Completed PhDs

Abul Qasim

1. Dr. Abul Qasim

Ph.D. (March 2023), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal


Ph.D. thesis entitled as, "A geochemical perspective on the land-ocean interactions in the Gulf of Cambay basin, India: Implications to regional environmental issues"

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Nafees Ahmad

2. Dr. Nafees Ahmad

Ph.D. (February 2024), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal


Ph.D. thesis entitled as, "Geochemical assessment of anthropogenic impacts on a protected freshwater lake in Central India"

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Ongoing PhDs

Rohan Bhattacharyya

3. Rohan Bhattacharyya

M.Sc. (2016), Department of Geology, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur


His research focuses on improving the knowledge of the highly debated mechanism of sandy sediment supplies to the Thar Desert in Rajasthan and the regional significance of its dust emissions. Before the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon, Thar annually emits massive mineral dust plumes crucial for the Himalayan cryosphere melting and air quality/ecological impacts in India.

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Shivam Sahu

4. Shivam Sahu

M.Sc. (2019), Department of Geology, BHU, Varanasi


His research interests encompass “calibration” as well as “utilization” of geochemical and isotope proxies to learn better about earth surface processes. Rare earths and radiogenic isotopes in weathered continental materials are routinely utilized to decipher the environmental conditions over source regions and the climatic influences on the eolian/riverine sediment transport. Besides the scarcity of radiogenic isotope data on various sediment source regions, the radiogenic isotope fractionation in those materials during their production, transport and post-deposition is however yet to be fully understood. He wants to fill this research gap.

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Postdoc Members

Dr. Chandrashekhar Azad Kashyap

1. Dr. Chandrashekhar Azad Kashyap

PhD (2015), Department of Geology, IIT Bombay, Mumbai


MTIB Position: Post-doctoral Fellow (July 2016 to January 2018)
MTIB Research: Biogeochemical cycling of non-conservative elements in Indian estuaries
Next affiliation: Assistant Professor in Adama Science & Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

Dr. Aasif Mohmad Leone

2. Dr. Aasif Mohmad Lone

PhD (2018), Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai


MTIB Position: Post-doctoral Fellow (November 2018 to April 2021)
MTIB Research: Reconstruction of paleo-climatic/environmental conditions in the Northwest Himalaya using multiproxy data
Next affiliation: Research Associate in University of Kashmir, Kashmir

Other Members

  • 2018-2019


    1. Jitendra Argal

      2. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Biogeochemical exploration of trace elements in estuarine sediments

    2. Kausik Satpathi#

      3. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: P-T conditions of mafic enclaves in Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneiss of Bastar craton: Implications for Archaean-Paleoproterozoic crustal dynamics


  • 2019-2020


    1. Arya A
      2. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Seasonal geochemical behavior of REE in the Narmada and the Tapi estuaries

    2. Vamshi Vihar

      3. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Hydrogeochemical exploration to infer Arsenic mobilization in Manipur groundwaters

    3. Manish Kumar Meena#

      4. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Geochemistry and Rb-Sr systematics of high-grade metasedimentary rocks from Pranhita-Godavari Basin


  • 2020-2021


    1. Niharika Panigrahi
      2. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Application of Barium isotopes in tracing oceanographic processes

    2. Sudip Chunary

      3. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Controlling factors of REEs in dissolved phase and surface sediments of coastal oceans


  • 2022-2023


    1. Prakirti Thakur
      2. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Spatial distribution and source delineation of sedimentary organic matter in a tropical urbanized lake

    2. Sudhir Kumar

      3. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Geochemical exploration of Bhopal groundwater to assess its water quality

    3. Yash Sarwal

      4. Affiliation: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal
      MS Thesis: Heavy metal contents in labile fractions of estuarine-suspended sediments

    #Co-guided by Dr. Pritam Nasipuri (IISER Bhopal)