Anurag Kumar

PhD Student

anuragkumariiser@gmail.com | +91-8961171380

Academics

Int.MS

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.

PhD

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.

Research Interest

  • Stable isotope

Awards & Honors

1. Qualified GATE, 2015.
2. INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD, 2015
3. Qualified GATE, 2014.
4. INSPIRE Fellowship since 2009. (A Program funded by the Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India)
5. Qualified in IIT-JEE (EML List), 2009.

Field Work

1. Field work for collection of water samples from Ganga river for stable isotope study (2016).
2. Field work for collection of water samples from Ganga river for stable isotope study and to understand carbon and nitrogen cycle of the system (Ph.D field work, 2015).
3. Field work in Ahmadabad for sample collection from quaternary deposits from bank of river for my 5th year dissertation project.
4. Field work in Kanpur, for core drilling on bank of rivers to understand the sediment source. This project is Interdisciplinary project funded by IISER Kolkata.
5. Field Work at Galudih for structural Geology. With: Dr. Kathakali Bhattachayya and Dr Ravikant vadlamani.
6. Field Work at Ghatsila for structural Geology. With: Dr. Kathakali Bhattachayya and Dr Ravikant vadlamani.
7. Field Work at Sikkim (Northern Himalaya) for structural Geology (Sampling and study of regional Geology). With: Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharyya.
8. Field work in Ahmadabad (Fluvial System) for sedimentology. With: Dr. Prasant Sanyal, Dr Melinda Kumar Bera.
9. Field work in Chandipur (Marine System) for sedimentology. With: Dr Melinda Kumar Bera and Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay.
10. Summer Project at IITM Pune. Cellulose extraction and instrument handling. With: Dr. Saikat Sengupta.

Extra- Curricular Activities:

1. Secured 1st position in science exhibition model making at DNS Sindri in 2003.
2. Participated in Science exhibition organized by Engineering College (BIT Sindri) in 2008 being at School Level.
3. Secured 2nd position in science exhibition model making at SVM Sindri in 2008.
4. Secured 2nd position in grand Chess Tournament of IISER Kolkata organized by Chess Club of IISER-K in year 2010-2011.
5. SECRETORY of Chess Club of IISER-Kolkata in 2011-12.
6. Secured 1st position in grand Chess Tournament of IISER Kolkata organized by Chess Club of IISER-K in year 2011-2012.
7. Secured 1st position in grand Chess Tournament of IISER Kolkata organized by Chess Club of IISER-K in year 2012-2013.
8. Secured 1st position in grand Chess Tournament of IISER Kolkata organized by Chess Club of IISER-K in year 2013-2014.
9. Secured 1st position in EXIB in INQUIVESTA organized by IISER Kolkata during 5-6th march 2011.
10. Secured 2nd position in face painting organized at IISER Kolkata in 2010-2011.
11. Secured 2nd position in an Event named CSI (crime scene investigation) in INQUIVESTA organized by IISER Kolkata during 10-12th Feb 2012.
12. Actively participating in all the scientific awareness programs for Common People, organized by IISER Kolkata (Science Fair and Department Day).

Projects

  • Summer Project in 2012: Role of Width of Original Sedimentary basin in partitioning shortening in the Himalayan fold- thrust belt. Under the guidance of Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharyya, IISER Kolkata. (2 months)
  • Summer Project in 2013: Extracting Cellulose from Tree Ring samples and their Stable Isotope analysis for paleoclimatic Reconstruction. Under the guidance of Dr. Saikat Sengupta, (IITM Pune) (2 months).
  • 5th year Dissertation work: Characterization of paleosol at isotopic level and its implication to past climate and vegetation: A case study from Rayka Section near Mahi River, Gujarat. Under the guidance of Dr. Prasanta Sanyal, (IISER Kolkata) (1 year)
  • Use of elements and isotopes to understand a large river system: A case study in the river Ganga, India. (Application and development of isotope techniques to evaluate human impacts on water balance and nutrient dynamics of large river basins)(2014-2017)
  • Using isotopes and isotopomers to evaluate nitrate source and fate in the vadose zone and groundwater, WARI Fellowship, University of Nebraska Lincoln (Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum)(4 months)
  • Monitoring Nitrogen isotopes in Urban and rural areas in Eastern coast of India, West Bengal, India. (Global Monitoring of Nitrogen Isotopes in Atmospheric Waters)(2018-2021)

Workshop & Conference

  • Scheduled Training Course on Principle and Application of Isotope Hydrology methods (10-21 Oct, 2016, Vienna, Austria).
  • Training Course on Application of environmental isotopes in rivers and lakes, Vienna, Austria, (16-27 Nov, 2015).
  • International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology: Revisiting Foundation and Exploring Frontiers, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May, 2015 (CN-225).
  • IISER Kolkata Winter School on Number Theory on “Warings Problem” in December 2010 Delivered by Prof. M Ram Murty.
  • Undergraduate Training Program in Mathematics held in IIT Patna in May 2011.
  • Lateral Variation in Shortening and basin width in the Lesser Himalayan fold-thrust belt Insight from regional balanced cross section, Annual day conference of Earth Sciences department (IISER Kolkata).
  • ROLE OF INITIAL BASIN WIDTH IN PARTITIONING TOTAL SHORTENING IN THE LESSER HIMALAYAN FOLD-THRUST BELT: INSIGHTS FROM REGIONAL BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS. (Presented by: Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharyya)
    Bhattacharyya, Kathakali1, KUMAR, Anurag1, and MITRA, Gautam2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education Research Kolkata (IISER K), Mohanpur Campus, Nadia, West Bengal, 741252, India, kathakali@iiserkol.ac.in, (2) Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 208A Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627.

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