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    Dr Piyush Sarkar

    Geophysics
    Assistant Professor
    Ph D 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    M Sc 2012 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
    B Sc 2009 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

     

    July, 2021 – Till Date Assistant Professor Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
    Sept 2019 – June 2021 Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand
    Dec 2018 – May 2019 Research Associate Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

     

    • Petro-physical properties of reservoir rocks (Shale, Carbonates, Gas-hydrate sediments).
    • Rock physics modeling (Effective Medium Theory).
    • Digital image segmentation of rock micrographs and pore network modeling.
    • Fluid-Flow in porous media.
    • Fractal characteristics of the pore system.
    1. Sarkar, P., Kumar, A., Singh, K. H., Ghosh, R., Singh, T. N., 2018. Pore system, microstructure and porosity characterization of Gondwana shale of Eastern India using laboratory experiment and watershed image segmentation algorithm. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 94, 246-260. DOI:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.04.006 (Impact: 4.34)
    2. Sarkar, P., Singh, K.H., Ghosh, R., Singh, T.N., 2018. Estimation of elastic parameters, mineralogy and pore characteristics of Gondwana shale in Eastern India for evaluation of shale gas potential. Current Science. 115, 710-720. DOI: 10.18520/cs/v115/i4/710-720. (Impact: 1.102)
    3. Ghosh, R., Sarkar, P., Singh, K. H., 2020. Elastic anisotropy modeling of organic-rich lower Gondwana shale in eastern India. Pure and Applied Geophysics. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-020- 02620-y (Impact: 2.34)
    4. Sarkar, P., Ghosh, R., Singh, K.H., Singh, T. N., 2021. Pore Characteristics of Gondwana Shale of Eastern India. Journal of Geological Society of India 97, 363–374. Doi: 10.1007/s12594-021-1694-2 (Impact: 1.46)
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