Ishwar Kumar C (PhD, Indian Institute of Science, 2015)
Assistant Professor

Room No. 207, ESB-3 Building
0512-259-6952 (O)
E-mail: ishwar[AT]iitk.ac.in
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=qJkbua8AAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ishwar_Kumar_C

 

Research Specialization

  • Petrology, Tectonics and Crustal evolution
  • Paleogeography and Continental reconstruction
  • Remote sensing and GIS applications

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)

 

Research interests

My research interests include:

Tectonics and crustal 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 current study areas include:

Southern granulite terrain, India

Dharwar craton, southern India.

Himalaya, northern India

Madagascar and Sri Lanka

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).

 

Research Projects

Evolution of the Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone in southern India: Implications on the Tectonics and Paleogeography of eastern Gondwana

(Initiation Grant, IIT Kanpur, 2018-2020)

Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone in southern India is considered as a major terrane boundary. However several controversies exists regarding the position, origin, evolution, age and extension of this shear zone. The project aims to address these topics by using a multidisciplinary approach involving integration of remote sensing, field, petrological and geochronological methods.

 

Research publications

International Journals (Peer reviewed, ISI journals)

  • 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).

International conference abstracts

  • Harlov, D.E., Dunkley, D.J., Hansen, E.C., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Samuel, V., Hokada, T., 2021. Zircon as a recorder of chemical change during metamorphism of Neoarchean lower crust, Shevaroy Block, Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India. Goldschmidt 2021, Virtual, 4-9

  • Basu, P., Ishwar Kumar, C., Sajeev, K, Chakrabarti, R., 2021. Negative Ce Anomaly in the Banded Iron Formation and Associated Clastic Rocks of the Sirsi Shelf Region, Southern India: Inferences on the Fluid-Rock Alteration Event during the Pan-African Orogeny. AGU Fall Meeting.

  • Vishal A.V.S.*, Handique, T.**, Ishwar-Kumar C., Chromite chemistry as a petrogenetic indicator: The good and bad. Goldschmidt conference abstract. (*MTech and **PhD students).

  • K., Ishwar-Kumar, C., 2015. Evolution of Mesoproterozoic Kumta and Mercara Suture Zones in Western India: Constraints on India-Madagascar Correlations. XII International Conference on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 13th-17th July, 2015, Goa, India. A:115-116.

  • Harlov, D.E., Dunkley, D.J., Hansen, E., Ishwar-Kumar, C., 2015. Zircon trace element chemistry as a function of metamorphic grade along a traverse of lower Archean crust, Shevaroy Block, southern India. Golschmidt conference, 16th -25th August, 2015. Abstract ID- 4474.

  • Sajeev, K., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Satish-Kumar, M., October 2014. Geological correlations between India and Madagascar in a Gondwanan Earth History of Asia- II 31st October - 3rd November, Niigata, Japan.

  • Ishwar-Kumar, C., Sajeev, K., Windley, B.F., Satish-Kumar, M., Hokada, T., Horie, K., Itaya, T., April 2014. Evolution of Karwar and Coorg blocks, southern India. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Ishwar-Kumar, C., Sajeev, K., Windley, B.F., January 2014. Kumta suture in western India and constraints on the paleogeography of Gondwana. Sedimentary Processes and Metallogeny through Time-2014, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

  • Ishwar-Kumar, C., Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Windley, B.F., Horie, K., Kato, T., Hokada, T., Itaya, T., Yagi, K., Gouzu, C., Razakamanana, T., Sajeev, K., November 2013. A precise India-Madagascar palaeo-fit. National Institute for Polar Research Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Sajeev, K., Ishwar-Kumar, C., Windley, B.F., January 2013. High-pressure granulites from the Betsimisaraka suture zone: implications on India-Madagascar correlation. Granulites and Granulites-2013, A52. Hyderabad, India.

  • Ishwar-Kumar, C., George, P.M., Adachi, T., Nakano, N., Osanai, Y., Itaya, T., Sajeev, K., January 2013. Evolution of mafic and calc granulites from Coorg, southern India. Granulites and Granulites-2013, A34. Hyderabad, India.

  • Ishwar-Kumar, C., Bharadwaj, A., Arun-Kumar, S.L., November 2008. Crime Cartography for Seventeen Police Stations of Bangalore City using Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Techniques. Collaborative Mapping and Space Technology-2008, INCA, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.