Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Applied Geology
Email: anandr[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number: 7631704704
Office Number: +91-326-223-5113
Personal Page: Under Construction
About Me: My interests span a wide range, from exploring Earth's evolutionary history to understanding the complexities of present-day climate change. As an avid reader of scientific literature, I have a particular fascination with physics. My research focuses on applying elemental and isotopic geochemistry to study Precambrian crust and mantle evolution. With over two decades of experience, I am deeply committed to sharing my knowledge and insights with the student community. I firmly believe that learning is a continuous process—engaging in discussions enhances both understanding and discovery.
Research Interest: Petrogenesis of Precambrian rocks; Understanding the tectonic environment for the origin and emplacement of igneous rocks, especially mafic and ultramafic rocks; Geochronology of felsic and mafic rocks; Element mobility in environments ranging from plutonic to surficial weathering settings; Accessory mineral studies
Courses [Current Academic Year (2024-2025)]:
Earth System and Processes [NGLC101]
Stratigraphy [GLD521]
Igneous Petrology [NGLC521; GLC509]
Radiogenic and Stable Isotope Geology [NGLD510; GLO545]
Courses taught in the past:
Crystallography and Optical Mineralogy; Mineralogy; Mathematics for Geoscientists; Physical & Structural Geology
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Radiogenic Isotope Geology (SWAYAM, NPTEL Portal) [https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_ce99/preview]
Ph.D. (Earth Sciences), 2007, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
M.Sc. (Applied Geology), 2000, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
B.Sc. (Geology), 1998, Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai
Associate Professor: Department of Applied Geology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. April 2022 – Present.
Assistant Professor: Department of Applied Geology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. June 2013 – April 2022.
Mineralogist: IRMS Laboratory of National Centre of Excellence in Geoscience Research (NCEGR), Geological Survey of India, Bengaluru, India. October 2010 – June 2013; Mineral Physics Division, Geological Survey of India, Central Headquarters, Kolkata, India. February 2008 – October 2010.
Project Scientist: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India funded project “Setting up of National Facility for Geochronology and Isotope Geology” in the Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. September 2004 – February 2008.
Geologists’ Examination 2009, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, Government of India (All India Rank: 18)
DST-DAAD Exchange Fellowship (2002): Zentrallabor für Geochronologie, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Muenster, Germany
GATE 2001 conducted by Department of Education, MHRD, Government of India (All India Rank: 20)
CSIR-JRF (NET) 2000 conducted by Extramural Research Division under Human Resource Development Group of CSIR, India
Baidya, S., Anand, R., Bose, S., Singh, N.L. (2025). Ce-Yb Fingerprinting of Phanerozoic Volcanic Rocks and its Applicability to Some Archean Greenstone Belt Magmas, Geological Journal, DOI: 10.1002/gj.5126
Bose, S., Anand, R., D'Souza, J., Hartnady, M., Kirkland, C., Kooijman, E. (2024). Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope insights into the Mesoproterozoic breakup of Supercontinent Columbia from the Sausar Belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone, Geochemistry, Volume 84, Issue 1, April 2024, 126054; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2023.126054
Gond, A.K., Dey, S., Zong, K., Liu, Y., Anand, R., Mitra, A., Mitra, A. (2023). A better understanding of Archean crustal evolution: exploring the sedimentary archive of the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105630
Baidya, S., Giri, A., Anand, R. (2022). Tectono-magmatic evolution of the Archean Dharwar craton: A synthesis based on the emplacement history of the greenstone belts of the craton, Earth-Science Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104222
Remya, S.N., Syed, T.H., Kulkarni, A.V., Anand, R. (2022) Manifestation of topography and climate variations on long-term glacier changes in the Alaknanda Basin of Central Himalaya, India, Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2044392
Arsada, R.C., Srinivasa Rao, G., Anand, R. (2022) Crustal architecture of North Singhbhum Mobile Belt, Eastern Indian Shield: Constraints from two-dimensional and three-dimensional modelling of Bouguer gravity and aeromagnetic data, Geological Journal, DOI: 10.1002/gj.4434
Patra, K., Giri, A., Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S. and Dash, J.K. (2020). Dharwar stratigraphy revisited: new age constraints on the ‘oldest’ supracrustal rocks of western Dharwar craton, southern India, International Geology Review, DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2020.1775138
Patra, K., Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S. and Dash, J.K. (2020). Geochemistry of ultramafic mafic rocks of Mesoarchean Sargur Group, western Dharwar craton, India: implications for their petrogenesis and tectonic setting, Journal of Earth System Science, 129, 26, DOI: 10.1007/s12040-019-1269-4
Banerjee, M., Dutta, U., Anand, R. and Atlas, Z.D. (2019). Insights on the process of two-stage coronae formation at olivine-plagioclase contact in mafic dyke from Palghat-Cauvery shear zone, southern India, Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI: 113:625–649, DOI: 10.1007/s00710-019-00674-y
Giri, A., Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S., Dash, J.K. and Srinivasa Sarma, D. (2019). Neoarchean magmatism in Shimoga greenstone belt, India: Evidence for subduction-accretion processes in the evolution of the western Dharwar stratigraphy, Lithos, 330-331, 170–193, DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.02.015
Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S., Kooijman, E. and Mezger, K. (2014). Neoarchean crustal growth by accretionary processes: Evidence from combined zircon – titanite U-Pb isotope studies on granitoid rocks around the Hutti greenstone belt, eastern Dharwar Craton, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 79, 72–85
Anand, R. and Balakrishnan, S. (2011). Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic study of titanite from granitoid rocks of the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India. Journal of Earth System Science, 120, No. 2, 237–251
Anand, R. and Balakrishnan, S. (2010). Pb, Sr and Nd isotope systematics of metavolcanic rocks of the Hutti greenstone belt, Eastern Dharwar craton: Constraints on age, duration of volcanism and evolution of mantle sources during Late Archean. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 39, 1–11
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Anand, R. (2022) Orbital properties and implications for the initiation of plate tectonics and planetary habitability, https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.10719
Anand, R. (2020) What Index Fossils Can Tell Us of Human Survivability – If We Let Them. https://science.thewire.in/environment/what-index-fossils-can-tell-us-of-human-survivability-if-we-let-them/
Anand, R., Baidya, S. (2023). Lasting imprints of older felsic crust in the primary basalts and their differentiated products of Archean greenstone belts: Implications for the crust-mantle evolution of the Archean Earth. Goldschmidt 2023, 9th to 14th July 2023, Lyon, France.
Bose, S., Anand, R. (2023). Insights into the tectonic evolution of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone based on granite geochemistry and zircon geochronology. Goldschmidt 2023, 9th to 14th July 2023, Lyon, France.
Pranay, D.M., Anand, R. (2022). Identifying the tectonic settings of Archean greenstone belt-basalts: A Machine Learning approach. Goldschmidt 2022, 8th to 17th August 2022, Hawaii, USA.
Giri, A. and Anand, R. (2020). Geochemistry and isotope studies of the metavolcanic rocks of Shimoga greenstone belt, Western Dharwar craton - an effort to deduce the Petrogenesis. General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, 4th to 8th May 2020.
Giri, A., Anand, R. and Balakrishnan, S. (2019). Neoarchean mafic arc magmatism prior to the amalgamation of western Dharwar craton: A case study. Goldschmidt 2019, 18th to 23rd August 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Bose, S., Anand, R. and Mohanty, S.P. (2019). Geochemistry of the Granitoid Rocks of Sausar Belt, Central India: Implications for Evolution of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone. Goldschmidt 2019, 18th to 23rd August 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Anand, R. and Patra, K. (2018). On the origin of ultramafic intrusive complexes in the Sargur greenstone terrane of western Dharwar craton. National Seminar on Dynamics of Surface & Subsurface Processes, 8th & 9th February 2018, Puducherry, India
Giri, A., Anand, R., Balakrishnan S. and Dash J.K. (2018). Timing of emplacement of mafic volcanic rocks of Medur Formation, Shimoga greenstone belt, western Dharwar craton. National Seminar on Dynamics of Surface & Subsurface Processes, 8th & 9th February 2018, Puducherry, India
Azhar, S., Anand, R., and Asthana, D. (2018). Tectonic setting for the emplacement of ultramafic-mafic rocks of the Simlipal volcano-sedimentary complex, Singhbhum craton, eastern India: A preliminary study. Emerging Trends in Geophysical Research for Make in India, 9th to 11th March 2018, Dhanbad,
India
Baidya, S., Anand, R., and Asthana, D. (2018). Petrographic study of Mafic Microgranular Enclaves and the host Closepet Granitoid rocks and the metavolcanic rocks of the Sandur Greenstone Granite Terrane, Dharwar Craton, southern India. Emerging Trends in Geophysical Research, 9th to 11th March 2018, Dhanbad, India
Anand, R. and Veer, V.S. (2017). Plate Tectonics and Life: If they are unique to Earth, why are they? Goldschmidt, 13th to 18th August 2017, Paris, France.
Patra, K., Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S. and Dash, J.K. (2017). Petrogenesis of peridotitic komatiites from two Mesoarchean greenstone belts of Sargur Group, western Dharwar craton, southern India. Goldschmidt, 13th to 18th August 2017, Paris, France.
Banerjee, M., Banerjee, A., Solanki, B.K., Dutta, U., Bhui, U., Anand, R., Sengupta P., Mukhopadhyay, D. and Atlas, Z.D. (2017). Evidence of diffusion driven coronae formation during Pan-African Orogeny in dolerite dykes from Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT). Goldschmidt, 13th to 18th August 2017, Paris, France.
Asthana, V., Mukherjee, S. and Anand, R. (2017). Petrographic study of Neoarchean Arsikere-Banavara batholiths, western Dharwar craton: Implications for their genesis. Goldschmidt, 13th to 18th August 2017, Paris, France.
Giri, A, Anand, R., Sarma, D.S. and Ram Mohan, M. (2016). Petrogenesis of the metamorphosed mafic rocks of the Shimoga greenstone belt, western Dharwar craton, southern India. Goldschmidt, Yokohama, Japan (26th June – 1st July 2016).
Patra, K., Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S., Dash, J.K. and Tom, N.G. (2016). Constraints on the evolution of the mafic-ultramafic rock suites of selected Mesoarchean greenstone belts of western Dharwar craton, southern India. Goldschmidt, Yokohama, Japan (26th June – 1st July 2016).
Anand, R. and Mishra, G. (2015). Genesis of Magnesite Deposits of Archean Sargur Supracrustal Belt, Karnataka, India. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1st – 4th November 2015).
Anand, R. and Debata, M. (2015). Paleo-Mesoarchean Crustal evolution in southern India – Evidence from trace element geochemistry of Sargur ultramafic rocks. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1st – 4th November 2015).
Anand, R. and Patra, K. (2013). Exploring the potential of mafic-ultramafic rock complexes of Sargur supracrustal belt for CO2 sequestration and storage. Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of India and Seminar on Future Challenges in Earth Sciences for Energy and Mineral Resources, 14th to 16th November 2013, Dhanbad, India.
Anand, R. (2013). Role of titanite as a geochronometer in constraining the timing of evolution of Precambrian terranes. XIII Convention of Mineralogical Society of India and National Seminar on Current Trends of Research in Precambrian Geology and Vision-2020, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India, March 20 – 21.
Anand, R. (2012). Understanding the genesis of the magnesite deposits in the older greenstone belts (Sargur supracrustal belt), Karnataka. International Conference on ‘Recent Developments in the Chromite, Platinum Group Elements, Ni-Cu-Sulfides, Ti & V Ore Fields’, International Workshop on Magmatic Ore Deposits, Bangalore, India, December 7 – 8.
Anand, R. and Balakrishnan, S. (2007). Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Isotope Studies on the Metabasalts of the Late Archean Hutti Greenstone Belt, Dharwar Craton, South India. Goldschmidt 2007 Conference, Cologne, Germany, August 19 – 25, and abstract published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Bhutani, R., Balakrishnan, S., Nevin, C.G. and Anand, R. (2006). A Multi-system high precision geochronological approach towards the problem of tectono-thermal evolution of Southern Granulite Terrain using new generation TIMS. Triennial International Seminar on Mass Spectrometry, Munnar, India, January 28 – February 1.
Anand, R., Balakrishnan, S.and Mezger, K. (2005). Geochemical and Geochronological Studies on Titanites from the Granitoid Rocks of the Eastern Dharwar Craton, South India. General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, April 24 – 29, and abstract published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 01565, 2005.
Anand, R. (2004). Geochemistry of Titanites from the Granitoid Rocks of Eastern Dharwar Craton –
Significance in understanding of the Petrogenesis of Granitoids. Young Scientist presentation in the XVI Group Monitoring Meet of Earth System Science Division, Department of Science & Technology, India, Chennai, December 22 – 24.
Schmidt, A., Balakrishnan, S., Anand, R, and Mezger, K. (2004). Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Archean Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, Eastern Dharwar Craton, South India. Reports of the German Mineralogical Society, Beih. Z. Eur. J. Mineral. Volume 16, No.1.
Anand, R. and Balakrishnan, S. (2003). Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Titanites from the Granitoid Rocks surrounding Kolar and Ramagiri Schist Belts. 40th Convention and Meeting on “Recent Advances & Future Strategies in Geoscientific Exploration” of the Indian Geophysical Union, Chennai, December 16 – 18.
Anand, R., Mezger, K., and Balakrishnan, S. (2002). Geochemistry and Geochronology of Titanites and Zircons from the Granitoids surrounding Hutti Schist Belt, Dharwar Craton. Annual General Meeting, Geological Society of India, Chandigarh, October 24.
Project Title: Geochemical and mineralogical approach for the classification of pegmatites and related rocks in Koderma, Jharkhand and Mandya, Karnataka to evaluate the economic potentiality for Li-Cs-Rb, Nb-Ta and REE; Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Project Title: Geochemical and paleomagnetic study of dolerite dykes in Meghalaya Plateau, Northeast India: Implications on mantle processes and geodynamic evolution; NPDF, SERB, DST, Government of India
Project Title: IPR Chair Professor, Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education and Academia (SPRIHA), DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Project Title: Petrogenesis of the Ultramafic-Mafic rock suites of the Sargur Supracrustal belt in the western Dharwar craton, southern India: significance to Archean crustal evolution; Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
Consultancy: Technical evaluation and impact assessment of XII Plan Schemes of Geological Survey of India for continuation up to 2020; Ministry of Mines, Government of India
Life member of The Geological Society of India
Head, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and Faculty incharge, Incubation and Entrepreneurship since August 2022.
PhD Guidance
Kiranmala Patra (2021) Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotope study of the metamorphosed mafic-ultramafic rock suites of the Sargur supracrustal belt exposed in the western Dharwar craton, southern India
Anshuman Giri (2021) Petrogenetic study of the metavolcanic rocks of the Shimoga greenstone belt, western Dharwar craton, southern India
Aarti Soni (2022) Land water storage and evapotranspiration variations over major Indian river basins [Co-superior]
Remya S.N. (2022) Long-term variations in the glaciers of the Alaknanda basin (Central Himalaya) using space and ground-based observation [Co-superior]
Subarna Baidya (2023) Petrogenesis of the metavolcanic rocks of the Sandur greenstone belt and its implications to the evolution of the granite-greenstone terranes of the Archean Dharwar craton, southern India
Arvind Kumar Gond (2023) Geochemical and provenance study of some selected Precambrian sandstone units of the Singhbhum Craton: implications for crustal evolution [Co-superior]
Swayoma Bose (2024) Geochemical and geochronological study of the granites of Sausar Belt: insights into the tectonomagmatic evolution from the petrogenesis of the granitoid rocks of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone
