Prof. Arun Deep Ahluwalia

Professor Arun D Ahluwalia, Ph.D. FGS, is an Active Member Association of Petroleum Geologists (AMAPG) & Principal Investigator, Petroleum System PURSE Grant Project; Centre of Petroleum and Applied Geology, Aruna Ranjit Hall, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He is Ex-Chairman & Head & Professor, Geology Dept; Director, Centre of Advanced Studies in Geology; Coordinator SAP; Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Prof Ahluwalia is the Emeritus Geologist-Environmentalis, Planet Earth Centre, Government Museum of Natural History & B.S.M & Centre of Performing and Visual Arts, Chandigarh, India.

He is a Member of the US National Committee. He was a Visiting Scholar, Geology Dept, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; and at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. He was a member of the Outreach Program Committee (OPC), of the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) of UNESCO.

Professor R.K. Ganjoo born in 1959 did his graduation and post-graduation from University of Jammu. Subsequently, he shifted to Pune for his higher education and received his doctoral degree from the University of Poona. Trained in the field of Quaternary palaeoclimate, Prof. Ganjoo initially served at Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune as Research Assistant and continued his interest in the field of Quaternary geology in western and central India. He joined as Lecturer in Geology at University of Jammu in 1992. His field of study also shifted from western and central India to Siwaliks and High Himalaya. Prof. Ganjoo has completed eight major research projects related to the topics of palaeoclimate and glaciology. These research projects received funding from University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology and Space Applications Centre. He is presently working in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India on a major project concerning the issue of early peopling in Ladakh region.

Prof. Ganjoo has published seventy research papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of conferences. He has been a part of the group of Indian scientists who opposed to the controversial categorical statement made by IPCC on the complete disappearance of Himalayan glaciers in next two/three decades. His recent publications on the study of the glaciers in Ladakh region have proved that the behavior of Himalayan glaciers is complex and not yet fully understood. His contributions to the field of glaciology have earned him to be an Expert Reviewer of the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report. Besides, he is member of several national and international scientific committees. He is presently the Director, Institute of Himalayan Glaciology, University of Jammu, Jammu.