RITIMA DAS Assistant Professor

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  • Department of Earth Sciences
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • ritima08@gmail.com

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 PhD Shear wave velocity and anisotropy of crust beneath south India CSIR-NGRI Hyderabad 2016

Area of Specializaion

Seismology, Tectonics, Geophysical data modelling, Inverse theory and its application, Deep Earth mineralogy and attenuation

Awards / Prizes Conferred

S.No Name / Title of the Award Type Name of the Agency conferred the Award Year of the Award Amount for Cash Award
1 Honorary visiting Research Associate INTERNATIONAL University of Bristol, United Kingdom 2020 NA
2 Post Doctoral Fellowship INTERNATIONAL University of Bristol, United Kingdom 2019 NA
3 Ramanujan Fellowship NATIONAL SERB 2019 NA
4 INSPIRE Faculty (Earth & Atmospheric Science) NATIONAL DST 2017 NA
5 SERB overseas postdoctoral fellowship NATIONAL SERB 2017 NA
6 Post Doctoral Fellowship INTERNATIONAL University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 2017 NA
7 Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Merit award NATIONAL MHRD Govt. of India 2012 NA
8 Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India (Department of higher education) to witness the republic day parade(2011) from Prime Minister's Box f NATIONAL MHRD Govt of India 2011 NA
9 University Gold Medal NATIONAL Tezpur University 2010 NA
10 University Gold Medal NATIONAL Tezpur University 2008 NA

Teaching Experience

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1 Assistant Professor Earth Sciences Pondicherry University
2 Ramanujan Fellow Centre for Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences University of Hyderabad

Research Experience

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1 Research Associate Earth & Climate Science IISER Pune Seismology
2 Research Associate Earth Sciences University of Cambridge Seismology
3 Research Associate Earth Sciences University of Bristol Seismology
4 Ramanujan Fellow Centre for Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences University of Hyderabad The structure and tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent and the adjoining Ocean: a quantitative assessment of the past and present geology

Industry Experience

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Contribution towards Innovation

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Patent Details

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

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Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Unperturbed Archean lithosphere beneath the Eastern Dharwar Craton Kimberlite Field, India: inferred from joint inversion of surface wave dispersion a Dipak K Chaubey, S S Rai, N Mullick and Ritima Das Precambrian Research 394, 107112 2023 3.8
2 Redefining Dharwar-Craton-Southern Granulite Terrain boundary in south India from new seismological constraints Ritima Das and S.S. Rai Precambrian Research 332, 105394 2020 3.8
3 Crust and shallow mantle structure of south India by inverting interpolated receiver function with surface wave dispersion Ritima Das, Ashish and G K Saha Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 176, 157-167 2019 3.449
4 Temporal variation in water chemistry of the (lower) Brahmaputra river: Implications to seasonality in mineral weathering Anupam Samanta, G. R. Tripathy and Ritima Das Geochem. Geophys. Geosys 20, 2769-2785 2019 3.624
5 Extensive seismic anisotropy in the lower crust of Archean metamorphic terrain, South India inferred from ambient noise tomography Ritima Das, S. S. Rai Tectonophysics 694, 164-180 2017 2.433
6 Possible magmatic underplating beneath the west coast of India and adjoining Dharwar craton: Imprint from Archean crustal evolution to breakup of Indi Utpal Saikia, Ritima Das, S. S. Rai Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett 462, 1-14. 2017 5.255
7 Seismic interferometry and ambient noise tomography: Theoretical background and an example in south India Ritima Das and S.S. Rai JPCS Proceeding of IOP conference series. 759(1):012006 2016 0.5
8 Deep Geology of south India inferred from Moho depth and Vp/Vs ratio Ritima Das, Utpal Saikia, S. S. Rai Geophys. J. Int 203, 910-926 2015 3.352
9 The South India Precambrian crust and shallow lithospheric mantle: initial results from the India Deep Earth Imaging Experiment (INDEX), 8. S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, Ritima Das, Sandeep Gupta, Shalivahan, K.S. Prakasam, K. Sivaram, Sudesh Kumar, Rishikesh Meena J. Earth Sys. Sci 122, 1435-1453 2013 1.912

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Details of Conference Publication Page Nos. Year
1 Delineating northern limit of the Indian lithosphere beneath western Tibet: Insight from joint inversion of Rayleigh wave group velocity dispersions w Ritima Das, G. K Saha, U. Saikia AGU fall meeting T15C-0186 2021
2 Evaluation of the concentration-discharge relationship for the Brahmaputra river Anupam Samanta, Ritima Das Goldschmidt 1 2021
3 Crust and upper mantle structure beneath Kashmir Himalaya using joint inversion of surface and body waves Ritima Das, Keith Priestley and Steven W Roecker AGU fall meeting T41E-0325 2019
4 Shallow structure of Lonar Crater and its surroundings from modeling of high frequency receiver function Ritima Das, S. S. Rai Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) 1 2016
5 , Extensive seismic anisotropy in the lower crust of Archean metamorphic terrain, South India inferred from ambient noise tomography Ritima Das, S. S. Rai National Geo-Research Scholars Meet 1 2016
6 Seismological Response to crustal evolution in south India Ritima Das, S. S. Rai AGU fall meeting T11B-2605 2016
7 Radial Anisotropy beneath south Indian crust inferred from seismic ambient noise tomography Ritima Das, S.S. Rai Indian Geophysical Union 1 2015
8 Crustal Structure of Southern Granulite Terrane, South India Ritima Das, S.S. Rai International symposium on Advances in Earthquake Science (AES) 1 2013

Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Crustal Anisotropy and Shear Wave Velocity Structure Ritima Das Lambert Academic Publishing 2012 978-3-659-17038-6

Chapters in Books

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Edited Books

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Ongoing Projects

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Ongoing Consultancy Works

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Completed Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 The structure and tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent and the adjoining Ocean: a quantitative assessment of the past and present geology SERB 5 35 2020

Completed Consultancy Works

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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List of capability enhancement such as Soft skill development, Remedial coaching, Language lab,
Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

S.No Year Degree No. of Students Awarded Department/Centre
1 2022 M.SC 1 University of Hyderabad
2 2017 M.SC 1 IISER Pune
3 2016 M.SC 1 IISER Pune

Research Guidance - Ph.D

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Research Guidance - Post Doctoral

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Financial assistance availed to attend conferences / workshops and to pay membership fee
of professional bodies during the year

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E-Lecture Details

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Invited Talks in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme

S.No Title of the Paper Conferences/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme Organized by Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 Mathematics and its role in Science and Technology for societal needs Workshop Program Pandit Deendayal Energy University National 19-06-2021 19-06-2021 2021
2 Mapping MHT beneath Himalaya: Seismological Evidence In house talk University of Bristol International 16-01-2020 16-01-2020 2020
3 Structure beneath south India and western Tibet: a quantitative assessment of past and present Geolo In house talk University of Southampton International 22-05-2019 22-05-2019 2019
4 Crust and upper mantle structure of Western Tibet: Inferred from joint inversion of body and surface In house talk Bullard laboratories, University of Cambridge International 15-11-2018 15-11-2018 2018

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Administrative Responsibilities in the Government and Quasi Government Agencies

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Affiliation in Academic Bodies/Societies

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1 American Geophysical Union Regular member 2015
2 Indian Geophysical Union Regular member 2015
3 Society of Exploration Geophysics Regular member 2012

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Faculty Development Programme Attended (Orientation, Refresher, other Short Term Course during the year)

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