Curriculum Vitae, Ajit Singh Ajit Singh Department of Earth Sciences IIT , Palaj, 382355 E–mail: [email protected], [email protected]

RESEARCH INTEREST Fluvial Sedimentology and stratigraphy for drainage reorganisation, and channel avulsion processes and fluvial fan evolution; Sediment geochemistry for sediment provenance (U-Pb dating detrital zircons), and palaeoclimatic and palaeovegetation reconstruction. Application of fluvial geomorphology in geo-archaeology EXPERIENCE 02/17– Present Post–doctorate Research Associate. Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar. 09/14– 06/16 Post–doctorate Research Associate. Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College London. Worked in a project focused on understanding structure and dynamics of groundwater in NW Indo–Gangetic plains. 01/14– 08/14 Project Scientist. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, . 08/08–12/13 Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. Laboratory Practices in Geosciences (CE648), Isotope Geochemistry and its application (CE649), and Engineering Geosciences (CE242). Mentor for Summer Intern. Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. Guided a summer intern (B Tech 2nd year student) in his summer project entitled: CIA based comparative study of chemical weathering of Indian sub–continental rivers sediment: Understanding the controls of weathering in source area. 08/06–02/08 Junior Research Fellow. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, GMS Road Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. “Neotectonics–Active tectonics of 1905 Kangra Earthquake meizosiesmal region in Kangra and Soan Dun in Himachal Pradesh, Northwest Himalayas”; Project PI: Padma Shree Dr Vikram C Thakur. EDUCATION IIT Kanpur, India, Department of Civil Engineering (08/2008–03/2014, PhD) Thesis title: Subsurface stratigraphy, sediment geochemistry, and paleoclimatic reconstruction in Ghaggar plains in NW India: linkage of landscape evolution and cultural heritage. MDS University, Ajmer (Rajasthan), India (07/2001–07/2003, M.Sc.) MDS University, Ajmer (Rajasthan), India (07/1998–07/2001, B.Sc.) Other, CDAC, C–56/1, Sector–62, NOIDA (11/2005–3/2006) Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing. Joint CSIR–UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) 06/2004. Qualified for Lecturer Eligibility. FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS 1. Awarded Arthur Holmes centenary research grant to attend the European Geosciences Union's 2015 General Assembly Meeting in Vienna, Austria, 12–17 April 2015. 2. Awarded Berkner Fellowship (memorial to former AGU President Lloyd V. Berkner) to attend the American Geophysical Union's 2011 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 4–10 December 2011. 3. Awarded UKIERI Research Grant (Jul, Nov 2010 & Jun–Jul 2011) for research training as part of UKIERI funded project (Grant: IND/CONT/06–07/172E) to visit Imperial College London, and University College London. 4. Awarded Institute Fellowship (2008–2013), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur to pursue doctoral thesis. TECHNICAL SKILLS AND TRAINING 1. Detrital geochronology (LA–ICPMS): U–Pb dating of detrital zircon using LA–ICPMS facility at University College of London. 2. Core drilling operations: Supervised core drilling operations in parts of Ghaggar plains in Punjab and Rajasthan. 3. Sediment Geochemistry: Sediment geochemistry using MC–ICPMS and XRF. Clay mineralogy using XRD. 4. Luminescence dating: depositional ages of Quaternary sediment. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/WORKSHOP 1. Participated in the workshop on “Integrated stream management: Issues and challenges” from 15–17 Dec, 2009 organized by Delhi University, . 2. Participated in 5th Module of SERC School on “Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology: Climate and Tectonics” from May 27– Jun 10, 2009 at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim. 3. Participated in 4th Module of SERC School on “Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology: Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology” from Nov 13–23, 2007 at Shri R R Lalan College, Bhuj. 4. Participated in 3rd Module of SERC School on “Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology: Modern Structural Geology and Tectonics” from Feb 6–20, 2007 at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Curriculum Vitae, Ajit Singh PUBLICATIONS 1. Singh, A., Thomsen, K. J., Sinha, R., Buylaert, J–P., Carter, A., Mark, D. F., Mason, P. J., Densmore, A. L., Murray, A. S., Jain, M., Paul, D., and Gupta, S. (2017). Counter−intuitive influence of Himalayan river morphodynamics on Indus Civilisation urban settlements. Nature Communications, 8 (1), 1617−1630. 2. Singh, A., Paul, D., Sinha, R., Thomsen, K. J., and Gupta, S. (2016). Reply to the comment on “Geochemistry of buried river sediments from Ghaggar Plains, NW India: Multi−proxy records of variations in provenance, paleoclimate, and paleovegetation patterns in the Late Quaternary" by Singh et al. (2016), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 449 (2016) 85−100”. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 455, 68−70. 3. Singh, A., Paul, D., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., and Thomsen, K. J. (2016). Geochemistry of buried−river sediments from Ghaggar plains, NW India: multi−proxy records of variations in provenance, paleoclimate, and paleovegetation patterns in the Late Quaternary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 449, 85–100. 4. van Dijk, W. M., Densmore, A. L., Singh, A., Gupta, S., Sinha, R., Mason, P. J., Joshi, S. K., Nayak, N., Kumar, M., Shekhar, S., Kumar, D., Rai., S. P. (2016). Linking the morphology of fluvial fan systems to aquifer stratigraphy in the Sutlej−Yamuna plain of northwest India. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface. 121, 201−222. 5. van Dijk, W. M., Densmore, A. L., Sinha, R., Singh, A., and Voller, V. R. (2016). Reduced−complexity probabilistic reconstruction of alluvial aquifer stratigraphy, and application to sedimentary fans in northwestern India. Journal of Hydrology, 541, 1241–1257. 6. Thakur, V. C., Joshi, M., Sahoo, D., Suresh, N., Jayangondaperumal, R., 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. 7. Sinha, R., Yadav, G. S., Gupta, S., Singh, A., Lahiri, S. K., (2013). Geo−electric resistivity evidence for subsurface palaeochannel systems adjacent to Harappan sites in northwest India. Quaternary International, 308−309, 66−75. PUBLICATIONS (Book Chapter) 1. Shekhar, S., Kumar, S., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Densmore, A.L., Rai, S.P., Kumar, M., Singh, A., van Dijk, W., Joshi, S.K., Mason, P.J., Kumar, D., (2018). Efficient Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater Can Prevent Seasonal Death of Non–Glacial Linked Rivers in Groundwater Stressed Areas. In Clean and Sustainable Groundwater in India. Edited by Dipankar Saha, Sanjay Marwaha, Arunangshu Mukherjee. Springer, 117–124. CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (ORAL) 1. Gupta, S., Singh, A., Buylaert, J–P., Sinha, R., Densmore, A. L., Joshi, S. K., Murray, A., Mason, P. J., Carter, A., and van Dijk, W. M., (2016). Chronological constraints on fluvial fan stratigraphy in the NW Ganges basin, India, reveal autogenic and climatic controls on fan evolution. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, 25–28 September 2016. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 48 (7) Paper No. 273–4. 2. Singh, A., Gupta. S., Sinha, R., Densmore, A. L., Buylaert, J–P., Carter, A., van Dijk, W. M., Joshi, S. K., Nayak, N., Mason, P. J., Kumar, D. K., Mondal, M., Murray, A. S., Rai, S. P., and Shekhar, S. (2016). Variable scale channel avulsion history using fan architecture and stratigraphy, and sediment provenance of Sutlej–Yamuna fans in northwest Gangetic plains during Late Quaternary. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17–22 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 18, EGU2016–17423, 2016. 3. Singh, A., Gupta, S., Sinha, R., Carter, A., Thomsen, K. J., Mark, D. F., Buylaert, J–P, Mason, P. J., Murray, A. S., Jain, M., and Paul, D. (2015). Large–scale avulsion of the late Quaternary Sutlej river in the NW Indo–Gangetic foreland basin. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 Vienna, Austria, 12–17 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015–6661, 2015. 4. Singh, A., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Carter, A., Thomsen, K., Murray, A., Paul, D. (2012). Using U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology for deciphering Himalayan–sourced river deposits close to the Harappan sites in Ghaggar plains, NW India. IGCP–581 3rd annual symposium on Response of Asian Rivers to Climate Change – Past, Present and Future Scenario, 14 – 16 November, 2012, CSIR – National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) Uppal Road, Hyderabad. Abstract volume pp– 101. 5. Singh, A., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Carter, A., Paul, D., Mason, P. (2012). Evidences for buried channels of a large river in the ghaggar plains, northwest India. IGCP 582 Annual Meeting and Conference on Tropical rivers: hydro–physical processes, impacts, hazards and management, 5–7 January 2012, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Abstract volume pp–53. 6. Singh, A., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Carter, A., Yadav, G.S., Paul, D. (2011): Stratigraphy and sediment provenance of buried channel in Ghaggar plains, NW Rajasthan: Implications for climate control on landform evolution and valley civilization. National Seminar on Modern and Palaeo Sediments: Implication to Climate, Water Resources and Environmental Changes. XXVIII Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists, 24–26 November 2011, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Abstract Volume, pp–23. CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (POSTER) 1. Singh, A., Gupta, S., Buylaert, J–P., Sinha, R., Densmore, A. L., Nayak, N., Joshi, S. K., van Dijk, W. M., Mondal, S., Kumar, D., Mason, P. J., Thomsen, K. J., Murray, A. S., Kumar, M., Shekhar, S., and Rai, S. P. (2015). Fluvial fan evolution during Late Quaternary climate changes: field and chronological constraints from the Indo–Gangetic basin. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 14–18 December 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA. Poster presentation (EP41A–0905).

Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Curriculum Vitae, Ajit Singh 2. Singh, A., Thomsen, K., Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Buylaert, J–P., Murray, A., Jain, M. (2013). Stratigraphic response to Late Quaternary monsoonal fluctuations in a buried valley complex in Ghaggar plains, NW India. Pages Goa 2013, 4th Open science meeting, The Past: A compass for future earth. 13 – 16 February 2013. Abstract volume pp–114. 3. Singh, A., Paul, D., Singh, S. K., Sinha, R. (2013). Geochemistry of buried river sediment in Ghaggar plains, NW India: Inferences on Late Quaternary palaeoclimate. Pages Goa 2013, 4th Open science meeting, The Past: A compass for future earth. 13 – 16 February 2013. Abstract volume pp–114. 4. Singh, A., Carter, A., Gupta, S., Sinha, R., Murray, A., Mason, P., Buylaert, J–P., Thomsen, K., Jain, M., Paul, D. (2011): U–Pb detrital zircon ages to determine the provenance signature of late Quaternary paleo–channel systems in the western Indo–Gangetic basin, northwest India. Human Societies and Landscape Evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 5–9 December 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA. Poster presentation (EP31D–0854). 5. Gupta, S., Singh, A., Sinha, R., Thomsen, K., Murray, A., Carter, A., Mark, D.F., Buylaert, J–P., Mason, P., Ferrat, M. (2011): Large–scale River Channel Shifts on the Western Indo–Gangetic Plains and their implications for the Bronze–age Harappan Civilisation Settlement Patterns. Human Societies and Landscape Evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum. AGU Fall Meeting 5–9 December 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA. Invited talk (EP54A–07). 6. Sinha, R., Yadav, G.S., Gupta, S., Singh, A., (2011): ‘Buried’ Palaeo–Ghaggar channel belt inferred through resistivity soundings around Kalibangan Harappan site, north western Rajasthan, India. XVIII INQUA–Congress, Quaternary sciences – the view from the mountains, 21–27 July 2011 in Bern, Switzerland. Session: Geoarchaeology: Paleoenvironments and Human Interactions. Abstract ID 649. 7. Gupta, S., Sinha, R., Singh, A., Carter, A., Murray, A., Mason, P., Buylaert, J–P., Ferrat, M., Thomsen, K., Yadav, G.S. (2011): Large–scale River Channel Shifts on the Western Indo–Gangetic Plains and their implications for the Bronze–age Harappan Civilisation Settlement Patterns. XVIII INQUA–Congress, Quaternary sciences – the view from the mountains, 21–27 July 2011 in Bern, Switzerland. Session: Geoarchaeology: Paleoenvironments and Human Interactions. Abstract ID 3032. 8. Thakur, V. C., Sahoo, D., Singh, A., Suresh, N., Joshi, M., and Jayangondaperumal, G. (2011): Partitioning of convergence in Northwest Sub Himalaya: indication from convergence and slip rates estimated across Kangra Reentrant, North India. International Symposium on “The 2001 Bhuj earthquake and advances in Earthquake sciences–AES 2011” at Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar. Abstract Volume AES 2011, pp–27. 9. Thakur, V. C., Sahoo, D., Singh, A., and Suresh, N. (2009): Partitioning of convergence and slip rates observed between the Himalayan Frontal Thrust and the Main Boundary Thrust in Kangra reentrant on estimation of uplift rates and luminescence dating. Second Asia Pacific Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Abstract Volume pp–124.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar