Dr. Biswajit Mandal

Senior Principal Scientist , Controlled Source Seismics and Gas Hydrates

Dr. Biswajit Mandal

bmandal@ngri.res.in

Academic Identity
     

Specialization

Imaging/modelling of seismic reflection/refraction data

Research Area

Dr. Biswajit Mandal obtained his B. Sc. (Physics Honours) degree from the University of Calcutta. Subsequently, he pursued his M.Sc. Tech. (Applied Geophysics) from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, and completed his Ph.D. from Osmania University under the guidance of Professor Mrinal K. Sen, a distinguished faculty member at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. Currently, Dr. Mandal holds the esteemed position of Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Professor at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR, New Delhi.

Dr. Mandal actively engages in both graduate and postgraduate teaching and fundamental and applied research. His notable contributions lie in the domain of active-source deep crustal seismic investigations within the Indian Shield. Specifically, his research focuses on the imaging and modeling of seismic reflection and refraction data. Throughout his professional journey, Dr. Mandal has undertaken comprehensive seismic data acquisition and processing endeavors in diverse regions, including the Mahanadi Basin, Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT), North-western Himalayan Geo-transect, Central India, Kutch Basin, Uttarkashi, Dharwar Craton, Vindhyan Basin, and Cauvery shear zone.

As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Mandal has completed two research projects. He has been recognized for his work with a DAAD Fellowship to Germany, where he continued his research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Moreover, he is an Associate Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences. Within the academic community, Dr. Mandal guides one Ph.D. student and one DST women scientist and has supervised over 25 Master's students as trainees at CSIR-NGRI.

In terms of international collaborations, Dr. Mandal has conducted research work at Namometrics, Canada, and SINTEF Petroleum Institute, Norway. Furthermore, he was awarded the CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in 2006 and holds a lifetime membership with the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), India.

Ongoing Research Projects

Honors & Awards

  • Project Fellow, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad (2003-2006).
  • Senior Reach Fellow (SRF), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2006).
  • DAAD Fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, under the Ph.D. sandwich program (2008-2009).
  • Visiting Scientist in SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway (2013).
  • Associate Fellow, Telangana Academy of Sciences (2018).

Publications

  1. Biswajit Mandal*, V. Vijaya Rao, P. Karuppannan & K. Laxminarayana, 2021. Mechanism for epeirogenic uplift of the Archean Dharwar craton, southern India as evidenced by orthogonal seismic reflection profiles. Scientific Reports, v11, Article no. 1499. (Nature publishing group).

 

  1. Biswajit Mandal*, V. Vijaya Rao, P. Karuppannan, S. Raju & Shib Sankar Ganguli, 2021. Thick-skinned tectonics of the Achankovil Shear Zone, southern India, inferred from new deep seismic reflection image: Constraints on the East African Orogen. Precambrian Research, v356, Article no. 106110.
  2. Biswajit Mandal*, V. V. Rao, M. K. Sen, P. Karuppannan and D. Sarkar, 2018. Common Reflection Surface Stack Imaging of the Proterozoic Chambal Valley Vindhyan Basin and Its Boundary Fault in the Northwest India: Constraints on Crustal Evolution and Basin Formation. Tectonics (AGU), V. 37, P: 1393-1410. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004895.

 

  1. Biswajit Mandal, V.V. Rao*, D. Sarkar, Y.J.B. Rao, S. Raju, P. Karuppannan, M.K. Sen, 2018. Deep crustal seismic reflection images from the Dharwar craton, Southern India - Evidence for the Neoarchean subduction. Geophysical Journal International (GJI), V. 212, Issue 2, P:777–794,

 

  1. Biswajit Mandal*, M.K. Sen, and V.V. Rao, 2013. New Seismic Images of the Central Indian Suture Zone and their tectonic implications. Tectonics (AGU), V. 32, P: 908-921. doi:10.1002/tect.20055.

 

  1. Biswajit Mandal*, M.K. Sen, V.V. Rao and J. Mann, 2014. Deep Seismic Image Enhancement with the Common Reflection Surface (CRS.) Stack Method: Evidence from the Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt of Northwestern India. Geophysical Journal International (GJI), V. 196, P: 902-917.

 

  1. ASN Murty*, MM Dixit, Biswajit Mandal, S Raju, Sanjay Kumar, P Karupannan, K Anitha, D Sarkar, 2011. Extension of Godavari Gondwana sediments underneath Trap covered region of Satpura basin as evidenced from seismic studies in Deccan Syneclise, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, V.42, Issue.6, P.1232-1242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.07.007.

 

  1. Prakash Kumar*, Biswajit Mandal, M. Ravi Kumar (2021). Seismic Structure of the Crust and Lithospheric Mantle of the Indian Shield: A Review. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 97 (10),1169-1189.

 

  1. Biswajit Mandal*, M. M. Dixit, S. Kumar, P. Karuppanan, K. Laxminarayana, R. D. Catching, L. Behera, P. Kumar (2022). Detecting sub-basalt Mesozoic sediments and active tectonics in the Narmada-Tapti Rift Zone, central India. Geosystems and Geoenvironment. (In Press).
  2. V. Vijaya Rao*, Prakash Khare, S. Raju, ASN Murty, Biswajit Mandal, P. Karuppannan and D. Sarkar, 2011. Deep crustal seismic probing of the Dharwar craton by DHARSEIS Experiment. DST Newsletter, 21 (2), 5-10.

Books

A.S.N. Murty, M.M. Dixit, P. Khare, P. Koteswara Rao, G. Kesava Rao, S. Raju, G.S.P. Rao, ASSRS. Prasad, L. Behera, M.S. Reddy, Biswajit Mandal, S. Kumar, V. Sridhar, P. Karuppannan, K. Anitha and D. SARKAR, 2011. Delineation of Baseme

Research Scholars

Educational Qualification

Ph.D

Proffessional Experience

09/03/2017 –till date, Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

09/03/2013 - 08/03/2017, Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

09/03/2009 - 08/03/2013, Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

09/03/2006 - 08/03/2009, Junior Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

12/01/2003 - 08/06/2006, Research Scholar, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

Proffessional Affiliations