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Dept. of Geology

Suraj P. R.

Assistant Professor | M.Sc, M Tech, CSIR-UGC NET

Biography

  • CSIR – NET qualified in the year 2005 and 2006
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) qualified in the year 2007
  • First rank holder in M Sc Geology from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala in the year 2005

Education

  • M Tech in Mineral Exploration (2009) from Indian School of Mines University (currently IIT), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • M.Sc. Geology (2005), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at P G Department of Geology, Government College, Kottayam 9th September 2021-Dec 2021
  • Worked as Assistant Professor at P G Department of Geology, Government College, Kottayam since from 5th February 2013 to 8th Sepetember 2021
  • Worked as Assistant Manager – Geology at Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDIL) – a subsidiary of Coal India for 4 years (24/07/2009 to 31/01/2013)
  • Worked as a Junior Research Fellow in Centre for Earth Sciences Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in a project entitled “Value addition of selected placer minerals (Ilmenite and Zircon) with special reference to the KayamkulamThottappally deposits of Kerala (CSIR-18)” from 6 th March 2007 to 2nd July 2007.
  • Worked in an Indo- Russian project entitled “Computation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge along NE and NW coast of India (DST-72)” as a Junior Research Fellow in Centre for Earth Sciences Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from 17th August,2006 to 5th March, 2007.
  • Worked as a Project Fellow in Centre for Earth Sciences Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in a project entitled “State of the Environment and Action plan for Cochin Urban Area (PLAN-232)” from 9th January 2006 to 17th August, 2006.

Publications

  • • Suraj P R, Krishnakumar, K.N, Induja K N, Anish, A. U (2019) ‘Hydrogeochemical characterisation of groundwater in coastalaquifers of Kollam district , southern Kerala , India’, Pollution Research, vol - 38, pp. 18–22.
  • • Varma, Atul Kumar, P R Suraj, Vinod Atmaram Mandhe (2010) Geological and petrographical investigations for Shale Gas exploartion – Case studies from South Karanpura, raniganj and Godavari valley basins; Geological and Technological facets of CBM, Shale gas, Energy Resources and CO2 sequestration (CSECS 2010), Allied Publishers Private limited, New Delhi, pp 85 -89.