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डॉ. संतोष कुमार राय

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डॉ. संतोष कुमार राय

डॉ. संतोष कुमार राय

पदनाम : Scientist ‘E’

फ़ोन : 9410709402

ई-मेल : rksant[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

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  • Research Group

    Geochemistry & Petrology

  • Field Of Specialization

    Hydrogeology, Weathering & Erosion, Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation

  • Academic Qualification

    PhD (Geology)

  • Professional Experience

    • Scientist-E (06.09.2019-Till Date) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun-(Uttarakhand) 248001

    • Associate Professor (Earth & Planetary Science) ( 30.03.2023-22.08.2023) VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (UP) -Academic/Teaching (PG) & Research

    • Scientist-E (06.09.2019-29.03.2023) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun-(Uttarakhand) 248001

    • Scientist-D (28.07.2015-05.9.20219)Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun-(Uttarakhand) 248001

    • Scientist-C (17.06.2013-28.07.2015) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun-(Uttarakhand) 248001

    • Scientist-B (28.09.2007-16.06.2013 ) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun-(Uttarakhand) 248001

    • Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura. Ahmedabad Gujarat -380009 Junior Research Fellow (JRF) 01.11.2001- 31.10.2003 Research work on the Weathering and Erosion in the Himalayan Rivers, Aqueous Geochemistry.

    • Senior Research Fellow (SRF) (01.11.2003-26.06.2007)

    • Project Associate (20.08.1999-31.10.2001)

  • Visiting Positions

    None

  • Services

    • Discharged the responsibility of OIC/Co-OIC for the major laboratories at WIHG which include the Stable Isotope Lab, LA-MC-ICPMS and Clean Lab (class-10000).
    • Member Library Committee, Screening Committees for JRF and employees and Academic committee.
    • Member of the committee for the Technical evaluation of different instruments/items at WIHG and institutes outside (i.e NCAOR Goa and Center for Aromatic Plants, Dehradun).
    • Represented Institute as a nominated member of the Uttarakhand State Ganga Committee constituted by the Govt. of Uttarakhand.
    • Represented Institute as a Technical expert member of the Committee under Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board (HSHDB) constituted by the Governor of Haryana.
    • Acted as member in the Academic Program Committee (APC) for the evaluation of research Scholars at WIHG.
    • Acted as member in the Library committee at WIHG.
    • Acted as member in the Store and Purchase committee at WIHG.
    • Acting as the assistant Central Public Information Officer (ACPIO) at WIHG.
    • Acted as an expert member for the committee constituted for preparing the technical specification of MC-ICPMS at national Center of Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) Goa (26-27 August, 2015).
    • Represented WIHG and contributed in the inter institutional meeting on water related issues at the Irrigation Research Institute (08.01.2016)
    • Represented WIHG and contributed in the meeting regarding discussion on “revival of springs in Himalayan Region” (9-11-2016).
    • Represented WIHG and contributed in the inter-institutional meeting on Water and welfare: An Uttarakhand Initiative (05.05.2017).
    • Represented WIHG and contributed in the meeting on the "Quality infrastructure for surface Water monitoring in the River Ganga" (17.08.2017).
    • Represented WIHG and contributed in the meeting regarding discussion on "Revision of the National Water Mission Document" (06-06-2019).

  • Teaching Experience

    Isotope Hydrology For Phd Students (UPES, Dehradun)

  • Membership

    • Life member (No.578) of Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS), Fuel chemistry division, Bhabha atomic research Center Mumbai 400 085, INDIA.

    • Professional Member of the Geochemical Society, (#168259) America

    • Life member, Himalayan Geology Society, INDIA

    • Life member, Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee, INDIA

  • International/National Seminars/Workshop

    None

  • Member of important Committees

    • Member in the Uttarakhand State Ganga committee (under the National Mission on Clean Ganga), at Dehradun.

    • Expert member Represented Institute as a Technical expert member of the Committee under Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board (HSHDB) constituted by the Governor of Haryana.

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    a. Awards/Medals/Prizes:

    • Received U.P State Integrated Scholarship from 1989-1990.

    • Stood First in the order of merit in the M.Sc. (Applied Geology) final exam. 1999 of the University of Allahabad.

    • Received the Best presentation award in research student category for the paper "187Re187Os systematics of Black Shale from the Vindhyans: Implication to their chronology" in ISMAS conference -2001 (Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry) held at Puri, Orissa, India.

    • DST young scientist prize (second) at the 3rd Meeting of the PAC-ES) at VIT University, Vellore (Tamil Nadu) between 17th -19th January, 2008.

    • Doctoral Research Fellowship of Physical Research Laboratory (Deptt of Space, Govt. of India) in the field of Isotope Geochemistry.

    • Qualified GATE-99 (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers: conducted by Indian Institute of Technology) All India Rank 46th in Geology & Geophysics subject.

    • CSIR-NET exam Dec.-2001 for the National eligibility Test of Lectureship

    b. Fellowships:
    c. Memorial Lectures:

    None

    d. Recognition/Honors:

  • Countries Visited

    Country Visited Purpose of Visit Date
    Germany To present research paper in GV International conference, Potsdam 26-29 October. 2006
    France To deliver a lecture at CRPG- Nancy; Hosted by Prof. Christian France Lanord 30 Oct.-01 Nov. 2006
    Czech Republic To Attend 21st Goldschmidt International Conference (Geochemistry) at Prague 14-19 August, 2011
    Thailand One week Training on Ion Chromatography 19 -22 June, 2012
    Germany Two week Training on Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) at Thermo Fisher Bremen 27th Oct -12th Nov, 2013
    Germany Two week Training on Neptune Plus (LAMC-ICPMS) at Thermo Fisher Bremen 19th Oct -30th Oct, 2015

  • National/International Collaboration (Outside WIHG)

    • Geoscience Division, PRL Ahmedabad, (Dr. Vineet Goswami, Associate Professor).

    • Dep't of Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune (Prof. Gyana R Tripathy, Associate Professor).

    • NCPOR Goa (Dr. Waliur Rahaman, Scientist-F).

    • NIO Goa ( Dr. Sunil K Singh & Dr, Satyabrata Das).

    • Dep't of Environmental Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Dr. Saji Ali, Associate Professor).

  • List Of Publications

    • Das S, SK Singh, Santosh K Rai, S Singhal, W Rahaman, RK Rout, S Ali (2024) Tectonics and climate controlled sedimentary provenance in the Teesta basin since Mid-Holocene Geochemistry

    • Tiwari, SK; JS Yadav, K Sain, SK Rai, A Kharya, V Kumar, PC Sethy (2024) Water quality assessment of Upper Ganga and Yamuna river systems during COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown: imprints of river rejuvenation. Geochemical Transactions 25 (8), 1-22
    • Das S, Santosh K Rai, W Rahaman, S Singhal, S Panda, S Sarangi (2023) Decoding the control of active tectonics on the sedimentary budget of a Himalayan River basin: Insights from Sr and Nd isotopic compositions (87Sr/86Sr, εNd) of bed sediments Geochemistry, 84, 4, 126027

    • Verma A, A Kumar, SK Tiwari, R Bhambri, K Sain, SK Rai, P Patidar (2023) Heterogeneity in glacio-hydrological processes and estimation of different components in streamflow from central Himalayan glaciers, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 49, 101495.
    • Shah, RA Santosh K Rai, JS Yadav, SK Tiwari (2023) Stable isotope hydrology of surface and groundwater from the Doon Valley: Geometeorological processes and hydraulic linkages, Hydrological Sciences Journal 68 (1), 76-90 [IF: 3.5]
    • Shah, RA, Santosh K Rai, & Yadav, JS (2023). Understanding recharge processes and solute sources of groundwater in karst settings of the Lesser Himalaya, India. Arab J Geosci 16(3), 186 (2023). [IF: 0.41]

    • M. Negi, S Saha, SK Ghosh, Santosh K Rai (2022) Provenance and sedimentation age of the Proterozoic clastic succession of the Garhwal-Kumaon Lesser Himalaya, NW-India: Clues from U–Pb zircon and Sr–Nd isotopes; Geological Journal , 58 (2) , 605-619[IF: 1.4]
    • Yadav JS, SK Tiwari, SK Rai, RA Shah, RBS Yadav, R Kumar (2022) Characterization of meteorological parameters over Dokriani Glacier catchment, Central Himalaya: implications for regional perspectives, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 134 (5), 1-22
    • Santosh K. Rai, Shah RA and Satyabrata Das (2022). Co-operative Management of Himalayan Rivers among the riparian states: In Water Resources: Crisis, Contamination and Management. Tiwari AK, Kumar A, Singh AK (eds), Chapter-5, Elsevier Book: ISBN-0323853781
    • Shah RA, JS Ghulam Jeelani, Yadav, SK Rai (2022) Hydrogeochemical and stable isotopic evidences to different water origin of karst springs in the western Himalayas, India Environmental Earth Sciences 82. 297

    • Singh N., M Shekhar, BR Parida, AK Gupta, K Sain, SK Rai, A Bräuning, Vikram Sharma, Reet Kamal Tiwari (2022) Tree-ring oxygen isotope based inferences on winter and summer moisture dynamics over the glacier valleys of Central Himalaya Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 10 (Article 868357), 1-18
    • Sakshi Maurya, Santosh K. Rai, C.P. Sharma, Suman Rawat, K.R Chandan, Ankur.J Dhabi, Ravi Bhushan and Shushanta Sarangi (2022) Paleo-climate variability during the last three millennia in the Ladakh Himalaya; CATENA 217 (106500), 1-12
    • Bhan U, A Boruah, DS Maurya, SK Rai, L Goswami, VK Singh (2022) Mineralogy, Organic Richness and Macerated Microbial Studies of the Rohtasgarh Shales in the Vindhyan Basin, India: Implications for Gas Generation Potential, Jour. Geol. Soc. India : 98, 567–575
    • S Das, SK Rai, W Rahaman, S Singhal, S Sarangi (2022) Chemical weathering and Sr flux from the silicate lithology dominated fluvial system: Insights from major ions, dissolved Sr and 87Sr/86Sr of the Teesta headwaters, Sikkim Himalaya; Applied Geochemistry 137 105171

    • Rakesh Bhambri, Kenneth Hewitt, Umesh K Haritashya, Pritam Chand, Amit Kumar, Akshaya Verma, Sameer Kumar Tiwari, Santosh K. Rai (2022) Characteristics of surge-type tributary glaciers, Karakoram, Geomorphology, 403,108161
    • PK Garg, JS Yadav, SK Rai, A Shukla; (2022) Mass balance and morphological evolution of the Dokriani Glacier, central Himalaya, India during 1999–2014; Geoscience Frontiers, 1012901
    • Satyabrata Das, Santosh K Rai (2022) Stable isotopic variation (δ18O and δD) in a mountainous river with rapidly changing altitude: Insight into the hydrological processes and rainout in the basin, Hydrological Processes; 36 (3), 1-16
    • UK Maurya, Santosh K Rai, SK Bartarya, Ambrish Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Divya Thakur, Sakshi Maurya, NK Sharma3 P Raja, V Kumar (2021) Hydrological behaviour of natural springs/streams in mid-hills of Chakrata Himalayas, India ; Global NEST Journal, 23,3, 468-474.
    • Rouf A Shah, Javid A. Ganaie, S. Yaseen, Jairam S.Yadav, Santosh K. Rai, Sameer K. Tewari (2021) Aquatic geochemistry of a major freshwater lake in the Kashmir Himalaya: solute acquisition and denudation process in the lacustrine system; Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 193, 835, 1-15.
    • S Ganguly, S Tiwari, U Bhan, S Mittal, S Rai, EF Osta (2015) Melting of Sea Ice Inexplicable for Recent Global Eustatic Sea Level Rise; Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change 6 (1), 1
    • Verma, SK Tiwari, A Kumar, K Sain, SK Rai, S Kumari, (2021) Assessment of water recharge source of geothermal systems in Garhwal Himalaya (India) Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14 (22), 1-18
    • JS Yadav, SK Tiwari, A Misra, SK Rai, RK Yadav (2021) High Altitude Meteorology of Indian Himalayan Region: Complexities, Effects, and Resolutions; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193, 654
    • P Mazumdar, A Mukhopadhyay, A Thorie, T Banerjee, SK Rai (2021) Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic Chhaosa shales, Simla Group, Lesser Himalaya: Its implications on provenance and tectonics; Journal of Earth System Science 130 (3), 1-17
    • Santosh K Rai, SK Singh (2008) Tracing Erosion in the Himalaya through chemical and isotopic composition of the Ganga Sediments; HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY 29 (3), 80-81
    • K Sain K., A. Kumar, M. Mehta, A. Verma, V. Kumar, S.K. Tiwari, P.K. Garg, Santosh.K. Rai, P. Srivastava, Sen (2021) Perspective on Rishiganga-Dhauliganga flash flood in the Nanda Devi Biosphere reserve, Garhwal Himalaya, India, Jour. Geol. Soc. of India, 97 (4), 335-338
    • S Das, GR Tripathy, SK Rai, M Danish, D Thakur, S Dutt, S Sarangi (2021); The Role of Sulfuric Acid in Continental Weathering: Insights from Dissolved major ions and inorganic carbon isotopes of the Teesta River, lower Brahmaputra system; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

    • Harsh Gupta, Santosh Kumar Rai, Nippani Satya Krishna,Gagan Aanand (2021) The effect of copper oxide nanoparticle additives on the rheological and tribological properties of engine oil; JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 42 (4), 622-632
    • SR Shweta Singh, Anil K.Gupta, AK Bhaumik, P Kumar, SK Rai (2021) Paleomonsoonal shifts during ~13700 to 3100 yr BP in the central Ganga Basin, India with a severe arid phase at~4.2 ka; Quaternary International

    • Harsh Gupta, SK Rai, P Kuchhalc, G Anand (2020) Characterization and experimental investigation of rheological behavior of oxide nanolubricants PARTICULATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1-6
    • S Panda, A Kumar, S Das, R Devrani, SK Rai, K Prakash, P Srivastava (2020) Chronology and sediment provenance of extreme floods of Siang River (Tsangpo‐Brahmaputra river valley), NE Himalaya Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 45, 2495–2511
    • S Maurya, Santosh K Rai (2020) Geochemical and Isotopic Composition of Gypsum Deposits from Sahastradhara Region of Lesser Himalaya, India; JOURNAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA 95, 205-211
    • Santosh K Rai (2020) Geochemical constituents in hot spring waters in the Third Pole; Water Quality in the Third Pole (Elsevier ISBN: 9780128164891), 211-235
    • M Negi, SK Rai, SK Ghosh, U Bhan, S Singhal (2020) Characterization of the detrital zircon from the Lesser Himalayan Proterozoic siliciclastics; Himalayan Geology 41 (1), 126-138
    • S Ganguly, U Bhan, Santosh K Rai, S Mittal, RS Ahluwalia, A Verma (2019) An experimental approach to estimate groundwater temperature from 18O fractionation; Groundwater for Sustainable Development 9 (100257), 1-9
    • S Ganguly, Santosh K Rai, S Mittal, U Bhan, RS Ahluwalia (2019) Estimation of ground water temperature from 18O fractionation-A deterministic analytical model; Groundwater for Sustainable Development 9 (100234), 1-8
    • MS Goyat, V Jaglan, V Tomar, G Louchaert, A Kumar, K Kumar, Maneesh Singla, Rajeev Gupta, Uday Bhan, Santosh K. Rai, Sudesh Sharma (2019) Superior thermomechanical and wetting properties of ultrasonic dual mode mixing assisted epoxy-CNT Nano composites; High Performance Polymers 31 (1), 32-42
    • S Samanta, TK Dalai, SK Tiwari, Santosh K Rai (2018) Quantification of source contributions to the water budgets of the Ganga (Hooghly) River estuary, India ;Marine Chemistry 207, 42-54
    • PK Mukherjee, S Singhal, V Adlakha, Santosh K Rai, S Dutt, A Kharya, AK Gupta (2017) In situ U-Pb zircon micro-geochronology of MCT zone rocks in the Lesser Himalaya using LA-MC-ICPMS technique. Current Science (00113891) 112 (4)
    • A Kharya, HK Sachan, SK Tiwari, S Singhal, PC Singh, Santosh K. Rai, S Kumar, Manish Mehta, PKR Gautam (2016) New occurrence of albitite from Nubra valley, Ladakh: characterization from mineralogy and whole rock geochemistry; Current Science, 1531-1535
    • SK Tiwari, Santosh K Rai, SK Bartarya, AK Gupta, M Negi (2016) Stable isotopes (δ13CDIC, δD, δ18O) and geochemical characteristics of geothermal springs of Ladakh and Himachal (India): Evidence for CO2 discharge in northwest Himalaya Geothermics 64, 314-330
    • SK Tiwari, SK Bartarya, Santosh K Rai, AK Gupta, AKL Asthana (2016) Isotopic and geochemical studies of groundwater from the Ramganga basin and the middle Ganga Plains: implication for pollution and metal contamination; Environmental Earth Sciences 75 (16), 1170
    • HK Sachan, M Santosh, D Prakash, A Kharya, PC Singh, Santosh K Rai (2016) Metamorphic P–T conditions and CO2 influx history of medium-grade metapelites from Karakorum, Trans-Himalaya, India; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 124, 126-138
    • C Groppo, F Rolfo, HK Sachan, Santosh K Rai (2016) Petrology of blueschist from the Western Himalaya (Ladakh, NW India): exploring the complex behavior of a lawsonite-bearing system in a paleo-accretionary setting ; Lithos 252, 41-56
    • S Agrawal, P Srivastava, NK Meena, Santosh K Rai, R Bhushan, DK Misra, AK Gupta (2015) Stable (δ13C and δ15N) isotopes and magnetic susceptibility record of late Holocene climate change from a lake profile of the northeast Himalaya; Journal of the Geological Society of India 86 (6), 696-705
    • S Samanta, TK Dalai, JK Pattanaik, Santosh K Rai, A Mazumdar (2015) Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its δ13C in the Ganga (Hooghly) River estuary, India: Evidence of DIC generation via organic carbon degradation and carbonate dissolution Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 165, 226-248
    • Santosh K Rai, SK Tiwari, A Kharya, M Negi, AK Gupta(2015) A Laser Based Fluorination (BrF5) System for the Extraction of Oxygen (O2) from Silicate Rocks of Himalaya and δ18O Measurements: Method Establishment and implications; Mapan 30 (3), 221-230
    • AKL Asthana, AK Gupta, K Luirei, SK Bartarya, Santosh K Rai, SK Tiwari (2015) A quantitative analysis of the ramganga drainage basin and structural control on drainage pattern in the fault zones, Uttarakhand; Journal of the Geological Society of India 86 (1), 9-22
    • Santosh K Rai, SK Tiwari, SK Bartarya, AK Gupta (2015) Geothermal systems in the Northwest Himalaya Current Science, 1597-1599
    • SK Tiwari, R SINGH, J Singh, AK Gupta, SK Bartarya, Santosh K Rai (2015) Impact of limestone mining activities on major ion geochemistry of Krem Markhyrdop water, Meghalaya, India; HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY 36 (1), 74-80
    • S Ganguly, S Tiwari, U Bhan, S Mittal, S Rai, EF Osta (2015) Melting of Sea Ice Inexplicable for Recent Global Eustatic Sea Level Rise; Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change 6 (1), 1
    • HK Sachan, A Saxena, P Verma, Santosh K Rai, A Kharya (2013) Fluid inclusion study of the Higher Himalayan quartzitic pelites, Garhwal Himalaya, India: Implications for recrystallization history of metasediments; Journal of the Geological Society of India 82 (5), 509-518
    • Santosh K Rai, SK Singh, S Krishnaswami (2010) Chemical weathering in the plain and peninsular sub-basins of the Ganga: impact on major ion chemistry and elemental fluxes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 (8), 2340-2355
    • SK Singh, Santosh K Rai, S Krishnaswami (2008) Sr and Nd isotopes in river sediments from the Ganga Basin: sediment provenance and spatial variability in physical erosion; Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 113 (F3)
    • Santosh K Rai, SK Singh (2007) Temporal variation in Sr and 87Sr/86Sr of the Brahmaputra: Implications for annual fluxes and tracking flash floods through chemical and isotope composition Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 8 (8)

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