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Ravi Kumar Umrao

Ravi Kumar Umrao

Ravi Kumar Umrao
Ravi Kumar Umrao
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
220
Off. Phone
011-26704313
Email
ravikumrao@jnu.ac.in; ravikumrao@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

M.Sc. (Applied Geology), M.Tech (Geoexploration), Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Mineral Exploration, Geological Mapping, Geochemical Exploration
Landslides, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics, Numerical Simulation
Soft Computing

Experience
  • Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (May 2023- till date)
  • Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of India (2016 - 2023)
  • Geologist, Geological Survey of India (2011 - 2016)
  • Teaching Assistant (2009-2011)

Total Research and Professional Experience: 14 years

Awards & Honours
  • Certificate of Appreciation by Additional Director General & HoD, Geological Survey of India, Northern Region, Lucknow 2023
  • Frontiers Sponsored Awards for Best Oral Talk at First International Conference on Technologies, Sustainable Development Goals and Academia (ICTSGA-1), 2022
  • Certificate of Appreciation by Director General, Geological Survey of India, 2020
  • MHRD fellowship for Teaching Assistantship at IIT Bombay
  • Second rank in M.Sc. (Applied Geology), University of Allahabad, Allahabad
  • Session co-chair in 4th Indian Landslide Congress 2017 and INDOROCK 2016 conference
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Sadiq M., Umrao R.K. (2020) Nb-Ta-rare earth element mineralization in titaniferous laterite cappings over Sung Valley ultramafic rocks in Meghalaya, India, Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 120(5), 103439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103439. 
  • Umrao R.K., Sharma L.K., Singh R., Singh T.N. (2018) Determination of strength and modulus of elasticity of heterogenous sedimentary rocks: An ANFIS predictive technique, Measurement, vol. 126, pp. 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2018.05.064. 
  • Umrao R.K., Singh R., Sharma L.K., Singh T.N. (2017) Soil slope instability along a strategic road corridor in Meghalaya, north-eastern India, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 10 (12), 260. doi:10.1007/s12517-017-3043-8.
  • Singh R., Umrao R.K., Ahmad M., Ansari M.K., Sharma L.K., Singh T.N. (2017) Prediction of geomechanical parameters using soft computing and multiple regression approach, Measurement, vol. 99, pp. 108–119. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2016.12.023.
  • Umrao R.K., Singh R., Singh T.N. (2015) Stability evaluation of hill cut slopes along national highway-13 near Hospet, Karnataka, India, Georisk, vol. 9(3), pp. 158-170. doi: 10.1080/17499518.2015.1053494
  • Sadiq M., Ranjith A., Umrao R.K. (2014) REE Mineralization in the Carbonatites of the Sung Valley Ultramafic-Alkaline-Carbonatite Complex, Meghalaya, India, Central European Journal of Geosciences, vol. 6(4), pp. 457-475. 
  • Singh R., Umrao R.K., Singh T.N., (2014) Stability evaluation of road-cut slopes in the Lesser Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India: conventional and numerical approaches, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, vol. 73 (3), pp. 845–857.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • Sharma L.K., Umrao R.K., Singh R., Singh T.N. (2025) Artificial Neural Network Approach to Evaluate Geotechnical Properties of Lime-Treated Mountain Soil: A Slope Stabilization Perspective, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, vol. 12, 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-024-00460-0.
  • Umrao R.K., Sharma L.K., Singh R., Singh T.N. (2025) Probabilistic Analysis of Weathered Hill Slopes using Monte Carlo Simulation and Comparison with Deterministic Analysis, In: Verma, A.K. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management, ICGEID 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 475, pp. 93-106. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1757-6_8.
  • Shukla M., Verma S.K., Malviya V.P., Oliveira E.P., Mishra S., Umrao R.K., Prakash S., Torres E.E.M. (2025) Crustal reworking during the transition of tectonic regime in the Paleoproterozoic Era: Constraints from geochemistry, Sm-Nd isotope and U-Pb geochronology of granitic gneisses, Dudhi Granitoid Complex, Mahakoshal belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ), India, Precambrian Research, vol. 417, 107660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107660. 
  • Verma R.K., Singh R., Sharma P., Singh T.N., Umrao R.K., Chaurasia R.K. (2024) Stability assessment of road-cut slopes along a section of NH-109 in Lesser Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India, Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06999-y. 
  • Verma R.K., Singh R., Sharma P., Umrao R.K., Singh T.N. (2024) A Multi-Criteria Approach for Landslide Hazard Zonation in Lesser Kumaun Himalaya, Geological Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.5076. 
  • Verma R.K., Singh R., Kumar V., Singh T.N., Umrao R.K., Mishra P., Sharma P. (2024) Statistical Estimation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength in Geotechnical Projects Using Regression Analysis: A Comparative Study, International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 24(9),  https://doi.org/10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-9384.  

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.