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
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.
- 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.