National Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPDF), Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) 29 January 2026 – Present
Research Associate–I, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) 15 May 2025 – 28 January 2026
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) August 2019 – December 2024
Degree Awarded: 5 March 2025
Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi 2019
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geology, SGRR PG College, Dehradun, affiliated to Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand 2016 – 2018
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), SGRR PG College, Dehradun, affiliated to Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand 2013 – 2016
Research Area:
Tectonics and Geodynamics, Magma Emplacement Mechanism, Rock Magnetism and Paleomagnetism, Volcanology
Best PhD Thesis Award (Gold Medal) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, 2025
Early Career Scientist (ECS) Representative and Blog Editor, Geodynamics Division, European Geosciences Union (EGU) April 2024 – Present
Early Career Scientist Travel Grant, European Geosciences Union, for participation in the EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria April 2026
Student Travel Grant and GPE Post-Doctoral Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU), to participate in the AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 15–19 December 2025
International Travel Support (ITS), Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), to attend AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 15–19 December 2025
Travel and Accommodation Grant, International Geological Congress (37th IGC), Busan, Republic of Korea 25–31 August 2024
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Grant, European Geosciences Union, for participation in the EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2025
Travel and Accommodation Grant, National Science Foundation (USA), to attend the Summer School at the Institute for Rock Magnetism, University of Minnesota 3–12 June 2024
Shukla, G., Lakshmi, B.V., Mallik, J., 2026. Magnetic Reversals during the Deccan Volcanism: Paleomagnetic Insights from the Pachmarhi Dykes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3).https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012467
Lakshmi, B.V., Deenadayalan, K., Singh, M., Mohite, P., Shukla, G., Dimri, A.P., 2025. Late Holocene Climatic Record in the Northeastern Part of the Deccan Trap Region, Maharashtra, India: Episodic Intensification and Weakening of the Monsoon. Geological Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.70120
multiple shallow magma chambers through vertical flow along fissures: Insights from magnetic fabric analysis of the Pachmarhi dyke swarm. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 357.
Shukla, G., Lakshmi, B.V., Mohite, P., Singh, M., Deenadayalan, K., Dimri, A.P., 2026. Emplacement Dynamics and Magma Plumbing System Structure of the Dykes and Flows in the Saurashtra Region of the Western Deccan Volcanic Province. EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria (In-person)
Shukla, G., Lakshmi, B.V., Mallik, J., 2025. Tectono-Magmatic Controls on Polarity Reversals in the Narmada–Satpura–Tapi Dyke Swarms of the Deccan Traps. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana. December 2025 (In-person)
Shukla, G., Lakshmi, B.V., Mallik, J., 2025. Structural, Magnetic Fabric and Paleomagnetic Investigations of the Pachmarhi Dyke Swarm: Implications for Late-Stage Emplacement of the Deccan Traps. Geodynamic Evolution of Himalaya: Crustal Architecture, Climate, Resources, and Disaster (GEH-2025). Nainital, Uttarakhand (In-person)
Shukla, G., Lakshmi, B., and Mallik, J.: Paleomagnetic evidence of synchronous emplacement of Deccan dykes along the Narmada-Son Lineament witnessing the magnetic reversal, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-6567,
Shukla, G., Mallik, J., Krishna, Y., Banerjee, S., 2024.Magnetic Fabric Analysis of the Pachmarhi Dyke Swarm: Unveiling Fissure Volcanism and Shallow Magma Chambers in the Deccan Province. 8th Rock Deformation and Structures (RDS), 22-24 October 2024, IISER Bhopal, India (In-person)
Shukla, G., Das, A., Mallik, J., Banerjee, S.,2024. Deciphering Fissure Dynamics: Magnetic Fabric Insights into Cretaceous Deccan’s Volcanic Phenomena from N-S-T Dyke Swarms. 37th International Geological Congress (IGC),25-31 August 2024, Busan, South Korea (In-person)
Shukla, G., Mallik, J., Krishna, Y., Banerjee, S., 2024. Fissure-Driven Volcanic Processes in the Deccan Province arising from Shallow Subcrustal Magma Chambers: conclusions derived from the magnetic fabric examination of the Pachmarhi Dyke Swarm. European Geosciences Union, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-283 (In-person)
Shukla, G., Mallik, J., Krishna, Y., Banerjee, S., 2024. Estimation of Magma source depth and determination of flow direction in Cretaceous dykes of Pachmarhi: Indications of Fissure-Fed Volcanism in the Deccan. International Association for Structural Geology and Tectonics (IASGT) Workshop, 26-28 February 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (In-person)
Shukla, G., Mallik, J., Mondal, P., 2023. Structural attributes of Pachmarhi Deccan dykes and Newer Dolerite dykes of Singhbhum Craton: implications in magma emplacement mechanism. European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria (online). https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1324 (Online)
Das, A., Shukla, G., Mallik, J., 2023. Deccan’s emplacement mechanism revealed from magnetic fabrics and dimension scaling of Narmada-Satpura-Tapi dyke swarm, LIP of the month, February 2023, Large Igneous Provinces Commission, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior. http://www.largeigneousprovinces.org/23feb
Shukla, G., Das, A., Mallik, J., 2023. Magnetic mineralogy of N-S-T dykes and its implication on magma flow fabric interpretation. In the 2nd Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC), 1-3 February 2023