Dr. Ananya Divyadarshini

Post-Doctoral Experience

• CSIR – Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi (March 2021 – February 2022).
  Title: Investigating the Fault Growth Pattern, Displacement-Length Scaling, and Uplift Rates of the Main Frontal Thrust Segments in the Himalaya.
• Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (October 2019 – September 2020).
  Title: Evidence of Blind Thrusting on Segments of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust in Central Nepal, South of the Chitwan Intermontane Valley: Paleoseismic and Geomorphic Implications.

PhD Experience

• CSIR Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Delhi (October 2014 – September 2017).
• CSIR Junior Research Fellow (Joint CSIR-UGC NET), Department of Geology, University of Delhi (October 2012 – September 2014).

• M.Sc. (Applied Geology): Geomorphology, Structural Geology, Quaternary Geology, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Geostatistics, Environmental Geology, Engineering Geology, and Ore Geology.

• Divyadarshini, A., Tandon, S.K. and Singh, V. (2025). Tectonic controls on the paleogeography of mountain exits of the Western and Central Himalayan Rivers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113259. (Impact Factor: 2.7)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113259
• Divyadarshini, A., Rajendran, C.P., John, B., Singh, V., Yadava, M.G., Sarkar, A. and Parida, S. (2023). Evidence of blind thrusting in the frontal part of the Central Himalaya and its significance for rupture evolution and size of a medieval earthquake. Tectonophysics, 854, 229798. (Impact Factor: 2.6)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229798
• Divyadarshini, A. and Tandon, S.K. (2022). Transverse tectonic features of the Himalaya and sub-surface basement structures of the foreland basin: Implications for orogenic segmentation and seismicity distribution. Himalayan Geology, 43(1B), 180–200. (Impact Factor: 1.3)
  Link: ResearchGate
• Divyadarshini, A., Singh, V., Jaiswal, M.K. and Rawat, M. (2020). Exploring the roles of climate and tectonics in the geomorphic evolution of the Chitwan Intermontane Valley, Central Himalaya. Geomorphology, 367, 107298. (Impact Factor: 3.3)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107298
• Divyadarshini, A. and Singh, V. (2019). Investigating topographic metrics to decipher structural model and morphotectonic evolution of the Frontal Siwalik Ranges, Central Himalaya, Nepal. Geomorphology, 337, 31–52. (Impact Factor: 3.3)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.03.028
• Sharma, M., Divyadarshini, A. and Singh, V. (2019). Morphotectonic Evolution of the Siwalik Hills between the Yamuna and the Markanda River Exits, NW Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 94, 453–463.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-019-1341-3
• Divyadarshini, A. and Singh, V. (2017). Identifying active structures in the Chitwan Dun, Central Nepal, using longitudinal river profiles and SL index analysis. Quaternary International, 462, 176–193. (Impact Factor: 1.8)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.07.008
• Divyadarshini, A. and Singh, V. (2016). Seismic Threat to the Chitwan and Hetauda Duns, Central Nepal. Current Science, 111(8), 1309–1310.
  Link: Academia.edu

• XXI INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) Congress 2023, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (14–20 July 2023).
  Title: Paleoseismic Evidence of an 1100 CE Earthquake Along a Blind Frontal Thrust Segment in the Central Himalaya.
• European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria (08–13 April 2018).
  Title: Exploring Structural Model of the Main Frontal Thrust Along the Central Himalaya Through Geomorphic Analyses.
• 9th International Conference of Geomorphology 2017, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India (06–11 November 2017).
  Title: Estimating Relative Rates of Uplift and Erosion on the Main Frontal Thrust, Central Himalaya, Using the Integral Method of Channel Profile Analysis.
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Earth and Space Science Virtual Poster Showcase 2016 (12–16 December 2016).
  Title: Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating of Quaternary Landforms in the Chitwan Intermontane Valley, Central Nepal. (Online Presentation)

• Gold Medal for 1st position in Geology (Hons.), B.Sc., Ravenshaw University, 2010.

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

1. Training on Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating, 2019, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata.
2. One-Week Course on Cross-section Balancing in Structural Geology, 2019, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

3. One-Week Special Course on Microwave Remote Sensing Applications in Geology with Emphasis on Surface Deformation Studies, 2019, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, IIRS (ISRO), Dehradun.

4. Workshop on “Mohr Circle Simplified” and “Modern Methods of Fabric Analysis in Deformed Rocks”, Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of India, 2016, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

5. Two-Week DST (Department of Science and Technology, India) Summer School (24 March – 08 April, 2015) on Mathematical Morphology in Geosciences, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.