Research

  • June 2017-present

    Master's Thesis

    Title: A Stable Isotopic Approach to Estimate the Contribution of Evapotranspiration to the Precipitation Over Coastal Region of Eastern India

    Guide: Dr. Prasanta Sanyal, IISER Kolkata

    Hydrological cycle over continents has input from precipitation and losses to the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. With the increase in anthropogenic activities and associated deforestation, it is necessary to quantify the contribution of terrestrial evapo-transpiration on a regional scale. In my MS project, I am involved in estimating evapo-transpiration using stable isotopic signatures of atmospheric moisture and precipitation. Moisture and precipitation samples were simultaneously collected over a period of 10 months in this context. Oxygen isotope analysis has been performed and the difference between the δ(18)O values of the moisture and precipitation is found to be 9.4 %, which is close to the equilibrium fractionation between vapor and liquid (10.2 %) calculated for a condensation temperature of 10 degree C. Further modelling and calculations show that the ratio of evaporation and prepitition is 0.63. Hydrogen isotope analysis is yet to be performed. Find brief report of MS work performed till now below.

  • May-July 2016

    Summer Research Project

    Title: A Study on the Seasonal Variations in Atmospheric Moisture Using Stable Isotopes of Oxygen

    Guide: Dr. Prasanta Sanyal, IISER Kolkata

    The stable isotope analysis of air moisture can greatly support in tracking the hydrologic cycle through fingerprinting the source of water vapor, its transport and its condensation through direct analysis. Daily atmospheric moisture samples were collected using cryogenic trap method and the seasonal variations were studied using stable oxygen isotopes.

  • May-July 2015

    Summer Research Project

    Title: "A Study on the Metamorphic Rocks of the Area Around Kattaikonam in Kerala, India"

    Guide: Dr. E. Shaji, University of Kerala, Kerala, India
    The metamorphic rocks around Kattaikonam were geochemically and geologically studied to trace the history of formation.

FIELD TRIPS

  • December 2016

    Field Trip

    India along Orsang, Mahi, Sabarmati River basins, Vadodara, Gujarat

    Guide: Dr. Prasanta Sanyal and Dr. Manoj K Jaiswal, IISER Kolkata

    A 10 days field trip to study on the sedimentology of the River basins
  • December 2015

    Field Trip

    Ghatsila and Galudih, Jharkhand, India

    Guide: Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharya and Dr. Sitindra Sundar Dirghangi, IISER Kolkata

    1 week trip to study on the structural geology and mineralogy of the region
  • June 2015

    Field Trip

    Kattaikonam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

    Guide: Dr. E. Shaji, University of Kerala

    A trip to study the petrology of the metamorphic rocks of the region