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DST-SERB-SRG Project: Physicochemical conditions of the kimberlite factory

MoES Project: Hunting olivine in Deccan Traps

• Thermal and compositional evolution of the SCLM
• Geochemistry of mantle-derived minerals (including diamonds) and their inclusions
• Petrogenesis of kimberlite and lamproite magmas
• Mineral chemistry of basalts and other mafic/ultramafic igneous rocks
• Advanced analytical methods in mineral analysis (EPMA, LA-ICPMS)

• Mr. Jyoti Prakash Nayak (PhD scholar)
• Ms. Smita Rani Sahu (PhD scholar)
• Mr. Smruti Sidhanta Das (Project-JRF)
• Dr. Ibrahim Yousuf (PDRF)
• Dr. Payel Dey (former PDRF)
• Mr. Partha Sarathi Swain (former PhD scholar)
• Mr. Shaktidhar Jena (former PhD scholar)
• Ms. Akanksha Gawande (former PhD scholar)
• Ms. Dipti Rani Behera (MS student)
• Sanchita Mahata (MS student)

• PhD. (Earth Sciences), IIT Bombay
• MSc. (Geology), Govt. Institute of Sciences, Aurangabad

• Visiting Faculty, IISER Berhampur
• PDRF, University of Johannesburg

• Gold medal, MSc. Geology
• Member of the Geological Society of India
• Member of the European Association of Geochemistry