RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY

About us

The Postgraduate Department of Geology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur was established in 1946 and celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2006. The Department imparts teaching leading to postgraduate degrees, i.e. M. Sc. Geology- Four Semester Choice Based Credit System and M. Sc. (Tech) Applied Geology- Six Semester Choice Based Credit System with intake capacity of 20 students for both courses and research guidance culminating into M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. The research work in the Department is being carried out in Petrology, Geochemistry, Applied Micropaleontology, Limnogeology, Hydrogeology, Petroleum Geology, Environmental Geology, Ore Geology etc. The infrastructure facilities, for both teaching and research, in the Department were boosted due to sanctioning of a) Rs. 45.00 lacs under FIST Level-I (Fund for Improvement of S & T Infrastructure)program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), , Govt. of India during 2000 to 2005 and Rs. 95. 00 lacs for a period from 2012 to 2017. Department also received grant of Rs. 40 lacs and Rs 1Crore 7 lakhs under SAP- DRS-1 and II Programme (SAP: Special Assistance Program, DRS: Departmental Research Support) of University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India for a period from 2010 to 2015 and 2016-2021.

Prof. A. M. Pophare is heading the Project implementation Group of UGC SAP-DRS-II programme. The faculty of the Department have handled and successfully completed R & D projects sanctioned by funding agencies such as UGC, SERB, RTMNU, DAE-BRNS, MoES, etc. The faculty members of the Department regularly participate in the National and International seminars. It is significant to mention here that Dr. K. R. Randive, faculty member of the Department participated in the 31st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica as Member of the Summer 2011-12 Scientific Team organized by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He also visited Portsmouth University, UK as visiting faculty (2018). Dr D.B. Malpe visited University of Johannesburg South Africa and attended 35th IGC held at Cape Town (2014). Dr. Bandana Samant visited University of Florida, USA as a visiting scientist in (2016 and 2018).Dr. S. K. Humane visited USA for attending international workshop as an invited member in PAGES. Many faculty members of the Department have number of edited research volumes (Prof. P. Kundal- 03; Prof. A. M. Pophare- 05, Prof. D. B. Malpe- 07 ; Dr. S. K. Humane- 03; Dr. H. S. Kale-03, Randive -03, Murkute-04) to their credit and two faculty members, Dr. K. R. Randive and Dr. Y. A. Murkute have published a text cum reference book in English and Marathi respectively. All the faculty members of Department publish research papers in National and International Journals having high impact factor Nowadays, students of the Department are getting coveted jobs in organizations such as Geological Survey of India (GSI), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Coal India Limited (CIL), Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA), Directorate of Geology and Mining (DGM), Oil Field Instrumentation etc. Department has Alumni Association which was constituted in July 2004 and registered with Charity Commissioner, Nagpur in 2007 (Reg. No. MAH/706/07 (N), dated 11 Dec. 2007). Alumni Association in association with Department of Geology organized International workshop cum field excursion in which seven researchers from USA and UK participated. For overall development of the students of the Department, “Academic Forum” of students was formed in 2000 and since then “Academic Forum” has been organizing weekly seminars by students and special lectures (2-3 in a year) by renowned Geoscientists. The short term vision of the Department is to make the Department as one of the best departments in the country and the long term objective is to make the Department as Centers of Advanced Studies in Geology. Department has well equipped Optical, sedimentology, micropaleontology, hydrogeology, GIS and Geochemistry laboratories. It has advance in instrumental facilities which include research grade ore microscopes, petrological microscope, biological microscopes, zoom microscopes, high end weighing machines, centrifuges, oven, furnaces, distilled water plants, ultrasonic sieve cleaner, thin section preparation machine, TOC, and coring machines along with basic field equipments.