Department of Geology

• Founded in 1966 by Late Prof. A.G. Jhingran

• Presently run in a spacious and pleasant

ambience

• Activities in two buildings (one 3-storeyed

and another single-storey)

•Faculty members: (20 nos.)

Approved strength: Professors (4); Associate Professors (9); Assistant Professors (13)

In position: Professor Emeritus (1), Professors (7); Associate Professors(6); Assistant Professors (5)

•Courses:

Bachelor with Honours in Geology (2013 Onwards), Integrated M.Sc (5Yrs.) M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D.,

•No. of Students:

Integrated M.Sc. (86), M.Sc (54), Ph.D. (48)

Academic Activity

Keeping in touch with the global needs..

U.G.B.Sc (Hons) Geology: Revised syllabus (6 Semester) July 2010

Bachelor with Honours in Geology (FYUP 8 Semester) syllabus Commenced from March 2013

P.G. M.Sc. Geology: Revised syllabus (4 Semester) since July 2009

M.Sc. Integrated Earth Sciences: 5 year integrated course (10 Semester)

July 2010

Ph.D. : New course work (2/2 papers) started from 2011 No. of Ph.D & MPhil students registered at

present: 73

Technology access in the classroom

• Teaching through interactive smart board

• Installation of presentation projection facility in each classroom

• Computer with internet facility in all class rooms

• Charts and relief maps in all class rooms. Computer acquaintance of students: 100%

Recently, The Department is identified by American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) as a nodal

Department in India to open student chapter.

Ongoing projects in last 3 years: 29 (Rs. 7.2 Crores)

Completed projects : 9 (Rs. 2.53 Crores)

Training & workshops: 7

FIST-II DST 5 Crores in 2011-2016

CAS-II UGC 1.46 Crores 2011-2016

Research and Infrastructure Building

The Department is also awarded with

SAP I, II and III : 133 lakhs COSIST : 51 lakhs FIST I : 200 lakhsCAS-UGC Phase I (2006-2011) : 90 Lakhs

Recent (total) – 16.19 crore

Past (total) – 474 lakh

Total publications : 210 (last 5 yrs.)

International > 80

Nature, Science, PNAS, EPSL, Geology, GSAB, CMP, AM, Precambrian Research, Jour. Sed. Res, Bull. GSA, Geol. Soc. London, JMG., J. Hydro, GSL, Environment Geology, JAES, Landslides, Tectonics etc.

(with impact factor from 0. 89 (Journal Geol. Soc. Ind.) to 34 (Nature)

Citation of work:Total citation: 7653Citation in 2013-14: ~ 600H-Index: 8 and above

Research Output

Fellows of Academies (2010-2014):

National :

•Fellow INSA, New Delhi, 2011 (TA)•Fellow National Academy of Sciences, India, 2010, (TA)•Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences, 2014 (MJ)

International:

•Fellow, Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology (GVRP)• Third World Academic of Sciences TWAS (GVRP)

Awards & Honors National Level:- 7•L N Kailasam Endowment lecture award, Indian Geophysical Union, 2010 (SKT)•INSA Best paper award, National Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, Kolkata, 2010 •J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2010 (GVRP)•JGSI Radhakrishna Prize, for the best paper published in Geological Society of India, 2010 (MJ)•Bellur Rama Rao Birth Centenary Award: Geol. Soc. India: Precambrian Geology of India, 2007 (MJ)• H.H.Read Memorial Gold Medal Association of geoscientists and Allied Technologists, 2009 (MJ)• Best Paper award, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, National Conference on Paleontology, Stratigraphy and Paleoecology, 2010, (AKS)

International Level: 3

•Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques), France, 2009, (SKT)•Outstanding student certificate (Ph.D.), Bavarian state government Germany, 2007, (AS)•Best poster award at the 7th Mineral Physics Seminar, Matshushima Japan, 2007, (AS)•Elected as Secretary of the Geosciences Group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for the period 2012-16 at SCAR Open Science Conference at Portland, USA during July 2012 (NCP)•Member, India-U.K Frontier of Science (FOS) 2013-2014 (PPC)

Achievements

1970’s: Establishment of Geological Museum and 1st X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) 1980’s: Department started using computers for solving numerical/logical problems in geology Late 1990’s: 1st fully equipped computer laboratory with LAN connection on Windows NT

platform and server was established 2011: e-Governance implementation lead to saving of paper cost by over Rs. 1 lakh 2013-14: Geology Department became the 1st department in North Campus to have interactive

whiteboards for teaching and presentation. The present Director of Geological Survey of India (GSI) is an alumni of our department Presently 6 Deputy Director Generals in GSI are alumni of our Department Started a AAPG student chapter for Delhi University in year 2013 An annual geological cultural festival “Conglomerate” started in year 2012 Antardhvani 2013 – bagged the 3rd prize for ‘Awards for Good Practices

Facilities created:

XRF Lab, RS Lab, SEM with EDEX, upgradation of Thin section preparation, Experimental Structural Geology Lab, Petrology Lab, New space added (24 rooms), AV teaching aids in all the classes, Upgraded computer lab,

New XRD has been added

Our class rooms with interactive whiteboards

Computer lab

Geological Museum

Petrology lab

Jaw crusher

Automatic Compression Machine

Sample processing unit

Petrology lab

Sample cutter

TOC- Total Organic Carbon

SEM-Scanning Electron Microscope

XRD- X Ray Diffractometer

State of the Art Instruments

Scholarly Achievements of our Students

Employment:

• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited• Hindustan Zinc Limited

• Geological Survey of India• Central Ground Water Board

• Assistant Professor in Universities• FOCUS Energy

• Mining industries in India and Abroad• Vedanta Resources

Research• All India Ist Rank Holder in GATE-

Examination•Many All India under 20 rank holder in Gate

Examination• Ist Rank Holder at ISM- Entrance

• All India 2nd , 3rd, and 4th Rank holders at CSIR JRF-NET Examination

• Prestigious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship (SPM) of CSIR (2)

•2012: 10 JRF CSIR Entrance Exams Many rank holders ( 2nd, 3rd and 5th in first 20 rankings)

•Geologist Examination 2011, UPSC, all India rank holders (Geologist: 12th, 18th , 22nd and 26th ranks, Hydrogeologist: 7th, 9th , 11th ,18th , 21st , 23rd in all together 260+65 qualified candidates)

•5 UGC-JRF under CAS-II programme every year

We prepare students for…• Mining Industry (exploration geologist)

• Hydrocarbon industry

• Infrastructure (engineering geologist; hydrogeologist; urban geology; land use optimization)

• Material management (resource estimation; conservation)

• Environment protection (impact assessment and reclamation)

• Nuclear energy (resource and waste management)

• Non-conventional energy (e.g. oceanographers)

We attempt to instill..

•Mathematical and computational skills

•A regard of social obligations

•Ethical character development

•Comprehensive abilities