We have trained excellent geoscientists, who served the highest position of the of the organization like Director General of Geological Society of India, Deputy Director Generals in GSI, Director in AMD and Vice Chancellor in Central University.
Shri N.K. Dutta, Ex Director General Geological Survey of India, (GSI)
Shri Rasik Ravindra, Eminent Geoscientist serving as Polar Scientist.
Dr. Parihar, Ex Director of Atomic Mineral Division
Dr. D.K. Sinha, present Director of Atomic Mineral Division
Prof. R. P. Tiwari, Present Vice Chancellor, Punjab Central University, Bhatinda
Students serve within and outside India with different capacities.
National Mineral Awardees by the Mineral, Steel & Mines, Government of India
Twenty of our students have been conferred with National Mineral Award by the President of India
Recognized contributions
- World oldest fossil Spriggina? Collected by the
- Petrified woods (Palm Tree - Palmoxylon nypoides) Intertrappean 45 MY collected by Kathal et al., 2017.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Faculty of Applied Geology Offered 09 MOOCs for SWAYAM plate form which are running regularly since November, 2016 on word. Among them few courses are very popular within and outside India, especially Metamorphic Petrology & Thermodynamics and Petrology.
PG- MOOC: Metamorphic Petrology & Thermodynamics by Prof. Harel Thomas
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec21_ce03/preview
UG MOOC: Petrology, by Prof. Harel Thomas
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec21_mm01/preview
UG MOOC: Crystallography & Mineralogy, by Prof. Harel Thomas
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec21_ce01/preview
UG MOOC: Geochemistry, by Prof. Harel Thomas
Ug MOOC: Metamorphic Petrology, by Prof. Harel Thomas
UG MOOC: Photogeology by Prof. R.K. Rawat
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.
UG MOOC: Stratigraphy & Paleontology By Dr. G.K. Singh
UG MOOC: Hydrogeology, By Prof, L.P. Chourasia
UG MOOC: Structure Geology, By Prof. A.K. Shandilaya
E-Content for B.Sc. Geology Students
Faculty of Applied Geology (Prof. H. Thomas Coordinator, along with Prof. P.O. Alexander, Prof. L.P. Chourasia, Prof. R.K. Rawat and Dr. G.K. Singh) have contributed for the development of E-content for UG Geology students which are available at CEC-UGC New Delhi web site. http://cec.nic.in/cec/
Award and Recognitions
Prof. P. K. Kathal
Prof. P.K. Kathal, Nominated as Associate Editor, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, USA, from 2015 to 2024 (Second Consecutive term). 🔗
Prof. Harel Thomas
He had been awarded from the Education, Science & Technology Minister, Government of Nepal at Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal on 11th February 2019 for recognition of his distinct contribution to Scholarship as a Visiting Professor in the Department.
He had been honored with the Life Time Achievement Award-2018 for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Applied Geology on the Occasion of International Conference on Emerging Issue in Agriculture, Environmental & Applied Sciences for Sustainable Development at SHUATS, Allahabad, U.P. from 27th – 29th November, 2018. 🔗
Vice President of South Asia for the Task Group of International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) for Global Heritage Stone Resources (HRSG-IUGS) 2012-2016. 🔗
Member of South Asia for the Task Group of International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) for Global Heritage Stone Resources (HRSG-IUGS) 2012-2016. 🔗
Foreign visit by Prof. Harel Thomas, Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal from 27th August to 4th September 2015.
Foreign visit by Prof. Harel Thomas, Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal from 28th August to 6th September 2016.
Foreign visit by Prof. Harel Thomas, Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal from 12th to 21st June, 2017.
Foreign visit by Prof. Harel Thomas, Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal 11th February 2019.