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Pitambar Pati
Professor
pitambar.pati[at]es.iitr.ac.in
Department of Earth Sciences
7417698677
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Research Interests
Geological Mapping, Applied Geomorphology, Applied Sedimentology, Neotectonics
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Educational Details
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, British Indian Ocean Ter
2008
Ph.D, Geomorphology and Sedimentology
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
2003
M.Sc., Applied Geology
Sambalpur University, India
2001
B.Sc., Geology (H)
Professional Background
Assistant Professor
01 Jan 2012 - 21 Dec 2018
IIT Roorkee
Geologist
01 Jan 2008 - 30 Dec 2012
Geological Survey of India
Associate Professor
22 Nov 2018 - 22 Nov 2024
IIT ROORKEE, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Professor
24 Nov 2024 - 31 Mar 2044
IIT ROORKEE, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, British Indian Ocean Ter
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Neotectonically controlled coastal subsidence along parts of Odisha coast: A study of future of IEC 01 Jan 2013 9.5 Lakhs IIT ROORKEE (FIG)
Tectono-Climatic interplay on growth of terminal fans in the Ganga plain 02 Mar 2023 Geomorphology and Tectonics 22.88 lakh SERB New Delhi, IISER Kolkata, India Manoj K Jaiswal, IISER Kolkata
Understanding the Crustal Configuration of Garhwal Kumaon Himalaya using Gravity & Magnetic studies. 01 Jan 2017 21 Lakhs DST-SERB Dr. Ashutosh Chamoli




Collaborations
Neotectonically derived coastal subsidence along Indian East Coast.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
Assessment of Active Fault Potential in the Ken River Catchment, Panna National Park and Tiger Reserve
Queen's University, Canada
Tectono-geomorphic evolution of an alluvial fan along the Dauki fault system, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: remote sensing and pedogenic approach
Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Publications

Full papers published in refereed journals: (Sequence of authors as published in the paper) :

  1. Patel, N.K., Pati, P., Verma, A.K., Dash, C., Gupta, A., Sharma, V. 2020. Seismicity around the Mahendragarh-Dehradun basement fault in the western Ganga Plain, India: A neotectonic perspective. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 109(2), 689-706 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01826-8).
  2. Nathala, K.R., Dora, M.L., Deshmukh, M.S., Malpe, D.B.,  Baswani, S.R., Sai, V.V.S.,  Gopalakrishna G., Ghosh, S., Pati, P., Meshram, T. 2019. Characterization of copper ± (gold) vein‐type mineralization along terrain boundary fault, Dubarpeth in Central India: Constraints from fluid inclusion, stable isotope, and in situ trace element geochemistry of sulphides. Geological Journal. (https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3663).
  3. Pati, P., Verma, A.K., Dash, C., Patel, N.K., Gupta, A., Sharma, V., Jakhmola, R.P., Parkash, B., Awasthi, A.K., and Saraf, A. K.  2019. Influence of neotectonism on geomorphology and depositional architecture of the Gandak megafan, middle Ganga plain, India. Geomorphology. 327, pp. 489-503.
  4. Pati, P. Acharya, V. Verma, A.K., Patel, N.K., Jakhmola, R.P., Dash, C., Sharma, V., Gupta, A., Parkash, B. and Awasthi, A. K. 2018. Holocene tectono-geomorphic evolution of Haryana plains, Western Ganga plain, India.  Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 11(13), p.361.
  5. Sharma, V., Pati, P. Dora, M.L., Patel, N.K., Dash, C., Alam, P., Verma, A.K. and Gupta, A. 2018. Paleoweathering and paleoclimatic reconstructions using Neoproterozoic paleosol in the eastern margin of the Pranhita-Godavari basin, India.  Journal of the Geological Society of India, 92(2), pp.201-208.
  6. Verma, A.K., Pati, P. and Sharma, V., 2017. Soft sediment deformation associated with the East Patna Fault south of the Ganga River, northern India: Influence of the Himalayan tectonics on the southern Ganga plain. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 143, pp.109-121.
  7. Singh, A., Raju, A., Pati, P. and Kumar, N. 2017. Mapping of coal fire in Jharia Coalfield, India: A remote sensing based approach. Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1-8.
  8. Raju, A., Singh, A., Kumar, S. and Pati, P. 2016. Temporal monitoring of coal fires in Jharia Coalfield, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75. 12, 1-15.
  9. Pati, P., Pradhan, R. M., Dash, C., Parkash, B. and Awasthi, A. K. 2015. Terminal fans and the Ganga plain tectonism: A study of neotectonism and segmentation episodes of the Indo-Gangetic foreland basin, India. Earth-Science Reviews, 148, 134-149.
  10. Khan, M. S. H., Haque, M. M., Pati, P., Chowdhury, K. R. and Biswas, S. 2015. OSL derived uplift rate of Dakhin Nhila anticline along the southeastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Himalayan Geology, 36(2), 143-152.
  11. Pati, P., Parkash, B., Awasthi, A. K. and Jakhmola, R. P. 2012. Spatial and temporal distribution of inland fans/terminal fans between the Ghaghara and Kosi rivers indicate eastward shift of neotectonic activities along the Himalayan front. A study from parts of the upper and middle Gangetic plains, India. Earth-Science Reviews, 115(4), 201-216.
  12. Parkash, B., Rathor, R. S., Pati, P., Jakhmola, R. P. and Singh, S. 2011. Convergence rates along the Himalayan frontal thrust inferred from terraces at Chandidevi Temple Hill, Hardwar, Northwestern Himalaya. Current Science, 100(9), 1426-1432.
  13. Pati, P., Parkash, B., Awasthi, A.K., Acharya, V. and Singh, S. 2011. Concealed thrusts in the Middle Gangetic plain, India—a ground penetrating radar study proves the truth against the geomorphic features supporting normal faulting. J. Asian Earth Sci. 40 (1), 315-325.
  14. Pati, P., Parkash, B., Awasthi, A.K. and Acharya, V. 2011. Holocene tectono-geomorphic evolution of parts of the Upper and Middle Gangetic plains, India. Geomorphology, Vol. 128 (3), 148–170.
  15. Bhosle, B., Parkash, B., Awasthi, A. K. and Pati, P. 2009. Use of digital elevation models and drainage patterns for locating active faults in the Upper Gangetic Plain, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(3), 673-691.
  16. Sinha, V. P., Nathan, N. P., Mishra V. P., Gupta, P., Guha, D.B., Ravi, S., Chakravorty, Sesha, R., Sai. V.V.S, Rao, S.S., Sarkar S. S., Roy, B., Pankaj, P., Pati, P., Dasgupta, S. Sadhna and Konglah, M. A., 2009. Geology and Mineral Resources of India, Geological Survey of India, Mis. Pub. 30, Part- XXII.
  17. Khan, M.S.H., Biswas, S., Singh, S. and Pati P. 2006. OSL Chronology of Dihing Formation and Recent Upliftment Rate Along the Dauki Fault, NE Bangladesh, Bangadesh Geoscience Journal, Vol. 12, 1-11.

 

Book Chapters:

  1. Dash, C., Pati., P.  2019. Active-Fault Controlled Fluvial Geomorphology along the Coastal Plain of Odisha: East Coast of India. In Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications. Springer, Cham, pp. 333-337.

 

Papers in Conferences

  1. Patel, N.K. and Pati, P. 2020. Development of new techniques for mapping of buried paleochannels within alluvial sediments: A case study from the terminal fans in the Ganga plain. IGC36. New Delhi, India.
  2. Pati, P., Dash, C and Jaishwal, M. K. 2019. Basement Fault Propagation Through Quaternary Sediments Along The Indian East Coast: A Remote Sensing And GPR Based Study. International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Dublin Ireland.
  3. Patel, N.K. and Pati, P. 2019. Neotectonic control on Solani river basin in the western part of the Himalayan foothills, India. International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Dublin Ireland.
  4. Gupta, A., Pati, P., Verma, A. K., Yadav, B. and Dash, C. 2018. Surface signatures of basement fault reactivation in the Ganga plain. American Geophysical Union (AGU)-2018.
  5. Patel, N.K., Pati, P. and Verma, A. K. 2018. Seismotectonic study of the basement fault in the western Ganga plain, India: A neotectonic approach. American Geophysical Union (AGU)-2018.
  6. Patel, N.K., Pati, P. and Verma, A. K. 2018. Different phases of Solani River rejuvenation at Himalayan foothills: Implication of Himalayan Tectonics and climate change. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU)-2018.
  7. Patel, N.K., Pati, P. and Verma, A. K. 2017.Remote sensing and GPR based paleochannel mapping on Holocene terminal fans in the Ghaggar-Yamuna interfluve, India: A neotectonic perspective. International Proceedings in Geo-spatial Technologies and Earth Resourses (GTER-2017). Publishing House for Science and Technology, Hanoi, ISBN 978-604-913-618-4.
  8. Patel, N.K. and Pati, P. 2017. Paleochannel mapping of terminal fans in the Ghaggar-Yamuna interfluve and its tectono-climatic implication. Second National Geo-Research Scholar Meet-2017.
  9. Verma, A.K. and Pati, P. 2016. Relative chronological shift of the geomorphic processes across the Sone megafan in the Southern Ganga plain: An evidence from fluvial geomorphology. National Geo-Research Scholar Meet-2016.
  10. Sharma, V. and Pati, P. 2016. Autoclastic mass flow in the eastern margin of the Pranhita-Godavari Basin: An indicator of basin margin faulting. National Geo-Research Scholar Meet-2016.
  11. Verma, A.K. and Pati, P. 2016. Neotectonically controlled block tilting and its influence on drainage and soil characteristics of the Sone megafan: A study of the Himalayan tectonics to the south of the Ganga River. 35th International Geological Congress 2016.
  12. Raju, A., Singh, A., Pati, P. and Solanki, J. N. 2016. Temporal monitoring of coal fires from space: A case study in Jharia Coalfield, India. 35th International Geological Congress 2016.
  13. Pradhan, R M., and Pati. P. 2015. Neotectonic influence on geomorphology in the Gandak megafan of the Indo-Gangetic foreland basin, India. American Geophysical Union Conference.
  14. Parkash. B., Rathore. S. and Pati. P. 2012. Strong Coupled and Segmented Nature of the Himalaya and the Adjoining Gangetic Foreland Basin. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol. 14, Pages 52-32.
Honors And Awards
MemberShips
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
07 Jul 2020 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Physical Geology ( ES-207 )
Autumn
Plate Tectonics ( ESN-611 )
Autumn
Geology of Petroleum ( IES-03 )
Spring
Basin Analysis ( ESN-344 )
Spring
Advanced Geomorphology ( ESN-524 )
Spring
Students
SuperVisions
TECTONIC EFFECTS ON GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN BASTAR CRATON
01 Jan 2011 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Vijay Sharma
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR STUDY OF PALEOCHANNELS OF THE TERMINAL FANS IN PARTS OF THE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Shivam Kumar Singh, M.Tech Dissertation, 2018
MORPHOTECTONIC EVALUATION OF PLAIN FED RIVERS IN PARTS OF GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2017 - 07 May 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Abhijeet Santra, M.Sc Dissertation, 2018
TECTONO-GEOMORPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BASEMENT FAULTS IN THE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2017 - 07 May 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sandeep Kandha, M.Sc Dissertation, 2018
RECONSTRUCTION OF PALAEODRAINAGE USING HIGH RESOLUTION DEM AND STAGNANT WATER BODIES IN THE GHAGGAR
07 Jul 2016 - 07 May 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Trisha Sonowal, M.Sc Dissertation, 2017
NEOTECTONIC SIGNATURES OF LUCKNOW AND MORADABAD BASEMENT FAULTS IN THE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2016 - 07 May 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ritu Madan, M.Tech Dissertation, 2017
GEOMORPHIC AND GPR SIGNATURE OF EAST PATNA FAULT IN THE MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2016 - 07 May 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Parag Nandi, M.Tech Dissertation, 2017
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GPR STUDY OF WEST PATNA FAULT IN THE MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2016 - 07 May 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sushant Katiyar, M.Tech Dissertation, 2017
TECTONIC-GEOMORPOLOGY OF THE TERMINAL FANS BETWEEN THE GHAGGHAR-GANGA INTERFLUVE
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Hemant Meena, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR STUDY IN THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE PRANHITA-GODAVARI VALLEY
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ahire Vikas Dadasahab, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE TERMINAL FANS IN THE PARTS OF THE UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Roopak Malik, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
ZIRCON MORPHOLOGY AND ITS U-Pb AGES FROM THE MAIN CENTRAL THRUST ZONE, WESTERN HIMACHAL AND GARHW
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: Prof. A.K. Jain, CBRI., Dr. P.K. Mukherjee, Wing, Dehradun, Scholar: Kislay Kumud, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
NEOTECTONIC ACTIVITIES IN PARTS OF MAHANADI DELTA
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: Dr. Pradeep Shrivastava, Wing, Dehradun, Scholar: Rahul Jaiswal, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PENGANGA LIMESTONE IN THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE PRANHITA GODAVARI VA
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Nicky Nishad, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
GEOCHEMISTRY OF PALEOSOL FROM THE WESTERN BASTAR CRATON AND ITS CLIMATIC IMPLICATION
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: Dr. P.K. Mukherjee, Wing, Dehradun, Scholar: Parvej Alam, M.Tech Dissertation, 2016
INFLUENCE OF SEISMICITY ON FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY ALONG THE BASEMENT FAULTS IN THE GANGA PLAIN
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Soumya Ranjan Sahoo, M.Sc. Dissertation, 2016
TECTONO-GEOMORPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TERMINAL FANS IN MIDDLE GANGETIC PLAIN
07 Jul 2015 - 07 May 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Debasmita Maharana, M.Sc. Dissertation, 2016
DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MALANI VOLCANIC SUITE AROUND POKHRAN, RAJASTHAN
07 Jul 2014 - 07 May 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Saptarshi Ghosh, M.Tech Dissertation 2015
GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MINERALIZATION ALONG THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE FAULT BOUNDED PENGANGA
07 Jul 2014 - 07 May 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Amulya Ratna Roul, M.Sc. Dissertation 2015
SPECIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROCARBON MICROSEEPAGE INDUCED CHANGES IN ROCK/SOIL WITH A CASE STUDY
07 Jul 2014 - 07 May 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Prem Chandra Maurya, M.Sc. Dissertation 2015
TECTONO-GEOMORPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BASEMENT FAULTS IN THE INDO-GANGETIC FORELAND BASIN
07 Jul 2014 - 07 May 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Pooja Tripathi, M.Sc. Dissertation 2015
DEPOSITIONAL CHARCTERISTICS OF POKHRAN BOULDER BED AND OVERLYING SONIA SANDSTONE AROUND POKHRAN AREA
07 Jul 2014 - 07 May 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Fredrick Ronald Kispottaam, M.Tech Dissertation 2015
STUDY OF FAULT BOUNDED IRON-ORE OCCURRENCE IN THE EASTERN MARGIN OF PAKAHAL BASIN, MAHARASHTRA
07 Jul 2013 - 07 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Subrat Sundaray, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
STUDY OF TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GEORADAR FACIES CHANGES AROUND PURI, ODISHA: AN IMPLICATION
07 Jul 2013 - 07 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Alekha Chandra Behra, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
RADIOCARBON DATING OF CALCRETE FROM YAMUNA-GANGA DOAB:A LINK BETWEEN NEOTECTONISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
07 Jul 2013 - 07 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sunita Mohapatra, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
HOLOCENE TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF PARTS OF THE BAITARANI DELTA AROUND JAJPUR AREA, ODISHA
07 Jul 2013 - 07 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Debashish Jana, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
USE OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR IN STUDY OF NEOTECTONISM AND SEDIMENTATION PATTERN IN PARTS OF THE
07 Jul 2013 - 07 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Deviprasad Jena, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF DEHRADUN FAN
07 Jul 2013 - 06 May 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rajkumar Meena, M.Tech Dissertation, 2014
Associate Scholars
Rajkumar Kashyap
IIT Roorkee
Delineation of concealed transverse basement faults in the ganga plain and the adjacent himalayas through geomorphological approaches
Aditya K. Verma
IIT Roorkee
Late Quaternary Morphotectonic evolution of the Sone Megafan, Middle Ganga plain, India
Vijay Sharma
IIT Roorkee
Tectonic effects on geomorphology and sedimentation in parts of the western Bastar craton
Bishnu P. Mishra
IIT Roorkee
Geological, Mineralogical, and Geochemical studies of volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in Betul Belt, Central India
Ashwani Raju
IIT Roorkee
Remote sensing based coal fire studies in Jharia Coalfield, India
Chinmay Dash
Neotectonics, Coastal Subsidence
Narendra Kumar Patel
Neotectonics, Climate Change, Quaternary Sedimentology
Shashi Ranjan Rai
P-T evolution, Geochronology of migmatite
Miscellaneous
Events
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019
01 Jan 2019 - Present
IIT Roorkee
35th International Geological Congress
01 Jan 2016 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Visits
Cape Town, South Africa
Attending 35th International Geological Congress
Administrative Positions
Warden, Azad Bhawan
01 Jan 2018 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Chief Warden, Azad Bhawan
01 Jul 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Chairman, DAPC, Earth Sciences department
20 May 2025 - Present
IIT ROORKEE, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
O.C. Examination
01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2015
Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee
O.C. Time Table
01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2014
Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee
Geologist
01 Jan 2008 - 01 Jan 2012
Geological Survey of India