Dr. Thakur is the former director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India.
[1][2] Born in Dharamsala in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India, Dr. Thakur received his M.Sc.
In 1972, Vikram Chandra Thakur joined the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and retired as its director.
In the course of his career, he extensively worked on the terrains of Zanskar, Ladakh, Garhwal, Chamba, Kumaon, and Arunachal Pradesh to establish their tectonic framework.
He is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and has written over 130 research papers.