Faculty details

Prof.Joseph Rohan D'souza

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Applied Geology

Email: joseph[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number:

Office Number: +91-326-223-+91-326-233-5408

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Research Interest: Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology; Structural Geology; Geochronology And Geochemistry

Teaching

GLC530 Geodynamics

GLC205 Introduction to Petrology

GLC209 Introduction to Petrology Practical

GLC507 Structural Geology

GLC507 Structural Geology Practical

NGLI101 Introduction to Earth Sciences

Academics

Position

M.Sc.Tech Faculty Advisor (2021 - present)

TexMin Executive committee member (2021 - present)

IIT (ISM) Geological Society Faculty in-charge (2023 - present)

Awards and Honors

Naik and Rastogi Award for Excellence in PhD research at IIT Bombay (2021)

Publications

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

  1. DST–SERB (Startup Research Grant):

A study on the formation and tectonometamorphic evolution of granites and alkaline igneous complexes in the Salem block, southern India: Implications for lower crustal processes and the geodynamics of the Southern Granulite Terrane (completed)

Guidance

Ph.D. scholars:

  1. Ms. Ananya Ganguly
  2. Mr. Susheel Nema
  3. Mr. Vishal Venugopal
  4. Ms. Vijaya Sharma

Post-doctoral fellows:

  1. Mr. Salim Akhtar