The Department of Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata is organizing a two-day National seminar for providing a platform for researchers across the country to deliberate on observational, analytical, modelling and experimental data sets of the geological processes through time. The conference is also a part of the events being held in commemoration of the birth centenary of legendary Professor Ajit Kumar Saha.

I M P O R T A N T D A T E S

Abstract submission opens December 15, 2024

Abstract submission Deadline March 1, 2025

Registration begins December 15, 2024

Registration ends March 7, 2025

• All Abstracts should be in .docx format typed in Times New Roman (12 point) font, With the following particulars (template linked) - Click here

• Title: A brief title within 20 words is suggested. It should be in "Sentence-case".

• Text: The abstract must clearly indicate the problem, methodology and result of the work within 500 words/2500 characters (Abstracts above this limit will not be accepted). No Figures /references are to given.                                                                                                                                                                                               

• Abstracts to be sent to the following email id: sem_geol@presiuniv.ac.in

• Registration Fee is applicable for all to participate (both presenters and non-presenters) in the seminar. Registration Fee excludes lodging.

• Accommodation will be available on a paid, shared basis (₹400-600 per day, subject to availability). To avail of this facility, participants must register and confirm their request by March 1.

• Reimbursement may be provided after the seminar, subject to fund availability.

• For more details regarding accommodations, please contact our organizing team members: Ms. Maitreyee Sinha: +91 80131 67673  and  Mr. Rajarshi Banerjee: +91 79809 82937.

Faculty, Scientists, Working Professionals

Research Scholars, Post-Doctoral Fellows

Retired Professionals

Students

INR 4000

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Registration kit, seminar lunches, snacks with tea/coffee, and dinner

Registration kit, seminar lunches, snacks with tea/coffee, and dinner

Registration kit, seminar lunches, snacks with tea/coffee and dinner

Registration kit, seminar lunches, snacks with tea/coffee and dinner

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• Diamond Sponsorship Rs. 50000

• Gold Sponsorship Rs. 30000

• Silver Sponsorship Rs. 20000

• Bronze Sponsorship Rs. 10000

• Prof. Sankar Bose: email: sankar.geol@presiuniv.ac.in

• Prof. Gautam Ghosh: email: gautam.geol@presiuniv.ac.in

• For General enquiries: email: sem_geol@presiuniv.ac.in

• Patron in Chief             

• Co-Patron                               

• Conveners                           

• Organizing Secretaries         

• Treasurer                                 

• Members                                               

Prof. Arijit Ray

Prof. Gautam Kumar Deb

Prof. Nilanjan Dasgupta     

Dr. Aditya Sarkar

Dr. Anirban Chatterjee

Dr. Anudeb Mandal

Dr. George Biswas

Dr. MD Sayad Rahaman

Dr. Riya Mondal

Prof. Kalyan Halder    

Prof. Santanu Bose

Sri Sanjib Biswas

Dr. Shiba Shankar Acharya

Dr. Souvik Mitra

Dr. Supriyo Kumar Das

Dr. Swarnali Barua

Dr. Utsab Ghosal

Prof. Talat Ahmed (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun)

Prof. Prabir Dasgupta (Durgapur Government College)

Prof. Dhruba Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta)

Prof. Abdul Matin (University of Calcutta)

Dr. Sumit Kumar Ray (Geological Survey of India)

Prof. Nibir Mandal (Jadavpur University)

Prof. Tapan Chakraborty (ISI, Kolkata)

Prof. D. C. Srivastava (IIT Roorkee)

Prof. Joydip Mukhopadhyay (IISER Berhampur)

Prof. Santosh Kumar (Kumaon University, Nainital)

Prof. Saibal Gupta (IIT Kharagpur)

Dr. Jyotiranjan S. Ray (PRL, Ahmedabad)

Prof. N.V. Chalapathi Rao (NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram)

Dr. Kalachand Sain (Wadia Institute of Himalayan

Geology, Dehradun)

Sri Asit Saha (DG, Geological Survey of India)

Prof. P.K. Sikdar (IISWBM)

Dr. Prabhakar Sangurmath (Hutti Gold Mines Co. Ltd.)

The processes that operated on the early Earth (4.0-2.5 Ga) are extremely important to understand the first appearance of continents and setting up of the geodynamo. However, this history is shrouded with uncertainties due to the fragmented rock record and superposition of later processes. The emergence of cratons since the Eoarchean era heralded a unique evolutionary history that was probably not witnessed by any other planet in the solar system. The anomalously high mantle geotherm, a switchover from a mafic crust to a felsic crust and drip tectonics to plate tectonics, are some of the most fundamental and secular changes that occurred during this period. The Singhbhum Craton of the eastern India remains a key chronicler of the early Earth processes. The terrane has attracted numerous geoscientists for its unique lithotectonic setting and its economic mineral resources. Recent discovery of Hadean-age zircon has stretched its antiquity back to deep time when only a few cratonic landmasses were developed on the juvenile Earth. Late Prof. Ajit Kumar Saha of erstwhile Presidency College was a pioneering worker to unravel the litho-geochemical complexity of the terrane way back in 1960-1980s and his contributions have proved to be extremely fundamental in nature till date. This session has been dedicated in memory of this great soul to commemorate his birth centenary year. We are expecting contributions from the fields of geochemical, geochronological, magmatic, metamorphic, structural and basin evolution of the Singhbhum Craton during the Archean era.

Dynamic processes deep inside the Earth produce magmatic intrusion, regional and contact metamorphism, and intensive deformation. The scale of these processes may vary from a few kilometers to a few thousands of kilometers of continental scale. It is well known that regional-scale deep crustal processes result from orogenic cycles involving continents, and oceans, eventually perishing the latter repeatedly in geological past. Records of orogenic styles (accretionary, collisional, or intracontinental) are hallmarks of the evolving nature of tectonics on the Earth. Studies of the grand-scale deep crustal processes are instrumental in understanding the birth and demise of ancient supercontinents. Apart from this, deep crustal processes play key roles in forming economic mineral deposits and many ore-bearing fluids are augmented by channelized fluid flow during deep crustal shearing and faulting. This session highlights the myriad glimpses of these processes from rock records from India and elsewhere. We are expecting contributions from metamorphic petrology, geochronology, igneous petrology, structural geology and ore geology of deep-seated rocks from ancient and recent subduction-collision setting, rift setting and large igneous provinces (LIP).

Processes operating in the interior of the Earth and planetary bodies are best understood by forward modelling through experimentation (analog model) and computation (numerical model). Experimentations under high temperature and pressure resembling the lower crust, mantle and core regions of the Earth have made significant impact on our understanding of Earth’s evolution, material and heat transfer (plume tectonics), element mobility, rheological properties and deformation mechanism in the interior of the Earth and the neighbouring planets. With rapid development of computational techniques, numerical modelling has offered acceptable solutions of many complex geological problems. Use of remote sensing techniques to decipher the compositions of planetary bodies has opened up new horizons of Earth and Planetary Systems studies. This session addresses these issues using recent developments of the topics on experimental petrology, mineral physics, hyperspectral image analysis, structural modelling, diffusion experimentation and phase equilibria modelling. We are expecting contributions from diverse fields of forward modelling of Earth and its analogues to understand evolution of planetary systems.

Morphological features on the surface of the Earth are manifestations of different near-surface processes involving the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, weathering and erosion, landform development and impact of tectonic activities. These processes involve active interplay of lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. Understanding these processes not only provides important inputs about origin and evolution of life, but also helps one to mitigate numerous natural disasters the human society is facing off-late. Application of radiometric dating in anthropological sites has significantly improved our knowledge about human evolution and migration histories. Surface and groundwater science is also related to such processes and contamination of water by natural (and anthropogenic) processes poses severe challenges to human society. We are expecting research contributions from the fields of sedimentology and basin evolution, provenance analysis, tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics and terrain evolution, geoarcheology, hydrogeology, paleontology and paleoecology, and medical geology in this session.

DPE01- Prof. Dhruba Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta)

DPE02- Prof. Somnath Dasgupta (ISI, Kolkata)

DPE03- Prof. Sumit Chakraborty (University of Bochum, Germany)

DPE04- Prof. Harendranath Bhattacharya (Techno India University)

S E S S I O N C H A I R S

I N V I T E D S P E A K E R S

Prof. Joydip Mukhopadhyay (IISER Berhampore) - Keynote DPE01

Prof. Anupam Chattopadhyay (University of Delhi) - Keynote DPE02

Prof. Sujoy Mukhopadhyay (Arizona State University, USA) – Keynote DPE03

Prof. Subir Sarkar (Jadavpur University) - Keynote DPE04

Prof. Sukanta Dey (IISER Kolkata)

Prof. Sumit Chakraborty (University of Bochum, Germany)

Prof. Dewashish Upadhyay (IIT Kharagpur)

Prof. Sisir Kanti Mondal (Jadavpur University)

Dr. J. K. Tomson (NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram)

Prof. Ramananda Chakrabarti (IISc Bangalore)

Prof. Partha Sarathi Ghosh (ISI Kolkata)

Prof. Sujoy Kanti Ghosh (IIT Kharagpur)

Dr. Trisrota Chaudhuri (GSI Kolkata)

Dr. Rajesh Mukherjee (Tata Steel, Jamshedpur)

Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharya (IISER Kolkata)

Dr. Priyadarshi Chowdhury (NISER Bhubaneswar)

Dr. Urmi Dutta (Patna University)

Dr. Srinivasa Sarma (NGRI, Hyderabad)

Prof. Sarajit Sensarma (University of Lucknow)

Concept Note Of The Seminar

Honorable Vice Chancellor, Presidency University

Head, Department of Geology

Prof. Gautam Ghosh                                Prof. Sankar Bose

Dr. Sarifa Khatun                                       Dr. Tapas Acharya

Dr. Sayan Biswas                                 

Themes of Presentation

The Department of Geology, Presidency University, has contributed immensely to the understanding of geological processes through sustained research across generations of faculty members. It has collaborated with numerous major research institutions and centers worldwide. Appropriately, the Department now offers a platform for geoscientists across the country to share and exchange views through this seminar, which also commemorates the birth centenary of one of its eminent teachers, Professor Ajit Kumar Saha.

The seminar will focus on processes under four broad themes, distributed across four oral technical sessions (DPE01–DPE04) and two poster sessions each day. Each oral session, spread over two days, will include a keynote lecture, a few invited talks, and presentations by participants selected by the seminar abstract committee. Renowned academic experts will chair the sessions. Early-career scientists and research students are encouraged to present their work in the poster sessions, where awards and prizes for the best posters will be given. Details of the program will be communicated later.

DPE01: Archean crustal evolution with special emphasis of the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India

DPE02: Deep crustal processes involving structure, metamorphism, magmatism and metallogeny

DPE03: Experimentation and modelling of Earth and Planetary processes

DPE04: Shallow crustal processes, landform evolution and Neotectonics

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