Courses Offered

Some courses that I teach regularly in IIT Kanpur include:

Geochemistry (ES413)

Internal structure of atoms, electronic structure, chemical bonding, and chemical properties of elements. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and its application in Earth Sciences. Aquatic geochemistry, primary silicates and chemical weathering, acids and bases, dissolution and precipitation reactions, mineral stability diagrams, Eh-pH diagrams, oxidation-reduction reactions. The origin and evolution of Earth and the solar system through high temperature chemical processes, trace elements in igneous processes, modeling trace element partition during magma genesis. Radiogenic isotope geology and geochronology. Stable isotope geochemistry. Earth’s hydrosphere and its interaction with surficial rocks, sediments, soils, biosphere and the atmosphere.

Aqueous Geochemistry (ES643)

Water Cycle/Earth’s Surface Processes/Rivers and Oceans, thermodynamics, solutions and equilibrium constant, Kinetics, Acid and Bases/Salts/Mineral Stability Diagrams, General Controls of Natural Water Chemistry, Water Isotopes-Understanding Water Evolution, Water Characterization Techniques, Aqueous Geochemistry and Ore Deposits, Aqueous Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage, Geochemical Cycling of Redox Sensitive Trace Metals, Chemical Weathering, Atmospheric CO2 and Climate, Contaminant Geochemistry (Focus on Arsenic)

Isotope Geochemistry & Applications (ES649)

Atoms and nuclei, Decay systems and Geochronology, Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of the mantle, Radiogenic isotopic geochemistry of the continental crust and ocean, Radiogenic isotopic geochemistry to track surface processes, Stable isotope geochemistry, Stable isotope geochemistry and its application, Unconventional isotopes and approaches, Mass Spectrometry and lab practices

Fundamentals of Earth Sciences (ESO213)

Solar System and Earth; The primitive Earth; Geological Time scale; Origin of life and major geological events; Numerical Dating. Rocks, minerals and soils; Plate Tectonics and Mountain building; Deformation and Geodynamics; Earthquakes, Volcanoes. Earth, Ocean, Land, Rivers, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere and Climate; Energy budget; Carbon Cycle; Hydrological Cycle; Weathering and erosion. Coupled processes in Earth System; climate change, Geological resource (minerals, hydrocarbons and water); Sustainability and Anthropocene activities.

Awards for Teaching

Invited Talks

Date	Title	Locaation
07-2023	The geochemical perspective of the drivers and impacts of melting Himalayan glaciers	GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
06-2023	Tracking the glacier meltwater of “Third Pole” fed rivers in space and time using isotopic tracers	Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
06-2023	The drivers and impact of melting Himalayan glaciers	ETH Zurich, Switzerland
03-2021	Surface impurities in the Himalayan glaciers: Its sources, pathways, and spatial variation	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (online due to COVID-19 pandemic), India
02-2021	New paradigms in water quality monitoring	National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India (online due to COVID-19 pandemic)
08-2020	Surface impurities in the Himalayan glaciers: Its sources, pathways, and spatial variation	Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India (online due to COVID-19 pandemic)
08-2020	Study of emerging contaminants contributed by PGEs rich particulates from vehicular emission using the ICP-MS/MS technique	Agilent Technologies (online due to COVID-19 pandemic), India
12-2019	Source and Transport Pathways of Surface Impurities to the Himalayan Glaciers: A Coupled Organic-Inorganic Perspective	University of Leoben, Austria
04-2018	Underestimated Glacier Mass Loss in “The Third Pole” and its Contribution to Global Sea-Level Rise	Environmental Science & Technology Symposium-India
03-2018	The drivers of deglaciation in the Himalayas and its impact on global sea level rise	University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
10-2017	The Third Pole: Frozen water in the Himalayas	Columbia/Snake River Expedition, Portland, USA
03-2016	Will the rivers run dry?	Global River Observatory Meeting, onboard cruise vessel Mekong Sun, Thailand
02-2014	Earth System Sciences	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India [Outreach Activity]
12-2013	Elemental Journey: Humans have changed how chemicals move on Earth’s surface	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
09-2013	Tracing Earth system processes: From petroleum systems to aerosols	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
10-2013	Osmium and Vanadium isotopes as tracers of Earth system processes	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
08-2013	Osmium and Vanadium isotopes as tracers of Earth system processes	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
08-2013	Osmium and Vanadium isotopes as tracers of Earth system processes	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
04-2013	Humans have changed how chemicals move on Earth’s surface	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
11-2011	Platinum Group Elements and osmium isotope geochemistry: A tale from Earth’s mantle to the atmosphere	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
01-2011	A radiogenic Os component in the oceanic lithosphere? Constraints from Hawaiian garnet pyroxenite xenoliths	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA