Susheel Kumar
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
324
Email
susheelkumar25@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
Qualifications
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India.
M. Tech. - Petroleum Exploration - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
M.Sc. - Applied Geology - University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Areas of Interest/Specialization
Coal Petrology, Organic Geochemistry, Microstructure, Coal Bed Methane, Shale Gas, Climate Reconstruction, Reservoir Modeling
Experience
- Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (December 2023- Present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Geology, North Eastern Hill University (A Central University) (October 2023 to December 2023)
- Assistant Professor, Centre for Petroleum Exploration, Mizoram University (A Central University) (November 2019 to October 2023)
- Senior Geologist, Great Eastern Energy Corp. Ltd. (2013 - 2019)
- Geologist, Great Eastern Energy Corp. Ltd. (2011 - 2013)
Total Teaching, Research and Professional Experience: 12 years
Awards & Honours
Qualified CSIR-NET with All India Rank43 in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences in 2009.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
- Susheel Kumar, Mendhe, V.A., Kamble, A.D., Varma, A.K., Mishra, D.K., Bannerjee, M., Buragohain, J., Prasad, A. K., 2019. Geochemical attributes, pore structures and fractal characteristics of Barakar shale deposits of Mand-Raigarh Basin, India. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 103, 377–396.
- Mendhe, V.A., Susheel Kumar, Kamble, A.D., Mishra, S., Varma, A.K., Bannerjee, M., Mishra, V.K., Sharma, S., Buragohain, J., Tiwari, B., 2018. Organomineralogical insights of shale gas reservoir of Ib-River Mand-Raigarh Basin, India. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 59, 136–155.
- Bannerjee M., Mendhe V. A., Kamble A. D., Varma A.K., Singh B.D., Susheel Kumar (2022). Facets of coalbed methane reservoir in East Bokaro Basin, India. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 208 109255.
- Varma, A.K., Mishra S., Tiwari B., Hazra B., Susheel Kumar, Panigrahi D.C., Ojha A., 2019. Petrographic controls on phosphorous distribution in coal seams of the Jharia basin, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 128:103.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
- Adsul T, Ghosh S, Kumar S, Tiwari B, Dutta S, Varma AK, 2023. Biogeochemical Controls on Methane Generation: A Review on Indian Coal Resources.Minerals, 13(5), 695; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050695.
- Tiwari B, Ghosh S, Kumar S, Varma AK, 2023. Trace and rare earth elements in the Permian shales:geochemical paradigms.Arab J Geosci 16, 272 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-023-11361-w.
- Susheel Kumar, Varma A K; Mendhe V A, Kumar S, Bhan U(2022) Geochemical and petrographical fingerprints of coal bed methane potential in the Son-valley Basin, India. Arab J Geosci 15, 1705(IF – 1.827). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-11007-3.
- Susheel Kumar, Varma A.K., Mendhe V.A, Tiwari B (2021). Multi-scale pore characterization of Barakar shale in the Mand-Raigarh Basin, India: scientific upshots from geochemical approaches and imaging techniques. Arab J Geosci 14, 2188.