dec 2021; Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi 
  • PAMC-Seismology; Mar 2013 - Mar 2018; Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi
Research Area

  Paleomagnetism, Rock magnetism, Active Tectonics,  Volcanology (DVP)

Research Interests
  • Palaeomagnetism, Magnetostratigraphy,
  • Rock magnetism, Environmental Magnetism
  • Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
  • Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology
  • Volcanology (DVP)
Research Grants/Projects

Ongoing

       1) Characterisation of magnetic minerals and their flow by flow variation from Amarkantak Plateau, India. Funded by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. (RSM grant 2022-24)

Professional Affiliation

1) The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata.

2) International Association for Structural Geology & Tectonics (IASGT).

Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  • DST Project JRF (2008)
  • CSIR-NET (2011)
  • CSIR Project JRF (2012)
  • CSIR-Foreign Travel Award (2013)

 

Publications
  • Vamdev Pathak, S.K Patil and J.P. Shrivastava: “Tectono-magmatic setting of the lava packages in the Mandla lobe of the eastern Deccan volcanic province, India: Paleomagnetism and Magnetostratigraphic evidences. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1144/SP445.3
  • Nishi Rani, Vamdev Pathak and J.P. Shrivastava:Geochemical Modeling and Experimental Studies on Mineral Carbonation of Primary Silicates for Long-term Immobilization of CO2 in Basalt from the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province" J. Ind. Geophys. Union (January 2016) Special Volume-1/ 2016 pp: 42-58.
  • Nishi Rani, Vamdev Pathak and J.P. Shrivastava:CO2 mineral trapping: an experimental study on the carbonation of basalts from the eastern Deccan Volcanic Province, India” Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 7 (2013) 806-809. DOI: http://10.1016/j.proeps.2013.03.069.
  • Amit Kumar, Jayaprakash Shrivastava, Vamdev Pathak: Mineral carbonation reaction under water-saturated hydrothermal-like conditions and thermodynamic modeling for CO2 sequestration in tholeiitic basalt of the eastern Deccan volcanic province, India; Applied Geochemistry, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.05.021
  • Girish Ch Kothyari, Raj Sunil Kandregula, Bahadur Singh Kotlia, Abhishek Lakhote, K.V. Swamy, Vamdev Pathak, Gaurav Chauhan, M.G.Thakkar: Palaeoseismic investigations along the Kachchh Mainland Fault: A comprehensive review and new insights of the past earthquakes in the Kachchh basin, western India. Quaternary International, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.042 
  • Girish Ch. Kothyari, Raj Sunil Kandregula, Gaurav Chauhan, Bhawanisingh G Desai, Ajay Taloor, Vamdev Pathak, K V Swamy, Sneha Mishra, Mahesh G Thakkar: Quaternary Land form development in the central segment of tectonically active Kachchh Mainland Fault zone, Western India. Quaternary Science Advances. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2020.100018
  • Girish Ch. Kothyari, Neha Joshi, Mahesh Thakur, Ajay Kumar Taloor, Vamdev Pathak: Reanalyzing the geomorphic developments along tectonically active Soan Thrust, NW Himalaya, India. Quaternary Science Advances. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2020.100017.
  • Sonu, Amit Kumar, M Satyanarayanan, Vamdev Pathak, Nimisha Vedanti, Jaya Prakash Shrivastava: Chemical stratigraphy of subsurface lava flows from the Koyna (KBH1) core and correlation with the southwestern stratigraphy of the Deccan Traps. Geological Society, London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP518-2020-214.
  • Raj Sunil Kandregula, Girish Ch. Kothyari, K.V.Swamy, Ajay Kumar Taloor, Abhishek Lakhote, Gaurav Chauhan, M.G.Thakkar, Vamdev Pathak and Kapil Malik: Estimation of regional surface deformation post the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in the Kachchh region, Western India using RADAR interferometry. Geocarto International, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1899299
  • Girish Ch Kothyari, Sneha Mishra, Ajay Kumar Taloor, Raj Sunil Kandregula, Vamdev Pathak, Gaurav Chauhan: Distribution of neotectonic variability between the Kachchh Mainland Fault and Vigodi Fault, Northwestern Mainland Kachchh, Western India. Quaternary Science Advances.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2021.100047
International conference/ Abstract
  • Vamdev Pathak, S.K. Patil and J.P. Shrivastava (2013) Palaeomagnetic, low field AMS and rock magnetic evidences from the lower part of the lava flow sequence from the Mandla lobe of the eastern Deccan volcanic province, India: Basalt 2013, International Seminar, Germany.
  • Vamdev Pathak, S.K. Patil and J.P. Shrivastava (2012) Palaeomagnetic, low field AMS and rock magnetic investigations on the basaltic flows of Mandla lobe: implications on their age and magma flow direction: AOGS, International seminar, 2012, Singapore.
  • Patil. S.K., Pathak, V., Shrivastava, J. P (2011) Palaeomagnetic, low field AMS and rock magnetic investigations on the basaltic flows of Mandla lobe: implications on their age and magma flow directions. Geodynamics and Metallogenesis of the Indian lithosphere, 88, BHU, Varanasi.
  • S.K. Patil, Vamdev Pathak, and J.P. Shrivastava “Palaeomagnetic investigations on the lowermost Lava pile of Mandla Lobe Deccan flows: inferences for the span of Deccan magmatism” in abstracts national seminar “Applied geochemistry and geophysics”, BHU.
Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
Details of Training Programs/Workshops attended
  • A National Field Workshop, ‘Bicentenary Commemoration of 1819 Intra-Plate Allah Band Earthquake of Kachchh  Basin: Past Chronicle and Future Opportunities’, K.S.K.V. Kachchh University (2019).
  • Active Fault Mapping and Paleoseismology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2015).
  • Training programme on Active Tectonics, The M.S. University of Baroda (2013).
  • Lecture series on nuclear fuel and uranium mineralization, University of Allahabad (2008)
  • A short course in Metamorphic Petrology, University of Allahabad (2008)
  • Social media & public information in Disaster situations, NIDM, Delhi (2021)
  • Early warning and communication, NIDM, Delhi (2020)
  • 21 days Online GIS Training Program using QGIS, Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Karnataka (2020).
  • Geo-spatial application in disaster management.NIDM, Delhi (2020).
  • One day workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Inter University Accelerator Center, Delhi (2011).

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
1) “Earth Day Celebration 2022”, organised by Department of Geology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.

 

Invited Talks/ Resource Person
Invited talk on “Paleomagnetic, AMS and Magnetostratigraphic studies on lava flows from Mandla lobe of the eastern Deccan Volcanic Province, India” and acted as RECORDER in one of the sessions during the 106th INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Punjab from January 03 to 07, 2019.
Curricular Development
M.Sc. Geology at CUPB
e-Content Development
Working knowledge of Public Financial Management System-PFMS
Working knowledge of E-Office