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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 M.Tech students
:


Mr. Gourav Jaiswal (MTech since 2022)
Education
B.Tech in Civil Engineering,
VelTech University Chennai
MTech Thesis
Application of ML on seismic difraction analysis
Contact
jgourav2131@gmail.com
gouravj22@iitk.ac.in
+91 9955982705









Current PhD students:



Mr. Vikas (PhD since 2019)
Education M.sc Tech (Applied Geophysics), ISM Dhanbad
PhD Thesis

Algorithm development of 2D full waveform inversion
Contact vikasvats17293@gmail.com
+91 7070653654



Mr. Shashank N. Verma (PhD since 2017)
Education
M.Sc. (tech) in Geophysics, Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University
PhD Thesis Investigating Kumaon Himalaya
using active and passive seismology 
Contact
snarayan@iitk.ac.in
+91 9919990901



Mr. Harshad Shrivastav (PhD since 2018)
Education Msc.Tech Exploration Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, 2017.
PhD Thesis Investigating offhsore Narcondam using high-resolution seimsic data
Contact kharshad@iitk.ac.in, harshadsrivastava@gmail.com
+91 7668247911



Mr. Arindam Kundu (PhD since 2020)
Education M.sc Tech (Applied Geophysics), ISM Dhanbad
PhD Thesis
Analysing Himalayan ridge systems from geophysical perspectives
Contact k.arindam55@gmail.com
+91 9800750530




Mr. Prabhakar Kumar (PhD since 2022)
Education
M.Tech Geophysical Technology, IIT Kanpur, 2021.
PhD Thesis
Applications of FWI on active and passive seismic datasets
Contact

prabhakarkumar168@gmail.com
+91 8650699286






Former Senior Research Scientists (SRS)/Postdocs(PDF):

2. Dr. Pabitra Singha
2020-2021 (SRS)
IIT Kanpur
Project: OBS seismology
1. Dr. Pankaj Kumar
2020-2021 (RS)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Gravity-Magnetic and seismological study over St-Paul-Amsterdam Island

Former students (BS-MS/MTech/RA/Incomplete (Inc) PhD):

19. Mr. Anubhav Mukherjee
2021-2023 (MTech)
IIT Kanpur

Project: Evolution of a growth fault system in the Krishna-Godavari basin from fault contour mapping studies using 3D seismic dataset (Secured PhD at IITKGP)
18. Mr. Jaisheel Sharma
2020-2022 (Inc PhD)
IIT Kanpur

Project: FWI of KG data  (Placed at ONGC)
17. Mr. Uppendra Gupta
2021-2022 (Inc PhD)
IIT Kanpur
Project: FAVO analysis of KG data using ML (Placed at ONGC)
16. Mr. Aditya Sen
2020-2022 (Inc PhD)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Proroelastic FWI analysis (secured PMRF)
Mr. Kethavath 15. Bhopya Naik 2021-2022 (BS-MS)
IIT Kanpur

Project: Modeling and inversion of the microtremor H/V spectral ratio (secured job in a company)
14. Mr. Deepak Vatsa
2018-2021 (RA)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Algorithm development of 2D/3D travel time tomography (Startup company)
13. 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)
12. Mr. Prabhakar Kumar
2019-2021 (MTech)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Deciphering Shear wave velocity profiles from Wide-Angle MASW using Swarm Intelligence-based optimization strategies (Joined PhD at IIT Kanpur)
11. Mr. Niraj Kumar
2020-2021 (BS-MS)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Machine learning and its application in seismic interpretation and GUI for seismic modeling (Opened startup)
10. Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey
2020-2021 (BS-MS)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Two-dimensional seismic modeling using Finite Element Method (FEM) (in corporate job)
9. Mr. Animesh Pant 2020 (RA)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Frontier Seismic Spectral Decomposition Methods for CLSSA, SFMPD (in corporate job)
8. Ms. Anshita Nayak 2018-2019  (Inc PhD)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Imaging of Sumatran frontal thrust
7. 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 (in corporate job)
6. 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 (placed at Emerson, ONGC)
5. 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)
4. Mr. Saptaparnee
Chaudhury
2017-2019 (RA)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Algorithm development of ray tracing from MCS datasets.
3. 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)
2. 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)
1. 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. (placed at Geological Society of Finland )

Former students (UGP/Summer internships):

10. Mr. Sankarshan Mandal
2023 (Summer Intern)
IISERK
Project: Development of a GUI package for 2D seismic data acquisition
9. Mr. Ayush Gupta
2023 (UGP)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Application of PINNs on seismic data simulation
8. Mr. Ashish
2023 (UGP)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Application of ML on groundroll estimation
7. Mr. Sankarshan Mandal
2023 (Summer intern)
IISER Kolkata
Project: Algorithm development for Seismic data aacquisition geometry setup
6. Mr. Vatsalya Roy
2021-2022 (UGP-II)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Stress inversion from earthquake data
5. Mr. Sudhanshu  Pandey
2018-2020(UGP-II-IV)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Finite element algorithm development for forward modeling in poroelastic medium
4. Mr. Chanchal Prasad
2018-2020(UGP-II-IV)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Imaging across offshore north Sumatra
Project: Seimsic rock physics
3. Mr. Sonu
2018-2019 (UGP)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Development of a GUI for Vs prediction
2. Mr. Pushpendu Pal
2018-2019 (UGP)
IIT Kanpur
Project: Development of a GUI for petrophysical analysis
1. Mr. Arpit Bansal
2019 (SURGE 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