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Faculty Details

DR. CHIRANTAN BHAGAWATI
chirantanbhagawati@gmail.com

DR. CHIRANTAN BHAGAWATI

Assistant Professor
M.Sc., Ph.D.

Email Id

chirantanbhagawati@gmail.com

Specialization

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Ocean Modeling, Stochastic Sea level modelling

Area Of Interest

Oceanography, Climate change and its impact on sea level, Exploration geoscience

Work Experience

  1. Dec’13-Aug’19: UGC SRF IIT Kharagpur

         PhD. research on estimation of the tidal and wind driven highfrequency sea level variability over the Bay of Bengal

  1. Oct’10-May’13: Geologist (Gr. A, Gazetted) Geological Survey of India, Chandigarh

          Carried out geological mapping, statistical analysis of sediments grain size distribution and facies analysis for estimating the depositional environments as Project In-charge in Specialised Thematic Mapping Projects of Siwalik Rock Units of Himachal Pradesh

Research Experience

  1. Assessment of the dynamical impact of tides over the Bay of Bengal using numerical model simulations,
  2. Statistical assessment of long-term changes in surface wind waves over the Bay of Bengal,
  3. Stochastic modelling: the long-term variability of intensities and frequencies of the sea level extremes and their Return Level

Research Publications

Dandapat, S., Chakraborty, A., Kuttippurath, J., Bhagawati, C., Sen, R.,“Numerical study on the role of atmospheric forcing on mixed layer depth variability in the Bay of Bengal using a regional ocean model”, Ocean Dynamics, Springer (accepted on 16th July 2021).

Workshop Seminar

  1. Completed a 4-Week Inducton/Orientaton Programme for “Faculty in Universites/ Colleges/ Insttutes of Higher Educaton” held virtually by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi from May 18 - 17 June, 2021 and obtained Grade A+.
  2. Organized an International Workshop on Machine Learning for Data Analytics from 13th to 22nd March, 2021 at Gargaon College in collaboration with Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, IEEE SB University of Melbourne, IEEE SB IIT Guwahati

Other Information

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  1. Carried out the professional training “34th Orientation Course for Geologist” at conducted by Geological Survey of India (GSI) Training Institute, Hyderabad securing ‘A’ Grade.
  2. Carried out fieldwork for Geological Mapping and paleoenvironment analysis of Sedimentary rocks as Project In charge in Specialized Thematic Mapping (STM) Project on "Delineation of Lithostratigraphic Units of Siwalik belt in Una, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts (Himachal Pradesh) and Ropar District (Punjab) during Field Season Programme: 2011­-12 and 2012­-13.

DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS:

TITLE OF THE PROJECTS

YEARS

Geological Field Work in and around Digboi-Margherita region

2020

Geological Field Work in and around Dillighat River Section

2021

OTHER INFORMATION:

Organized an International Webinar on “The recent progress in Oceanography and its prospects” through virtual mode in the occasion of World Ocean Day (8th of June, 2021) atthe Department of Geology Gargaon College.

Awards

  1. Dec’12 Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC test for JRF Secured 36th All India Rank under UGC Fellowship in the subjectEarth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences.
  2. Mar’09 Qualified GATE-2009 Secured 33rd All India Rank in the subject Geology and Geophysics with 95.51 percentile score.
  3. Dec’12 Qualified Geologist Exam 2008 Qualified the Geologist Exam 2008 conducted by UPSC and was selected for Geologist (Gr. A, Gazetted) in GSI.
  4. Dec’08 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award Awarded for securing first position in M.Sc. Applied Geology during2007-08.

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