Events

Speaker Title Date Venue
Mr. Kausik Satpathi Evolution of the oldest crust and the Onset of Plate Tectonics: Constraints from zircon geochronology. 27-Feb 27th February at 5:15 PM in AB-2 401
Mr. Midhun M Advancing Climate Modelling through Artificial Intelligence" 20-Feb 20th February at 5:15 PM in AB-2 401
Pullokaran Delwin How tiny particles accelerate climate change 06-Feb 6th February at 5:15 PM in L-2.
Dr. Arun Kumar Dubey 3-D Imaging of Plate Geometry Beneath the Arunachal Himalaya and Burmese Subduction Zones 29-Sep EES Board Room from 5:00 pm onwards
Mr. Rohan Bhattacharya, PhD Student A comprehensive study of sediment provenance and routing in the Thar Desert 25-Aug EES Board Room
Mr. Ankur Bhardwaj, PhD Student PM2.5 Carbonaceous components and mineral dust at a COALESCE network site Bhopal, India: assessing the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on site-specific optical properties. 28-Nov venue: LHC L 1 from 3pm onwards
Mr. Ankit Singh, PhD Student A multi-modeling approach for streamflow simulation in the Narmada River basin. 28-Nov venue: LHC L 1 from 3pm onwards
Mr. Sonkar Gaurav Kailash Nath, PhD Student Eco-geomorphic assessment of the Ganga River habitat. 19-Sep Elements Block - 403 from 3:30 pm onwards
Mr. Sandeep Devaliya, PhD Student Assessing the impact of atmospheric chemistry and meteorological data assimilation on simulation of the weather over India during summer 2015. 19-Sep Elements Block - 403 from 3:00 pm onwards
Ms. Amita Kumari, PhD Student Dynamical and Thermodynamical Aspects of Precipitation Events over India. 29-Aug LHC @ L1 from 3.00 pm onwards
Mr. Nafees Ahmad, PhD Student Historical variations in autochthonous and allochthonous sediment supplies to the largest freshwater lake in Central India. 29-Aug LHC @ L1 from 3.00 pm onwards
Mr. Amit Kumar, PhD Student Machine Learning to Estimate Daily Streamflow of the Betwa River; a Semi-arid Catchment in Central India. 09-May L1@LHC
Mr. Aaquib Javed, PhD Student Western Disturbances and their impact on Himalayan Glaciers: Battle against global warming. 09-May L1@LHC
Mr. Mohd Baqar Raza, PhD Student Phase relations and in‑situ U‑Th‑Pb Total monazite geochronology of Banded Iron Formation, Bundelkhand Craton, North‑Central India, and their geodynamic implications 04-Apr L1@LHC
Mr. Gaurav Tiwari, PhD Student Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean 04-Apr L1@LHC
Mr. Abul Qasim, PhD Student Groundwater salinization mechanism in coastal Gujarat alluvial plain, India) 21-Mar L3 @LHC
Dr. Rahul Wadhwani, Postdoc Estimation of gaseous pollutants pan-India for past twelve years (2010-21) 21-Mar L3 @LHC
Sanjeev Kumar Jha Downscaling hydro-climatic variables using Multiple-point geostatistics 30-Jan AB2-401
Tanwita Deb Interaction between felsic granitoids and mafic dykes in Bundelkhand Craton: A field, petrographic and crystal size distribution study 30-Jan AB2-401
Dr. Pritam Nasipuri India-Antartica connection: New evidence from Zircon and Monazite Thermochronolgy 09-Apr AB2-401
Mr. Samresh Kumar Evaluation of portable dilution system for aerosol measurement from stationary and mobile combustion sources 02-Apr AB2-401
Dr. Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay Petrogenesis and trace element geochemistry of granitoids from Karbi Hills, Northeast India 05-Mar AB2-401
Ms. Shreeja Das Determination of horizontal principal stress azimuth using geogenic electromagnetic techniques 12-Feb AB2-401
Mr. Sandeep Devaliya Rainfall-Runoff modeling using AWBM and Tank models 12-Feb AB2-401
Mr. Zafar Beg Trend analysis of groundwater 05-Feb AB2-401
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Regional coupled model simulation improves precipitations dry bias and extremes over India 05-Feb AB2-401
Ms. Vandana Kumari Influence of Deccan Volcanism on Contemporaneous Sedimentary Environments 13-Nov AB-II 403
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Jha Modeling transport of sediment in open channels using Multiphase-flow approach 13-Nov AB-II 403
Mr. Ayanangshu Das Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) analysis of Nandurbar-Dhule dyke swarm: Implications for dyke swarm emplacement. 06-Nov AB-II 403
Dr. Ashis Biswas Potentiality of targeting shallow aquifer(s) for supplying arsenic safe drinking water in Bengal Basin. 06-Nov AB-II 403
Mr. Aaquib Javed The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers - A Review 30-Oct AB-II 403
Ms. Amita Kumari Indian Summer Monsoon and its Teleconnections 30-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Mohd. Baqar Raza Petrogenetic study of Proterozoic volcanic rocks in parts of southern Rajasthan 23-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Nafees Ahmad Sediment geochronology by 210_Pb, 137_Cs 14_C dating techniques 23-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Sonkar Gaurav Kailash Nath A drought perspective under climate change 16-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Hifzurrahman Geochemical Studies Of Mafic Microgranular Enclaves And Their Host Granitoid Near Orcha In Bundelkhand 16-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Abul Qasim Aqueous biogeochemistry of Indian estuaries 09-Oct AB-II 403
Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik Structural controls on Coal Bed Permeability 09-Oct AB-II 403
Mr. Amit Kumar Flood risk under climate change 11-Sep AB-II 403
Dr. Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay Evolution of Paleoarchean crust: insights from the Singhbhum Craton, India 11-Sep AB-II 403
Mr. Dicton Saikia First Report of Paleoproterozoic HP/LT Metamorphism from Bastar Craton, India 04-Sep AB-II 403
Mr. Gaurav Tiwari Errors in computation and grid structure of a climate model 04-Sep AB-II 403
Md. Saquib Saharwardi Understanding drought under changing climate: An Overview 28-Aug AB-II 403
Dr. Kumar Gaurav Flood management strategies in the eastern Ganga Plain: need for a paradigm shift 28-Aug AB-II 403
Ms. Shilpi Samiksha Secondary Organic Aerosol Estimation by EC Tracer Method 21-Aug AB-II 403
Mr. Aditya Kumar Dubey Impact of climate change on human health: An Overview 21-Aug AB-II 403
Mr. Samresh Kumar A study of water soluble inorganic ions of PM2.5 over Van Vihar National Park 14-Aug AB-II 403
Dr. Jayant Nirmalkar Application of Molecular Markers to identify the sources of ambient particulate matter. 14-Aug AB-II 403
SNo Speaker Title Date Details
1 Prof. Nibir Mandal Arc-Volcanism: an inside story 22-09-2023 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
2 Dr. Rajeev Kumar Mehajan Indian Science and Technology Landscape, with Special Reference to the Research Ecosystem 23-01-2023 (Monday) @ 3:00 PM Click Here
3 Morgane Houssais Toward predicting breaching and landslides events 18-11-2022 (Friday) @ 5:30 PM Click Here
4 Dr. Laura Creon Advances in SIMS technique in Material Characterization and Geology 21-10-2022 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
5 Dr. Anup Das Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar: Science Opportunities from the NISAR and Chandrayaan-2 Missions. 30-09-2022 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
6 Professor Michel Danino The Sarasvati River and Indian Protohistory 26-08-2022 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
7 Dr. Sukanta Roy Scientific Deep Drilling in the Koyna Intraplate Seismic Zone, Maharashtra: challenges, preliminary results, and outlook 27-04-2022 (Wednesday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
8 Dr. Olivier Devauchelle The Timescales of groundwater 11-03-2022 (Friday) @ 6:00 PM Click Here
9 Dr Virendra M. Tiwari Heliborne Geophysical Imaging of Aquifers for Sustainable Groundwater Management. 25-02-2022 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
10 Dr Rajiv Nigam Sea-level fluctuations control the destiny of ancient Indian coastal cities. 28-01-2022 (Friday) @ 5:00 PM Click Here
SNo Title Description Date & Time Organiser/
Coordinator
Venue Links
1 2nd Technical Workshop & SASS Training

The second technical workshop of the national consortium project NCAP-COALESCE (Carbonaceous aerosol emissions, Source apportionment and Climate Impacts) will be coordinated and hosted by IISER Bhopal between 03 and 13 June, 2018. Over 70 participants from institutions including several IITs, IISERs, Universities, and CSIR labs will attend the workshop which includes technical sessions and instrument training sessions.

The NCAP-COALESCE project is envisaged to further our understanding of the sources, fate and impacts of carbonaceous aerosols, on climate and air quality, in the Indian region, through interdisciplinary research. NCAP is a Ministry of Environment and Forests - Climate Change (MoEFCC) funded 5 year consortium project led by IIT Bombay with 18 institutions from all over the country.

IISER Bhopal is an Associate Institute and along with IIT Kanpur will lead Work Packet-2 of the NCAP-COALESCE. We will be coordinating field sampling of ambient aerosols, their chemical characterization and source apportionment to understand regional carbonaceous aerosol abundance, seasonality, sources and their contributions over all of India.

Jun 03- 13, 2018 Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman Visitors Hostel Click Here
2 Max Planck partner group kick-off workshop The workshop features a plenary session hosting eminent international scientists from the MPI-BGC, NOAA, and LSCE. The session will be taken over by scientists from various premier Indian institutes and they will be sharing their expertise on the research front. Mar 12- 14, 2018 Prof. Dr. Martin Heimann and Dr. Christoph Gerbig, MPI-BGC, Germany; Dr. Dhanya Pillai, IISERB, India IISER Bhopal Click Here
3 Presentations by the DST PAC Members (1) Presentation by Dr. Tiwari, Director of NGRI on “Research and activities in National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) (CSIR)” 16:55-17:15 (2) Presentation by Dr. Ravichandranon, Director of NCAOR on “Research and activities in National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) (MoES)” 17:20-17:40 (3) Presentation by Dr. Sivaji, Scientist, DST on “Overview of Science and Technology Ecosystem in India” 17:45-18:05 (4) Presentation by Dr. Varshney, Scientist, DST on “Funding Opportunities for Research from DST” Feb 02- 03, 2018 Dr. Ashis Biswas L2 Click Here
4 DST FIST Meeting We are hosting DST FIST Expert Committee meeting – Earth & Atmospheric Sciences on 13th & 14th October 2017. To showcase our department, we have a kept an interaction with DST FIST Expert Committee on 13th October 2017 at L2 from 17:45 hr to 18:45 hr. You are invited to join the same followed by a dinner at Visitor hostel, starting 19:45hr. Expert Committee will take around to Dept. facilities/labs from 17.10-17:40hr. Oct 13- 14, 2017 Dr. Pankaj Kumar L2 Click Here
5 Geohazards in Himalaya and Mitigation Strategy Dr. A Ganju, Director DRDO (SASE) will be visiting IISER for a day on 13th Sept. 2017. You all are cordially invited to have a short interaction with him with a cup of tea. The interaction starts at 12:00 noon at L2 (lecture hall) followed by his short talk starting at 12.20 pm. Sep 13- 14, 2017 Dr. Pankaj Kumar L2 Click Here
SNo Details Date & Semester Students
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Location Other
1 Environmental Science Field Trip ( EES 414 ) Supervised by Dr. Ashis Biswas Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman 9,Batch 2017-2022 IISERB Campus Click Here for gallery
2 Advanced Geology field trip ,Supervised by Dr. Pritam Nasipuri 26,2017-2022 IISERB Campus Click Here for gallery
3 Advanced Geology field trip ,Supervised by Dr. Pritam Nasipuri 20,2016-2021 Warangal, Telangana Click Here for gallery
4 Environmental Science Field Trip ( EES 414 ) Supervised by Dr. Ashis Biswas Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman 4,2016-2021 In and around Bhopal Click Here for gallery
5 Advanced Geology field trip ,Supervised by Dr. Arundhuti Ghatak 20,2015-2020 Jabbalpur Click Here for gallery
6 Environmental Science Field Trip ( EES 414 ) Supervised by Dr. Ashis Biswas Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman 6,2015-2020 In and around Bhopal Click Here for gallery
7 Basic Geology field trip (EES-318) Supervised by Prof. S.K.Tandon Dr. Arundhuti Ghatak Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik Dr. Ria Mukherjee 26,2015 and 2014 batch Jabalpur, Maihar Madhya Pradesh Click Here for gallery
8 Advanced Geology field trip ,Supervised by Dr. Pritam Nasipuri 8,2014 and 2013 batch Bhadrachalam, Telangana Click Here for gallery
9 Environmental Science Field Trip ( EES 414 ) Supervised by Dr. Ashis Biswas Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman 2017, 2017-18 In and around Bhopal Click Here for gallery
10 Basic Geology field trip(EES 318) Supervised by Dr. Kumar Gaurav Prof. S.K.Tandon 15,BS-MS (2014 - 2019) Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Click Here for gallery
SNo Title Speaker Description Date & Time Venue Other Details
1 Dr. Naveen Joseph, Assistant Professor of Geospatial and Earth Sciences Addressing Water Security: Sustainable Water Use and Human Health Implications. Dr. Naveen Joseph is an Assistant Professor of Geospatial and Earth Sciences at Radford University, Virginia, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and an M.Tech in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering from IIT Madras, India. He has also served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, University of Idaho, USA. His research focuses on understanding the interactions among humans, the geospatial environment in which they live, temporal changes, and public health. Using geospatial datasets, hydrological models, and statistical tools, he investigates regional and national-scale water resource issues. His current work includes large-scale catchment modeling and exploring links between environmental contaminants, such as pesticides, and health outcomes like cancer. Jul 16, 2025 Lecture Hall L-7 Click Here
2 Dr. Raymond A. Duraiswami Volcanic stratigraphy of the Deccan Traps: physical volcanological and geochemical approach Born on 13th January 1970, Dr. Raymond A. Duraiswami completed his graduation from Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune in 1992 and post graduation and Ph.D. from the Department of Geology, University of Pune in 1994 and 2008 respectively. He worked as Project Assistant (1994-96), DST-JRF (1996-98) and CSIR SRF (1998-2000) before joining Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency, GoM as Junior Geologist (2000-2009). He presently works as Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune and has varied interests in igneous petrology, physical volcanology and hydrogeochemistry of groundwaters from the Deccan Traps and associated formations. He has co-edited 5 books and has published 63 papers in national and international journals. His interests include Physical volcanology and hydrogeology of the Deccan Traps, India and study of ophiolites from Himalayas and Andaman and Nicorbar Islands. In India, he has worked in diverse terrains such as the Higher Himalayas of Ladkah and Karakoram, Sikkim, Andaman Islands, Thar dessert and salt flats of Kutch. He has also visited countries like Malawi, Iran, Norway, Sweden and Georgia in connections with geological mapping of volcanic terrains. He is Fellow and Life Member of Professional organizations like Geological Society of India, Bangalore, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, Gondwana Geological Society, Nagpur, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, and Indian Society of Geometrics. At present 8 Ph.D. research scholars working on diverse volcanological topics are registered under his guidance. Feb 06, 2019 AB2-401 Click Here
3 Professor Chandra Venkataraman Source influence on emission pathways and ambient PM-2.5 pollution in India (2015-2050) India currently experiences degraded air quality, with future economic development leading to challenges for air quality management. In this collaborative study, under the Global Burden of Disease-Major Air Pollution Sources (GBD-MAPS) project, we developed detailed emissions of fine particulate matter and its precursors for 2015 and projections to 2050, under specific pathways of diffusion of cleaner and more energy efficient technologies. The impacts of individual source-sectors on PM-2.5 concentrations were assessed through air-quality simulations using the GEOS-Chem model. A systematic analysis of emissions from all sources and their impact on ambient air pollution exposure, in this study, found significant regional background PM-2.5 levels (largest influence from residential biomass use followed by agricultural residue burning and industrial coal). This underlies PM-2.5 pollution from local sources (like transportation, brick kilns, trash burning). The study finds that PM-2.5 pollution is a national problem, with a regional character, not limited to urban areas or megacities. Under present day emissions, modelled air pollution levels in most states exceeded the national PM-2.5 standard (40 µg/m3). Largest modelled concentrations occur in north India. Future evolution of emissions under regulations set at current levels and promulgated levels, yielded deterioration in future air-quality in 2030 and 2050. Only under a scenario of ambitious, prospective measures, yet to be formulated, was an overall reduction in PM2.5 concentrations achieved. In this scenario, concentrations in 20 states and six union territories were simulated to fall below the national standard in 2030 and 2050. Effective mitigation of future air pollution in India requires adoption of aggressive prospective regulation, for a three-pronged switch away from (i) biomass-fuelled traditional technologies, (ii) industrial coal-burning and (iii) open burning of agricultural residues. Early action is essential on residential clean energy and the control of agricultural residue burning to improve north India air quality. Feb 22, 2018 L2 Click Here
4 Professor Philip K. Hopke There is More to Global Warming than CO2: The Role of Short-Term Climate Forcers There has been a great deal of emphasis on the role of CO2 in driving climate change and the need for controlling CO2 emissions. However, CO2 represents less than half of the positive radiation forcing that is driving rising temperatures. There is an important role of short-term climate forcers particularly black carbon (BC) particles, methane, and ozone. These species combined represent about as much positive forcing as CO2. Thus, their control would have immediate benefits for climate because of their shorter lifetime in the atmosphere and because they represent serious air pollutants that induce a variety of adverse effects including human mortality and morbidity. In this talk, the nature of these atmospheric constituents will be discussed and their role relative to other drivers of climate changed will be presented. The problem of CO2 still needs to be addressed, but immediate attention to the short-lived forcers could provide some time to work on developing alternative energy systems that can support the ever-growing human population. Feb 22, 2018 L2 Click Here
5 Prof. Hugh Sinclair How Storms and Earthquakes Built the Himalaya The growth of the Himalayan mountain chain is a direct response to the collision of India into the Asian plate at a speed of around 20mm/yr. However, the simple act of continental collision causes crust to thicken, and elevations to increase, but in order to generate the world’s highest mountains, erosion must play its role. Whilst this seems counter-intuitive, as erosion should remove mountains, but, in order to generate the high peaks and steep valleys, rivers and glaciers have to incise into the underlying rocks. In this talk, I will discuss how extreme events such as earthquakes and storms are the principle mechanism by which erosion takes place over the Himalaya. I will present examples of extreme erosion events in Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Nepal, and consider their role in defining the mountain chain. Lastly, I will discuss the importance of understanding these processes for considering flood hazards in the Ganga Plains which represents home to nearly 10% of the global population. Oct 30, 2017 L-1, LHC Click Here
6 Prof Hugh Sinclair Mountain belts/Foreland basin systems Prof Sinclair will be delivering a lecture between 10 AM and 11 AM in L2. This lecture is mandatory for all ESP students. Faculty members and other students are welcome to attend. Nov 29, 2017 L2 Click Here
SNo Speaker Title Date & Time Venue Abstract
1 Dr. Vinay Yadav,Postdoctoral Fellow,Technical University of Denmark Mathematical modeling techniques for environmental systems Oct 14, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
2 Dr. Praveen Kumar Mishra,INSPIRE Faculty,Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Lakes as a climate archive: a multiproxy approach to understand the climate variability Oct 14, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
3 Dr. Dhrubajyoti Samanta,Research Fellow,NTU,Singapore Challenges in Climate Modelling for Predicting Future Climate Aug 05, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
4 Dr. Sourabh Bhattacharya,Visiting Assistant Professor,IIT Bhubaneswar Decoding the metallogenic processes in granite-affiliated hydrothermal systems Aug 05, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
5 Dr. Vinee Srivastava,Research Associate,Continental Deformation Laboratory,IIT Bombay Deformation and landscape evolution along the Himalayan mountain front: Insights from the Dehradun Recess, Indian Himalaya Mar 13, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
6 Dr. Soumendra Nath Bhanja,Postdoctoral Fellow,Athabasca University,Canada Groundwater storage quantification and biogeochemical model development for water quality applications Mar 13, 2019 EES Board room Click Here
7 Dr. Himangshu Paul, NPDF, Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Identification of lateral heterogeneities within the Himalayan basal decollement and their probable relationship with the Himalayan Seismic Gap Jun 29, 2018 EES Board room Click Here
8 Dr. Sajeev Philip, NPP Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA. The impact of prior biospheric models on the estimate of global terrestrial CO2 fluxes by assimilating OCO-2 satellite retrievals Jun 29, 2018 EES Board room Click Here
9 Dr. Debajyoti Ray, Research Associate, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India Concentrations and ageing of some particulate organic pollutants in ambient air as well as discussions on future research needs for a sustainable environment in the Anthropocene Jun 25, 2018 EES Board room Click Here
10 Dr. Sonal Khanolkar, INSPIRE faculty, Department of Earth Science, IIT Kanpur Ecological response of Foraminifera to Eocene Climate Change in India Mar 27, 2018 Visitors Hostel Click Here
11 Dr. Deepak Singh, Post-doctoral fellow, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Snow albedo and its impact on Martian Climate Mar 27, 2018 Visitors Hostel Click Here
12 Dr. Rajeev Yadav, AcSIR- NGRI, Hyderabad Crustal deformation study from GPS measurement: a case study on North West Himalaya Oct 28, 2017 EES Board Room Click Here
13 Dr. Mohammad Ismaiel, Centre for Earth and Space Science, Hyderabad. Rift Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Bay of Bengal Oct 28, 2017 EES Board Room Click Here
14 Dr. Shib Sankar Ganguly, IIT Kanpur The Prospect for CO2 enhanced oil recovery as a significant Carbon Sequestration option in Indian Mature Reservoir : An integrated approach Oct 28, 2017 EES Board Room Click Here
15 Dr. Ria Mukherjee, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Petrogenesis of the Precambrian chromite deposits Oct 28, 2017 EES Board Room Click Here