Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Doctoral scholar in Physical Geography.
PhD topic: Past glaciations and palaeoenvironmental conditions in eastern Himalayas.
Supervisors: Dr. Abi Stone, Prof. Philip Hughes, Dr. Christopher Darvill.
Research group affliations: Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology (QEG).
Education/Academic qualification
Master in Science, Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction, The University of Manchester
2021 → 2022
Award Date: 13 Dec 2022
Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
2012 → 2016
Award Date: 15 Sept 2016
External positions
Scientist-Engineer, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
2016 → 2021
Areas of expertise
- GB Physical geography
- Geomorphology
- Geochronology
- Glaciation
- Sand Dunes
- Luminescence Dating
- TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics
- Aerodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Propulsion
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Glaciation of the eastern Himalayas: Palaeoglacial and palaeoclimatic insights from the Dibang Valley, India
Nitundil, S., Darvill, C. M., Stone, A., Fink, D., Hughes, P. D., Tomkins, M. D. & Simon, K., 15 May 2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 380, 109836.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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10Be evidence for extensive, low-elevation Late Pleistocene glaciation in far eastern (Arunachal) Himalayas - timing and palaeoclimate reconstruction
Nitundil, S., Stone, A., Hughes, P., Darvill, C., Fink, D., Tomkins, M. & Simon, K., 18 Mar 2025, EGU General Assembly 2025. Copernicus PublicationsResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Constraining palaeotemperature–precipitation regimes in monsoonal Eastern Himalayas using glacier geomorphology and melt modelling
Hughes, P., Nitundil, S., Stone, A., Darvill, C. & Fink, D., 15 Dec 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Post-glacial ecological and landscape change in the Eastern Himalayas: Insights from a multi-proxy cirque sediment record
Nitundil, S., Stone, A., Darvill, C., Fink, D., Hughes, P., Fletcher, W., Doessel, F., Bell, B. & Tomkins, M., 18 Dec 2025, American Geophysical Union.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Scaling-up dune dating: Integrating portable and laboratory luminescence in the Thar Desert, India
Nitundil, S., Stone, A., Srivastava, A., Kinnaird, T., Devrani, R., Harris, A., Chowdry, A. & Songara, K., 17 Dec 2025, American Geophysical Union.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Projects
- 2 Finished
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The story of the Thar: from formation to civilization
Stone, A. (PI), Nitundil, S. (Researcher), Harris, A. (CoI), Devrani, R. (CoI) & Chowdry, A. (CoI)
6/10/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Other
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Pushing the frontiers of age control for dune activity and migration in the Thar Desert, India.
Stone, A. (PI), Nitundil, S. (CoI) & Srivastava, A. (PI)
1/11/22 → 1/09/23
Project: Research
Prizes
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Distinguished Achievement Award
Nitundil, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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GREAT scholarship, British Council
Nitundil, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Mitacs Globalink scholarship
Nitundil, S. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Narotam Sekhsaria Postgraduate Scholarship
Nitundil, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 5 Oral presentation
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High-density chronology of dune accumulation in the Thar Desert using integrated luminescence approaches
Nitundil, S. (Speaker), Stone, A. (Speaker), Srivastava, A. (Speaker), Kinnaird, T. (Speaker), Devrani, R. (Speaker), Harris, A. (Speaker), Chowdry, A. (Speaker) & Songara, K. (Speaker)
20 Aug 2025 → 22 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Using portable luminescence to explore dune dynamics in the western Thar desert, India
Nitundil, S. (Speaker), Stone, A. (Speaker), Srivastava, A. (Speaker) & Songara, K. (Speaker)
4 Jan 2024 → 7 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Insights from playing with portable luminescence readers in two continents and four laboratories.
Stone, A. (Speaker), Nitundil, S. (Speaker), Bateman, M. D. (Speaker), Sanderson, D. (Speaker), Cresswell, A. (Speaker) & Srivastava, A. (Speaker)
17 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Increasing our understanding of Holocene dune activity in the Thar Desert, India using a portable luminescence reader
Nitundil, S. (Speaker), Stone, A. (Speaker), Srivastava, A. (Speaker), Kinnaird, T. (Speaker) & Songara, K. (Speaker)
26 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Investigating records of dune activity in the Thar Desert, India by combining portable optically stimulated luminescence (port-OSL) with laboratory techniques
Nitundil, S. (Speaker), Stone, A. (Speaker), Srivastava, A. (Speaker) & Songara, K. (Speaker)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research