FACULTY

Entry Format : Name : Born : Died : Distinction as teacher / Professional Highlights : Joining as the College teacher/ Contributions: Other achievements: Other academic achievements
Abbreviations: (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal : ( R ) ASB     Geological Society of London : GSLGeological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India : GMMSI Mining and Geological Institute of India :  MGII : BE College at  Shibpur BEC: Durgapur  Govt. College DGC: Jalpaiguri Engineering College JEC: Regional Engineering College Durgapur REC: Presidency College PC: Calcutta University CU: Jadavpur University JU: Burdwan  University BU:Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur IITKgp ,at Bombay(Mumbai) IITB, at Roorkee IITR : Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad ISM Geological Survey of India GSI: Indian Statistical Institute,Calcutta ISI :Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute CGCRI: Central Fuel Research Institute CFRI:  Indian  Science Congress (President, Geology Section) : ISC (Pr., Geol.)  (President, General): ISC (Pr.)
NB : Length of service of the Part-time professors has been slightly  modified from the figures  in  the Diamond Jubilee Volume of  the  Bhu-Vidya on the basis of the tenures of  respective professors as the Past President of the Geological Institute.  

T.H.HOLLAND

b.1868,d.1947:1st. Teacher : Organised the course: Joined GSI 1890: Director 1903: Joined  PC1892: Famous for his outstanding and pioneering work on Charnockite Series of rocks: President Asiatic Society of Bengal,  Geological Society of London:  Vice-President Royal Society of London :  Chairman Indian Industrial Commission 1916: Founded   MGII 1906: Chair of  Geology ,  Manchester University  1909:  Rector Imperial College of Sc & Tech 1922:  Principal and Vice-Chancellor Edinburgh Univ. 1929.

C.S.MIDDLEMISS

b.n.a.,d.1945: Joined GSI 1883; left 1917: officiated during Holland’s absence March-June 1895 Known for his discovery of  the Tal Series in the Himalayas, including its fossils : FASB : ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1917 
H.H.HAYDEN

b.1869,d.1923: Joined GSI 1895; Director 1910: With the College 1897-98, 1904-06 : Studied geology of the Himalayas & Tibet and other parts of India, Burma and  Afghanistan: President ASB, MGII; organized ISC; ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1914: FRS 1915 Died from a climbing accident in the Swiss Alps.

 

P.N.DATTA

b.1858, d.1944: Educated in England :Joined GSI 1888;  retd.1913 : With the College   1898-99: Discovered Devonian and Mesozoic beds of Northern Shan States, Burma  and manganese ore deposits of Chhindwara and Bhandara in CP ( now MP and  Maharastra) in 1893-94: President (inaugural) GMMSI 1924.

 

TL WALKER 

b.1867, d. n.a. : Joined GSI 1897 ; retd. 1901 : Officiated in the College 1898 :  Surveyed Madras and South India.