NAME :	Dr. Anupam Sharma
DESIGNATION :	Scientist G
EMAIL :	anupam.sharma@bsip.res.in
PHONE/EXT :	/974

Research Interest

1. Understanding of earth surface processes; 2. Quaternary Palaeoclimate & Provenance characterization using geochemistry, mineralogy, and isotope systematics; 3. Tectonochemistry: Understanding tectonics and seismicity in light of geochemistry and mineralogy; 4. Soil formation and nutrient dynamics including soil pollution and remedial strategies;

Awards and Honors

BSIP Medal – 2014 for carrying out the best piece of scientific work in the institute; - 2014
Third prize in the Best Poster Category of the National Conference on the Quaternary Climate Change: New Approaches and Emerging Challenges, organized by Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow during Dec. 15-16, 2015; - 2015
Shri Chandra Dutt Pant Medal – 2008 of BSIP, Lucknow adjudged the best scientist among scientists of scientist C category of the institute; - 2008
Team Medal - 2008 of BSIP, Lucknow for carrying out the best piece of scientific work in the institute as a team; - 2008
Third prize in the Best Poster Award, 2007; in Geocollision 2007; a national workshop held in Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India during 20th-21st September, 2007; - 2007
D. N. Wadia best poster “Palaeoclimatic importance of the Quaternary deposits of Ladakh, NW Himalayas; Khalsar palaeolake a case study” award at International Conference “Geo-environment- challenges ahead” Jammu, India, in 2007; - 2007
Member, 26th Indian Antarctic Scientific Expedition 2006-2007, conducted by National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa (Ministry of Earth Sciences, India). - 2007
Member, 2nd Indian Arctic Scientific Expedition 2008, conducted by National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India; - 2008
Trainee Award 2006 by ITBP, Auli for the 26th Indian Antarctica Scientific expedition pre-training and acclimatization course; - 2006
Research Associateship of CSIR, 1997-2001. - 2001

Memberships of Professional Societies

Member, Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR)
Member, Geochemical Society, USA
Life Member , The Palaeobotanical Society
Paleontological Society of India ( Life Member)
Himalayan Geology ( Life Member)
Indian Science Congress ( Life Member)

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Contact Details

* Contact Number	974
* Email ID	anupam.sharma@bsip.res.in

Publications

Selected Publications

Anupam Sharma and V. Rajamani (2000) Weathering of gneisses in the upper reaches of Cauvery River, south India: implications to neotectonics of the region. Chemical Geology. 166, 203-223.
Anupam Sharma and V. Rajamani (2000) Major element, REE and other trace element behavior in amphibolite weathering under semi-arid conditions south India. The Journal of Geology. 108, 4, 487-497.
Anupam Sharma and V. Rajamani (2001) Weathering of charnockites and sediment production in the catchment area of Cauvery River, southern India. Sedimentary Geology. 43, 169-184.
Anupam Sharma*, Sarajit Sensarma, Kamlesh Kumar, P.P. Khanna, N.K. Saini (2013) Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Mahi River sediments in tectonically active western India: Implications for Deccan large igneous province source, weathering and mobility of elements in a semi-arid climate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 104, 63-83.
Anupam Sharma*, Kamlesh Kumar, Amzad Laskar, Sunil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Mehta 2017.Oxygen, deuterium, and strontium isotope characteristics of the Indus River water system. Geomorphology. 284, 5-16.
Anupam Sharma*, Binita Phartiyal, 2018. Late Quaternary Palaeoclimate and Contemporary Moisture Source to Extreme NW India: A Review on Present Understanding and Future Perspectives. Front. in Earth Sci. 6:150.
Farooqui S, Shah A P, Maurya D M, Archna G, Ali S N, Sharma A*. 2021. Texture, mineralogy and geochemistry of late Quaternary sediments of the Mahi River basin, western India: Implications to climate and tectonics. Applied Geochemistry. 134, 105088.
Amritpal Singh Chaddha, Narendra Kumar Singh*, Manisha Malviya and Anupam Sharma*. 2022. Birnessite-clay mineral couple in the rock varnish: a nature's electrocatalyst. Sustainable Energy and Fuels (The Royal Society of Chemistry). 6, 2553–2569
Shekhar M, Sharma A*, Dimri A P, Tandon S. 2022. Asian summer monsoon variability, global teleconnections, and dynamics during the last 1,000 years. Earth-Science Reviews. 230(5):104041.
Amritpal Singh Chaddha*, Anupam Sharma*, Narendra Kumar Singh, Devendra Kumar Patel, G.N.V. Satyanarayana 2023. Rock Varnish: Nature’s Shield. ACS Earth Space Chem. 7, 8, 1516–1527.

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