RAKESH KUMAR

About

Dr. Rakesh Kumar is a geoscientist specializing in micropaleontology and paleoceanography, with a strong focus on past climatic reconstructions and sediment geochemistry. He earned a Ph.D. in Micropaleontology and Paleoceanography from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2022, where his research explored the response of deep-sea benthic foraminifera across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the Southern Ocean. His work provided insights into the paleoenvironmental changes associated with the Drake Passage opening and the evolution of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Following his doctoral research, Dr. Kumar worked as a Project Scientist at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), where he was involved in the study of marine sedimentary cores, utilizing sophisticated instruments e.g. IRMS for stable isotope analysis and ICP-OES for geochemistry to reconstruct past oceanic conditions.
Currently, Dr. Kumar serves as a Mining Geologist (General Central Services) with the Indian Bureau of Mines, Government of India, contributing expertise in mineral exploration, resource assessment, and regulatory compliance in the mining sector. His multidisciplinary experience in both marine and terrestrial geology enables him to approach geoscientific challenges with a comprehensive understanding of Earth's dynamic systems.

Employment

• Indian Bureau of Mines Mining Geologist
  2024 - Present
• National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research Project Scientist
  2023 - 2024

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (9)

• Changes in the upper water-column structure of the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean during 12.8–4.7 ka
  Quaternary International 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109917
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• Silicified ostracod fauna from Navegaon intertrappean locality (latest Cretaceous/early Paleocene), Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India
  Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 2025 DOI: 10.1177/05529360251327262
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• Burial History and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Harudi and Fulra Limestone of Kachchh, Western India Constrained using Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry
  Geological Society of India 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17491/jgsi/2024/172986
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• Constraining the Timing of Opening of Drake Passage: Using Foraminifera and Stable Isotopes
  AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023
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• Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal response to the early Oligocene cooling: a study from the Southern Ocean ODP Hole 1138A
  Geo-Marine Letters 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s00367-023-00753-2
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• Silicified Ostracod Assemblages from the Newly Discovered Navegaon Intertrappean Beds (Latest Cretaceous/Early Paleocene) of Upper Narmada Valley, Mandla Sub-Province, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
  2023 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4361586
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• Effect of early Oligocene cooling on the deep-sea benthic foraminifera at IODP hole 1138A, Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean)
  European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6414
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• Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal response to opening and deepening of Drake Passage, ODP site 1138A at Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean)
  XXVII Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy 2019
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• Variability in Last occurrences of Nuttalides truempyi-a new insight to understand the opening of Drake Passage
  European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019
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