Dr. PANKAJ MEHTA Ph: 91 9868447103 (M) Email: - drpankajmehta79@gmail.com CURRENT POSITION & ASSIGNMENT Assistant Professor Environmental Sciences September 2010 till Date Working as Assistant Professor with Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Bijwasan. The School is Affiliated to GGSIP University, New Delhi and is a part of Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF), Amity Foundation, Amity University. Visiting Faculty at Amity University, Haryana for the Course Engineering Geology for B.Tech (Civil Engineering). Leading the Team for the Development of Water quality Lab at Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Bijwasan, New Delhi. EXPERIENCE - 3 Years (Industrial) October 2007 to September 2010. Worked with SGS India Pvt. Ltd.( Swiss based MNC)as Section In Charge(Environment), Multi Lab Gurgaon, Actively engaged in research and method development, QA/QC of methods developed, method validation on parameters related to water, air, soil, waste oil, used oil, transformer oil and solid waste apart from this handled mega projects related to our Environmental quality status, involved in EIA consultancy services at SGS India Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon. Technical expertise with analytical equipment such as (ICP-OES, GC-FID, GC-MS, XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis, Transmissometer, KF Titrator, etc.). June 2007 to October 2007 Leaded a Business Plan Competition Program in Collaboration with DST-INTEL-IUSSTF. At Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, 12, Hailey Road, New Delhi. JNU, New Delhi [Sep 03 Aug 07] Worked as JRF & SRF in a DST (Deptt. Of Science & Tech.) Sponsored Project Geochemistry of Surface Sedimentary Process and setting of NFGR facility under the guidance of Prof. V. Rajamani.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION Title of PhD Thesis: Impact of Climate on Geochemical Mobilization of Elements during rock weathering in Kaveri river catchment, Southern India, Supervisor: Prof. V. Rajamani, SES, JNU. Year Degree/Exam Institute/Board CGPA / % marks Aug 03- Aug 07 PhD (Environmental Sciences) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi- India Awarded in August 2007 July 01 May 03 M. Sc. (Environmental Sciences) Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi - India 8.64 In scale of 9.0 July 98 May 01 July 96 March 97 July 94 April 95 B.Sc.(Hons) (Geology) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - India 80.6% Class XII Indian School Certificate 71.0% Class X Indian Council for Secondary Education 74.0% ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Topper M.Sc Environmental Sciences, JNU, 2001-2003. FGPA 8.64/ 9.0 Qualified CSIR-UGC NET (Earth Sciences), December 2002 Qualified UGC-NET (Environmental Sciences), June 2003. Presented a paper in IIT Roorkee on Earthquakes in the National Level Student Convention, Apr 2003 Developed new Tutorials with Quantitative Approach for B.Tech students of Environmental Studies at Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Bijwasan, New Delhi for the session 2010-2011. Research Communication : Pruseth K. L., Yadav, S., Mehta P., Pandey D. and Tripathi., J. K., (2005) Problems in microwave digestion of high Si and high Al rocks, Current Science, 89, 1068-1071. Papers in International Conference : Pandey, D.,Tripathi, J. K., Mehta, P. and Rajamani, V. (2005) Chemical speciation study of amphibolite weathering under different climatic setup of Mysore Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, Vol. 69, Issue 10, Supplement 1, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2005., p.a625
Mehta, P., Tripathi, J. K., Pandey, D. and Rajamani, V. (2005) Geochemistry of amphibolite weathering in different climatic setup of Kaveri catchment of southern India and its implication. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, Vol. 69, Issue 10, Supplement 1, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2005., p.a693 Pandey, D., Tripathi, J. K., Mehta, P.,and Rajamani V. (2006). Chemical speciation of nutrient elements during weathering of rocks in different climate zones of Mysore Plateau. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 3rd annual meeting Singapore, 10-14 July Mehta, P., Tripathi, J. K., Pandey, D., and Rajamani, V. (2006). Control of Climate on Amphibolite weathering in the Mysore plateau of Southern India: A Geochemical Appraisal. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 3rd annual meeting Singapore, 10-14 July Rourtray, P. R., Tripathi, J. K., Mehta, P. and Rajamani, V. (2006) Possible role of grain coatings in the trace element geochemistry of Kaveri river sediments, Southern India. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 70, Issue 18, Supplement 1, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2006, Page A541. Papers in National Conference (Oral Presentation) : Mehta, P. and Rajamani, V. (2012) Geochemical Mobilization of elements during weathering of gneisses in different climate zones of Mysore Plateau, Southern India. National Seminar on Recent advances and future Challenges in Geochemistry and Geophysics : The Indian Scenarion (22-24 Feb, 2012), BHU, Varanasi (Accepted). Mehta P., Tripathi, J. K. and Rajamani, V. (2012) Geochemical Mobilization of elements during weathering of amphibolites and gneisses in different climate zones of Mysore plateau, southern India National Seminar on "Geology and Geo-resources of Himalaya and cratonic regions of India" 10-12 th March 2012 Kumaon University, Nainital (Accepted).
PAPER PRESENTED Mehta, P., Tripathi, J. K., Pandey, D., Rajamani, V. (2006). Control of climate on amphibolite weathering in the Mysore plateau of Southern India: A geochemical appraisal. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 3rd annual meeting held at Singapore, 10-14 July Mehta, P., Tripathi, J. K. and Rajamani, V. (2011) Geochemical Mobilization of elements during rock weathering in different climate zones of Mysore plateau, southern India: weathering and soil carbon sequestration. National Conference on Chemistry: Education and Research Frontiers School of Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi, 13 th -14 th October 2011, AWARD DST Young Scientist presentation award in the GMM Meet held at IIT Mumbai during Nov. 12 14, 2005 INVITED TALK Given a invited talk at Mangalore University on Rock weathering in Western Ghats Feb, TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED On ICP-MS organised by NGRI, Sponsored by DST at NGRI, Hyderabad, June 26-30, Contact Program in Geochemistry organised by SES, JNU Sponsored by DST,Oct 1-9, 2005 SEMINAR PRESENTED At School of Environmental Sciences(SES), JNU, Rain Water harvesting : A potential source for future, State of Forest in India in the last 50 years. Pesticides and its Pollution. Environment Impact Assesment of Interlinking of Rivers.
ADDITIONAL DETAIL Computer Literacy: Completed a 2 year diploma course from Tata InfoTech (Higher Diploma In Software Application) with the grade Excellent. Completed a course in Computer Programming in Basic at NIIT, Varanasi. LEADERSHIP & ORGANISING As a Representative in University Elected as the Convenor of the Students Union through an election process in the year 2004-2005 by the student body, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi Member of core team of Attendance Monitoring Committee at Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Bijwasan, New Delhi for the session 2010-2011. Member of core team to conduct the Annual Event of the College Amitech 2011. PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth 20 th October 1979 Religion Hindu. Marital Status Married Nationality Indian. Linguistic Proficiency English and Hindi. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Aakash Ganga Appartment. Plot 17, Sec-6 Flat No. C-110, Dwarka New Delhi-75. Date: Place: New Delhi (Dr. PANKAJ MEHTA)