National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Petrology
Areas of Interest
  • Metamorphic petrology, Structural Geology, Geochronology

Rekha S. Assistant Professor Grade-I

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

srekha@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2935

11

PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Rekha S.

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Room Number: ER-111

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D.

Tectonic evolution of Bavali Shear Zone and its Gondwana connection: A structural, metamorphic and chronological analysis. DST-SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Structure, Metamorphism and chronology of melting and deformation in the Kerala Khondalite Belt and across the Achankovil Shear Zoned, relevance to Gondwanaland assembly (AZR) SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 11

R.,"Tectonic restoration of the precambrain crystalline rocks along the west coast of India: correlation with eastern madagascar in east gondwana.", Precambrian Research, vol.252, pp.191-208, Elsevier, October 2014, 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.07.013       Article

R.,"Paleoproterozoic/mesoproterozoic tectonism in the northern fringe of the western dharwar craton (India): Its relevance to gondwanaland and columbia supercontinent reconstructions", Tectonics, vol.33, pp.552-580, American Geophysical Union., August 2014, 10.1002/2013TC003335       Article

S. Rekha, A. Bhattacharya, and T. Viswanath,"Microporosity linked fluid focusing and monazite instability in greenschist facies para-conglomerates, western India.", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol.105, pp.187-205, Elsevier, March 2013, 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.044       Article

S. Rekha and A. Bhattacharya,"Growth, preservation of Paleoproterozoic-shear-zone-hosted monazite, north of the western Dharwar craton (India), and implications for Gondwanaland assembly", Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol.166, no.4, pp.1203-1222, Springer, October 2013, 10.1007/s00410-013-0917-y       Article

R., T. Viswanath, A. Bhattacharya, and N. Prabhakar,"Meso/Neoarchean crustal domains along the north Konkan coast, western India: The western Dharwar craton and the Antongil-Masora block (NE Madagascar) connection", Precambrian Research, vol.233, pp.316-336, Elsevier, August 2013, 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.008       Article

Emerging trends in Geosciences and its social impact (ETGS 2022) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (Short-term Course)

  • ER2251 : Mining Geology {Theory}
  • ER5101 : Mineral Sciences {Theory}
  • ER5102 : Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology {Theory}
  • ER512 : Crystallography and Mineralogy {Theory}
  • ER514 : Geochemistry {Theory}
  • ER515 : Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology {Theory}
  • ER517 : Stratigraphy {Theory}
  • ER5204 : Stratigraphy {Theory}
  • ER525 : Isotope Geology {Theory}
  • ER5250 : Instrumental Methods in Geosciences {Theory}
  • ER6023 : Introduction to Earth Science {Theory}
  • ER610 : Applied Isotope Geology {Theory}
  • ER611 : Instrumentation for Earth Scientists {Theory}
  • ER6202 : Instrumentation for Earth Scientists {Theory}
  • ER2271 : Mining Geology Laboratory {Practical}
  • ER5171 : Mineralogy Laboratory {Practical}
  • ER5172 : Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Laboratory {Practical}
  • ER571 : Crystallography and Mineralogy Laboratory {Practical}
  • ER574 : Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Tectono-Metamorphic Evolution of the Madurai and Trivandrum Blocks of Southern Granulite Terrane, South India: Relevance to Gondwanaland Assembly
Pallavi Praharaj
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  2021
Supervisor
Genesis of Gold Mineralization in the South Kolar and Gadag Greenstone Belts, Dharwar Craton: Constraints from Hydrothermal Alteration, Tourmaline Chemistry, Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Studies
Debasis Pal
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  2022
Supervisor
Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Archean Sargur and Wayanad schist belts, southern India: their mutual relations and geotectonic implications
Madhusmita Swain
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Genesis of Gold Mineralization in Dharwar Craton, India
Saumyaranjan Nanda
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Gadag, Sandur, and Hutti-muski schist belts in Dharwar craton
Lekshmi S
Enrolled: Aug 2023
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Second rank in M.Sc Applied Geology from Pondicherry University,   2009
  • CSIR-UGC-NET, Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,   2009
  • Second rank in B.Sc Geology from Kerala University,   2007
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Geological Society of India,   2021