Dr. Pramod Kumar Rajak

About

My name is Dr. PRAMOD KUMAR RAJAK (Scientist - B, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun), completed my B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005 (Uttar Pradesh). My Ph.D. topic was “Organic petrology and geochemical characterization of the lignite deposits of Rajasthan” and my funding agency during my Ph. D. was UGC-NET-JRF/SRF. I am also completed Post Doctorate on the topic of “Organic petrology and geochemical characterization of Neyveli lignite deposits of Tamilnadu: Implication on hydrocarbon potential” from School of Studies in Earth Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhaya Pradesh. And my funding agency during Post Doctorate was Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship of UGC. As of now I have published more than 22 papers with cumulative impact factor of 79.10 in various National and International Journals (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Dd5rZ10AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao) Further, I am the recipient of the Dr. H. S. Pareek Award - 2021, for the best paper published in the Journal of the Geological Society of India on "Coal Sciences" during the year 2018, 2019 and 2020; on the topic of “Distribution of inertinites in the Early Paleogene lignites of Western India: possibility of wildfires activities”. I am actively involved in field and analytical activities in the Himalayan coal deposits.

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• Banaras Hindu University

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