About me

 

Geophysicist (Geoscientist) with good experience in diverse geological setups in India including Cambay Basin, Jabera-Damoh Basin, etc., Key competencies include Reservoir characterization, Soft computing, Geophysical modeling and inversion, Numerical model building and multiphase fluid flow simulation, 3D & 4D seismic data analysis, Carbon Dioxide-EOR & its geosequestration, Scientific programming (Matlab, Fortran, etc.), Rock-physics, etc.

 

Good communication skills & proven publications record in peer-reviewed international journals; Ability to work independently as well as within a multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural group. Highly passionate team worker with a bias for results, ready to accept challenging roles with utmost dedication.

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Bio

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Research Scientist (Dec, 2018-Continuing)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)  (http://ngri.org.in/ )

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Inspire Faculty, Dept. of Science & Tech. (DST), Govt. of India (Jan, 2017-Nov, 2018)

Dept. of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (http://www.iitk.ac.in/es/profile-shib-sankar-ganguli)

 

Research Associate (May, 2016-Aug, 2016)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)  (http://ngri.org.in/ ) 

 

Senior Research Fellow (Oct, 2014-April, 2016)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)  (http://ngri.org.in/) 

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Professional Membership

 

Active member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), USA

Active member, Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG), USA

Active member, International Association of Rock Physicists (IARP), USA

Life member, Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), India

Life member of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), India

Life member of Geological Soc. of India (GSI), India

Active Member, Young Earth Scientist (YES), Indian Chapter

Active member, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS)

 

Member, Editorial Advisory Board of “Geophysics” section, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom.

Member, Editorial Board of “Earth Sciences” section, Science Publishing Group (Indexed in Crossref), USA.

Reviewer: International Journal of Multiphase Flow; Geophysical Prospecting; Jour. of Applied Geophys., Interpretation (SEG), Natural Resources Research (Springer), PETROL, IET Communications; Jour. of Nat Gas Sc & Engg., Jour. of Indian Geophy. Union, etc.

 

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Awards and Honors

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• Selected as a "Member" of the prestigious Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) - the only recognized young scientist academy in India for a period of 5 years (Jan, 2023).  

• Received the prestigious "NASI -Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Medal 2020" in the field of Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Physics from the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India's First Science Academy (Feb 2021).

• Recognized as an "Assistant Professor", Faculty of Physical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) on Aug, 2020.

• Recipient of "Young Scientist Award-2019" by Telangana Academy of Sciences (TAS), Telangana (2020).

• "Young Scientist Award" in the category of National Geoscience Awards 2017, Ministry of Mines (Govt. of India) from the President of Republic of India (2018).

• Conferred Springer Thesis Prize 2017 by Springer Nature Publishers, Germany in Feb., 2017 (2017).

• Awarded Inspire Faculty Award (a component under Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)), a flagship programme of the Dept. of Science and Tech., Government of India (2016).

• Awarded International Travel Grant from Science and Engg. Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India (2016).

• Travel Grant by European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in March, 2016 to present a scientific paper in 78th Annual Conference and Exhibition at Vienna during May 30-June 02, 2016.

• Awarded Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)/ExxonMobil Travel Grant to get training in Student Education program (SEP), SEG in Prague during July 10-17, 2015.

• ONGC-Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) Best Researcher Award (Best Poster/1st prize) for two times in 50th and 52nd Annual International Convention organized by IGU in Jan, 2014 and Nov, 2015, respectively.

• One of the participants from India selected for SEG European Challenge Bowl-2015, SEG European Chapter in Prague, Czech Republic.

• Second Prize in Hindi Scientific Article Writing during Hindi Day Celebration at CSIR-NGRI, Uppal, Hyderabad in September, 2015.

• CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, New Delhi in October, 2014.

• Awarded Best Speaker on delivering research outcome in CSIR’sfoundation day, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad in October, 2014.

• Secured Rank-8 in the Science Direct Top-25 list of hottest/most downloaded articles for the paper published in Jour. of Applied Geophysics (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.05.004), Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam (2013).

• Secured 1st prize in Debate competition conducted by CSIR-NGRI in September, 2013.

• Received All India Rank-30 in Graduate Aptitude Engineering Test(GATE)-2011.

• Recipient of Merit-cum-means Indian School of Mines (ISM) Scholarship funded by University Grant Commission (UGC).

• First prize in the poster presentation, SEG Student chapter program, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad in September, 2009.

 

Vice President, Young Earth Scientists (YES) for the period 2020-2022.

Vice President, Student Chapter of Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), CSIR-NGRI (2014-2015).

Placement Representative, Student section, Department of Applied Geophysics at Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad (2010-2011).

Cultural Secretary, International Conference on “ Recent Advances in Geosciences (RAG)-2011” & All India Student Interaction Program during 6th -8th August, 2010 organized by SEG- Student Section, ISM Dhanbad. 

 

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Education

 

Ph.D., Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), An Institute of National Importance in India, CSIR-NGRI, (2016)

M.Sc.(Tech), Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (2011)

B.Sc., Physics, The University of Burdwan, (2007)