RAM LAL ANAND COLLEGE (University of ) Faculty Details

Title Dr First Ravish Last Lal Photograph Name Name Designation Assistant Professor Address Flat No. 149 (Third Floor) New Millennium Apartments, Poket – 7, Sector 21, Rohini, 110086

Phone No Office Residence Mobile 9773509676 Email [email protected] Web-Page Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year PhD University of Delhi 2017 MPhil MA/MSc , University of Delhi 2011 PostDoc Indian Institute of Science Education and 2018 Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab

Career Profile

1. Worked as Postdoctral Fellow in a Research Project entitled “The First Global Culture: Lower Paleolithic Acheulean Adaptations at the Two Ends of Asia” at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali, Punjab, from February 2018 till January 2019. This research project is jointly funded by ISF (Israel Science Foundation) and UGC (University Grant Commission of India).

2. Working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology, Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi since January 2019 till date

Administrative Assignments

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Sedimentary Petrology, Luminescence Dating, Remote Sensing and GIS studies and Geoarcheology. Subjects Taught

Sedimentary Petrology, Remote sensing & GIS, Geomorphology, Engineering Geology and Geochemistry

Research Guidance

Publications Profile (Books/Chapters/Research articles, etc.) (Last 10 publications)

1. Lal R, Pant, N.C, Saini, H.S and Mujtaba, S.A.I, 2019. Timing, climate and provenance of Spituk lake deposit, Indus valley, Ladakh Himalaya, India. (Geoscience Frontiers (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2017.12.016)

2. Mujtaba, S.A.I, Lal R, Saini, H.S and Pant, N.C, 2017. Evidence of Formation and Breaching of Two Palaeo-lakes around Leh in Upper Indus Valley during Late Quaternary. Geological society of London Vol SP462, ISSN No. 03058719 https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.3.

3. Saini, H.S, Pant, N.C, Lal, R and Mujtaba, S.A.I, 2015. Increasing hydrological hazards in the Himalayas: defence lies in integrated scientific preparedness. Current Science, ISSN 0011-3891, Vol 108, Page No 765, 10 March 2015.

4. Khan, A.A, Pant, N.C, Lal, R and Joshi, R, 2015. Critical Evaluation and Assessment of Average Annual Precipitation in the Indus, The Ganges and The Brahmaputra Basin, Northern India. (Springer book entitled “Dynamics of Climate Change and Water Resources of Northwestern Himalaya” 2015 ISBN: 978-3-319-13742-1.

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years) National Conference

1. Presented paper entitled “Reconstruction of Late Quaternary stratigraphy along the upper Indus valley, Ladakh” in National Workshop on “Advances in stratigraphy and geochronology of Indian sedimentary basins and Road ahead” 27th Feb 2019, Department of Geology, University of Delhi.

International Conference

1. Presented two research papers in INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) 2019 held between 25th July- 02 August 2019 at International Congress Center, Dublin, Ireland

Paper 1. A study on Quaternary sedimentation, paleontological occurrences and their site preservation using remote sensing and field observations in central Narmada basin, India.

Paper 2. A study of late Quaternary sedimentary archives of upper Indus valley, Ladakh: Implications on paleoclimate, provenance and drainage reorganization.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Awards and Distinctions

1. National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Earth and Planetary Science Awarded by University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India, 2010. 2. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), in Earth and Planetary Science Awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, Sep`2011-Sep`2013 3. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), in Earth and Planetary Science Awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, Oct`2013-Oct`2016 4. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) 2011 awarded by Indian Institute of Technology, India. 5. INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) travel award of 1400 Euro to attend the international conference INQUA 2019 congress held at Dublin, Ireland.

Association With Professional Bodies

Other Activities

1. Geoarcheological course organized by “Bolgar International Archeological Field School” from 20th August to 02nd September 2018 at Bolgar State Historical and Archeological Museum-Reserve, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.