**Executive Summary**
The document is a list of awardees for the National Geoscience Awards 2024, issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Mines, on May 27, 2025. It details winners in various categories, including Lifetime Achievement, Mineral Discovery & Exploration, Mining Technology, Basic Geosciences, and Applied Geosciences, as well as a Young Geoscientist award. There are no deadlines or specific action items listed.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement 2024 (Single Award):**
* Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai, Senior Scientist, INSA & Visiting Professor, IISER, Pune
* **National Geoscience Award 2024 (Ten Awards):**
* **Section I: Mineral Discovery & Exploration (3 Awards)**
* *Field (i): Mineral Discovery & Exploration*: Awarded to two Geological Survey of India (GSI) teams:
* Team 1: Shri Haraman Mahanta, Shri Utpol Kumar Das, Shri Syam Kumar Sangamreddi, and Shri Sai Kumar Samala.
* Team 2: Shri Navjeet Singh Nayyar, Shri Amit Kumar, Ms. Tripti Baba, and Dr. Sandeep Kumar.
* *Field (ii): Coal, Lignite and Coal Bed Methane Discovery & Exploration and Oil, Natural Gas, Shale Gas and Gas Hydrates Discovery & Exploration*: Awarded to a Geological Survey of India (GSI) team comprising:
* Smt. Sradhanjali Subhadarshini, Shri Supriya Chakraborty, and Shri Jaydip Mukherjee.
* **Section II: Mining Technology, Mineral Beneficiation & Sustainable Mineral Development (2 Awards)**
* *Field (iii): Mining Technology*: Awarded to:
* Dr. Jai Krishna Pandey, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad
* *Field (iv): Mineral Beneficiation & Sustainable Mineral Development*: Awarded to:
* Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
* **Section III: Basic Geosciences (2 Awards)**
* *Field (v): Basic Geosciences*: Awarded to:
* Dr. Vedula Venkata Subrahmanya Srinivasa Sarma, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam
* Dr. Mekala Ram Mohan, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
* **Section IV: Applied Geosciences (3 Awards)**
* *Field (vi): Applied Geology*: Awarded to:
* Prof. Ghulam Jeelani, University of Kashmir
* *Field (vii): Geophysics / Applied Geophysics*: Awarded to:
* Prof. Sanjit Kumar Pal, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad
* *Field (viii): Natural Hazard Investigation*: Awarded to:
* Prof. Mukat Lal Sharma, IIT-Roorkee
* **National Young Geoscientist Award 2024 (Single Award):**
* Shri Susobhan Neogi, Geological Survey of India
**Impact Analysis**
**Award Recipients**
* **Impact**: Awarded for significant contributions in their respective fields of geoscience.
* **Action Required**: Accept the award.
**Geological Survey of India (GSI)**
* **Impact**: Recognition of contributions to Mineral Discovery & Exploration.
* **Action Required**: N/A.
**CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad, and CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur**
* **Impact**: Recognition of contributions to Mining Technology, Mineral Beneficiation, and Sustainable Mineral Development.
* **Action Required**: N/A.
**Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, University of Kashmir, and IIT-Roorkee**
* **Impact**: Recognition of contributions to Applied and Basic Geosciences.
* **Action Required**: N/A.
**INSA, IISER Pune, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam, and CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad**
* **Impact**: Recognition of contributions to Basic Geosciences
* **Action Required**: N/A.
Key Entities Referenced
National Geoscience Awards 2024: Annual awards recognizing significant contributions to geosciences in India.
Ministry of Mines: The Government of India ministry responsible for the management of mineral resources in India, including these awards.
Geological Survey of India (GSI): A scientific agency of India. Multiple GSI teams are recognized with awards.
No. 11/13/2019-M.I [E]
Government of India
Ministry of Mines
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Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Date: 27.05.2025
NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AWARDS 2024
LIST OF AWARDEES
NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2024
(Single Award)
Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai
Senior Scientist, INSA &
Visiting Professor, IISER, Pune
NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AWARD 2024 (Ten Awards)
SECTION I: Mineral Discovery & Exploration (3 Awards)
Field (i): Mineral Discovery & Exploration (excluding fossil fuels) of
economic and/or strategic importance and application of innovative
techniques. Out of the two awards in the field, at least one shall be given
for critical minerals. (2 Awards)
1. Geological Survey of India (GSI) team comprising of
(i) Shri Haraman Mahanta, Senior Geologist,
Team
(ii) Shri Utpol Kumar Das, Senior Geologist,
Award
(iii) Shri Syam Kumar Sangamreddi, Senior Geologist, and
(iv) Shri Sai Kumar Samala, Geologist
2. Geological Survey of India (GSI) team comprising of
(i) Shri Navjeet Singh Nayyar, Director, Team
(ii) Shri Amit Kumar, Senior Geologist, Award
(iii) Ms. Tripti Baba, Senior Geologist, and
(iv) Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Geologist
Page 1 of 4Field (ii): Coal, Lignite and Coal Bed Methane Discovery &
Exploration of economic and/or strategic importance and application of
innovative techniques and Oil, Natural Gas, Shale Gas and Gas
Hydrates Discovery & Exploration (including project development and
planning leading to exploitation of resource and reservoir management).
(1 Award)
Geological Survey of India (GSI) team comprising of
(i) Smt. Sradhanjali Subhadarshini, Superintending Geologist, Team
(ii) Shri Supriya Chakraborty, Senior Geologist, and Award
(iii) Shri Jaydip Mukherjee, Director
SECTION II: Mining Technology, Mineral Beneficiation & Sustainable Mineral
Development (2 Awards)
Field (iii): Mining Technology including development and application of
new methods and technologies, research & development. Conservation of
mineral resources, systematic mine planning, mine safety, mine fires, mine
hazards, mine reclamation & rehabilitation. (1 Award)
Dr. Jai Krishna Pandey
Individual
Chief Scientist,
Award
CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad
Field (iv): Mineral Beneficiation (including mineral processing, project
development for utilization of low-grade ores & production of value-added
mineral products and mineral economics) and Sustainable Mineral
Development (including mine closure, project development, institutional
development and capacity building). (1 Award)
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh
Individual
Principal Scientist,
Award
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
Page 2 of 4SECTION III: Basic Geosciences (2 Awards)
Field (v): Basic Geosciences including Stratigraphy, Structural Geology,
Paleontology, Geodynamics, Geochemistry, geochronology and Isotope
Geology, Ocean Development (Oceanography and Marine Geology),
Glaciology and Arctic & Antarctic Research including Geoscientific
Expeditions: and science surveys/baseline geoscience data collection
including Geological and Geochemical mapping & survey and Systematic
Thematic mapping. (2 Awards)
1. Dr. Vedula Venkata Subrahmanya Srinivasa Sarma
Individual
Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography,
Award
Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam
2. Dr. Mekala Ram Mohan
Individual
Chief Scientist,
Award
CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
SECTION IV: Applied Geosciences (3 Awards)
Field (vi): Applied Geology: Engineering Geology, Geothermal Energy,
Seismotectonics, Geostatistics, Remote Sensing and Geo-Information
System (including spatial data management applications and data
integration); Groundwater Exploration (including project development,
hydrogeological studies and management of groundwater resources; Geo-
Environmental Studies relating to mining, urban, industrial, coastal and
desert management, paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, medical geology,
climate change and studies related to their impact on ecosystem.
(1 Award)
Prof. Ghulam Jeelani
Individual
Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences
Award
and Dean, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
University of Kashmir
Page 3 of 4Field (vii): Geophysics / Applied Geophysics: New Technologies in
geophysical exploration, application of geophysical methods, geo-
magnetism, geophysical survey techniques and instrumentation.
(1 Award)
Prof. Sanjit Kumar Pal
Individual
Professor & Head,
Award
Department of Applied Geophysics, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad
Field (viii): Natural Hazard Investigation including scientific studies
related to natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods and
tsunamis. (1 Award)
Prof. Mukat Lal Sharma
Individual
Professor, Earthquake Engineering
Award
and Head, International Center of Excellence for Dams, IIT-Roorkee
NATIONAL YOUNG GEOSCIENTIST AWARD 2024 (Single Award)
Shri Susobhan Neogi
Senior Geologist,
Geological Survey of India
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