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Prof. Mukund Sharma
Scientist 'G'
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RESEARCH INTEREST :
Mukund is interested in understanding the evolution of early life on the Earth. His endeavors are targeted on Archaean and Proterozoic rocks to find its clues. Besides, he is collaborating with the forces in the field for biogeochemistry of palaeobiological evidence, early diversification of prokaryotic metabolisms, radiation of eukaryotic forms and large complex megascopic remains. |
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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Prof. J .W. Schopf, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, USA
Prof. V. N. Sergeev, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Prof. Shuhai Xiao, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, USA
Prof. Patricia Vickers-Rich, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Melbourne
Prof. Sun Weiguo, NIGPS, Nanjing, P.R. China
Prof. Jochen Brock, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU Canberra, Australia
Prof. Kevin Lepot, Dept of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
AWARDS AND HONOURS
1. ISCA Young Scientist Award, 1992
2. ISRO Conference Best Poster Award, 1992
3. DST Young Scientist Project 1995
4. DST - BOYSCAST Fellowship, 1996
5. Govt. of India-Chinese Government Fellowship, 1996
6. DST-ILTP Project Member 2001
7. DST, India-GINRAS, Russia ILTP-Project 2006
8. Iyengar-Sahni Gold Medal 2009
9. Sharda Chandra Gold Medal 2009 by the Palaeontological Society of India
10. Diamond Jubilee Medal-2010 of BSIP
11.Indian Coordinator, DST-RFBR (Indo-Russian) Project (2011-13)
FELLOWSHIP / MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- President, The Society of Earth Scientists, India
- Voting Member, ICS, Sub-commission on Cryogenian Stratigraphy (2012-17)
- Corresponding Member, ICS, Sub-commission on Ediacaran (2012-17)
- Member, IGCP -587 (2011-2014)
- Fellow - The Geological Society of India, Bangalore, India
- Fellow - The Palaeontological Society of India, Lucknow, India
- Fellow - The Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow, India
- Fellow - Indian Association of Sedimentologists, Aligarh, India
- Life Member - Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee, India
- Life Member - Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India
- Life Member – National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad, India
- Life Member - Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India
- Life Member - Gondwana Geological Society, Nagpur, India
- Life Member - Society of Earth Scientists, Lucknow, India
- Member - Current Science Association, Bangalore, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 - Scientist-F
2006-2013 Scientist-E
2001-2006 Scientist-D
1996-2001 SSO/Scientist-C
1988-1996 JSO
1988-1988 Senior Research Fellow
1986-1988 Junior Research Fellow
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2016 Coordinator, NASA Spaceward Bound India Programme-2016
2014 Organizing Secretary, International Field Workshop on Marwar Supergroup
2010 Organizing Secretary, International Field Workshop on Vindhyans
2009 Course –Coordinator “Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy”
2009 Organizing Secretary, Conclave on Evolution: Life’s Continuum;
2005 Organizing Secretary, BSIP Diamond Jubilee Conference
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