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Bird's eye view of North Srinagar

View from office #spring

Bloom

Mustard fields bloom across Kashmir as spring unfolds, with soft clouds drifting over the mountains.

Spring rain turns campus into bliss

🛰️ Rock–ice avalanche 🏔️ spotted on an unnamed glacier in the Himalaya during random Google Earth browsing 🔎🌍

Time for some French breakfast ☕🥐 Flaky croissants, hot chocolate, éclairs, lasagne and a little joie de vivre in the air. Bonjour, Puducherry 🇫🇷✨

Snow-clad University of Kashmir campus this morning ❄️ Quiet paths, white blanket and overcast sky set a positive tone ☁️ May Kashmir receive ample snow this winter, enough to sustain our rivers and springs through the coming summer and fall. 🌨️💧

Snow-dusted Srinagar, the Jhelum flowing quietly alongside ❄️ Feeling genuinely happy to experience this moment ☃️. Praying that Kashmir receives ample snowfall this Chillai Kalan 🤲. 🤍🌨️🏔️

📢 New paper out in the Journal of Glaciology! 🔺Ice contact lakes expanded by 26% ⚠️5 lakes show very high GLOF susceptibility 🏘️Threat to communities / infrastructure Study highlights GLOF process chains & urgent need for proactive monitoring / risk management. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A bright winter day in Kashmir. Wetland at rest, dry reeds whispering, and karewas afar. Silence is peaceful. #Kashmir #Nature #SeasonalLandscapes

Rain-washed campus, winter chill, and air so clean you can feel it. Kashmir, as it should be.

Fresh fruits, bright colors, and bazaar buzz

Snow-clad mountains stand tall over the serene valleys of Ladakh 🏔️❄️☃️

Time to relish some fat and protein

🍂 Chinars in shades of orange as autumn takes centre stage in Kashmir 💛✨ Autumn hues from University of Kashmir campus

Evenings

Daenishgah Evening view of the highest seat of learning in Kashmir

View from office

Beneath the quiet autumn sky, Machoi Glacier whispers its final song of the season. Over the next few days, the glacier would be draped under fresh snow.

Our new paper in BAMS is out! We propose the Himalayan Glacial Lake Monitoring Network (HiGLMN) combining field data, remote sensing & modelling to tackle the rising risk of glacial lake outburst floods. Read here: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

🌍❄️ Excited to share that CryoSCOPE research project has officially kicked off! The project Involving IIT Madras, University of Kashmir, IIT Kharagpur will focus on Cryosphere–Atmosphere–Hydrosphere interactions 🔗 Project site: cryoscope-project.eu #Cryosphere #Himalaya #ClimateAction

Nothing lasts forever; every night ends with a sunrise

Morning calm by the river, willows swaying gently along the banks in rural Kashmir. 🌿🌊 A reminder that morning walks are not just peaceful but essential for a healthy body and mind. ✨🚶‍♂️ #Kashmir #MorningWalk #HealthyLiving #NatureTherapy

Golden dusk drapes #DalLake, Kashmir in a soft embrace. Sky whispers its last colours of the day, #shikara lights have started dancing on water, laughter drifts from the ambling evening crowds, and #Kashmir breathes in the calm of dusk. #Srinagar #SunsetMagic #EveningVibes

Time to reflect upon after full day of strenuous cryosphere-related fieldwork in Ladakh

Cryoconite - the dark secret of glaciers Photograph clicked on an unnamed glacier at 5400 m asl near Khardung La in Ladakh on 27 July 2025 at 8:30 AM

University of Kashmir and IIT Madras conducted a joint reconnaissance in the Chilung catchment, Kargil to establish it as a Himalayan cryosphere supersite as part of Indo-EU Horizon project funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

A peek into our cryosphere studies in Ladakh: science, snow, and stunning landscapes

Frontal degradation (130 m retreat) and rapid calving observed at a lake-terminating Drang Drung Glacier in Ladakh between 2023 and 2025 🧊📉 from high-resolution PlanetScope imagery. #EarthObservation #Cryosphere #Transhimalaya

After a heavy 🌧️, the University of Kashmir stands still - its walkways shimmering, its silence deepened, its soul refreshed.

📣 Call for papers! Scientific Reports invites submissions on the mountain cryosphere — glaciers, snow, permafrost, lake/river ice — in high-altitude regions like the Himalaya, Karakoram, Andes & more ❄️🗻 🔗 nature.com/collections/hdhecgejhf + #Cryosphere #ClimateChange #OpenScience

Majestic scenes at ~5500 m asl - towering ice formations stand resilient in the trans himalayan wilderness of Ladakh, sculpting the landscape.

🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Amid academic chit-chat, a chilled glass of faluda is pure comfort. A delightful fusion of silky vermicelli, raisins, basil seeds, rose syrup, and creamy kulfi, garnished with nuts and strawberry sticks - both a dessert and a refreshment in one. Balancing academia with indulgence, one sip at a time.

New paper today in @science.org focused on unraveling the chain of events that led to the 2023 Teesta disaster, which resulted in about 130 people either dead or missing in Sikkim, India. Short thread to follow. 🧪⚒️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Under the Ministry of Earth Sciences project on GLOF risk across the Indian Himalaya, an important aspect is to generate bathymetry for at least 15 proglacial lakes in the western Himalaya. Timelapse from Drang Drung proglacial lake, Ladakh during the 2024 summer field campaign of our group +

From 🌲🌳🌴 to 🔥 Stark pre- and post-fire images reveal the devastating impact of the #palisades #wildfire in #TopangaStatePark Satellite images: © Planet Labs PBC

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Frost flowers spotted along the trek to a glacial lake in the Trans-Himalayan Ladakh

جس خاک کے ضمیر میں ہے آتش چنار ممکن نہیں کہ سرد ہو وہ خاک ارجمند The earth that enshrines in its bosom the fire of a plane tree: this exalted earth can never be dead and cold #autumnhues #kashmir