Anand Mohan (born 29 September 1957) is registrar of

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(India) and former professor at Department of Geology,

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. He is a

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in the field of geology, petrology and mineralogy. He is a member of XII Five Year Plan (2012–2017) of Planning Commission sub-committee on "Strengthening Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions". He is also expert reviewer for earth sciences at

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, India. He is Fellow of

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, India (FASc) and

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(FNASc).

Education and personal life

Mohan did his

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(Hons) in year 1976 and Ph.D. (metamorphic

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) in year 1983 from

. After the completion of his Ph.D., he joined

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as Research Scientist "A" (1984–86) and then joined Department of Geology,

as a faculty in year 1986. Mohan visited

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(UK) for his

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on Leverhulme Commonwealth Fellowship. Mohan and his wife Roop Rani, a teacher by profession, have two children in their family; daughter Kanika, a dental surgeon by profession is married to Dr Anurag Kumar and settled at

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while the son Hans Mohan, Electrical Engineer by education, is serving for Headstrong (company) (a

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capital market Company) at

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Professional life

Mohan is serving as Registrar in honorary capacity of

and he teaches graduate and postgraduate courses on "

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and mitigation" to BBA and

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students. He has served as

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at Department of Geology,

. He is one of the two expert members for the Advisory Committee of the Centre on "Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies" at Himachal University. He is subject expert for the course "Crystallography and Mineralogy" of e-PG Pathsala, an initiative of

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and

Publications

Mohan has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and several papers have received extensive citations in science community. He has also authored few books including "Milestones in Petrology and Future Perspectives", "Concept of Eco-Village/City as Role Model for Sustainable Environment and Development", "Spiritual Consciousness", "Consumption Levels, Environmental damage and Sustainable Settlements" and "Climate Change, Water Management and concept of Eco-village/Eco-city". The later project has widespread implication to make the city of

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, an eco-city.

Awards and recognitions

Mohan has received a number of awards, medals and prizes from the science community. * Fellow,

(FASc). * Fellow,

(FNASc). * National Mineral Award, Ministry of Steel & Mines,

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(year 1997). * INSA (

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) Medal for Young Scientist for outstanding work on P-T characterization of granulites of South India (year 1989). * M.K. Ray Memorial Medal for Best Paper by Geological, Mining & Metallurgical Society of India. * M.R. Srinivasa Rao Award of Geological Society of India. * Career Award of

References

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