Projects &
Activities
Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)
Externally funded R&D Projects, Faculty Mobility Programme (FMP) & CoE(s):
- Development of the Joint Inversion algorithm to capture the feasibility for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCUS) operation in the Coal Bed Methane (CBM) reservoir and Volcanic sediments in the Shahdol area of India; Sanctioned Authority: Transcontinental Natural Resources (TNRL), Surat.
- Development of an integrated workflow based on geoscientific data analysis for identification of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) resource prospectivity at the bidding stage; Sanctioned Authority: Director General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), Government of India.
- Development of Joint Inversion Model for Lunar Geophysical Data: Sanctioned Authority: PRL/ISRO, Government of India.
- Development of Integrated Geocellular model for CBM resource estimation with the support of Machine Learning based sub-surface image resolution enhancement and implementation of Joint-Inversion algorithm from newly acquired geoscientific data in the South Rewa Basin, Wardha valley (Wardha-Godavari basin), Kamptee sub-basin, Cambay-Kutch- Saurashtra basin and Rajasthan basin India; Sanctioned Authority: Director General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), Government of India.
- CBM resource estimation and feasibility study of field development using fully-integrated Geocellular model approach coupled with AI/ML algorithms in the Damodar River Valley, Godavari, Mahanadi, Satpura and Rajmahal Basin, India; Sanctioned Authority: Director General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), Government of India.
- Development of customized processing sequences of exploration seismic data in the Damodar River valley basin to detect coal seams-based reservoir towards extended CBM exploration through the build-up of high-resolution image; Sanctioned Authority: Essar Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Ltd. (EOGEPL).
- Development of Innovative and Cutting-Edge Indigenous Technologies for Critical Minerals Exploration and Smart/Sustainable Mining; Sanctioned Authority: ANRF, Government of India.
- Development of Prospectivity Mapping Framework and Tools for Geological Hydrogen Exploration; Sanctioned Authority: Safechem Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (Spectrum Impact), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Conduction Land Subsidence Study using DInSAR methodology for EOGEPL, Durgapur; Sanctioned Authority: Essar Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Ltd. (EOGEPL).
- Completed Minor project under Technical Quality Improvement Programme, MHRD on Seismic attribute analysis for coal seam detection in West Bokaro region; Sanctioned Authority: MHRD, Government of India.
- FMP Project: CBM Resource estimation of South Rewa basin and surrounding potential areas through integrated modelling with DGH (Director General of Hydrocarbon).
- FMP Project: Field scale simulation study and production forecasting for a part of Sohagpur West CBM Block of Reliance Industries Limited.
- Development Canter of Excellence: Centre for Earth, Energy, and Environmental Research; Centre funded based on support of the various consultancy projects.
- Development Canter of Excellence: Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN-CoE); Sanctioned Authority: Wadhwani Charitable Foundation, a California
Consultancy Project
Externally funded Consultancy project:
- Geoscience Modelling based corehole prioritization study in two CBM Blocks of Transcontinental Natural Resources Pvt. Ltd. (TNRL) in Madhya Pradesh - 1. SR-ONHP (CBM)-2022/4 & 2. SR-ONHP (CBM)-2022/5.
- Proposal for Map based Conceptual Subsurface Ace Model for CBM Block SR-ONHP (CBM)-2021/6
- Subsurface Reservoir Siulation & Modelling Studies to support expansion of field development plan of Raniganj CBM Blocks of Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Limited (EOGEPL)
- Pre-feasibility Study, CBM Resource estimation and ranking of CBM blocks offered under special CBM round 2022 for Oil India Limited.
- Prospectivity Analysis and Resource Estimation of CBM block SP-ONHP (CBM)-2021/1 for Invenire Petrodyne Energy
- Insitu P-Wave and S-Wave velocity Analysis for determination of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Coal and in-Seam Dirt bands of coal Seams/Mines of MCL
- Scientific Study of slopes in Gopalichuck OCP of BCCL
- Field scale reservoir simulation study of Raniganj CBM field of Essar Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Ltd. (EOGEPL) as a part of technical work association between IIT (ISM-Dhanbad) and EOGEPL
- Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) for Aquifer study and fracture zone mapping near Vadodara
- Field scale simulation study and production forecasting for a part of Sohagpur West CBM Block of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
- Consultancy study of unstable zones of Reservoir slope under SJVN Ltd.
- Sub-surface Characterization using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey in Railway Acquired Land over parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar state
- Hydrological study of Ground Water in Bera Colliery, Bastacolla
- Modelling, GIIP Estimation, and Production Forecasting of North Karanpura CBM, Block.
- Seismic Data Acquisition followed by Processing and Interpretation at Indore Region.
Executive Development Programme (EDP):
- Specialized Training Programme for Sub-surface Professionals related to CBM exploration in Essar Oil and Gas Production Limited (EOGEPL)
- 1 Week Traning Programme on Oil & Gas Well Drilling Technology and New Trends.
Membership of Scientific Societies
1. Annual Member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
2. Annual Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
3. Lifetime Member of IGU (Indian Geophysical Union)
4. Lifetime Member ASCI (Administrative Staff College of India)
Other Academic and Administrative Activities
Key responsibility for Institutional Administrative work with tenure in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad:
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Name of the Position
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Tenure
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- Professor-in-Charge (PIC) (International Relations & Alumni Affairs)
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2025 to current |
- Faculty In-charge (Hostel Management)
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2023-2024
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- Associate Dean (Hostel Management)
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2022 to 2023
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- Coordinator (Hostel Management)
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2021 to 2022
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- Coordinator, Mineral Exploration, TIH (Technical Innovation Hub), Mining 4.0.
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2020 to current
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- Coordinator, Earth Science, Centre for Earth, Energy and Environmental Research (CEEER)
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2019 to current
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- Chief Warden & warden at Amber Hostel (Student’s capacity – 1600)
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2017 to 2020
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- Involved in various Government agencies such as DGH, MoPNG for liaising with the IIT(ISM) towards the current trend of the industrial requirement for hydrocarbon exploration.
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2018 onwards
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Key responsibility for Departmental Administrative work with tenure in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad:
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Name of the Position
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Tenure
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- Convener, DPGC (Departmental Post-Graduate Committee), Department of Applied Geophysics
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2024 to current
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- Convener, DPGC (Departmental Post-Graduate Committee), Department of Applied Geophysics
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2020 to 2022
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- In-charge Training and Placement Cell, Department of Applied Geophysics
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2018 to 2022
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- Member, DPGC (Departmental Post-Graduate Committee), Department of Applied Geophysics
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2019 to 2020
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- Member Secretary, DAC (Departmental Advisory Committee), Department of Applied Geophysics
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2018 to 2020
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- Faculty coordinator/treasure Geophysical society, Department of Applied Geophysics
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2018 to 2021
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Other major responsibilities for the Institution and Department in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad:
- Co-convener of National conference Emerging Trends in Earth Sciences: Geohazards and Resource Management (ETES-2024)
- Key team member of Basant, III & Convocation programme.
- Faculty coordinator for student conference and workshop, Geoconfluence February 2021.
- Convener, Webinar on “Triggered seismicity and permeability evolution in faulted and fractured reservoirs” by Prof. Derek Elseworth, Pennsylvania State University, USA, August 2021.
- Conducted JEE Advanced examination physically as IR in Ranchi center during Covid-19 situation, 2020 & 2021.
- Co-Convener, Basant 2020.
- Participation in donating food during the COVID-19 pandemic situation to the needy people of villages near to Dhanbad with the help of IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and local society, 2020.
- Co-convener for student conference and workshop, Geoconfluence 2020.
- Conducted ETGRMI-2018 as a treasurer, Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Department of Applied Geophysics.
- Co-convener for student conference Geoconfluence 2017.
- Associated as key organizer for IGU 2016 and 1st FIGA conference at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
- Committee members, actively involved in major administrative structures in the department as well as in institutions such as CIIE, IR&AA, Task Force Dean (R&D), Digital Learning Monitoring Cell, Media Branding Cell, TEQIP-III, Earth Model group, AI group, Centre for CBM Exploration group, EOR group etc.
- Associated as a key team member on various occasions such as Foundation Day, Basant, Convocation etc.
- Key faculty for carrying out the coordinator ship of joint run 2 years M.Tech. course with Applied Geology: M.Tech. (Geoexploration).
- Involved as an invigilator and scrutinizer for various admission & examination processes in the institution.
- Represent the institute in various conferences and summits such as Petrotech-2016, New Delhi, Knowledge Expo-2017, New Delhi, Momentum Jharkhand-2018, Ranchi, Disha-2018, Kerala.
Reviewer
Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, Geophysics, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Acta Geophysica, Scientific Report, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Computer Geosciences, Plos One, Natural Resources Research, Journal of Asian Earth Science, Energy, Journal of Earth System Science, Geological Survey of India, Computational Geosciences, Himalayan Geology, Environmental Earth Sciences.
