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Dr. (Smt) Suman Lata Srivastava

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Dr. (Smt) Suman Lata Srivastava

Dr. (Smt) Suman Lata Srivastava

Designation : Scientist ‘D’

Phone : 0135-2525270

E-mail : suman[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

  • Google Scholar Page

  • Research Group

    Biostratigraphy

  • Specialization

    Paleoclimate And Quaternary Palynology

  • Academic Qualification

    Year Education
    2014 PhD - Thesis titled “Palynological investigations of peat deposit with respect to the Late Quaternary climate history of the North west Himalaya”. HNBGU, Srinagar, India
    2006 M.Sc. - Geology, HNBGU, Srinagar, India
    2004 B.Sc. - Geology, Botany and Zoology, HNBGU, Srinagar, India

  • Professional Experience

    Year Experience
    17-06-2019 to till date Scientist – ‘C’
    17-06-2015 to 16-06-2019 Scientist – ‘B’

  • Visiting Positions

    None

  • Teaching Experience

    None

  • Services

    a. Supervision/Guidance to Ph.D. Students

    02 (In Progress)

    b. Trainings

    • M.Tech./M.Sc Dissertation supervised: 03

    • Summer/winter trainings supervised: 12

    c. Teaching

    None

    d. Membership

    None

    e. Editorial Board

    None

    f. International/National Seminars/Workshop
    • Sharma, P., Rawat, S., Srivastava, P., Meena, N.K., Agnihotri, R., Kumar, A., Chahal, P., Gahlaud, S.K.S., Shukla, U.K., 2019. High Resolution Climate (Monsoon) Record of the Last Three Millennia Reconstructed from a Multi-Proxy Analysis of an Organic Rich Sediment Deposit (Ladakh-NW Himalaya). AGU Fall Meeting 2019, December 9-13.
    • Rawat, S., and Phadtare N.R., 2019. Mid to late Holocene changes in the Indian Summer Monsoon: a multi proxy record from the Bhagirathi valley, Northwest Garhwal Himalaya, 20th Congress of the International Union of Quaternary Research (INQUA) – 2019, Dublin, Ireland, July 25-31
    • Rawat, V., Rawat, S., Negi, P.S., Kotlia, B.S., 2019. A ~ 6000year high resolution continuous paleoproductivity and paleoenvironmental record reconstructed from the paleolake sediments of Pinder valley, Garhwal Himalaya, 20th Congress of the International Union of Quaternary Research (INQUA) – 2019, Dublin, Ireland, July 25-31.
    • Choudhurimayum Pankaj Sharma, Suman Rawat, Pradeep Srivastava, Narendra K. Meena,Rajesh Agnihotri, Anil Kumar, Poonam Chahal, S.K.S. Gahlaud, U. K. Shukla. 2019. High resolution climate record of the last ~3 ka from a multi proxy analysis of an organic rich sediment deposit (Ladakh-NW Himalaya) in 3rd NGRSM, WIHG, Dehradun 6-8 June.
    • Shweta Singh, Anil K. Gupta, Suman Lata Rawat, Santosh K. Rai, Ajoy K. Bhaumik. 2019. Multiproxy approach to understand tipping elements of the Indian summer Monsoon in the central Ganga Basin in 3rd NGRSM, WIHG, Dehradun 6-8 June.
    • Rawat S., Kumar, P., Sinha, A., 2018. Centennial to millennial scale climate and vegetation changes during Holocene in the Central-Western-Himalaya, 65th Accelerator User Workshop at IUAC. 16 December, 2018
    • Rawat, V., Rawat, S., Negi, P.S., Kotlia, B., 2018. Organic Carbon records of Climate Changes since Mid-Holocene from Garhwal, Uttarakhand Himalaya. In: National Conference on Earth System Science with special reference to Himalaya: advancement and challenges, WIHG, Dehradun, May 16-18.
    • Rawat, S. 2018. Late Quaternary climate records: A multi proxy Approach from Lahaul Himalaya, French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India. 29 Jan to 4 Feb, 2018.
    • Rawat, S., Gupta, A.K., Negi, P.S., 2017. Mid to late Holocene climate variability in Garhwal Himalaya, India, 5th OSM PAGES, Zaragoza Spain, May 9-13.
    • Rawat S., 2015. Mineral magnetic record of Late Pleistocene- Holocene environmental changes in lake and peat deposits of Lahaul, NW Himalaya. 30th Himalaya Karakoram Tibet Workshop (HKT 2015), WIHG, Dehradun, October 6–8, Page 286-287.
    • Srivastava, P., Sundriyal, Y.P., Kumar, A., Rawat S., Rana, N.K., Wasson, R.J., Agnihotri, R., Meena, N.K., Ziegler, A.D., 2015. Paleoflood records in Himalaya. In 30th HimalayaKarakoram-Tibet Workshop (HKT 2015), WIHG, Dehradun, October 6-8, Page 55. 12 Rawat S., Gupta, Anil K., Sangode. S.J., Srivastava, P., Nainwal, H.C., 2015. Reconstruction of climate variability during the last ~13000 years in the Lahaul, NW Himalaya: A multi proxy approach. XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya Japan, July 26-August 2.
    • Rawat S., Gupta, Anil K., Sangode. S.J., 2013. Multi proxy climate record back to AD 497 from Lahaul, Northwest Himalaya, India. XXIV Indian colloquium on micropaleontology and stratigraphy, WIHG, Dehradun, November 18-20.
    • Rawat, S., Gupta, Anil K., Sangode, S.J., Phadtare, N.R., Nainwal, H.C., 2013. Reconstruction of Late Quaternary climate change as derived from a pollen record from Lahaul Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India. PAGES, YSM & PAGES OSM “The Past: A Compass for Future Earth” Goa, February 11-16.
    • Rawat, S., Phadtare, N.R., Sangode, S.J., 2011. Reconstruction of Late glacial to early Holocene vegetation and climate history based on pollen record from the lake sediments in Himachal Pradesh, India. XXIII Indian colloquium on micropaleontology and stratigraphy, Bangalore University, Bangalore, December 9-11.
    • Rawat, S., Phadtare, N.R., Sangode, S.J., 2011. Late-glacial pollen evidence of the Younger Dryas cold event from the lake sediments in Himachal Pradesh, India
    • Rawat, S., Sangode, S.J., Phadtare, N.R., Suresh, N., 2009. A mineral magnetic record of warm - humid climate around 6 Ka BP in the NW Higher Himalaya. Climatic changes during the Quaternary, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India October 22-23.
    Workshops/trainings attended
    • Participated in PAGES co-funded LandCover6K working group meeting "Pollen based estimates of past land cover in South and Southeast Asia: A first evaluation of results, methods and new approaches in view of climate (and paleoclimate) models incorporating the monsoon system" at French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India from 11th to 14th September, 2019.
    • Attended and presented work for the utilization of AMS radiocarbon 14C dating facility in 65th Accelerator User Workshop at IUAC, New Delhi on 16th December, 2018.
    • Attended one day workshop on Technological empowerment of women organized by NASI, New Delhi on 08.03.2018.
    • Attended one day workshop on Technological empowerment of women organized by NASI, New Delhi on 08.03.2018.
    • Attended and presented work in INQUA-HaBCom, “Methods and Challenges for Quantitative Palynology and Paleoecology in South Asia” at French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India from 29th Jan to 4th February, 2018. Rawat, S., 2018. Late Quaternary climate records: A multi proxy Approach from Lahaul Himalaya.
    • Attended “Workshop on Geochronology” from 16 – 17 November, 2017 at IUAC, New Delhi.
    • Attended Women Scientist and Entrepreneur Conclave at India International Science Festival-2018 held at Lucknow from 5th to 8th October, 2018.
    • Attended TOC instrument installation training at WIHG, Dehradun from 1-3 April, 2017.
    • Attended “Urja Sangam-2015” organized by ONGC Videsh Limited at New Delhi on 27 March, 2015
    • Participated in DST-SERB Winter School on “Quaternary geology and climate change” from 6 - 19 January, 2014 at Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Pune, Pune.
    • Participated in Brainstorming session on “Palaeoclimate records from the Ganga Plain” from 3 - 4 April, 2014 at WIHG, Dehradun.
    • Participated in SERC School on “Global Warming and Climate Change” organized by Department of Science and Technology and Centre for Climate Change Research, IITM from 1 - 21 December, 2010 at IITM Pune.
    • Participated in Workshop on “Application of Morphometric analysis in palaeontology” (MAP) from 25 July - 8 August, 2010 at WIHG, Dehradun.
    • Attended ‘Geomatics-2009 Tutorials’ on “Geomatics in Disaster Management” from 2 - 3 February, 2009 at IIRS, Dehradun
    g. External Research Fund received & Project Handled
    • Participated in PAGES co-funded LandCover6K working group meeting "Pollen based estimates of past land cover in South and Southeast Asia: A first evaluation of results, methods and new approaches in view of climate (and paleoclimate) models incorporating the monsoon system" at French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India from 11th to 14th September, 2019.
    • Attended and presented work for the utilization of AMS radiocarbon 14C dating facility in 65th Accelerator User Workshop at IUAC, New Delhi on 16th December, 2018.
    h. Member of important Committee

    One of the Convener of “National Geo-Research Scholars meet”, organized at WIHG, Dehradun from July 1 to 4, 2016.

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    a. Awards/Medals/Prizes

    • Prof. R. C. Misra Gold Medal in 2018 for outstanding contribution in the field of geoscientific research. Received on June 29, 2018 at WIHG, Dehradun.

    • Wadia Institute Foundation Day Best Paper Award-2015 for the research paper entitled “Late Pleistocene – Holocene vegetation and Indian summer monsoon record from the Lahaul, Northwest Himalaya, India” published in Quaternary Science Reviews 114, 167- 181. Impact factor: 4.334. Received on June 29, 2016 at WIHG, Dehradun.

    b. Fellowships/Grants
    c. Memorial Lectures
    d. Recognition/Honors

    The International association of Lions clubs District 321-C1 has felicitated with “Nari Shakti Ratan Award” in recognition of inspiring women through self-reliance, self-esteem and selfconfidence and intelligence in our social dynamics on 28 April, 2019.

  • Countries Visited

    • Japan: XIX INQUA Congress and presented one paper July 26-Aug 2, 2015

    • Spain: 5th OSM PAGES Meeting and presented one paper May 9-13, 2017

    • Ireland: 20th INQUA Congress at Dublin, Ireland” from 25th to 31st Jul, 2019

  • National/International (outside WIHG)Collaboration

    Inside WIHG Collaborator

    None

    Patent

    None

    Scholarships Awarded

    None

    PH.D. Advisor:

    Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Prof. H. C. Nainwal, HNB Garhwal University

  • List of Publications

    (a) SCI Papers
    • Sharma, P., Rawat, S., Srivastava, P., Meena, N.K., Agnihotri, R., Kumar, A., Chahal, P., Gahlaud, S.K.S., Shukla, U.K., 2020. High-resolution climatic (monsoonal) variability reconstructed from a continuous ~2700-year sediment record from Northwest Himalaya (Ladakh). The Holocene 30 (3), 441–457.
    • Sangode, S.J., Meshram, D.C., Rawat, S., Suresh, N., Srivastava, P. 2017. Sedimentary and geomorphic observations along Pangong strand of the Karakoram fault (NW Himalaya) depicting Holocene uplift. Himalayan Geology 38(2), 111-128.
    • Sangode, S.J., Meshram, D.C., Rawat, S., Kulkarni, Y., Chate, D.M., Gudadhe, S.S., 2017. Sedimentary and geomorphic signatures of a cloud burst and triggered flash floods in the Indus valley of Ladakh Himalaya. Himalayan Geology 38(1), 12-29.
    • Srivastava P., Kumar, A., Chaudhary, S., Meena, N., Sundriyal, Y.P., Rawat, S., Rana, N.K., Perumal, J., Bisht, P., Sharma, D., Agnihotri, R., Juyal, N., Wasson, R.J., Ziegler, A.D. 2017. Paleoflood records of Himalaya. Geomorphology, SI: Quaternary of Himalaya. 284, 17-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.12.011.
    • Rawat, S., Gupta, Anil K., Srivastava, P., Sangode, S.J., Nainwal, H.C. 2015. A 13,000 year record of environmental magnetic variations in the lake and peat deposits from Chandra valley, Lahaul: Implications to Holocene monsoonal variability in the NW Himalaya. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 440, 116–127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.08.044.
    • Rawat, S., Gupta, Anil K., Sangode S.J., Srivastava, P., Nainwal, H.C. 2015. Late Pleistocene – Holocene vegetation and Indian summer monsoon record from the Lahaul, Northwest Himalaya, India. Quaternary Science Reviews 114, 167-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.01.032.
    • Sangode, S.J., Rawat, S., Meshram, D.C., Phadtare, N.R., Suresh, N. 2013. Integrated mineral magnetic and lithologic studies to delineate dynamic modes of depositional conditions in the Leh valley basin, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Geological Society of India 82, 107-120.
    • Rawat, S., Phadtare, N.R., Sangode, S.J. 2012. The Younger Dryas cold event in NW Himalaya based on pollen record from the lake sediments in Himachal Pradesh, India. Current Science 102(8), 1193-1198.
    • Sangode, S.J., Phadtare N.R., Meshram, D.C., Rawat, S., Suresh, N. 2011. A record of lake outburst in the Indus Valley of the Ladakh Himalaya, India. Current Science 100(11), 1712- 1718.
    b. Non-SCI Articles

    None

    c. Chapter in Books

    None

    d. Books-authored/Edited volume

    None

    e. Abstract volume

    None

    f. Reports/Other Documents

    None

    g. Articles in Proceeding Volumes

    None

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