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Sajeev Krishnan

Professor, Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc (2008- Present)

The evolution and crustal growth processes on the Earth during the late Archaean period (~2.5Ga) was my research focus after joining IISc, especially during the current review period of July 2014 to July 2020. The Archean-Proterozoic boundary represents a significant transitional period in Earth evolution, when there was a sudden rise in the amount of atmospheric oxygen (Great Oxidation Event) and the birth of present-day plate tectonics. Globally, ~2.5 Ga-old terranes are rarely preserved, because this period marks a sudden drop in the volume of newly formed crust, which in turn represents the beginning of active plate tectonics. Moreover, Archaean arcs and continents worldwide are unusually rich in mineral resources; accordingly, it is imperative to understand their genesis and evolution. 

Several fragments of the Gondwana Supercontinent, such as India, Africa, Sri Lanka, and East Antarctica, consist of Late Archaean crust. Among these, southern India is particularly important as it contains several ~2.5 Ga crustal units that were metamorphosed to a very high-grade at ~2.4 Ga.

Dr. Sajeev Krishnan, Team Leader

 

I was awarded the Monbusho (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship by the Japanese Government in 1999 for carrying out my PhD research at Okayama University. Post-doctoral research included about one year of experience in the Chonbuk National University (South Korea) Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2004 and two years of JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Japanese Government in 2005. Followed by that, I worked as a research professor in Brain Korea 21 project at Yonsei University, South Korea, from January 2007 to July 2008, before joining the Indian Institute of Science as Assistant Professor in July 2008. 

                             However, very few regional-scale studies were available from these regions up to 2008. Hence the objectives of my research group mainly focused on topics such as Delineation of the chronology and mineral evolution connected with geological events and processes during the late Archaean period and understanding the genesis and evolution of Archaean mineral resources .

People

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Pallav Jyoti Saikia

Ph.D Student (Joint), Centre for Earth Sciences

IISc - ANU (Australian National University)

2024-

Interest: Geochronology, Statistics

Email: pallavsaikia@iisc.ac.in

Thamam Mubarish

Thamam Mubarish

Lab Manager 

2019- 

Interest: Microtextures, Tectonics;

Storytelling, Theatre Acting.

Email: thamamm@iisc.ac.in

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Animesh Gorai

Ph.D Student

2024-

Interest: Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry

Email: animeshgorai@iisc.ac.in

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Dr. Anu-Sha A. P

Project Assistant

2023-

Interest: Crustal Evolution, Geochronology,

Geochemistry

Email: anushap@iisc.ac.in

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Rehna Salim

Ph.D Student

2024-

Interest: High Pressure Metamorphism, Retrogression

Email: rehnasalim@iisc.ac.in

Prakash Chandra Arya

Dr. Prakash Chandra Arya

Research Assistant

2024-

Interest: Precambrian Earth, palaeoclimate, Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth Glaciations and oxygenation, Himalayan orogeny/ environment. 

Email: prakasha@iisc.ac.in

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Siarlua Nobleson Aimol

Ph.D Student

2024-

Interest: Petrology, Geochronology,  Geochmistry, Tectonics

Email: siarluaaimol@iisc.ac.in

Purushothaman Appu

Purushothaman TG

Project Assistant

2018- 

Interest: Tectonics

Email: tgpurushotha@iisc.ac.in

Nidhiya Jose

Nidhiya Jose

Joint Ph.D Student,

Centre for Earth Sciences - DIVECHA Centre for Climate Change

2019-

Interest: Paleoglaciology, Music, Photography

Email: nidhiyajose@iisc.ac.in

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Neelima Bobby

MS (Research) Student
2024-
Interest: Geology, Carbon Capture
Email: neelimabobby@iisc.ac.in

Ekta

MS (Research) Student
2024-
Interest: Geology, Carbon Capture 
Email: ekta1@iisc.ac.in

Ph.D Student, Centre for Earth Sciences

2017-

Interest: Ore Geology, Metasomatism, Micro-Nano Inclusion Studies, Mineral Reactions.

Email: venisudarsan@iisc.ac.in

Veni Sudarsan

Veni Sudarsan
Vipfezol Kiso

Vipfezol Kiso

Ph.D Student, Centre for Earth Sciences

2017-

Interest: Chemical Diffusion and Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Email: vipfezolkiso@iisc.ac.in

Alumnus

Shazia Janwari
Ramyabala P
George P Mathews

Dr. George P Mathews

Assistant Professor

School of Mining and Resources

Nazarbayev University

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Dr. Shazia Janwari

Machine Learning Engineer​

Nucliq Biologics

Dr. Ramya Bala P

DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow​

National Institute for Advanced Studies

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Ishwar Kumar C
Vinod O Samuel
Thanooja PV

Dr. Thanooja PV

Dr. Ishwar Kumar C

Assistant Professor

Department of Earth Sciences

IIT Kanpur

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Dr. Vinod O Samuel

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dept of Earth System Sciences

Yonsei University

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Post Doctoral Fellow

Kerala Chief Ministers Navakerala

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Nambaje Claude
Amlan Banerjee

Dr. Nambaje Claude

Metallurgist 

Trinity Metals

Kigali, Rwanda

Dr. Amlan Banerjee

Sakthi Saravanan Chinnasami

Dr. Sakthi Saravanan

Associate Professor

Dept of Earth Sciences

IIT Bombay

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Associate Professor

Geological Studies Unit

Indian Statistical Institute

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Shrema Bhattacharya
Sourabh Bhattacharya
Ratheesh Kumar

Dr. Ratheesh Kumar

Assistant Professor

Dept of Marine Geology &

Geophysics, CUSAT

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Dr. Sourabh Bhattacharya

Dr. Shrema Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor

Earth and Environmental Science

IISER Mohali

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Dr. Chiranjeeb Chatterjee

Suparna Tewari

Dr. Suparna Tewari

Chiranjeeb Chatterjee

Assistant Professor

Dept of Geology

Central University of Punjab

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Analytical Operator

AFMM

Indian Institute of Science

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Shipra Chaudhury

Dr. Shipra Chaudhary

Data Scientist

PwC

Canada

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Harinadha Reddy
Athira PG
Silpa AS

Dr. Harinadha Reddy

Dr. Athira PG

Dr. Silpa AS

Assistant Professor

(Special Appointment)

Dept of Natural Sciences

Niigata University

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Assistant Professor

Dept of Earth Sciences

Shimane University

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Associate Professor

BMS School of Architecture

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Sreehari Lakshmanan
Rajkumar Perumal
Vinod PG

Dr. Sreehari Lakshmanan

Assistant Professor

Dept of Earth Sciences

Shimane University

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Dr. Rajkumar Perumal

Analytical Operator

AFMM

Indian Institute of Science

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Vinod PG

Analytical Operator

JEOL

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The globe represents the palette of the Petra group. Petra is short for Petrology which is the branch of Geology dealing with the study on rocks.
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