Dr. Mahesh Ramrao Kapawar
Dr. Mahesh Ramrao Kapawar
Designation : Scientist ‘C’
Phone : 9373446087
E-mail : maheshkapawar[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in
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Google Scholar Page
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Research Group
Activity-7 (Structure and Tectonics Group)
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Specialization
Paleomagnetism, Rock and Environmental magnetism, AMS studies
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Academic Qualification
Year Experience 2021 Ph.D. (Geology), Osmania University, Hyderabad and CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad 2014 M.Sc. (Geology), Department of Geology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 2012 B.Sc. (Geology, Physics, Chemistry), NES Science College, SRTM University, Nanded -
Professional Experience
Year Experience 05/2022- Present Scientist ‘B’, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. -
Lectures/Fellowships/Awards
Year Lectures/Fellowships/Awards 2022 Delivered an E-lecture in a webinar organized by the Department of Geology, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences, Parul University, Gujrat. 2018 CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF) 2016 Awarded ‘Best Oral Presentation’ at INGWC-2016 2016 Qualified CSIR-NET with Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF) 2015 Qualified in Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (MH-SET) for Assistant Professorship -
Visiting Positions
None
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Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures
CSIR-JRF and SRF (2016-2021)
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Services
None
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Countries Visited
none
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National/International (outside WIHG) Collaboration
None
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List of Publications
2024
- Mahesh Kapawar*, Varun Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Venkateshwarlu Mamilla. 2024. Environmental magnetic and morphological characteristics of topsoils from the Coal Capital of India-Dhanbad. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 235 (10), 670.
- E. Sai Krishna, M. Venkateshwarlu, M. R. Kapawar, P. D. Sabale, N. Ramesh Babu, V. S. Shinde. 2024. Rock magnetism and preliminary archeointensity results from Harappa potsherds, India. Current Science 126 (10), 1236-1244.
- Mahesh Kapawar*, Subhojit Saha, Anil Kumar and Venkateshwarlu Mamilla. 2024. Magnetic mineral characterization of the easternmost Indus molasse sedimentary succession, Ladakh Himalaya: Implications for depositional environment and provenance. Journal of Earth System Science 133 (2), 88.
2023
- M. Venkateshwarlu, N. R. Babu, M. R. Kapawar, B. S. Kotlia, A. K. Singh and A. V. Satyakumar. 2023. Magnetostratigraphy of palaeolake sequence from Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India: Implications on young geomagnetic excursions. Geological Journal 58 (4), 1644-1655.
2022
- Rimjhim Maity, Supriya Mondal, M. Venkateshwarlu, Mahesh Kapawar and Debesh Gain. 2022. Characterization of anthropogenic contaminants in urban soils around Budgebudge current generating station of West Bengal, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 15, 1428.
- Rimjhim Maity, M. Venkateshwarlu, Supriya Mondal, M. R. Kapawar, Debesh Gain, Saurodeep Chatterjee and Punyotoya Paul. 2022. Mineral magnetic and geochemical characterization of the dust and soils around Mejia Thermal Power Plant, West Bengal: Implications to source apportionment. Journal of Earth System Science 131 (2), 1-20.
2021
- M. R. Kapawar and Mamilla, V. 2021. Paleointensity of the Earth's magnetic field at ∼117 Ma determined from the Rajmahal and Sylhet Trap Basalts, India. Journal of Earth System Science 130, 154.
- M. R. Kapawar, Venkateshwarlu Mamilla and S. J. Sangode. 2021. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility study to locate the feeder zone and lava flow directions of the Rajmahal Traps (India): Implications to Kerguelen mantle plume interaction with Indian Plate. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 313, 106692.
- Rimjhim Maity, M. Venkateshwarlu, Supriya Mondal, M. R. Kapawar, Debesh Gain and Punyotoya Paul. 2021. Magnetic and microscopic characterization of anthropogenically produced magnetic particles: a proxy for environmental pollution. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 18, 1793-1808.
2020
- M. R. Kapawar and M. Venkateshwarlu. 2020. Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of early Cretaceous Rajmahal basalts, NE India: Implications for paleogeography of the Indian subcontinent and migration of the Kerguelen hotspot. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 201, 104517.
2019
- M. R. Kapawar and M. Venkateshwarlu. 2019. Rock Magnetic and paleomagnetic investigations of Sylhet traps, Shillong Plateau, NE India. Journal of Geodynamics 127, 31-41.
- Mahesh Kapawar*, Varun Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Venkateshwarlu Mamilla. 2024. Environmental magnetic and morphological characteristics of topsoils from the Coal Capital of India-Dhanbad. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 235 (10), 670.
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