NAME :	Dr. Vivesh Vir Kapur
DESIGNATION :	Scientist - D
EMAIL :	viveshvir_kapur@bsip.res.in
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Research Interest

Mesozoic-Cenozoic faunal remains in the context of origin, evolution, palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment, and biostratigraphy while highlighting the historical biogeographic aspects in a changing climatic and geodynamic setting linked to India-Eurasia collision. Study ichnofossils (e.g., coprolites) to decipher dietary habit(s) of pre-historic fauna and to reconstruct surrounding habitat(s).

Awards and Honors

Honorary Associate Professor (Physical Sciences: Geology/Palaeontology): Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India. - 2022
Honorary Assistant Professor (Physical Sciences: Geology/Palaeontology): Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India. - 2019
Awarded Sharda Chandra Gold Medal by the Palaeontological Society of India for outstanding contributions on Indian Palaeontology. - 2017
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship – CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India) in 2006. - 2006
Awarded Third prize in Podium Presentation at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India for presenting research work (2006). - 2006
Awarded University Medal and Distinction in M.Sc. (Honours School) Geology Examination, Panjab University, India (2002). - 2002
Awarded University Medal in B.Sc. (Honours School) Geology Examination, Panjab University, India (2000). - 2000
Awarded M. N. Bose Prize in Paleontology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2000). - 2000

Memberships of Professional Societies

Editor of the journal Geophytology since January 2016
Life Member: The Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow, INDIA
Life Member: Paleontological Society of India (PSI), Lucknow, INDIA

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Publications

Selected Publications

Kapur VV*, Kumar K, Pandya PJ, Ghosh AK, Chakraborty A, Sharma A, Chauhan G, Thakkar MG. (2022). Oldest Asian Record of Snapping Shrimps (Alpheidae) from Kutch Basin, Western India and Associated Biota: Biostratigraphic, Palaeoenvironmental and Palaeoecological Significance. Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14951
Kapur VV*, Pickford M, Chauhan G, Thakkar MG. (2021). A Middle Miocene (~14 Ma) vertebrate assemblage from Palasava, Rapar Taluka, Kutch (Kachchh) District, Gujarat State, western India. Historical Biology 33(5): 595-615. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1648451
Prasanna K, Ghosh P, Eagle RA, Tripati A, Kapur VV, Feeney RF, Fosu BR, Mishra D. (2021). Temperature Estimates of Lower Miocene (Burdigalian) Coastal Water of Southern India Using a Revised Otolith “Clumped” Isotope Paleothermometer. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22: e2020GC009601. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009601
Kapur VV*, García Yelo BA, Morthekai P. (2020). Cenogram analyses as habitat indicators for Paleogene–Neogene mammalian communities across the globe, with an emphasis on the early Eocene Cambay Shale mammalian community from India. Journal of Iberian Geology 46: 291-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-020-00131- 2
Kapur VV*. (2020). Size Variation Amongst the Non-volant Mammals from the Early Eocene Cambay Shale Deposits of Western India: Paleobiogeographic implications. In: Prasad, G.V., Patnaik, R. (eds) Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_13
Kapur VV*, Kumar K, Morthekai P, Chaddha AS. (2020). Palaeodiet of Miocene Producers and Depositional Environments: Inferences from the First Evidence of Microcoprolites from India. Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition 94(5): 1574- 1590. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14293
Kapur VV*, Khosla A. (2019). Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano- sedimentary sequences of India: a reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Geological Journal 54(5): 2797-2828. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3379
Kapur VV*, Das DP, Bajpai S, Prasad GVR. (2017). First mammal of Gondwanan lineage in the early Eocene of India. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16: 721-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2017.01.002
Bajpai S, Kay RF, Williams BA, Das DP, Kapur VV, Tiwari BN. (2008). Oldest Asian Record of Anthropoidea. PNAS 105(32): 11093-11098. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0804159105
Bajpai S, Thewissen JGM, Kapur VV, Tiwari BN, Sahni A. (2006). Eocene and Oligocene Sirenians (Mammalia) from Kachchh, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2): 400-410. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272- 4634(2006)26[400:EAOSMF]2.0.CO;2

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