The Institute’s ongoing projects are classified as follows.
| Title: | Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of Indian glauconites for alternative potassium fertilizers |
| Objective: |
* Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of glauconite * Sedimentalogical and stratigraphical influence * Glauconites for use in fertilizer industry |
| Sponsor: | Ministry of Mines |
| Duration: | 03/2016 - 02/2019 |
| Participants: | Dr. P .V. Sunder Raju, Mr. Md. Arif |
| Title: | Detailed Paleo environmental Modeling Study over Krishna- Godavari offshore Basin, Bay of Bengal using Well Log and Seismic Data |
| Objective: |
* To construct fine scale lithological distribution from well log and seismic data using Bayesian neural networks and wavelet analysis. * To determine and characterise petro-physical parameters for better understanding the depositional environment and formation of gas hydrate in KG basin. * To find out the probable relation between the litho-stratigraphy and magneto-stratigraphy over Krishna-Godavari basin |
| Sponsor: | SERB-NPDF |
| Duration: | 02.08.2017 - 01.08.2019 |
| Participants: | Dr. Amrita Singh. |
| Title: | Heliborne Geophysical surveys over parts of Singhbhum shear zone, parts of Chattisgarh, Kaladgi & Bhima basins |
| Objective: | To identify the favorable zones for Uranium Exploration |
| Sponsor: | AMD |
| Duration: | 01/2014 - 12/2016 Ext. 10/2018 |
| Participants: | Dr. Ajay Manglik, Dr R K Tiwari, Dr Y J Bhaskar Rao, Dr. M K Sen, Dr B Vijaya Gopal, R Raj Kumar, Dr M Prasanti Lakshmi, Dr G K Nayak, K Satish Kumar, R K Kishore, Srikanth, G D P S Sinha, D Praveen, Parveen Begum, V Pradeep Kumar, D Seshu, G Ramchandra Rao, S Srinivasa Rao |
| Title: | Understanding the heterogeneity of gas hydrate resource distribution for reducing possible management risk using conventional and non-conventional tools for KG basin, India |
| Objective: |
* Gas hydrate zone detection and its saturation estimation. * Fractal study will be carried out for fracture and lithological correlation as well as gas hydrate zone characterization. * Bed boundary detection using Mathematical transforms and inversion methods. * ANN and radial basis function (RBF) interpolation methods will be apply for obtaining the porosity, permeability and gas hydrate saturation estimation. * Modified Archie's law will be proposed for the study area. |
| Sponsor: | SERB-NPDF |
| Duration: | 14.08.2017 - 13.08.2019 |
| Participants: | Dr. Bappa Mukherjee |