Faculty

Title

Dr.

OM Kumar

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Designation

Assistant Professor(Ad-hoc)

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Email

omkumar@lb.du.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications : P.hD

Degree

Institution

Year

P.hD (Himalayan Glaciology)

Jointly with JNU & DU

2020

NET-JRF Environmental Sciences

UGC

2014

M.Sc Environmental Sciences

School of Environmental Sciences, Central Univ. of Bihar

2013

B.Sc (H) Environmental Sciences

Patna Science College, Patna University

2011

I.Sc

Patna Science College, Patna University

2007

 Assistant Professor, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi ( 5 year Teaching Experience)

2018-2020 Assistant Professor, Miranda House College, University of Delhi

2018-2019, Assistant Professor  Hansraj college, University of Delhi

 Assistant Professor  Acharya Narendev College , University of Delhi

Selected for Postdoc at Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc Banglore

Shortlisted for Assistant Professor 2nd stage Interview at Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay

Shortlisted for Assistant Professor 2nd stage Interview at Centre for Atmospheric Sciences , IIT Delhi

2016-2018, Senor Research Fellow (Inter-University Accelerator funded Project), School of Environmental Sciences , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

2014-2016, Junior Research Fellow (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Funded Project), School of Environmental Sciences , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

2013-2014 , Scientific Assistant ( INDICE, Switzerland Funded Project), School of Environmental Sciences , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Selected for SRF at Central Pollution Control Board , Delhi

Administrative Assignments

2021-2022 Tecaher Incharge, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Lkashmibai College

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Himalayan Glaciology, Monsoon reconstruction, Atmospheric circulation changes, Past glacier variability,  Triple water isotopes, Geochronology, Geo-archaeology.

Research Guidance:

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Publications Profile (Total Impact factor 40.2, H-index =5 ) Scientific Reports accesses =2278 

1.    Kumar, Om, A. L. Ramanathan, Jostein Bakke, B. S. Kotlia, J. P. Shrivastava, Pankaj Kumar, Rajveer Sharma, and Pramod Kumar. "Role of Indian Summer Monsoon and Westerlies on glacier variability in the Himalaya and East Africa during Late Quaternary: Review and new data." Earth-Science Reviews (2020): 103431. IF- 13.307 (5 Year impact factor) 

2. Kumar, Om, A. L. Ramanathan, Jostein Bakke, B. S. Kotlia, and J. P. Shrivastava. "Disentangling source of moisture driving glacier dynamics and identification of 8.2 ka event: evidence from pore water isotopes, Western Himalaya." Scientific reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-10. IF- 5.133 (5 Year impact factor)

3.      Shamurailatpam, Monica Sharma, Om Kumar, and A. L. Ramanathan. "Testing the reliable proxies to understand the mid-Holocene climate variability records from Chandratal lake, Western Himalayas." Quaternary International (2020). IF-2.48 (5 Year impact factor)

4. Kumar, Prem, Chandra Shekhar Dubey, Om Kumar, Shashank Shekhar, D. P. Shukla, and A. L. Ramanathan. "Deciphering the role of meteorological parameters controlling the sediment load and water discharge in the Sutlej basin, Western Himalaya." Journal of Environmental Management 298 (2021): 113413. IF-8.91 (5 Year impact factor)

 5      Kumar, Om, Rahul Devrani, and A. L. Ramanathan. "Deciphering the past climate and monsoon variability from lake sediment archives of India: a review." Journal of Climate Change 3, no. 2 (2017): 11-23. 

  6.   Bakke, Jostein, Kristian Vasskog, A. L. Ramanathan, Arindan Mandal, Om Kumar, and Atle Nesje. "The water                 tower of India in a long-term perspective–a way to reconstruct glaciers and climate in Himachal Pradesh during the  last 13,000 years."  Journal of Climate Change 2, no. 1 (2016): 103-112.

8. Kaushik, H., Soheb, M., Biswal, K., Ramanathan, A. L., Kumar, O., & Patel, A. K. (2022). Understanding the hydrochemical functioning of glacierized catchments of the Upper Indus Basin in Ladakh, Indian Himalayas. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-19., IF= 5.01

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

  (I) Kumar, Om, Sharma S, Patel A, A. L. Ramanathan   "Identifying the drivers of the Aerosol variability in the valley of the Himalayas"  AGU Fall meeting 2021.

(II) Kumar, Om, A. L. Ramanathan, Jostein Bakke (2021)"Tracking the glacier and climate variability in the Himalaya during the late quaternary" (Accepted in International geological Congress 2021)

(III). Om Kumar, AL. Ramanathan^, Jostein Bakke (2019) “A 11,000-year Climatic variability record revealed by multi-proxy data from Chandratal Lake, North-Western Himalaya”, India, NCPOR Conference, Goa)

(IV). Om Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, JP. Srivastava (2019) Presented paper on the title “Holocene climate variability records inferred from the Chandratal Lake Western Himalaya” in national Seminar on Recent Advances in the Indian earth Science Kumaun University, Nainital.

(V). Om Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, J.P. Shrivastava, Pankaj Kumar, Rajveer Sharma, K Deenadayalan, S.Chopra Presented paper on the title “ Reconstruction of climate and monsoon variability records from mountainous and non-mountainous regions of India: A Review”, IUAC, (2018)

(VI). Om Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, JP. Srivastava (2017) Presented paper on the title “Tracking the environmental change records inferred from Mineral magnetism proxies in Chandratal Lake Sediment Archive, Western Himalayas'' in National conferences on Polar Sciences (2017).

(VII). Om Kumar, Preeti Sony (2015) & P.P Sarthi “Trends of summer monsoon Rainfall and sediment load in the River Ganges, Bihar”  in national conference “Aquatic Ecosystems and their Management Recent Trends and Future Perspectives (2015)’’.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Reconstruction of Holocene Monsoon Circulation and Glacier variability from the Lake Sediments, Himalayas 

PI: Dr. Om Kumar

Awards and Distinctions

Selected for 2nd Indo-Swiss Capacity Building Programme on Himalayan Glaciology Level I held from August 18 to September 15, 2013 at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Associated With Professional Bodies

American Geophysical Union

Qualify National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) in Environmental Sciences; UGC, Government of India (December 2014).

1st prize in Best Poster Presentation in National Seminar on Past and Present Geochemical Processes Impact on Climate Change & Annual General Body Meeting -2015 on title “Reconstruction of Glacier Oscillations: A Geochronological Approach.’’

ECO-CLUB Logo designed for School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Bihar, Patna.

Other Activities.

AL. Ramanathan, Om Kumar, Naveen Kumar (2016) ‘’Understanding the Paleo Glaciation and Climate from Himalayan Lakes’’ Presented Paper in National Seminar on Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands Climate Change Perspective Organized by Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University (28 -29th March 2016).

Naveen Kumar, Om Kumar, AL. Ramanathan “Application of tracer technique to estimate sources of water in regime of Chhota Shigri Glacier (H.P), India” Presented paper in National Seminar on Past & Present Processes Impact on Climate Change & Annual General Body Meeting -2015, JNU, New Delhi.

Manish Pandey, AL Ramanathan, Yogesh Roy, Shyam Ranjan, Rahul Devrani, Om Kumar, Aman Arora (2017) How well do freely available DEMs quantify mass change of glaciers? Looking into ASTER, Cartosat and SRTM DEMs’ use in glacier mass change detection using DEM of Difference.

Attended the Three Days Training Course on “Application of Isotopes in Hydrological Studies” during 25th-27th Feb, 2015 at Roorkee, Organized by National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee.

Attended Workshop on “Recent advancement on of stable isotopes, application in hydrology/hydrogeology, environment and earth processes’’ by LWIA Piccaro 13-14 June, 2016.

Participate International Workshop on ‘’Advanced generation of THz and compton X-rays (AGTax) using compact electron Accelerator Spectrometry’’ held at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 6-7 March 2017.

Attended ‘’Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry’’ held at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 21-23 April 2016.

Participate in the GIAN Course ‘’ Glacier and Water Resource Management’’ held from 25th to 31st July, 2016 Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Participate in ‘’Training and capacity building workshop on applied Glaciology’’ organized by Department of Geography, Saheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, under the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) Feb 2-5,2016

Participated in GLACINDIA WORKSHOP ‘’Training Program on Climate modelling and Climate Change Research, innovation and Services’’ held at the School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New, Delhi, 9-10 April 2015.

Participated in five-days training course on "Aquifer Information System and Aquifer Management Plan" held at Central Ground Water Board,Mid -Eastern Region Patna from 14th -18th Jan 2013

Attended Indo-UK workshop on ‘’Bio-climatic Feedbacks of Melting Himalayan Ice Research Workshop and Planning Meetings’’ during 20-21st Sept 2017 at JNU, New Delhi.