Academics:

• M.Sc. (Geology), KSKV Kachchh University, Bhuj, Gujarat (2017)
• Ph.D. (Geology), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (2023)

Positions:

• 2017–2022: Project Assistant, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat
• 2022–Present: Project Scientist, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat

Thrust Areas of Research:

• Quaternary Geology
• Coastal Geomorphology
• Geological Mapping
• Paleo Tsunami Study
• Geophysical Surveys

Awards and Honours:

• Travel funding from IGCP Project 639 – Sea Level Change from Minutes to Millennia ($1200) for attending conference at Xiamen University, China (2019)
• Travel funding from IGCP 740 – West Makran Paleo-tsunami Investigation, University of Hormozgan, Iran
• 3rd prize in oral presentation on “Preliminary results of extreme wave events along coast of Iran” at AES-2024, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee

Publications (SCI):

1. Vedpathak C., Das A., Prizomwala S.P., Makwana N. (2024). Holocene Palaeoenvironmental change at the mouth of Sabarmati River, Gulf of Khambhat, Western India. Quaternary Environments and Humans. DOI
2. Das A., Sodhi A., Vedpathak C., et al. (2022). Evidence for sea-water retreat with advent of Meghalayan era in a coastal Harappan settlement? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(6), e2021GC010264
3. Prizomwala S.P., Vedpathak C., Tandon A., Das A., Makwana N. (2022). Geological footprints of 1945 Makran tsunami from Northwestern Saurashtra shoreline, India. Marine Geology. DOI
4. Makwana N., Prizomwala S.P., Das A., Vedpathak C., et al. (2021). Reconstructing climatic variability during last 5000 years, Banni Plains, Kachchh. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 581. DOI
5. Das A., Sodhi A., Vedpathak C., Ambekar A., Prizomwala S.P. (2022). Geoheritage and Geotourism potential in Gujarat Alluvial Plains. Geoheritage, 14(4): 133
6. Sodhi A., Das A., Prizomwala S.P., Vedpathak C., Makwana N. (2022). Centennial-scale monsoon-solar links from Gulf of Khambhat. Quaternary International. DOI
7. Das A., Nauriyal K.C., Prizomwala S.P., Vedpathak C., et al. (2024). Geoheritage of Charaideo Moidams, Assam: Man-environment relationship. Geoheritage, 16(3): 69
8. Chauhan G., Jani C., Kothyari G.C., Vedpathak C., et al. (2024). Structural and neotectonic evidence of transverse fault system in Mainland Kachchh. Quaternary Science Advances, 13: 100168

Projects Completed/Ongoing:

• An assessment of climate (~sea level) change in Little Rann of Kachchh during the Holocene period: A test of the sea level curve of west coast of India vs. active tectonics