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Women Scientist | Ph.D. Geologist | Coastal Geology, Palaeotsunamis, Sedimentology & Geohazard Research | Gujarat, India

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I am a Ph.D. geologist and DST Women Scientist (WOS-A) with over 10 years of research experience in coastal geology, sedimentology, active tectonics, and geohazard assessment along the western coast of India. My doctoral research focused on geological evidence of high-energy marine events (tsunamis and storms) from the Gujarat coastline, and I continue to advance this work through funded research at M. G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad. I have published 8 peer-reviewed SCI papers in leading international journals including Nature Scientific Reports (IF 4.8), Marine Geology (IF 2.2), Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (IF 3.0), and Quaternary International (IF 2.2). I have presented research at international conferences in Austria, Oman, and across India, and received prestigious awards including the Anni Talwani Grant for Women Researchers and the Best Research Scholar Award from the Institute of Seismological Research. I offer freelance scientific consulting and research services in: Coastal geomorphology and geohazard assessment Palaeotsunami and extreme marine event analysis Sedimentological and geochronological studies (OSL dating, particle size, mineral magnetics) Remote sensing and GIS-based geological mapping Scientific writing, manuscript editing, and literature reviews Dissertation and thesis guidance in Earth Sciences I have guided M.Sc. dissertations and serve as Visiting Faculty at M. G. Science Institute and Gujarat University. I bring both deep academic expertise and practical field research experience to every project.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geology
• ☆ Sedimentology
• ☆ Geomorphology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing

Research Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Women Scientist (WOS-A)

Department of Science and Technology

January 2024 - Present

Visiting Faculty

M. G. Science Institute

July 2019 - Present

Research Fellow (JRF, SRF)

Institute of Seismological Research

September 2012 - May 2018

Education

Ph.D (Department of Geology)

M. G. Science Institute

- February 2018

M.Sc. Geology (Department of Geology)

M. G. Science Institute

- June 2012

B.Sc. Geology (Department of Geology)

M. G. Science Institute

- June 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Drasti Gandhi, Paras Solanki (2026). Optically stimulated luminescence dating of Holocene tsunami deposits along the Gujarat coast, India . Marine Geology.

S. P. Prizomwala, Drasti Gandhi, Nilesh Bhatt, Wilfried Winkler, M. Ravi Kumar, Nisarg Makwana, Nishith Bhatt (2018). Geological evidence for AD 1008 tsunami along the Kachchh coast, Western India: Implications for hazard along the Makran Subduction Zone . Scientific Reports.

Kapil Mohan, Peush Chaudhary, G. Pavan Kumar, Girish Ch. Kothyari, Virender Choudhary, Mehul Nagar, Pruthul Patel, Drasti Gandhi, Dilip Kushwaha, B. K. Rastogi (2018). Magnetotelluric Investigations in Tuwa-Godhra Region, Gujarat (India) . Pure and Applied Geophysics.

Kapil Mohan, B.K. Rastogi, Vasu Pancholi, Drasti Gandhi (2018). Seismic hazard assessment at micro level in Gandhinagar (the capital of Gujarat, India) considering soil effects . Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

Drasti Gandhi, K.A. Chavare, S.P. Prizomwala, Nilesh Bhatt, N.Y. Bhatt, Kapil Mohan, B.K. Rastogi (2017). Testing the numerical models for boulder transport through high energy marine wave event: An example from southern Saurashtra, western India . Quaternary International.

Kapil Mohan, G. Pavan Kumar, Peush Chaudhary, Virender Kumar Choudhary, Mehul Nagar, Dilip Khuswaha, Pruthul Patel, Drasti Gandhi, B.K. Rastogi (2017). Magnetotelluric investigations to identify geothermal source zone near Chabsar hotwater spring site, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Northwest India . Geothermics.

Drasti Gandhi, Parnavi Prajapati, S. P. Prizomwala, Nilesh Bhatt, B. K. Rastogi (2015). Delineating the spatial variability in neotectonic activity along the southwestern Saurashtra, Western India . Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie.

S. P. Prizomwala, Drasti Gandhi, Vishal M. Ukey, Nilesh Bhatt, B. K. Rastogi (2015). Coastal boulders as evidences of high-energy marine events from Diu Island, west coast of India: storm or palaeotsunami? . Natural Hazards.