Dibakar Ghosal                                                                  Assistant Professor                Home People Research Publications Projects Teaching For prospective candidates I am looking for hard working, self-motivated and responsible people in PhD, Research Associate and Project assistant positions. Interested students are informed to please contact Dr. Dibakar Ghosal (dghosal@iitk.ac.in) with your curriculum vitae, expressing your strength and research interests. Current BS-MS students: Mr. Kethavath Bhopya Naik Education MS in Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur (pursuing) BS in Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur Experiences Hobbies Playing Cricket and Traveling Email, Mobile No. ketha@iitk.ac.in,kethavathbhopyanaik@gmail.com 7989114111 Project Modeling and inversion of the microtremor H/V spectral ratio Current M.Tech students: Mr. Anubhav Mukherjee Education M.Sc. in Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata (2018-2020) B.Sc. in Applied Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata (2015-2018) Experiences Internship at ONGC, RIL, ISRO, Tata steel Hobbies Travelling, Music, Finearts, Military, Aviation, Computing Email, Mobile No. anubhavm21@iitk.ac.in, anu_mukh14@yahoo.com (+91) 8420298951 Project Sequence stratigraphic analysis of seismic data Ms. Surbhi Nath Education M.Tech in Geological Technology, ES, IIT Kanpur (Pursing) B.Tech in Geoinformatics from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun Experiences Summer Training at ONGC Dehradun on "Seismic Data Acquisition'' (2017) Summer Training at IIRS Dehradun on "Comparison analysis of various sensitivity analysis algorithms for geospatial MCDM"(2018) Hobbies Painting, Playing Badminton, Walking in natural surroundings Email, Mobile No. surbhin20@iitk.ac.in +91 7042067835 Project 3D Q factor map of KG basin and seismic interpretation Current PhD students: Mr. Vikas Gaur Education PhD - Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur (pursuing-2019 onward) M.sc Tech (Applied Geophysics), ISM Dhanbad Experience - Hobbies Playing badminton, Running, Cycling, Trekking, Meditation. Contact vikasvats17293@gmail.com +91 7070653654 Project Algorithm development of 2D/3D full waveform inversion Mr. Shashank Narayan Verma Education PhD - Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur (pursuing-2017 onward) M.Sc. (tech) in Geophysics, Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University Thesis title :  Analysis of projection of temperature and precipitation over India under different RCPB.Sc. in Physics (Hons.) - Institute of Science  Banaras Hindu University  Experiences Summer trainee at Centre of Atmospheric and Ocean Science Allahabad University Hobbies Playing Chess and Music Contact snarayan@iitk.ac.in +91 9919990901 PhD thesis Modelling across central seismic gap using active and passive seismic data Mr. Harshad Shrivastava Education PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur, (pursuing-2018 onwards) Msc.Tech Exploration Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, 2017. Experiences seismic (acquisition, processing, interpretation) trainning at Oil India Limited Duliajan. Geophysical field trainning at BHU Hobbies Playing chess,vollyball, table tennis and travelling Contact kharshad@iitk.ac.in, harshadsrivastava@gmail.com +91 7668247911 Project Reservoir characterization using poroelastic theories Mr. Aditya Sen Education PhD - Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur (pursuing-2020 onwards) M.sc Tech (Applied Geophysics), ISM Dhanbad Experience Internship in ONGC, Kolkata (2019) Hobbies Playing Guiter, Swimming, Singing Contact adityasen9519@gmail.com +91-9073137260 Project Algorithm development of 2D/3D poroelastic full waveform inversion (FWI) Mr. Arindam Kundu Education PhD - Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur (pursuing-2020 onwards) M.sc Tech (Applied Geophysics), ISM Dhanbad Experience -Summer internships in ONGC (2018) and GSI (2017) Hobbies Solving Rubik’s cube, Reading novels and story books Contact k.arindam55@gmail.com +91 9800750530 Project Crustal imaging of Central and NW Himalaya Mr. Jaisheel Sharma Education PhD-IIT Kanpur, Dept of Earth Sciences (pursuing-2021 onwards) Integrated M.Tech. (Geophysical Technology) – Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee (2015-2020) Experience Summer Internship at ONGC Dehradun – Seismic Data Interpretation (2018) Hobbies Watching Movies, Playing Hockey, Listening Music Contact sjaisheel21@iitk.ac.in +918266855305 Project FWI of KG basin data Mr. Upendra Gupta Education PhD-IIT Kanpur, Dept of Earth Sciences (pursuing-2021 onwards) Graduation/Post Graduation:- Integrated M.tech in Geophysical Technology from IIT Roorkee, Haridwar(UK) Experience Summer internship:- Petrophysical Evaluation and In-place Estimation at Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Noida -----2019 Summer internship:- An Overview of 3D Seismic Data Interpretation of Cauvery Basin at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Dehradun -2018 Hobbies Playing Sports(Cricket, Hockey), Gymnessiam, Reading (Anything), Contact upendrag21@iitk.ac.in, 1998ukg@gmail.com +91 7417729954 Project Frequency dependent AVO using ML Former Senior Research Scientists (SRS)/Postdocs(PDF): Dr. Pabitra Singha 2020-2021 (SRS) IIT Kanpur Project: OBS seismology Dr. Pankaj Kumar 2020-2021 (RS) IIT Kanpur Project: Gravity-Magnetic study over St-Paul-Amsterdam Island Former students (BS-MS/MTech/RA): Mr. Deepak Vatsa 2018-2021 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Algorithm development of 2D/3D travel time tomography (Doing job in a Startup company) Mr. Pratyush Anand 2019-2021 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Joint inversion of P-to-S Receiver function and Rayleigh wave group velocity dispersion curve for obtaining lithospheric structure beneath Indian ocean. (At ISM Dhanbad) Mr. Prabhakar Kumar 2019-2021 (MTech) IIT Kanpur Project: Deciphering Shear wave velocity profiles from Wide-Angle MASW using Swarm Intelligence-based optimization strategies Mr. Niraj Kumar 2020-2021 (BS-MS) IIT Kanpur Project: Machine learning and its application in seismic interpretation and GUI for seismic modeling (secured a corporate job) Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey 2020-2021 (BS-MS) IIT Kanpur Project: Two-dimensional seismic modeling using Finite Element Method (FEM) (secured a corporate job) Mr. Animesh Pant 2020 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Frontier Seismic Spectral Decomposition Methods for CLSSA, SFMPD Ms. Anshita Nayak 2018-2019 IIT Kanpur Project: Imaging of Sumatran frontal thrust Mr. Animesh Pant 2018-2019 (M.Tech) IIT Kanpur Project: Frontier Seismic Spectral Decomposition Methods & New Insights into Offshore Nova Scotia using CLSSA and Weighted Spectral Blending Mr. Vaibhav Jain 2018-2019 (M.Tech) IIT Kanpur Project: Super Virtual Interferometry (SVI): a seismic data processing technique for enhancement of far offset refracted phases (Currently placed at Emerson) Mr. Aakash Gupta 2017-2019 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Modeling of high frequency data using ambient noise tomography (Currently placed at University of Alaska as a PhD scholar) Mr. Saptaparnee Chaudhury 2017-2019 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Algorithm development of ray tracing from MCS datasets. Mr. Shankho Niyogi 2017-2018 (RA) IIT Kanpur Project: Algorithm development of half downward continuation for MCS data. (Currently placed at University of California Riverside as a PhD Scholar) Mr. Akash Trivedi 2016-2018 (M.Tech) IIT Kanpur Project: Identification of Gas hydrate reservoirs at offshore N-W Sumatra using high resolution marine seismic datasets. (Currently placed at IISER Pune as a PhD Scholar) Mr. Gardar Gislason 2014-2016 (M.Sc.) Uppsala University Project:  Effect of Petrophysical Parameters on Seismic Waveform Signatures – Review of Theory with Case Study from Frigg Delta Oil Field, Norway. (Currently placed at Geological Society of Finland as a Geophysicist) Former students (UGP/Summer internships): Mr. Sudhanshu  Pandey 2018-2020 (UGP-II-IV) IIT Kanpur Project: Finite element algorithm development for forward modeling in poroelastic medium Mr. Chanchal Prasad 2018-2020 (UGP-II-IV) IIT Kanpur Project: Imaging across offshore north Sumatra Project: Seimsic rock physics Mr. Sonu 2018-2019 (UGP) IIT Kanpur Project: Development of a GUI for Vs prediction Mr. Pushpendu Pal 2018-2019 (UGP) IIT Kanpur Project: Development of a GUI for petrophysical analysis Mr. Arpit Bansal 2019 (SURGE summer intern) IIT Kanpur Project: Estimation of reservoir properties using Beysian inversion National Collaborators: Dr. Indra Sen, IIT Kanpur Dr. Subhajit Roy, IIT Kanpur Dr. Pritam Chakraborty, IIT Kanpur Dr. Pawan Dewangan, NIO Goa Dr. Sudipta Sarkar, IISER Pune International Collaborators: Dr. Subbarao Yelisetti, University Texas A & M Kingsville, USA Prof. Satish Singh, IPG Paris, France Prof. Christopher Juhlin, Uppsala University, Sweden