Animesh Mandal

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)

Email: animeshm[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-6811

Associate Professor, Department of Earth Science

Specialization

Exploration Geophysics

Research Interest

My research works focus on subsurface studies using different geophysical techniques (i.e. gravity, magnetic, very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic, electrical resistivity and reflection seismic) to delineate natural resources and/or to understand the crustal configuration. Another aspect of my research work is development of techniques/codes for geophysical data enhancement/interpretation and subsurface modeling using MATLAB. The exact fields of interests are as follows:

Potential field methods
Integrated geophysical research
Mineral exploration and near surface studies
Tectonic studies
Geophysical data processing/enhancement
Modeling and joint inversion

Education

PhD, Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2013.
PhD thesis title: Integrated geophysical studies for delineation of subsurface structures and mineral deposits in the Eastern Indian Shield. PhD thesis supervisor: Prof. W.K. Mohanty and Prof. S.P. Sharma; Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur.
M.Sc., Physics, IIT Delhi, India, 2007. Thesis Title: Quantum confinement effect in the Silicon nanostructures produced by Laser etching. Supervisors: Dr. A.K. Shukla, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.
B.Sc. [Physics (Honors), Mathematics, Chemistry], Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Calcutta University, India, 2005

Website(s)

Homepage

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Solid Earth Geophysics (ES 655), Monsoon Semester (2015-16) for PG students [Designed and Introduced]

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List of Publications (Selected Journals)

Mandal, A., S. Gupta, W.K. Mohanty, S. Misra, 2015 (In Press), Sub-surface structure of a craton-mobile belt interface: evidence from geological and gravity studies across the Rengali Province - Eastern Ghats Belt boundary, eastern India: Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.01.016.
Mandal, A., W.K. Mohanty, S.P. Sharma, 2015, Integrated gravity-magnetic study for delineation of structural guided uranium mineralization zones at Kutni, Purulia, West Bengal, India: Journal of the Geological Society of India, 85(3), 299–304.
Mandal, A., W. K. Mohanty, S. P. Sharma, A. Biswas, J. Sen, and A. K. Bhatt, 2015, Geophysical signatures of uranium mineralization and its subsurface validation at Beldih, Purulia District, West Bengal, India: a case study: Geophysical Prospecting, 63(3), 713–726, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12205.
Biswas, A., A. Mandal, S. P. Sharma, W. K. Mohanty, 2014, Delineation of subsurface structures using Self-Potential, Gravity and Resistivity surveys from South Purulia Shear Zone, India: Implication to uranium mineralization: Interpretation, 2(2), T103–T110.
Gupta, S., W. K. Mohanty, A. Mandal, and S. Misra, 2014, Ancient terrane boundaries as probable seismic hazards: A case study from the northernboundary of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India: Geoscience Frontiers, 5(1), 17–24, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2013.04.001
Mandal, A., A. Biswas, S. Mittal, W. K. Mohanty, S. P. Sharma, D. Sengupta, J. Sen, and A. K. Bhatt, 2013, Geophysical anomalies associated with uranium mineralization from Beldih mine, South Purulia Shear Zone, India: Journal of the Geological Society of India, 82, 601–606.
Mohanty, W. K., A. Mandal, S. P. Sharma, S. Gupta, and S. Misra, 2011, Integrated geological and geophysical studies for delineation of chromite deposits A case study from Tangarparha, Orissa, India: Geophysics, 76, no. 5, B173–B185.

Selected international conference Publications

Mandal, A., S. P. Sharma, and W. K. Mohanty, 2014, Simultaneous inversion of gravity and very low frequency electromagnetic real anomaly – a compact inversion approach: SEG International Exposition and 84th Annual Meeting (2014), Denver, Colorado, USA, October 26–31, 2014, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 33, 2109-2113. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2014-0633.1
Mandal, A., W. K. Mohanty, and S. P. Sharma, 2013, 3D compact inverse modeling of gravity data for chromite exploration – A case study from Tangarparha, Odisha, India: SEG International Exposition and Eighty-Third Annual Meeting (2013), Houston, Texas, September 22–27, 2013, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 32, 1171–1174. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2013-0898.1
Mandal, A., Surajit Misra, W. K Mohanty, Saibal Gupta, 2012, Geological and geophysical variations across the Talchir Gondwana basin - evidence for episodic reactivation of the North Orissa Boundary Fault, India: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, SanFrancisco, December 3–7, 2012, T51E-2637. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AGUFM.T51E2637M
Mandal, A., W. K. Mohanty, and S. P. Sharma, (Extended Abstract), 2012, Integrated gravity-magnetic study for subsurface investigation and correlation with hydro-uranium anomalous zones of Manbazar-Kutni area of South Purulia Shear Zone, West Bengal, India. Annual International conference of Geological and Earth Sciences (GEOS 2012), Singapore, December 3–4, 2012, Conference Proceedings, 151–154.
Mandal, A., W. K. Mohanty, S. P. Sharma, and S. Gupta, 2011, Integrated gravity and magnetic studies for delineation of chromite deposit at Tangarparha, Orissa. Proceedings of International Seminar on "Recent Advances in Geoscience (RAG 11)", Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India, January 11–13, 2011, Extended abstract vol., 1(ISBN 9789380813035), 290–294.

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April, 2015 to till date: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur, India.
January, 2014 to March, 2015: Project Scientist, Under Dr. R. K. Tiwari (Chief Scientist), Theoretical modeling group, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, India

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Associate member of Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG)
Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Life member of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU)
Member of European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE). Reviewer of the national/international journals: Journal of the Geological Society of India (JGSI) (Springer), Acta Geophysica (Springer), Exploration Geophysics (CSIRO publishing), Current Science (Indian Academy of Science)

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Awarded travel support from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India, and partial financial support from Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG) North America chapter for presenting a paper at SEG International Exposition & Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, 2014
Awarded travel support from the International Travel Support Scheme (ITS) of Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for presenting a paper at SEG International Exposition & Eighty - 3rd Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, USA, 2013.
Awarded institute travel grant from IIT Kharagpur for presenting a paper at Annual international conference on Geological and Earth Sciences (GEOS 2012) in Singapore, 2012.
ONGC-IGU Best Poster (First) award in the Research Scholar Poster session at 49th Annual convention of Indian Geophysical Union from 29th October to October 31st, 2012, at PDPU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Best Poster Award at National Workshop on Advances in Exploration Geophysics for Young Researchers, 2010, SPG-NGRI, Hyderabad, India.
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, July 2010–July 2013
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. Of India, at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, July 2008–July2010.

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Office

Room No. CSE 303
Computer Science and Engineering Building (KD)
IIT Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

Office Phone: 0512-259-6811 (O)

Email: animeshm[AT]iitk.ac.in

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