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.
A K DEY: b.1901,d. : alumnus: B Sc1923: Joined GSI 1923; Superintending Geologist 1947: Professor 1945-47: Made detailed studies of Eastern and Northeastern India : Coauthor, with DUNN, of the famous Memoir on Bihar and Orissa: Member, Planning Commission.
A B DUTT: b.1904: alumnus: M Sc1926:Joined GSI 1929: Lecturer 1948-49: Studied many parts of Burma, coalfields of Bengal & Bihar; on reserves of coking and non-coking coals; Member,Coal Survey Commission; Fuel Research Institute.
A K GHOSH: b.1905, d.n.a.: alumnus: B Sc 1926: M Sc Botany CU 1928:Joined GSI for a brief period: Professor of botany in Diocesan College, Victoria Institution, South Calcutta Girls’ College: Lecturer Botany CU1937-48: Also Honorary Lecturer in Geology Presidency College : 1948 onwards Registrar Bose Research Institute Calcutta: Important contributions in palynology of coal and other sedimentary deposits
J B AUDEN: b.1903, d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1926; Superintending Geologist 1945: Professor 1940-42:Important studies on different parts of the Himalayas; Minerals of Bihar, Pb-Zn of Zawar; geological problems associated with landslides, hydel projects, irrigation schemes, water supply etc.; assd. with scientific institutions:
L A N IYER: b.1892,d. n.a.: Joined GSI 1922: Lecturer 1943-45; Tata Prof. in Patna Univ. 1945:Author “Handbook of Precious Stones”:ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1952.
A G JHINGRAN: b.1908,d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1939; DG GSI 19__: Lecturer 1947-48: Also in Forest College, Dehra Dun 1940,1944: Made studies on MP, Orissa, Nepal, N.Bihar.
D R S MEHTA: b.1917,d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1940: Lecturer 1949-51:Made surveys on glass-making sands, ceramic raw materials.
P C DASHAZRA: b.1910,d. n.a.:alumnus M Sc 1933 :Joined GSI 19 : Lecturer 1951-55:Was associated with exploration and exploitation of sulphur deposits in Koh-i-Sultan, Baluchistan(1941-43), construction of Bhakra Nangal Dam on Sutlej,Punjab(1947-55) and Banihal (Jawahar) Tunnel, Pir Panjal, Kashmir (1951-54).
P K CHATTERJEE: b.1915,d.n.a.: alumnusM Sc1935: Joined GSI 1937: Lecturer 1951-52; also in CU:1st recepient of Elliott Prize RASB 1939; worked on deputation to Australia; Member natural Resource Survey Division of the Planning Commission 1950:Made surveys of MP; studied mineral springs of Bengal & Bihar.
S N SEN: b.1921; alumnus: M Sc1944: faculty member CU 1946- .
S S DEB: b.n.a.,d.n.a.: alumnus : B Sc 1926: Then in ISM to France DSc: Lecturer CU: Organised the Department at the Jadavpur Univ.