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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.
Laboratory studies (petrological, mineral chemical, geochemical, geochronological and isotopic studies).
Integration of other studies with my results (e.g. geophysical and sedimentological results).
Ph.D. thesis title: Mesoproterozoic suturing of Archean crustal blocks in western peninsular India: New insights on India-Madagascar correlations.
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, V. 155 (1), 109-118.
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.
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.
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.
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, V. 236-237, 1-15.
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, V. 662, 219-242.
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.
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, V. 236, 227-251.
June, 2018 to present: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
January, 2018 to June, 2018: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
August, 2017 to January, 2018: DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow at Department of Earth and Space Science, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
April, 2017 to August, 2017: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
April, 2015 to December, 2016: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
December, 2014 to April, 2015: Junior Research Associate at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
December, 2011 to December, 2014: Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
January, 2010 to December, 2011: Junior Research Fellow at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
January, 2009 to January, 2010: Project Scientist at Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Bangalore.
National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF), July 2017 from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
2015: Research Associate Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
2008: First rank and Gold medal in M.Sc.

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