2012 - 2017 PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
2009 - 2011 M.Sc in Geology, Gauhati University, India
2005 - 2009 B.Sc in Geology, Gauhati University, India
Work Experiences
12/2018: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
01/2018 - 11/2018 Post-Doc.: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Research Interest
Uranium and Sulfide Geochemistry, Mineral Geochemistry, Crustal Processes, Hydrothermal Processes (fluid-Rock Interaction, fluid-induced dissolution-precipitation, element mobilization), Chemical Dating (Monazite, Xenotime, Uraninite), Radiation-induced damage, Analytical Development (EPMA)
Teachings
Mineral Sciences Theory (ES 1101) and Lab (ES 1151): PG 1st Semester
Quaternary Geology (ES 1104): PG 1st Semester
Metamorphic Petrology Theory (ES 2103) and Lab (ES 2152): PG 2nd Semester
Geodynamics Theory (ES 9102)
Ore Geology Theory (ES 3103) and Lab (ES 3153): PG 3rd Semester
Environmental Science Theory (ESC 01): UG 1st Semester
Economic Geology Theory (ESC 332) and Lab (ESS 382): UG 3rd Semester
UG Students
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PG Students
ASHISH KUMAR KALENDRI
PETROGRAPHY OF APATITE FROM THE BELDIH
MINES AND ADJACENT AREAS, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL
Ore Geology
ASHISH KUMAR KALENDRI
Ore Geology
PETROGRAPHY OF APATITE FROM THE BELDIH
MINES AND ADJACENT AREAS, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL
HIMANSHU DAS
MONAZITE PETROGRAPHY FROM THE
BELDIH MINES AND ADJACENT AREAS, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL
Ore Geology
HIMANSHU DAS
Ore Geology
MONAZITE PETROGRAPHY FROM THE
BELDIH MINES AND ADJACENT AREAS, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL
SANJAY KUMAR NAYAK
ISULPHUR PETROGRAPHY FROM THE
BELDIH MINES AND ADJACENT AREA, PURULIA, WEST BENGALA, WEST BENGALWEST BENGAL
Ore Geology
SANJAY KUMAR NAYAK
Ore Geology
ISULPHUR PETROGRAPHY FROM THE
BELDIH MINES AND ADJACENT AREA, PURULIA, WEST BENGALA, WEST BENGALWEST BENGAL
Abir Banerjee
Perusing IIT BOMBAY (Research Scholar)
LOW TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOUR OF MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: A
CASE STUDY FROM THE MANGALWAR COMPLEX, NW INDIA
Ore Geology
Abir Banerjee
Perusing IIT BOMBAY (Research Scholar)
Ore Geology
LOW TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOUR OF MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: A
CASE STUDY FROM THE MANGALWAR COMPLEX, NW INDIA
RAJESH SATPATHY
Job at Tata Steel (Bhubaneswar)
MOBILIZATION OF URANIUM FROM MONAZITE: A
CASE STUDY FROM PUR-BANERA, BHILWARA RAJASTHAN
Ore Geology
RAJESH SATPATHY
Job at Tata Steel (Bhubaneswar)
Ore Geology
MOBILIZATION OF URANIUM FROM MONAZITE: A
CASE STUDY FROM PUR-BANERA, BHILWARA RAJASTHAN
SUKALYAN ROY
Perusing MTech in Exploration Geosciences (IIT Kharagpur)
REE MINERALISATION ASSOCIATED WITH APATITE IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCK SUITES, OF BELDIH MINES, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL.
Ore Geology
SUKALYAN ROY
Perusing MTech in Exploration Geosciences (IIT Kharagpur)
Ore Geology
REE MINERALISATION ASSOCIATED WITH APATITE IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCK SUITES, OF BELDIH MINES, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL.
ADARSH CHANDRA PATI
PETROGRAPHY OF SULFIDE MINERALS: A
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN BELDIH MINES, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL AND TIRANGA
FORMATION, RAJASTHAN
Ore Geology
ADARSH CHANDRA PATI
Ore Geology
PETROGRAPHY OF SULFIDE MINERALS: A
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN BELDIH MINES, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL AND TIRANGA
FORMATION, RAJASTHAN
Doctoral Students
Reeya Ghosh
Institute JRF (GATE)
REE and Suphide mineralization, Apatite Geochemistry
Reeya Ghosh
Institute JRF (GATE)
REE and Suphide mineralization, Apatite Geochemistry
Projects
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PETROLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL APPRAISALS OF RADIATION-INDUCED EFFECTS IN RADIOACTIVE ACCESSORY PHASES AND ITS SURROUNDING MINERALS FROM SAMARKIYA AREA, RAJASTHAN
Dr. Manoj Kumar Ozha
None
SERB
22
Sponsored
Ongoing
2024-03-12
2
Land Subsidence study at CBM-Raniganj Block
Prof. Kalyan Adhikari
Dr. Manoj Kumar Ozha
EOGEPL, Durgapur
5
Consultancy
Completed
Projects
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1
PETROLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL APPRAISALS OF RADIATION-INDUCED EFFECTS IN RADIOACTIVE ACCESSORY PHASES AND ITS SURROUNDING MINERALS FROM SAMARKIYA AREA, RAJASTHAN
1. U-Th-PbTotal Monazite Geochronology of the Felsic
volcanic rocks from the Hutti greenstone belt: Evidence of Magmatic and Hydrothermal
Events Kunda Badhe, Manoj Kr. Ozha, Chandni Chaurasia, Reeya Ghosh. Geological Journal
Accepted on 26/07/2023
SCI/SCOPUS
WILEY
2023
2017
2. Geochemistry and chemical dating of uraninite in the Samarkiya area, central Rajasthan, northwestern India– Implication for geochemical and temporal evolution of uranium mineralization. Ozha, M.K., Pal, D.C., Mishra, B., Desapati. T., Shaji, T.S Ore Geology Reviews
88, 23-42.
SCI/SCOPUS
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.04.010
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.04.010
2017
2017
3. An improved EPMA analytical protocol for U-Th-Pbtotal dating in xenotime: age constrains from polygenetic Mangalwar Complex, Northwestern India. Hazarika, P., Mishra, B., Ozha, M.K., Pruseth, K.L. Chemie der Erde/Geochemistry
77, 69-79
SCI/SCOPUS
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.010
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.010
2017
2016
4. Reaction aureoles around uraninites within biotite and plagioclase: evidence of low temperature sequential fluid alteration and LREE-mobilization from monazite. Ozha, M.K., Mishra, B., Jeyagopal., A.V. Mineralogical Magazine
80(4), 567-584.
SCI/SCOPUS
https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.062
Cambridge University Press (GeoScienceWorld)
https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.062
2016
2016
5. Monazite geochronology of the basement and supracrustal rocks within the Pur-Banera basin, Rajasthan: evidence of Columbia breakup in Northwestern India. Ozha, M.K., Mishra, B., Hazarika, P., Jeyagopal., A.V., Yadav G.S. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
Volume 117, 1 March 2016, Pages 284-303
SCI/SCOPUS
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.12.016
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.12.016
2016
Conferences
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2024
1.Ghosh, Reeya., Ozha, M. K.; Geochemistry of Apatite from Beldih Mine, West Bengal, Eastern India: A
Potential Prospect for Critical Elements
31st West Bengal State Science &
Technology Congress (DSTBT, WB); Science City, Kolkata.
2024
2024
2.Ghosh, Reeya , Ozha, M. K.: Textural studies of Magnetite from the rocks of Beldih, Purulia, West
Bengal.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly; Vienna, Austria.
2024
2024
3.Saikia, D.; Ozha, M.K., Shankar, Ravi: Metamorphic Evolution of Rare Garnet-Al-Silicates (KyaniteSillimanite-Andalusite)-Staurolite ± graphite bearing Anatectic Metapelites from Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, NE India.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
2024
2023
4.Ghosh, Reeya., Ozha, M. K.:
Petrographic and Geochemical
Characterization of Apatite from Beldih, Purulia, West Bengal: Evidence of REE
Mobilization
NIT Durgapur, India; National Conference on Valuing
Low-grade Ore and Waste: Challenges and Remedies (VLOW: CR - 2023)
2023
2023
5.Ghosh, Reeya , Ozha, M. K.: Fluid assisted alteration of Apatite from Beldih, West Bengal, Eastern India: Evidence of REE Mobilization
Lyon, France; Goldschmidt 2023 Conference
2023
2023
6.Ozha M. K.: Alteration halo surrounding radioactive minerals: a proxy to understand fluid-assisted alteration
IIT Bombay, India; Workshop on Critical Minerals Research as an activity of the Australia India Consortium on Critical Minerals Research Hub (AICMRH)
2023
2023
7.Ghosh, Reeya., Ozha, M. K.; Magmatic-Hydrothermal
Style of Nb -Mineralization within Apatite-Magnetite Vein from
Beldih, Eastern India.
San
Francisco, California, USA; American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2023
2020
8.Ozha, M. K., Ghosh Reeya,: Radiation-induced
alteration in minerals surrounding radioactive phases and its implication
vis-à-vis radioactive
waste disposal
NIT Durgapur, International Conference on Water, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability (WEES) 2020
2020
2019
9.Ozha, M.K., Patil, M.L., Pandalai, H.M. Structural Control of Gold-Quartz-Sulfide Mineralization at Kunderkocha Gold Deposit, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. Gold Mining in India: The Way Forward
Kolar, Karnataka, India
2019
2016
10.Ozha, M.K., Pal, D.C., Mishra, B. Alteration of Uraninite and its implications to chemical dating: An example from Northwestern India. GOLDSCHMIDT.
Yokohama (Japan)
2016
2015
11.Ozha, M.K., Mishra, B., Jeyagopal. A.V., Yadav, G.S. Reaction aureoles within biotite and albite surrounding uraninite and possible mobilization of radio-centres: an example from Rajasthan, India.
13th SGA biennial meeting, Nancy (France)
2015
Books
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Administrative Responsibilities
Warden (Hall-2)
PG Coordinator (Department)
UG Coordinator (Department)
Contact
Mobile : +91-9434789042
Email : manoj.ozha@ees.nitdgp.ac.in
Miscellaneous
A student who is interested to work on Ore/Mineral Deposits and associated techniques that are being used to decipher the Genesis of any such deposit is welcome to write to me for a M.Sc. Dissertation and Ph.D. project.
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