Awards and Honors

1. Young Scientist Award and Second Best Presentation (by Department of Science and Technology for the research contribution on Palaeoclimate studies (16th December, 2006). Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu, India) - 2006
2. Dr. B.S.Venkatachala Memorial Gold Medal (BSIP, Lucknow) - 2008
3. Paper of the Month Award (BSIP) - December, 2014 - 2014
4. Paper of the Month Award (BSIP) - August-September, 2014 - 2014
5. Fellow, East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy - 2014
6. Sharda Chandra Memorial Gold Medal: jointly with co-authors of paper entitled “Analysis of vegetation and climate change during Late Pleistocene from Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya Region” published in Quaternary Science Review 101, 111-123, 2014 - 2014
7. Diamond Jubilee Medal (BSIP, Lucknow) - 2016
8. Visiting Scientist: Tree-ring and Environmental Change Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), CAS, P.R. China; Jan.-Feb. 2018 (15 days). - 2019
9. INSA Bilateral Exchange Fellowship: Visited Tree-ring and Environmental Change Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), CAS, P.R. China; July-August, 2019 (1 month). - 2019
10. Treasurer, Association of Quaternary Researchers – (2019-continuing) - 2019
11. President, Asian Dendrochronological Association – (2019-2021) - 2019

Memberships of Professional Societies

1. Member, Breakthrough Science Society
2. Life Member, Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR)
3. Life Member, Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA)
4. Tree-ring society of Nepal
5. Life member, Palaeontological Society of India
6. Life member, The Palaeobotanical Society
7. Life member, East Himalayan Society of Spermatophyte Taxonomy
8. Life member, Asian Dendrochronology Association
9. Life member, The Indian Science Congress Association

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Publications

Selected Publications

1. Shah SK, Pandey U, Mehrotra N, Wiles GC, Chandra R. 2019. A winter temperature reconstruction for the Lidder Valley, Kashmir, Northwest Himalaya based on tree–rings of Pinus wallichian. Climate Dynamics 53: 4059-4075. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04773-6
2. Gaire NP, Dhakal YR, Shah SK, Fan ZX, Bräuning A, Thapa UK, Bhandari S, Aryal S, Bhuju DR. 2019. Drought (scPDSI) reconstruction of trans-Himalayan region in western Nepal using Pinus wallichiana tree-rings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514: 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.10.026
3. Mehrotra N, Shah SK. 2019, Basavaiah N, Laskar AH, Yadava MG. Resonance of the ‘4.2ka event’ and terminations of global civilizations during the Holocene, in the palaeoclimate records around PT Tso Lake, Eastern Himalaya. Quaternary International 507: 206-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.027
4. Shah SK, Pandey U, Mehrotra N. 2018. Precipitation reconstruction for the Lidder Valley, Kashmir Himalaya using tree-rings of Cedrus deodara. International Journal of Climatology 38: 758-773. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5405
5. Shah SK, Mehrotra N. 2017. Tree–ring studies of Toona ciliata from subtropical wet hill forests of Kalimpong, eastern Himalaya. Dendrochronologia 46: 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.10.001
6. Thapa UK, Shah SK, Gaire NP, Bhuju DR. 2015. Spring temperatures in the far-western Nepal Himalaya since A.D. 1640 reconstructed from Picea smithiana tree-ring widths. Climate Dynamics 45: 2069-2081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2457-1
7. Bhattacharyya A, Mehrotra N, Shah SK, Basavaiah N, Chaudhary V, Singh IB. 2014. Analysis of vegetation and climate change during Late Pleistocene from Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya Region. Quaternary Science Review 101: 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.008
8. Shah SK, Bhattacharyya A, Chaudhary V. 2007. Reconstruction of June-September Precipitation based on tree-ring data of Teak (Tectona grandis L.) from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India. Dendrochronologia 25: 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2007.02.001

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