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Dr. V J Rajesh

Area of Research

Area of Research
Understanding the petrologic and geochemical data to interpret the processes associated with the evolution of various magmas (ultramafic-mafic-felsic igneous systems) in diverse tectonic environments in the Earth’s upper mantle and deep lower crust REE-ri

Department
Earth and Space Sciences

Education
  • Ph.D. Geology, Yokohama National University, Japan, 2004
  • M.Sc. Geology, University of Kerala, 1999
  • B.Sc. Geology, University of Kerala, 1997
Funded Project
  1. A comprehensive study on crustal dichotomy and extensional tectonics in and around Valles Marineris, Mars (ISRO MOM 1-AO project)
  2. Spectral characterization and Morphology of Olivine-Pyroxene Spinel bearing lithologies on Moon: implications for Lunar Endogenic processes (ISRO Chandrayaan 1-AO project)
  3. Arc accretion in the past and present and its bearing on metallogeny (DST-JSPS India-Japan bilateral project)
  4. Deep crustal processes during the evolution of archaean Nilgiri block, southern India (MoES Funded Project)

Memberships in International / National Organizations

  1. Fellow, International Association for Gondwana Research
  2. Screening Committee Member, International Association of Gondwana Research
  3. International Association of Gondwana Research Award Committee Member (2007)
  4. Editorial Board Member, Gondwana Research (2005-2007)
  5. Fellow, Korean Society for Economic and Environmental Geology (2007)
  6. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Korean Society for Economic and Environmental Geology (2007 onwards)
  7. Fellow, Japan Geoscience Union

  1. Oral presentation titled “Probable Precambrian oceanic remnants in the Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone, southern India” in the 7th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Hyderabad, India (July 5-9, 2010).
  2. Participated  in the seminar on “Recent Advances and Future Directions in Science and Technology” organized by Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan and supported by The Embassy of Japan, India (May 10-11, 2010).
  3. Oral presentation entitled “Alaskan-type Ultramafic Rocks in Neoproterozoic Palghat Cauvery Suture Zone in southern India: Implications on Petrogenesis and Tectonic Setting”  in the 6th International symposium on Gondwana to Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam (October 2-6, 2009)
  4. Oral presentation entitled “Petrogenesis and Tectonic Setting of Alaskan-type Ultramafic Rocks in Neoproterozoic Palghat Cauvery Suture Zone in southern India”. 6th Annual General Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Singapore (11 – 15 August, 2009)
  5. Oral presentation entitled “Genesis of Volatile-rich High-Mg Olivine Cumulates with Low Ni and Cr in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India” Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009, Chiba, Japan (16-21 May, 2009)
  6. Oral presentation entitled “Petrogenesis of Ultrapotassic Melts and Implications for Extensional Tectonics in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India” in 5th International symposium on Gondwana to Asia, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (October 31-November 2, 2008)
  7. Oral presentation entitled “Petrology of Ultramafic Rock in Palghat Cauvery Suture Zone, Southern India: Implications on Origin and Tectonic Evolution” in 5th International symposium on Gondwana to Asia, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (October 31-November 2, 2008)
  8. Poster presentation entitled “Genesis of unusual high-Mg low-Ni dunites in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India”in AGU Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition & Dynamics 5th International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference Mount Shasta Resort, Mount Shasta, California, USA (September, 22-26, 2008)
  9. Oral presentation entitled “Petrogenesis of an Unusual Ultramafic-ultrapotassic Intrusive Complex in a Late Proterozoic Ductile Shear Zone in Southern Granulite Terrain, South India” in Open Research Center of Okayama University of Science International Symposium on Material Science and History of Earth and Sister Planets, Okayama, Japan (March 14-16, 2008)
  10. Oral presentation entitled “Petrogenesis and Geological Significance of Ultramafic Rocks in Singok area within the Honseong Belt, Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea” in the Annual conference of Korea Society of Economic and Environmental Geology at Kyeongju, South Korea (April 25-27, 2007)
  11. Oral presentation entitled “Petrogenesis and geological significance of ultramafic rocks in Hongseong area, Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea” in 4th International Symposium of Kanazawa University 21st Century COE Program on Promoting Environmental Research in Pan-Japan Sea Area – Young Researchers’ Network, Kanazawa, Japan (May 8-10, 2006)
  12. Oral presentation entitled “First report on Zirconolite and Baddeleyite from Achankovil Shear Zone, South India” in the “International Symposium and Field workshop on Gondwana Evolution and Dispersal” (November 13-14, 2004) at Kochi University, Japan
  13. Poster presentation entitled “A First Report of the spinel-quartz assemblage in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India” in the Joint Meeting of Earth and Planetary Science (JMEPS) at Tokyo, Japan (May 27- 30, 2002)
  14. Oral presentation entitled “Geology of Achankovil Shear Zone, South India” in ‘The International Symposium on the assembly and break up of Gondwana and growth of Asia’ at Osaka, Japan (October 26-30, 2001).
  15. Oral presentation entitled “Phlogopite bearing Ultramafic rocks in Achankovil Shear Zone, southern India: Implications for Crust-Mantle Interaction processes along a Late Proterozoic Suture Zone” in the Joint Meeting of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists (JAMPEG) at Akita, Japan (September 28- October 1, 2001)
  16. Participitated in the CONTACT PROGRAMME ON HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY AWARENESS for MASTER’S LEVEL STUDENTS conducted by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (June 7-17, 1999)
  17. Participated in UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP-368 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND FIELD WORKSHOP IN TRIVANDRUM (INDIA), August 20-27, 1996 Co-sponsored by Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum
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