Dr. Gaurav Kumar Singh has worked as a geologist in the Geological Survey of India from 2011-2013. His research work mainly comprises Stratigraphy and Palynology of Palaeozoic of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. He is especially interested in the study of Precambrian rocks of Central India. Dr. Singh is presently working as a Geology faculty of central university in Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, India.
Educational Qualifications:
2008-2013 Ph.D. Geology (Awarded in 2013)
University of Lucknow and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
2009 Joint CSIR-UGC NET-JRF
2006-2008 Masters in Geology (Post Graduation)
University of Lucknow
Gold Medal and Distinction
2003-2006 B.Sc. in Geology (Graduation)University of Lucknow
EXPERIENCE:
May 2012 – 10th December, 2013 Geologist, Geological Survey of India, SU: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
Oct. 2011- May 2012 Geologist, GSITI, GSI, Hyderabad, India.
AUG. 2010 - OCT2011 Senior Research Fellow (Birbal Sahni Research Scholarship, BSRS)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow.
AUG. 2008 –10 Junior Research Fellow (Birbal Sahni Research Scholarship, BSRS)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow
Awards and Honors:
First Division right from school to post graduate level.
Awarded M.R.Sahni memorial Gold medal in Palaeontology by Palaeontological Society of India, Sept. 2008.
Awarded Birbal Sahni Research Scholarship, BSRS by Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in 2008.
Qualified National Eligibility Test (JRF-NET) securing 27th rank for Lectureship, June 2009.
Successfully completed 35th OCG at Geological Survey of India (GSI).
Experimental skills:
Strong background on maceration techniques used for the extraction of microfossils from silicate and carbonate sediments.
Sound knowledge of the morphological details implied for the taxonomy of various fossil groups
Experienced with the palynofacies and organic matter studies.
Training programme on Late Cenozoic Dinoflagellate cyst by Prof. Martin Head in February 2011 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow.
Mapping of deformed terrane and unconformity in Bundelkhand region.
Experience in Field Campaigns:
• Carried out two fieldworks in the Spiti Valley, Tethys Himalaya on Carboniferous and Permian sedimentary succession, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010.
• Carried out fieldwork in Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, 2008.
• Carried out fieldwork in Kinnaur and adjoining areas, 2009.
• Carried out fieldwork in Solan and adjoining areas, 2009.
• Fieldwork in Chiradurga, Kochi, Salem, Bhimtal, Sukinda and Kothagudem as part of 35th OCG.
• Fieldwork in the toposheet no. 49M/13 as a part of FSP 2012-13 (GCM/SR/KRL/2012/040).
Organizational Skills
Managing, maintaining and operating ultra-clean laboratory facilities for maceration of the sedimentary rocks for microfossils, organic matter studies, and morphology of the various fossil groups.
Specialized Training
• Attended a training programme on sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy from 26-31 October 2009 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow.
• Attended Geological field training programme (Solan and adjoining areas of Himachal Pradesh) organized by Palaeontological Society of India and Centre of advanced Studies in Geology, University of Lucknow.
Research Publications:
• Kamaljeet Singh, Shreerup Goswami and Gaurav Singh (2011). Palaeodiversity in the genus Glossopteris from the lower Gondwana rocks of the Korba Coal field of the Chhatisgarh India. Palaeontological Society of India. Vol 56 (1), pp. 61-80.
• Kamlesh Kumar, Sankar Chatterjee, Rajni Tewari, Naresh C. Mehrotra and Gaurav Kumar Singh (2012). Petrographic evidence as an indicator of volcanic forest fire from theTriassic of Allan Hills, South Victoria Land, Antarctica. Vol 104 (4), pp. 422-424.
• Gaurav K. Singh, Ashish, K. Rai and Arvind K. Singh (2023). Diagenesis, facies and palaeocurrent analysis of Upper Rewa Sandstone around Sagar, Central India. Vol 12 (4), pp. 546-563.
Abstracts
Singh G, Jha N, Mehrotra N.C. (2011). An algal bloom (green algae of zygnematalean affinity) from the Gechang Formation (Lower Permian) of Spiti Basin, NW Himalaya, India. XVII International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian in the University of Western Australia, Perth.
Conferences & Seminars Attended:
International Conferences:
• Participated in Geo India, International Conference held on17-19 September 2008, at Expo XXI, Greater Noida.
• Participated in Industry-Academia programme of Geo India 2011 from 12-14 Jan. 2011.
National Conference:
• Participated in conference Plant life through the ages held on 16-17, November 2008 at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow.
Association with Research Projects/Proposals:
• Hydrocarbon exploration in Spiti Valley DST, 2008-2011.
• Geochemical mapping in Toposheet no. 49M/13 in Kozhikode, Waynad and Kannur District, Kerala (FSP 2012-13, Item no. GCM/SR/KRL/2012/040).
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