Sanjib Biswas

Assistant Professor

B.Sc. in Geological Sciences (Jadavpur University)

M.Sc. in Applied Geology (Jadavpur University)

Ph.D. (ongoing)

During my doctoral research program I joined West Bengal Education Service as an Assistant Professor and posted to Durgapur Government College. I joined Presidency University in 2017 after almost two years of service in WBES. I was awarded L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant from American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in 2010. I received best poster presentation award in XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in 2013 and best scientific contribution in the Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India for the year 2013 for our collaborative research publication.

My research area focuses on deep water benthic foraminifera from sediment core samples. I am also working on shallow water bentic foraminiferal species including both living and fossils.

I teach Micropalaeontology and Paleobotany in under-graduate and post-graduate courses which include theory and practical classes. I also teach Petroleum Geology to post-graduate students and occasionally Structural Geology practical to under-graduate students. 

Three students successfully completed their masters dissertation work under my supervision. Presently two students are doing their masters dissertation work with me at Presidency University.

Biswas, S. and Bhaumik, A.K., 2020. Timing and cause of the disappearance of some elongated taxa in the Indian Ocean: Study from NGHP Hole 17A. Journal of Earth System Science., 129(1).

Ghosh, A., Biswas, S. and Barman, P., 2014. Marsh foraminiferal assemblages in relation to vegetation in Sunderban, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 84(6), pp. 657-667.

Bhaumik, A. K., Gupta, A., Gupta, A. K., Kumar, S., Ray, S. and Biswas, S., 2013. Gas hydrates occurrence, destabilization and potential energy resources: a review based on faunal, geochemical and geophysical investigations with special reference to the Black Ridge, NW Atlantic., Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 58(1), pp. 39-50.

Das, I., Biswas, S., Choudhury, P. and Ghosh, A., 2016. A comparative study of foraminiferal assemblages in the Indian Sunderbans., Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of India-2016, IIT-Kharagpur, pp. 156-158.

Mondal, P., Biswas, S. and Ghosh, A., 2016. A comparative study of marsh foraminiferal assemblages along the east coast of India., 1st Regional Science & Technology Congress-2016 (Bardhaman Division, WB), Bankura Christian College, WB, pp. 114.

Biswas, S., Barman, P. and Ghosh, A., 2013. A study of foraminiferal association with mangrove vegetation in Sunderban, India., XXIV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy-2013, WIHG, Dehradun, pp. 14-15.