Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik

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Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik

Associate Professor
Department of Geology
School of Environment and Earth Sciences

Qualification

Ph.D.

Experience
Teaching Experience
  • Assistant Professor, 2015 to Jan 2020, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
  • Visiting Faculty,  2015, IMSc., Chennai       
  • Assistant Professor (O.C.), 2011-2015, IISER Kolkata   
  • IISER Fellow, 2010-2011, IISER Kolkata
Research Experience
  • Assistant Professor, 2015 to Jan 2020, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
  • Visiting Faculty,  2015, IMSc., Chennai       
  • Assistant Professor (O.C.), 2011-2015, IISER Kolkata   
  • IISER Fellow, 2010-2011, IISER Kolkata
  • Scientist in NFG Project, 2008-2010, Pondicherry University
Administrative Experience
  • Head of the Department of Geology, Jan 2020 onwards
  • Officiating HOD, Department of Geography, Aug, 2022 onwards
  • Member of Building Committee, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
  • Officiating HOD, Department of Geology, July, 2019 - Jan 2020
  • Officiating HOD, Department of Geography and Geology, Jan - July 2019
  • Member School Board, School of Environment and Earth Sciences
  • Chairperson, Board of Studies (BOS), Department of Geology
  • Vice President, IIC, CUP
  • BOS member of Department of Physics, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Geography, Department of Mass Communication & Media Studies
  • Member Academic and Administration committee (AAC), Department of Geology
  • Convener Curriculum Development committee of Department of Geology
  • Convener of Academic and Administration committee (AAC) of the Centre for Geography and Geology
  • Member of school admission committee
  • Member of Discipline committee for convocation of the University
  • Member of IQAC
  • Coordinator of Internship Centre for Students/Short-term Placement in Startups, CUPB
Research Area
  • Low Temperature Geochemistry 
  • Isotope Geology 
Research Interests
  • Application of cosmogenic radionuclides such as 10Be and 26Al to understand the earth surface processes and exposure dating
  • Understanding the continental weathering and CO2 consumption rate using major, trace elements and Sr isotopes on river water and bed load sediments. 
  • Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)
Research Grants/Projects
  • Project Title: “Estimation of timing and extent of Last Glacial Maxima using 10Be and 26Al exposure dating of glacial landforms of the Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica”, Funding agency:  MoES, New Delhi
  • Project Title: “Mobilization and redistribution of elements during different stages of chemical weathering of Rajmahal Basalt in Pakur district of Jharkhand” Funding Agency: Scheme for Young Scientists, SERB, Department of Science & Technology
  • Project Title: Determination of extent and timing of Quaternary glaciation in the Upper Alakananda basin using cosmogenic radionuclides 10Be and 26Al, Funding Agency: IUAC, New Delhi,
  • Project Title: Geochemistry of glacial lake deposits from upper Alakananda basin: Significance to paleoclimatic fluctuation, Funding Agency: CUPB, Under RSM grant
Professional Affiliation

INYAS Member, INYAS –INSA, 2018 - 2023

Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  1. Letter of Appreciation, for participation in Antarctica Expedition, from central University of Punjab, 2022
  2. Letter of Appreciation, for membership in National body, from central University of Punjab, 2021  
  3. INYAS  Core committee member, INYAS-INSA, 2019 - 2021
  4. INYAS Member, INYAS –INSA, 2018 onwards
  5. Awarded with Certificate of Appreciation For Research, Alumni Society, ASD college, Tirtol, Odisha , 2018
  6. DST International travel grant for attending Goldschmidt Conference at Boston, USA, 2018
  7. Summer Scientific member in the 36th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (3 months), MOES & NCAOR, 2016 -17
  8. 36th IGC Society grant to attend 35th IGC at Cape Town, SA, 2016
  9. Awarded UGC – Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-doctoral fellowship, 2010
  10. EGU student travel grant for attending Goldschmidt Conference at Cologne, Germany, 2007
  11. Second prize for best paper presentations in the 10th ISMAS, Triennial International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, Munnar, India, 2006
  12. Qualified CSIR-JRF-NET exam, June 2003  & UGC-JRF-NET exam, Dec. 2002
Research Collaboration
  1. Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi
  2. Indian institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
  3. HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand
  4. IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur
Publications
Papers

  Research Papers

  • Sahoo P. K.; Virk H. S.; Powell M. A.; Kumar R.; Pattanaik J. K.; Salomão G. N.; Mittal S.; Chouhan L.; Nandabalan Y. K.; Tiwari R.P (2022) Meta-analysis of uranium contamination in groundwater of the alluvial plains of Punjab, northwest India: Status, health risk, and hydrogeochemical processes. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 807, IF:7.963

  • Pattanaik J.K.; Singh A.; Kumar H.; Singh Shah S.; Semwal P.; Sujith Naik M.; Nayak K.; Jaiswal M.K.; Banerjee A.; Nainwal H. C.; Shankar R., (2022) Luminescence chronology of Late Quaternary palaeo-lake deposits from the Upper Alaknanda Basin, Uttarakhand, India: Implication to palaeoclimate and depositional settings.  Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Volume 227, IF:3.48

  • Agashe D.; Maheshwary S.; Pattanaik J.K.; Prakash J.; Bhatt P.; Arya S.S.; Chatterjee S.; Kumar P.; Singh P.; Abbas N.; Sharma C.S.; Chaudhuri C.R.; Devi P.(2022) Career challenges for young independent researchers in India, Article Current Science. Volume 122, , Pages 135-143.

  • Prem Chand Kisku, Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik, Haldhar Kumar (2020) Hydrogeochemical study of Morang River draining Rajmahal basalt: Implication to mineral stability and chemical weathering. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA) 
  • PP Das, PP Mohapatra, S Goswami, M Mishra, JK Pattanaik (2020) A Geospatial Investigation of Interlinkage between Basement Fault Architecture and Coastal Aquifer Hydrogeochemistry. Geoscience Frontiers (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.12.008.
  • Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik, Pankaj Kumar B, Prem Chand Kisku, Amit kumar, Sunil Ojha, Satinath Gargari, Ranjan Joshi, Sundeep Chopra (2020) Use of suitable metal matrix for ion current enhancement during 10Be AMS measurement. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA) 
  • Amrutha K., Haldhar   Kumar, Pankaj Kumar and J. K. Pattanaik, (2020). Estimation of long-term catchment scale denudation rate using 10Be: Past studies and challenges. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA)
  • Singh A. K., Pattanaik J. K., Kumar G.and Jaiswal M. K., (2017). Late Quaternary Evolution of Tista River Terraces in Darjeeling-Sikkim-Tibet Wedge: Implications to Climate and Tectonics. Quaternary International, Volume 443, Part B, 132-142, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016. 10.004, 1040-6182.
  • Singh A. K., Jaiswal M. K., Pattanaik J. K. and Dev M. (2016). Luminescence Chronology of Alluvial fan in North Bengal, India: Implications to Tectonics and Climate. Geochronometria, 43,102–112, DOI 10.1515/geochr-2015-0037.
  • Saumik Samanta, Tarun K. Dalai, Jitendra K. Pattanaik, Santosh K. Rai, Aninda Mazumdar, (2015). Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its δ13C in the Ganga (Hooghly) river estuary, India: Evidence of DIC generation via organic carbon degradation and carbonate dissolution, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 165, 226-248
  • Pankaj Kumar, Chopra S., J. K. Pattanaik, S. Ojha, S. Gargari, R. Joshi and D. Kanjilal (2015) “A New AMS Facility at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B. Accepted. DOI: 10.1016/J.nimb.2015.03.078
  • Pankaj Kumar, J. K. Pattanaik, N. Khare, S. Chopra, Sudesh Yadav, S. Balakrishnan and D. Kanjilal (2014) “Study of 10Be in the Sediments from the Krossfjorden and Kongfjorden Fjord System, Svalbard”, J Radioanal Nucl Chem, DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3315-7
  • Pattanaik J.K., Balakrishnan S., Bhutani R. and Singh P., (2013)“Estimation of weathering rates and CO2 drawdown basedon solute load: Significance of granulites and gneisses dominated weathering in the Kaveri River basin, Southern India”, Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, Vol 121, 611 – 636
  • Pankaj Kumar, J. K. Pattanaik, S. Ojha, S. Gargari, R. Joshi, G. S. Roonwal, S. Balakrishnan, S. Chopra, D. Kanjilal (2011): “10Be measurements at IUAC-AMS facility”, J RadioanalNuclChem,Vol. 290, pp. 179-182, DOI:10.1007/s10967-011-1184-x
  • N. Khare, P. Govil, Pankaj Kumar, A. Mazumder, S. Chopra, J. K. Pattanaik, S. Balakrishnan, G. S. Roonwal (2011): “10Be as paleoclimatic tracer: initial results from south western Indian Ocean sediments”, J Radioanal Nucl Chem, Vol. 290, pp. 197-201, DOI 10.1007/s10967-011-1218-4.
  • Pattanaik J.K., Balakrishnan S., Bhutani R. and Singh P., (2007): “Chemical and Sr isotopic composition of Kaveri, Palar and Ponnaiyar rivers:  Significance to weathering of Granulites and Granitic gneisses of southern Peninsular India”, Current Science, Vol. 93, No. 4, pp no. 523 – 531
  • Nissar Ahmad, A. A. Wani, R. Ram, S. R. Abhilash, Rakesh Kumar, J. K. Pattanaik, Sankar De, R.K. Karn, and T. Nandi (2006): “Beam-single and beam-two-foil experimental facility to study physics of highly charged ions”, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 77, 033107
  • Pattanaik J. K., Balakrishnan S., Panakj Kumar and Chopra S., (2011): In: S. K. Aggarwal, A. G. Jaison and V. M. Telmore (Ed.) ISMAS DM-HEAL-2011, ISBN: 978-81-904442-3-1, Prudent Arts & Fab Pvt. ltd, pp. 79 - 83.
  • Panakj Kumar, Pattanaik J. K., ArchanaBohra, S. Ojha, S. Gargari, R. Joshi, Balakrishnan S.,  G. S. Roonwal and Chopra S., (2011): In: S. K. Aggarwal, A. G. Jaison and V. M. Telmore (Ed.) ISMAS DM-HEAL-2011,  ISBN: 978-81-904442-3-1, Prudent Arts & Fab Pvt. ltd, pp 61 – 63.
  • Pankaj Kumar, J. K. Pattanaik, N. Khare, S. Chopra, SudeshYadav, S. Balakrishnan and D. Kanjilal (2014), Proceedings of the International conference on Application of Radiotracers and Energetic Beams in Sciences (ARCEBS 14), 12–18th Jan. 2014, SINP, Kolkata, Vol. 4, pp no. 121–122
  • Pankaj Kumar, Pattanaik J. K., Sunil Ojha, Gargari S., Joshi R., Balakrishnan S., Chopra S. and Kanjilal D. (2010)., In: Lahiri S., Maiti M. and Das S. K., (ed.), Proceedings of the International conference on Application of Radiotracers in Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (ARCEBS), 7–13th Nov. 2010, SINP, Kolkata, Vol. 3,pp no. 104–106, ISSN 0973-256X.
  • Khare N., Govil P., Pankaj Kumar, Mazumder A., Chopra S., Pattanaik J. K., Balakrishnan S. and Roonwal G. S. (2010), In: Lahiri S., Maiti M. and Das S. K., (ed.), Proceedings of the International conference on Application of Radiotracers in Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (ARCEBS), 7–13th Nov. 2010, SINP, Kolkata, Vol. 3,pp no. 107–109, ISSN 0973-256X.
  • Pankaj Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik, S.Ojha, A. Jhingan, S. Gargari, R. Joshi, S. Balakrishnan, S. Chopra and S. K. Datta (2007), In. Choudhury R. K.; Mohanty, A. K.; Santra, S. (eds.), Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Nuclear Physics symposium, Sambalpur, December, 2007, Vol. 52, pp. no. 599, ISBN 81-8372-034-X.
  • Pankaj Kumar, Pattanaik J. K., Golda K. S., Devarani Devi, Ojha S., Gargari S., Joshi R., Nandi T., Mandal A., Chopra S. and Datta S. K., (2005), In: Kailas S., Kumar S. and Pant L. M., (ed.), Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS 50th Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC, Mumbai, Vol. 50, pp no. 467, ISBN: 81-8372-020-X.
  • Pankaj Kumar, Jitendra Pattanaik, K. S. Golda, Devarani Devi, S. Gargari, S. Chopra, T. Nandi, A. Mandal and S.K. Datta, (2004), In. Singh P. and Pant L.M. (ed.), Proceedings of DAE – BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BHU, December 6-10, 2004, Vol. 47B, pp no. 502-503.
  • Pattanaik J. K., Balakrishnan S., Rao P. S. and Senthilnathan D., (2003), In: Anupama K. and Hema Achyuthan (Ed), Late Quaternary Environment Change: emerging issues, Proceedings of the International PAGES workshop, Vol. 42, pp no. 119-122.
Book Chapters
  • Amrutha K., J. K. Pattanaik, Khem Chand Saini, Pushpendu Kundu & Felix Bast . “ Biogeochemistry of the Antarctic coasts: implications for biodiversity and climate change”, in  Systems Biogeochemistry of Major Marine Biomes, Wiley publisher. 
  • K. Amrutha, Pankaj Kumar, Neloy Khare and Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik. “Reconstruction of Quaternary climate in Svalbard: CRN as proxy” DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822869-2.00019-0, Elsevier.
  • Ahmad Baba Waseem, Kumar Pankaj, Kumar Pattanaik Jitendra and Khare Neloy. “Droning Maud Land (Antarctica) and Reconstruction of Its Glacial History with Cosmogenic Radionuclides, in ‘Assessing the Antarctic Environment from a Climate Change Perspective’, Springer.

 

Technical Reports:

  • J. K. Pattanaik, T. Nandi, Rajesh Kumar, Suraj Kumar and S. K. Datta, (2003): “Off-line testing of the Wien filter using α – source”, Category: Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy,    Reference No.: NSC/TR/JKP/2002-2003/, submitted to: Nuclear Science Center, (An autonomous Inter-University Center of UGC), PO. Box No. 10502, ArunaAsaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110067.
  • Pankaj Kumar, J. K. Pattanaik, K. S. Golda, Sunil Ojha, S. Gargari, T. Nandi, S. Chopra and S. K. Datta (2006): “Wien Filter Testing (calibration) using 16O5+ beam tail present in 14 mass injections” Reference No.: IUAC/TR/PK/2005-06/39, submitted to: Inter University Accelerator Center, PO. Box No. 10502, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110067.
 

 

Research Guidance

Ph.D. Thesis awarded – 1

Ph.D. Under supervision  – 3

M.S. Dissertation Guided – 9 (at IISER Kolkata)

M.Sc. Dissertation Guided – 42  (at CUPB)

No. of summer trainee – 5

Project staff worked – 1

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
National
  • Presented paper on “Selection of Least Mobile Element for a Weathering Profile Study.” Proceeding of National Seminar on Dynamics of Surface & Subsurface Geological Processes; page no 167 -168, Organized by Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605014, during 8th – 9th February, 2018; ISBN: 978-93-86724-39-7.
  • Presented paper on “Terrestrial exposure dating on Roche Moutonnées and glacial deposits of the Schirmacher Oasis to understand the extent and timing of Last Glacial Maxima in the Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica” defended in the National Workshop to evaluate the proposals for the 36th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, 9-10 June 2016, ESSO-NCAOR, Goa
  • Presented paper on “Application of 10Be and 26Al in Earth Sciences studies and their sample processing techniques for AMS measurement” in the acquaintance program of Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda on 4th April 2016.
  • Presented paper on “Determination of extent and timing of Quaternary glaciation in the Upper Alakananda basin using cosmogenic radionuclides 10Be and 26Al” was presented by me in the 59th Accelerator User Workshop at IUAC, New Delhi from Dec 16 - 19th, 2015.
  • Presented paper on “Determining the millennial scale weathering rates in the drainage basin using 10Be and 26Al”, abstract volume, pp – 07, workshop on AMS, (2011), IUAC, New Delhi.
  • Presented paper on “10Be measurements using AMS on sediment core samples from Sambhar and Didwana Lakes in Rajasthan to determine rate of sedimentation Significance to paleoclimate studies” presented by me in the 49th Accelerator User Workshop – Dec 17-18th, 2010 at IUAC, New Delhi.
  • Presented paper on “Determination of Sedimentation Rate and Paleoclimate Modeling using 10Be and clay Mineralogical Studies on Lagoonal Sediments from Kaluveli, Pondicherry”, Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, 2007, IUAC, New Delhi, Oct. 05, pp no. 10.
  • Presented paper on “Paleoclimatic Study of the Kaluveli Lagoon, East Coast of TamilNadu: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, The National Academy of Sciences, India Conference, 75th Annual Session, December 8-9, 2005 Pondicherry.
  • Presented paper on “10Be Extraction from Manganese Nodules Sample for AMS Measurement”, Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy, IUAC, New Delhi, September 23, 2005.
International
  • Presented paper on “Distribution  and Estimation of Short Term Deposition  Rate of Atmospheric  10Be in Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India” in the Goldaschmidt conference 2018 held at Boston  from  12th- 17th August,  2018
  • Presented paper on “Statistical approach to select least mobile element for weathering profile study” in the Goldaschmidt conference 2018 held at Boston  from  12th- 17th August,  2018.
  • Presented paper on ‘Chronology of relict lake deposits in the upper Alakananda basin: Implication to paleoclimate and variability of chemical weathering intensity’. Oral Presentation in the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2016, under the theme (T4)- Climate Change Studies, Session – 17, T4.17 - Understanding Tropical Climate Change from geological perspectives through multi-dimensional approach, held at CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa; 27th  August to 2nd  September, 2016.
  • Presented paper on “Chemical weathering and regolith development over Rajmahal basalt and Chotanagpur gneiss: A comparative study”, Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, 2013, Florence, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 77(5), pp-1473, doi:10.1180/minmag.2013. 077.5.11. ISSN: 0026-461X
  • Presented paper on ‘Sr isotope study of Kaveri river – a potential proxy to infer the paleo-intensities of SW and NE monsoon in south India”, Proceedings of International PAGES 4th Open Science Meeting, Goa, 2013.
  • Presented paper on “10Be and clay mineralogical studies on lagonal sediments from Kaluveli, Pondicherry, India: Significance to Paleoclimate”. Proceedings of the 17th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference 2007, Cologne, Germany, Geochemica et. Cosmochemica Acta, Vol. 71, Issues 15, A765, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.024. ISSN: 0016-7037.
  • Presented paper on “Development of AMS technique to measure 10Be and 26Al in quartz: Significance to estimate exposure ages and erosional rate of rocks in India”, 3rd International Symposium on Geological Anatomy of East and South Asia, 8-14 Oct. 2007, Delhi, pp no. 116.
  • Presented paper on “10Be Measurement from Manganese Nodules Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometer” 10th ISMAS Triennial International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, January 28th – February 1st, Munnar, Kerala, ISMAS Souvenir cum Bulletin,  2006, pp no 121-122.
  • Presented paper on “Suitability of EPR method in dating marine shells”, Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR symposium, 22-25th November, 2004, IISC, Bangalore.
  • Presented paper on ‘A Preliminary study on Different Recent Marine Shell to find out their Suitability for EPR Dating’, International PAGES workshop, 2003, French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry.

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
University Level
  • Organized Two days of Special Lecture series by Prof. A. K. Singhvi, from 22 - 23 May 2019.  
  • Organised Special lecture on ‘Introducing microbiology in Earth system Sciences’ by Prof. R. Bhasker, Department of environmental Science and Engineering, GJU, Hissar on 26th March, 2018
  • As a convener organised an acquaintance program of Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda on 4th April 2016. Program was funded by IUAC, New Delhi.  Sanctioned amount Rs. 40,000/-.
  • Organised 5 days’ workshop on “GIS and its application: Recent Trend in Geography and Geology” and one day special lecture  at Centre for Geography and Geology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda,  between 15th – 19th February, 2016. This workshop was university funded. Involvement as a member of organising committee.
National Level
As coordinator, organised a webinar ‘blue-planet’ lecture series from 7th – 9th June, 2020 to celebrate World Ocean Day. This programme was a joint activity of INYAS-CUPB and co-coordinated by Dr. Felix Bast.
Peer Recognition

Member INYAS, INYAS-INSA, New Delhi

  • Life Member, Indian Society For Mass Spectrometry, (ISMAS), Mumbai, India
  • Annual Member, European Association of Geochemistry
Invited Talks/ Resource Person
* Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik has been delivered an invited talk and panel discussion on “Open science” during workshop cum INYAS Mid-year meeting between 13-15 August, 2021.
* Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik has been delivered an invited talk entitled “White Continent is Turning Green: Role of Climate Change” on 01/09/2021 during the Short-Term Course on Climate Change being organized by the UGC-HRDC-Pondicherry University, Puducherrry, from August 27, 2021, to September 2, 2021
* Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik has been delivered an invited talk on “Mobilization of elements during Basalt Weathering” on 27 September 2021 in the ‘Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conferences’ (FGRC), Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad, during 27-28 September, 2021.
* Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik has been delivered an invited talk entitled "Role of Accelerator in Radiometric Dating" in the 27th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (Coniaps XXVII) on “Frontiers in Physics” Organized by Department of Physics, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora- India, Department of Physics, University of Kashmir (UoK) , Srinagar- India, held during October 26-28, 2021.
* Expert Lecture in the national webinar organised by the Haringhata Mahavi-dyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, June 2020.
* Expert Lecture in the Faculty Development Program (FDP) organized by the Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth, Environment and Space Sciences, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, May 2020.
* Invited lecture on Science Day at Goa Science Center, Goa, 17th December 2019.
* Invited lecture on ‘Earth System Sciences’ during the DST - INSPIRE Camp at Baba Farid Institute, Bathinda 26th December 2019
* Co-Chaired a session and delivered a lecture on “Fate of East Antarctica Ice sheet? Its impact on ocean circulation” in the National Fronteir Science residential meeting – 2019 (NatFOS 2019) during 6-8th November 2019 at Sambode Bagh Resort , Jaipur.
* Invited lecture on the occasion of International Ozone Day on 16th September 2019 by NSS, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed to be University, Dayalbagh, Agra.
* Invited talk on ‘Chronology of Late Quaternary glaciations in the central and north-western Himalayas: A comparison’ in Workshop on Geochronology organized by IUAC, New Delhi, 16th – 17th November, 2017, abstract volume, page no. 21-22.
* Invited talk on ‘Applications of cosmogenic radionuclides (CRN) 10Be and 26Al in Earth system science’, in the iThemba Lab, Johannesburg, South Africa on 30th August, 2016.
* Invited lecture in the SERB, DST, Govt. of India, sponsored training program on 'Earthquake Hazard: Basic Approaches, Field Investigations and Modeling’ at SMVDU, Katra, from 10 – 16 November 2015.
* Invited lecture on determining the millennial scale weathering rates in the drainage basin using 10Be and 26Al at workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, IUAC New Delhi on September 15th, 2011.
* Invited lecture on sample preparation for AMS measurement at ISMAS International Discussion Meet on Elemental Mass Spectrometry in Health and Environmental Science (ISMAS-DM-HEAL-2011) at New Delhi during 14 – 15 April, 2011.
* Invited Lecture on “Be extraction from geological samples” at IUAC, New Delhi, User Awareness Program at Department of Earth Science, Pondicherry University on 21st October, 2008.
Curricular Development
M.Sc. Geology at CUPB
e-Content Development
•Module of e-PG Pathasala, UGC on “Application of Remote sensing and GIS in Groundwater and Water Pollution Studies”, 2017 • Module of e-PG Pathasala, UGC on “Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in mineral resources”, 2017
Other Significant Achievements
  • Attended INYAS Midyear AGM through online mode August, 2020
  • Attended INYAS AGM at INSA New Delhi from 21-22 Feb, 2020
  • Attended INSA–AGM at NIO, Goa, from 15 – 18 December, 2019
  • Delivered remote area lecture in Govt. High School, Kolar–Jaypur, Odisha, November 2019
  • Delivered popular lecture in a Science Camp organized by the INYAS at Faridkot on 5th October 2019
  • Attended Refresher course in Environmental studies organized by School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, from 15th -  26th July, 2019
  • Attended Thematic Workshop “Vulnerability Atlas of India and Disaster Resistant Design and a Construction Practices” on 3rd May 2019 at New Delhi
  • Attended Indo-European workshop at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, March 2019
  • Attended INYAS AGM at INSA New Delhi from 21 – 22 Feb, 2019
  • Attended Faculty Induction Program under PMMMNMTT scheme, organized by School of Education, CUPB from 11th Feb to 12th March 2019
  • Conducted entrance test for International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) as Centre in charge on 19th January and 2nd December 2019
  • Attended INYAS AGM at INSA New Delhi, Feb, 2018
  • Attended 5th International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention (ICEPP 2017) held at NTU, Singapore during 14-16 Dec., 2017
  • Underwent Pre-Antarctic Expedition Ice and Snow Acclimatization training at Mountaineering and Skiing Institute, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, Auli, Uttarakhand; 7th – 28th September, 2016.
  • Delivered Institutional talk at IMSc., Chennai, 2015.
  • Ultra-clean geochemistry lab demonstration to the participant of DST sponsored Training school on “Application of radiogenic isotopes in geochronology and geochemistry” at Department of Earth Science, Pondicherry University during December 15 – 20, 2008
  • Participated in one-day seminar on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at IUAC, New Delhi, on 15th September, 2010, followed by the review meeting on progress in AMS and the future plans, including the upcoming 14C AMS facility.