Group Members

Ongoing/completed Ph.D. Students

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Shuvashree Maity

(Jan., 2024 - Present)

Research: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal maxima

M.Sc. in Applied Geology from Presidency University.

"I love reading fiction novels. As a travel enthusiast, I also enjoy exploring and experiencing diverse cultures.

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Kruttika Mohapatra

(Jan., 2022 - Present)

Research: Organic and Sulfide oxidation in river basins

M.Sc. in Geology from Central University of Kerala.

"She is a trained classical dancer, athletic enthusiast, and an ardent reader with a pinch of an explorer."

timelapse Achyuth Venugopal (2019-2025): Trace elemental and multi-isotopic (d98Mo, d34S, d15N) study of Proterozoic shales: Implications to ocean euxinia and productivity patterns.

timelapse Rakesh Rout (2019-2025): Pyrite oxidation in river basins of India: Spatio-temporal study of sulfur and oxygen isotopes of dissolved sulfates.

timelapse Anupam Samanta (2016-2022): Weathering and climate linkage at seasonal to kilo-year timescales: Evidence from water and sediment chemistry.

timelapse Mohd Danish (2016-2021): Biogeochemical cycling of trace elements in a tropical coastal lagoon system (Chilika, India) .

Ongoing/completed post-doc fellow and BS-MS Student

timelapse Akashi Baruah (Completed (2025); Master thesis): Organic carbon isootpic study of Bay of Bengal sediments: Reconstruction of vegetational changes during the last 30 ka.

timelapse Kankan Roy (Completed (2025); Master thesis): Chemical weathering varibility during last glacial-interglacial cycle: A geochemical study of Bay of Bengal sediments.

timelapse Debasish Maji (Completed (2025); Master thesis): Carbon sequestration by enhanced weathering of basalt and its applicability.

timelapse Vaishali Bamrara (Completed (2025); Master thesis): Tracing seawater concentration during the Archean eon.

timelapse Samarpan Mahato (Completed (2024); Master thesis): Major elemental chemistry of geothermal springs from the Deccan Traps: Solute sources and Chemical fluxes.

timelapse Raniria Mitra (Completed (2024); Master thesis): Sources and cycling of Vandadium in a coastal lagoon system and the Bay of Bengal.

timelapse Sanket Samal (Completed (2024); Master thesis): Geochemistry of Pranjal Traps from Zanskar region: Implications for petrogenesis and geochemical varibilities.

timelapse Yogesh Kulkarni Ongoing; TARE Fellowship): Geochemical study of a sediment core from the Godavari river mouth.

timelapse Mohd Amir (Completed; PDF): Geochemical study of Ganga plain sediments for erosional reconstruction.

timelapse Priyasha Negi (Completed; 2023): Assessing climatic sensitivity of the Himalaya Erosion during the last Glacial-Interglacial cycle.

timelapse Vaishnavi Vitthal Kardile (Completed; 2022): Sediment geochemistry of the Krishna river system: Implications to Weathering pattern and elemental mobility.

timelapse Aswin Pradeep T (Completed; 2017): Chemical Erosion rates of the Peninsular Indian River basins: An inversion approach.

timelapse Ayush Nagar (Completed; 2016): Reconstruction of marine conditions around the Precambrian-Cambrian (Pc-C) boundary using Shale Chemistry.