Anil Kumar
Anil Kumar
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
10A
Off. Phone
+91-11-26704680; +919045179890
Email
akumar[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, anilwihg[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph. D. in Sedimentology (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun)
M. Sc. in Geology (Department of Geology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology, Earth Surface Processes, Palaeoclimate

Experience

  1.  Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (23rd October 2025 onwards).

  2. Scientist “D” at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, (2022 to 2025)

  3. Scientist “C” at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, (2018 to 2021)

  4. Scientist “B” at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, (2014 to 2017)

Awards & Honours

  1. Conferred with Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) Dr. J. G. Negi Young Scientist Award 2021.

  2. Participated as a shipboard scientist in International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 355 from March-May, 2015.

  3. DST International Travel Scheme- Aug 2013.

  4. Wadia National Fellowship from 2011 to 2014.

  5. University Gold medalist-2009 for getting 1st Rank in M.Sc. (Applied Geology), Kurukshetra University.

International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Sagwal, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, P.C., Srivastava, P., Agarwal, S., Bhushan, R., 2023. Late Holocene hydrological variability from NW Himalaya and southwestern Tibetan Plateau: Paleo-salinity records from Pangong Tso. The Holocene, 33 (7), 842-859.

  2. Panda, S., Kumar, A., Srivastava, P., Das, S., Jayangondaperumal, R., Prakash, K., 2022. Deciphering the role of late Quaternary Sea level fluctuations in controlling the sedimentation in the Brahmaputra Plains. Sedimentary Geology, 442, 106289.

  3. Kumar, A., Srivastava, P., Sen, K., Morell, K., Hazarika, D. 2020. Evidence for late Quaternary brittle deformation and back thrusting within the Indus suture zone, Ladakh Himalaya. Tectonophysics v. 792, 228597.

  4. Kumar, A., Srivastava, P., Devrani, R., 2020. Using clast geometries to establish paleoriver discharges: Testing records for aggradation and incision from the upper Indus River, Ladakh Himalaya. Geomorphology v. 362, 107202.

  5. Kumar, A., Srivastava, P. 2017. Late Pleistocene-Holocene record of aggradation and incision of Indus River, Ladakh, NW Himalaya: Role of paleoclimate and tectonics. Quaternary Research, v. 87, pp. 363-385.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

  1. Kumar, S., Bisht, V., Islam, R., Acharya, B., Kumar, A., Dosseto, A., Dux, F., Suresh, P.O., Navani, N.K. and Srivastava, P., 2026. U-series constraints on granite weathering across climatic gradient in the Garhwal Himalaya and metagenomic insights on microbial mediation in weathering. Catena, 262, 109674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109674

  2. Kumar, S., Islam, R., Kumar, A., Dosseto, A., Dux, F. and Srivastava, P., 2025. U-series constraints on metabasic weathering processes influenced by neo-tectonically active Fault, Garhwal Himalaya. Global and Planetary Change, 105106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105106

  3. Panda, S., *Kumar, A., Singhal, S., Srivastava, P. and Das, S., 2025. Sediment provenance of megaflood events in the Yarlung-Tsangpo-Brahmaputra: Integrating petrography, Sr-Nd geochemistry, and U-Pb zircon chronology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113165

  4. Sagwal, S., Panda, S., Sengupta, D., Shahrukh, M., Kumar, S., Kumar, A., Dutt, S., 2025. Flash flood dynamics in the foothills of the NW Himalayas: insights into hydrological and morphological controls. Environ Monit Assess 197, 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13541-x 

Patents (if any)

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