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Bhaskar Kundu

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Research Scholars

Sambit Sahoo

Ph.D. Applied Geology

Project Associate

2025-Present

Deepak Kumar Tiwari

M.Sc. Geology

Ph.D Scholar

2019-Present

Prohelika Dalal

M.Tech. RS and GIS

Ph.D Scholar

2021-Present

Sayak Ray

M.Tech. Mineral Exploration

Ph.D Scholar

2021-Present

Masud Rana

M.Sc. Applied Geology

Ph.D. Scholar (Co-Guide)

2022-Present

Dr. Sareer Ahmed Mir

Ph.D. Applied Geology

Project Associate

2025-Present

Post Graduate Students

Uttam Sahoo 

Title: Assessment of Landslide movements through InSAR

Soumen Mondal

Title: Assessment of Landslide movements through InSAR

Soura kirti Chakra

Title: Preseismic anomaly and earthquake lights

Devi Krishna J

Title:  Preseismic anomaly and earthquake lights

Pratik Mohanty

Title: Crustal deformation associated to seasonal loading at urban regions

Sabyasachi Patra

Title:  Crustal deformation associated to seasonal loading at urban regions

Alumni

Research Scholars

Dr. Dibyashakti Panda

Ph.D.  Geology

Nehru-Fulbright Post-doctoral research fellow

Currently Post-doctoral research fellow at IIT Bombay


Dr. Batakrushna Senapati

  Ph.D Geology

    2017-24

Currently Post-doctoral research fellow at National Central University, Taiwan

Sambit Sahoo

Ph.D. Applied Geology,

2019-25

Currently Project Associate for NRSC ISRO

2025-Present

Ipsita Aryasuta

M.Tech. Atmospheric Sc.

2023-24

Currently Ph.D. Research Scholar at IIT, Kharagpur

Kumari Mousumi Behera

M.Tech. Civil engineering

2022-23

Raja Sen

Project assistant/JRF/SRF

2019-23

Post Graduate Students

2023-25

Spandan Mohapatra, Geologist at Vedanta, Title: Volcanic eruption cycles at Mount Etna and interaction with seal level change

Suprava Sahoo, Title: Volcanic eruption cycles at Mount Etna and interaction with seal level change

Partha Sarathi Dash, Title: Quantification of geomorphological features at Aristarchus Crater using LRO Data

Ayush Naik, Title:  of geomorphological features at Aristarchus Crater using LRO Data

Renuka Pravin Joshi, Title:  and associated deformation along the Himalayan Arc. 
T. Soham Rajesh Manik, Title: Along strike segmentation and associated deformation along the Himalayan Arc.

2022-24

Pravas Kumar Patra, Thesis title: Volcanic eruption cycle through magma chamber deformation modelling, 

Anjana Toppo, Geologist GET at Kayad Mines, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Vedanta, Thesis titleIonospheric Response to Annular Solar Eclipse

Susmita Koley, Thesis titleCrustal Deformation Studies using Geodetic and Satellite Data

Sangeet Banik, Data Analyst at Unified Mentor, Thesis title: Two dimensional poro-elastic modelling approach

Aswathi K., Geologist Trainee at Rampura Agucha Mines, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Vedanta, Thesis titleAssessing Land Subsidence in Urban areas using Satellite Data 
Manikant Kumar, Thesis titleExternal stress modulation of seismic swarms at hydrothermal systems 

2021-23

Chinmay Jena, Currently pursuing M.Tech. at IIT-Mumbai, Thesis title: Evolution of Core: Constraints from numerical experiment. 

Garima Sachdeva, Thesis title: Evolution of Core: Constraints from numerical experiment

Ashish Kumar Jena, Geologist, Vedanta Resources, Thesis title: Evolution of geometrical shape of volcano:A theoretical approach.

Saishree Subhadarshini, Geologist, Vedanta Resources, Thesis title: Evolution of geometrical shape of volcano:A theoretical approach.

Puroshottam Mahanta, Geologist, Vedanta Resources, Thesis title: Crustal deformational study of Capricorn plate and its surrounding. 
Akshi Goel, Currently pursuing M.Tech. at IIT-Mumbai, Thesis title: Crustal deformational study of Capricorn plate and its surrounding. 
Shivanshu Shukla, Geologist, Vedanta Resources, Thesis title: Seasonal modulation of glacial earthquakes in Greenland.

2020-22

Arnab Ghosh, Assistant Manager - JSW Steel Ltd. Thesis title: Pre-seismic ionospheric anomalies during great earthquakes

Monalisa Behera, Thesis title: Pre-seismic ionospheric anomalies during great earthquakes

Aman Emanual Hasda, Thesis title: Thermal moonquakes and its mechanism

Aniket Singh, Thesis title: Thermal moonquakes and its mechanism

Ashok Kumar Barik, Branch Post Master, Jeypore, Koraput, Odisha, Thesis title: Complexity in rift opening and its kinematics
Tanmay Kumar Palei, Thesis title: Complexity in rift opening and its kinematics

2019-21

Aman Singh, Currently Ph.D. Scholar IIT-BHU, Thesis title: The interplay between megathrust shear force and the Erosional process to sustain mountain height

Anubhav Singh, Currently Ph.D. Scholar IIT-Delhi, Thesis title: The interplay between megathrust shear force and the Erosional process to sustain mountain height

Mrunal Kar, Thesis title: Role of lower crustal rheology in extensional deformation of Basin and Range Province

Chingtham Mitamnganba Meitei, Thesis title: Role of lower crustal rheology in extensional deformation of Basin and Range Province

Elena Ridashisha Nongspung, Thesis title: Who controls the geometrical position of the Arc Volcanoes? 
Pratyay Tripathy, Currently Ph.D. Scholar IIT-Kharagpur, Thesis title: Who controls the geometrical position of the Arc Volcanoes?   

2018-20

Tapobeeva Sahoo, Assistant Engineer, AECOM, Thesis title: Crustal deformation across Shan plateau: constraints from geodetic studies

Sahil Kumar Behera, QC Supervisor, India Rare Earth Limited, OSCOM, Thesis title: Crustal deformation across Shan plateau: constrains from geodetic studies

Bikramaditya Mondal, Assistant Executive Engineer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Ahmedabad, Thesis title: Role of subducting ridges on Himalayan frontal arc deformation

Soumyaranjan Rana, Currently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT, Guwahati, Thesis title: Variation in flexural bulge as proxy of inter-plate coupling: A case study on Sumatra & Aleutian trench

Satyajeet Mohanty, Thesis title: Stability of triple junctions in Indian sub-continent: Constrains from geodetic data

Samyak Dash, Geologist, OPSC, Odisha, Thesis title: Stability of triple junctions in Indian sub-continent: Constrains from geodetic data

Arunodaya Shekhar, Currently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT, Mumbai, Thesis titleTidal modulation of micro-seismicity on the axial seamount of Juan-de-Fuca ridge

Sonu Kumar, Currently pursuing M.Tech. at IIT, Mumbai, Thesis titleTidal modulation of micro-seismicity on the axial seamount of Juan-de-Fuca ridge

Sayantan Guha, Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Presidency University, Kolkata, Thesis title: Variation in flexural bulge as proxy of interplate coupling: A case study on Sumatra & Aleutian trench

2017-19

Amrish Pandey, Currently pursuing M.Tech. at IIT, Kanpur, Thesis titleCrater diameter as proxies of extra-terrestrial impact

Tamal Samaddar, Currently Ph.D. Scholar at University of Tennessee Knoxville, Thesis titlePeriodicity analysis of Koyna-Warna seismic zone

Durga Prasad Mohanta, Panchayat Executive Officer, Saharpada, Keonjhar, Odisha, Thesis titleFault resonance process of Koyna-Warna seismic zone

Madhabchandra Sahoo, Assistant Geologist, Dubuna-Sakradihi Iron & Mn mines, OMC, Keonjhar, Thesis titleAnnual Periodicity signal and statistical analysis of Koyna-Warna seismic zone

Sourav Kumar Parida, Title: Surface gravity and crater diameter as proxies of extra-terrestrial impact

2016-18

Soumya Ranjan Mallick, Geologist, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Thesis titleRheological variations and seismic potential of active faults around SE-Asia

Omkar Narayan Behera, Geotech Engineer, Vedanta ResourcesThesis titleThe 2017 August 21 American total solar eclipse through the eyes of GPS

Probir Mondal, Assistant Manager (Geologist), Prism Johnson Limited [ H & R Johnson (India) division]Thesis titleThe New Madrid seismic zone in central United States, triggered by atmospheric pressure

Sayak Ray, Currently Ph.D. Scholar at NIT Rourkela, Thesis titleThe New Madrid seismic zone in central United States, triggered by atmospheric pressure
Late Satyambad Patra, Geologist, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Thesis titleTidal modulation of tremor activity around Nankai trough, SW-Japan

2015-17

Amit Mondal, Group A, Geologist at Geological survey of India (GSI)Thesis titleEastward extrusion of Tibetan crust: a channel flow analogy

Poulomi Mondal, Group B, Geologist at Geological survey of India (GSI), Thesis titleCharacterization of a plate boundary fault between India and Burma Plate, using geodetic and geological observations

Ankit Dipta Dutta, Currently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT, Kharagpur, Thesis titleGeodynamic role of Assam-Brahmaputra valley region in the NE-Himalayan tectonics

2014-16

Dr. Dibyashakti Panda, Project associate at NRSC, ISRO, Thesis titleSeasonal deformation of Southeast Asia 

Dr. Debasis Pal, Assistant Professor at Purnia College of Engineering, Bihar, Thesis titleTopography as the proxy for inter-plate coupling

Sohinee Mukherjee, Group A, Geologist at Geological survey of India (GSI)Thesis titleSeasonal modulation of mid-crustal seismicity in Nepal Himalaya