G.G.D.C. Manbazar | Faculty Details

Research Interest

My specialization and research interests are varied, covering a wide spectrum starting from Sedimentology, Palaeontology, Geochemistry, Fluid evolution, Chemical Petrology; together with Seismic Sedimentology, Sequence stratigraphy, Reservoir architecture and property analysis.

Ongoing research project: “Investigation of Carbonates of Turonian-Coniacian succession of Narmada Basin, Madhya Pradesh” funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India

· Earth System Science, Unit-4, 6-7; 1st Sem

· Elements of Geochemistry, Unit-3; 2nd Sem

· Sedimentology; 3^rd Sem

· Palaeontology, 3^rd Sem

· Principles of Stratigraphy and Precambrian Stratigraphy of India, Unit-1-3; 4th Sem

· Phanerozoic Stratigraphy of India; 4^th Sem

· Hydrogeology; 5^th Sem

· Exploration Geology; 5^th Sem

· Fuel Geology; 5^th Sem

· Engineering Geology; 6^th Sem

PhD (Geology), IIT Bombay
M.Tech (Geo-Exploration), IIT Bombay
M.Sc (Applied Geology), IIEST, Shibpur
B.Sc (Geology Hons), The University of Burdwan

Assistant Professor of Geology in W.B.E.S & HOD

Employment

Assistant Professor of Geology in W.B.E.S. since 2019
Geoscientist- Data analytics in E&P IT, Reliance Industries Ltd (2012-2019)

Awards & Honors

Secured position in Graduate Aptitude Test in Geology (GATE), 2010, 2016, 2017
Secured position in Union Public Service Commission (GSI) Examination, 2012
Secured position in the National Eligibility Test (NET, UGC-JRF), 2016
Jaya Smriti Puroskar, 2010, IIEST, Shibpur
Discovered Dinosaur fossil in Nagpur area (reported in The Times of India), 24’Dec, 2010

Editorial board member

Board of Studies, Patkar-Varde College, Goregaon, Mumbai since 2019
Board of Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia since 2023

Student member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Student member of Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
Student member of Association of Petroleum Geologists, India
Student member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Lifetime member of Earth Sciences Association, IIT Bombay

Webinar

Technical Assistance, One day International webinar: Department of Philosophy, GGDC Man-II; 31th March, 2021
Technical Assistance, Two-day International webinar: Department of Philosophy, GGDC Man-II; 7th & 8th July, 2020
Technical Assistance, One Day National Level Webinar: NSS Unit, GGDC Manbazar-II; 6th September, 2020

PROJECT

Name of the Research Project: “Investigation of Carbonates of Turonian-Coniacian succession of Narmada Basin, Madhya Pradesh”

Name of the Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India

Duration of the Project: 3 Years (11th Jan 2024 to 10th Jan 2027)

24/07/2023	Banerjee, S., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Ruidas, D.K., 2023. Signature of marine influence on Ramnagar coal, Barakar Formation, Raniganj Basin, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 16(8), p.489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-023-11539-2
04/02/2023	Ruidas, D.K., and Zijlstra J J P 2023. The hardgrounds of the Turonian–Coniacian carbonates of the Bagh Group of central India. Journal of Earth System Science, 27, 132 https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/jess/132/0027
30/06/2021	Chatterjee, S., & Ruidas, D. K. (2021). Facies Evaluation and Depositional Environments of Carbonates of the Bagh Group, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of The Indian Association of Sedimentologists, 38(1), 33–40 https://journal.indiansedimentologists.com/ojs/index.php/1/article/view/154
28/08/2020	Ruidas, D.K., Pomoni-Papaioannou, F.A., Banerjee, S., Gangopadhyay, T.K., 2020. Petrographical and geochemical constraints on carbonate diagenesis in an epeiric platform deposit: Late Cretaceous Bagh Group in central India. Carbonate and Evaporite. 35:94 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00624-2
13/05/2019	Bansal, U., Banerjee, S., Pande. K., Ruidas D.K., 2019. Unusual seawater composition of the Late Cretaceous Tethys imprinted in glauconite of Narmada basin, central India. Geological Magazine. pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756819000621
12/07/2018	Ruidas, D.K., Paul, S., Gangopadhyay, T. K., 2018. A reappraisal of stratigraphy of Bagh Group of rocks in Dhar district Madhya Pradesh with an outline of origin of nodularity of Nodular Limestone Formation. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 92(1), pp.19-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-018-0948-0
10/04/2018	Bansal, U., Banerjee, S., Ruidas, D.K., Pande, K., 2018. Origin and geochemical characterization of the glauconites in the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation. Journal of Palaeogeography. 7(2), pp.99-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2017.12.001
10/03/2018	Bansal, U., Banerjee, S., Ruidas, D.K., 2018. Compositional evolution of glauconite within the Upper Cretaceous Bagh Group of sediments, India. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU 2018-1677 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018EGUGA..20.1677B/abstract
11/09/2017	Bansal, U., Ruidas, D.K., Banerjee, S., Pande, K., 2017. Origin and geochemical characterization of Maastrichtianglauconites within Lameta Formation, central India. Abstract Book of the Third International Palaeogeography Conference, September 23-25, Chengdu, p.32
13/09/2011	Gangopadhyay, T.K., Biswas, P.P., Mahanty, A., Kundu, R., Ruidas, D.K., 2011. The Physa dominated Upper Cretaceous intertrappean macro fossil molluscan assemblage from four different locations of M.P, India-palaeoecological inklings. Journal of science and technology Mahasarakham University. 1(30). https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Physa-Dominated-Upper-Cretaceous-Intertrappean-Gangopadhyay-Biswas/2c401ff243b11a38ae9df7ad4e28b6ca5d681f6f

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