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Ishwar Kumar Cukkemane
PhD (Indian Institute of Science)
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
Research Interest
My research interests include:
- Tectonics and evolution of various shear /suture zones and crustal blocks.
- Archean tectonics and TTG genesis, petrogenesis and metamorphic history of various crustal domains.
- Interaction between Earth crustal and surface processes.
- Paleogeography of Eastern Gondwana, focusing on Madagascar-India-Sri Lanka-Antarctica correlation.
My research includes multidisciplinary approach:
- Image based studies (mapping, remote sensing and GIS),
- Field studies (structural, lithological information and field relations, sample collection)
- Laboratory studies (petrological, mineral chemical, geochemical, geochronological and isotopic studies).
- Integration of other studies with my results (e.g. geophysical and sedimentological results).
Office : Room 111, Block-A, Old SAC, IIT Kanpur
Specialization
Petrology and Tectonics
Education
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2015Ph.D. thesis title: Mesoproterozoic suturing of Archean crustal blocks in western peninsular India: New insights on India-Madagascar correlations.Ph.D. thesis supervisor: Prof. Sajeev Krishnan
M.Sc., Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, 2008
B.Sc, Mangalore University, Mangalore, 2006
Teaching Area
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (ES315A)
Economic Geology (ES450A)
Field Geology-I (ES312A)
Geological Remote sensing and GIS (ES415A)
Advanced Metamorphic Petrology (ES662A)
Instrumentation in Earth Sciences (ES648A)
Selected Publications
Basu, P., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Choudhary, S., Chakrabarti, R., Satish-Kumar, M., Sajeev, K., 2022. Major, trace element, and Nd isotopic compositions of banded iron formation and shales from the Sirsi Shelf, Dharwar Craton, India: Implications for paleo-seawater chemistry, post-depositional alteration, and provenance. Precambrian Research, 382, 106882. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106882.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Sajeev, K., Satish-Kumar, M., Williams, I.S., Wilde, S.A., Hokada, T., Windley, B. F., 2022. Paleo- to Mesoarchean crustal growth in the Karwar block, southern India: Constraints on TTG genesis and Archean tectonics. American Journal of Science, 322 (2), 108-163. DOI: 10.2475/02.2022.02.
Harlov, D.E., Dunkley, D.J., Hansen, E.C., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Samuel, V., Hokada, T., 2022. Zircon as a Recorder of Trace Element Changes during High-Grade Metamorphism of Neoarchean Lower Crust, Shevaroy Block, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India. Journal of Petrology, V. 63 (5), egac036. DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egac036.
Thanooja, P.V., Santosh, M., Li, Shan-Shan, Nandakumar, V., Ishwar-Kumar, C., 2021. Neoarchaean crustal evolution along the eastern flank of Nallamalai Shear Zone, southern India. International Geology Review, 1-21. DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2021.2012717.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Rajesh, V.J., Windley, B.F., Razakamanana, T., Itaya, T., Babu, E.V.S.S.K., Sajeev, K., 2018. Chromite chemistry as an indicator of tectonic setting: The Ranomena ultramafic complex, NE Madagascar. Geological Magazine, 155 (1), 109-118. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756816000972.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Rajesh, V.J., Windley, B.F., Razakamanana, T., Itaya, T., Babu, E.V.S.S.K., Sajeev, K., 2016. Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Bondla mafic-ultramafic complex, western India: Inferences from chromian spinel chemistry. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, V. 130, 192-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.004.
Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Santosh, M., Yang, Q., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Chen, N., Sajeev, K., 2016. Crustal evolution and Meso-to Neoarchean tectonics of the Biligiri Rangan Block, southern India. Precambrian Research, V. 275, 406-428. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2016.01.022.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Santosh, M., Wilde, S.A., Tsunogae, T., Itaya, T., Windley, B.F., Sajeev, K., 2016. Mesoproterozoic suturing of Archean crustal blocks in western peninsular India: Implications for India-Madagascar correlations. Lithos, V. 263, 143-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2016.01.016.
Shazia, J.R., Harlov, D.E., Suzuki, K., Kim, S.W., Girish-Kumar, M., Hayasaka, Y., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Windley, B.F., Sajeev, K., 2015.Linking monazite geochronology with fluid infiltration and metamorphic histories: nature and experiment. Lithos, 236-237, 1-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.08.008.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Sajeev, K., Windley, B.F., Kusky, T.M., Feng, P., Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Huang, Y., Zhang, Y., Jiang, X., Razakamanana, T., Yagi, K., Itaya, T., 2015. Evolution of high-pressure mafic granulites and pelitic gneisses from NE Madagascar: Tectonic implications. Tectonophysics, 662, 219-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.07.019.
Ratheesh-Kumar R.T., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Windley, B.F., Razakamanana, T., Nair, R., Sajeev, K., 2015. India-Madagascar paleo-fit based on the flextural isostasy of their rifted margins. Gondwana Research, V. 28, 581-600. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.008.
Ishwar-Kumar, C., Windley, B.F., Horie, K., Kato, T., Hokada, T., Itaya, T., Yagi, K., Gouzu, C., Sajeev, K., 2013. A Rodinian suture in western India: New insights on India-Madagascar correlations. Precambrian Research, 236, 227-251. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.07.023. (Third most downloaded article in Precambrian Research, Elsevier, July-September, 2013).
Awards & Fellowships
National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF), July 2017 from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
2015: Research Associate Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
2008: First rank and Gold medal in M.Sc.
Keywords
Tectonics, Crustal evolution, Petrology, Paleogeography, Remote sensing and GIS
Professional Experience
June, 2018 to present: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
January, 2018 to June, 2018: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
August, 2017 to January, 2018: DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow at Department of Earth and Space Science, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
April, 2017 to August, 2017: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
April, 2015 to December, 2016: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
December, 2014 to April, 2015: Junior Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
December, 2011 to December, 2014: Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
January, 2010 to December, 2011: Junior Research Fellow at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
January, 2009 to January, 2010: Project Scientist at Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Bangalore.