Prof. Dr. Nittala Venkata Chalapathi Rao

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineralogy, Crystallography
KeywordsDeccan Traps, Carbonatite, Dharwar craton, India, Kimberlites, Lamproites, EPMA
Honours and awards

2022: Geological Sesquicentennial Lecture award by Asiatic Society of India

2020: Award of Excellence in Geoscience & Technology by Ministry of Earth Sciences

2019: B.Rama Rao Birth Centenary award by the Geological Society of India

2019: Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA)

2019: SGAT Award of Excellence for contributions in Mineral Resources by Society of Geoscientists & Allied Technologists

2018: Anni Talwani Memorial Prize by Indian Geophysical Union

2013: Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc)

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityVaranasi
InstitutionBanaras Hindu University (BHU)
InstituteCentre of Advanced Study in Geology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernd LehmannInstitut für Mineralogie und Mineralische Rohstoffe, Technische Universität Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2009

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2011N.V.Chalapathi Rao, R. Burgess, B. Lehmann, D.Mainkar, S.K.Pande, K.R.Hari and N.Bodhankar: 40Ar/39 ages of mafic dykes from the Mesoproterozoic Chhattisgarh basin, Bastar craton, Central India: Implication for the origin and spatial extent of the Deccan Large Igneous Province.. In: Lithos, Elsevier, 2011, 994-1005
2011N.V.Chalapathi Rao and Bernd Lehmann: Kimberlites, Flood basalts and mantle plumes: New insights from the Deccan Large Igneous Province. . In: Earth-Science Reviews, Elsevier, 2011, 315-324
2011N.V. Chalapathi Rao, B. Lehmann, D. Mainkar and B. Belyatsky: Petrogenesis of the end-Cretaceous diamondiferous Behradih kimberlite pipe, Bastar craton: Implication for mantle-plume lithosphere interaction in Central India.. In: Contributions to the Mineralogy and Petrology, Springer, 2011, 721-742
2010 B. Lehmann, R. Burgess, D. Frei. B. Belyatsky, D. Mainkar, N.V. Chalapathi Rao and L.M. Heaman: Diamondiferous kimberlites in Central India synchronous with the Deccan flood basalts. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010, 142-149