IITKGP

Paresh Nath Singha Roy

Professor

Geology and Geophysics

+91-3222-281790

pareshsr@gg.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Chairperson, Deysarkar Centre of Excellence in Petroleum Engineering

Research Areas

  • Application of fractals in earth science
  • Geophysical signal processing
  • Pattern recognition in earth sciences
  • Crustal deformation monitoring with GPS
  • Earthquake forecasting
Presently I am working on earthquake patterns and other earth science patterns with the motive of making better quantitative characterization for the different earth complex systems. The backbone of the above analysis is completely based on validation. In which I have tested for my algorithm for some of the destructive strong earthquake and they are published, so that it can be tested for rest of the strong earthquakes. I am also analyzing and making the claim of robustness for forecast for an area in order to make a better hazard estimation and better planning to mitigate economic and human life loss. Further to give a vortex to such claim we have carried out extensive GPS field work for Kumaon Himalaya.
I am carrying out microseismicity fractal pattern study for roof fall prediction in Long wall underground mines. Presently I am going to lead a high value project titled “Use of Microseismicity as a tool for underground mines hazard monitoring with the motive to enhance safety and production “approved by Ministry of Coal for the amount Rs199.78Lakhs for two years along with CMPDI and ECL.
 I have guided well log and lihofacies data for making better quantitative heterogeneity analysis of reservoir an alternative to conventional technology. Presently I am also guiding to analyze seismic, well log and seismic data for making better automated quantitative heterogeneity analysis of reservoir. 
I am also interested in carrying out microseismicity fractal pattern study for reservoir characterizations and also enhance oil recovery using microseismicity.
 I contribute to Nationl GPS permanent Network under MoES in Jharkhand and Bihar for understanding the crustal deformation pattern in Eastern Shield.
 Fractal Analyzer Software developed and published in the reputed Electronic Column Seismological Research Letter (Seismological Society of America) (More than 1064 downloads by 61 countries globally, for details please see https://sourceforge.net/projects/fractalanalyzer/
 
 
  • Monitoring the strata behavior in the Destressed Zone of a shallow Indian longwall panel with hard sandstone cover using Mine-Microseismicity and Borehole Televiewer data Mondal D., Roy P.N.S., Kumar M. By Engineering Geology 271 - (2020)
  • Rupture model of Mw 7.8 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake: Constraints from GPS measurements of coseismic offsets Yadav R., Singha Roy P. N., Gupta S. K., Khan P. K., Catherine J. K., Prajapati S. K., Kumar A. , Puviarasan N. , Bhu H. , Devachandra M. , Malik J. , Kundu B. , Debbarma C. By Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 133 56-61 (2017)
  • Fractal and seismic b-value study during dynamic roof displacements (roof fall and surface blasting) for enhancing safety in the longwall coal mines Mondal D., Roy P.N.S. By Engineering Geology 253 184-204 (2019)
  • Fractal dimension and its translation into a model of gold spatial proxy Swain S. K., Singha Roy P. N., Mukherjee B. , Sawkar R. H. By Ore Geology Review 110 1-10 (2019)
  • Prognosticating buried potential mineral deposits in virgin areas of Odisha and adjoining regions, India, using 3D Euler's deconvolution technique on gravity data for detailed exploration in future Kumar A., Das L.K., Roy P.N.S., Singh A.K. By Ore Geology Reviews 104 373-383 (2019)
  • Fractal Dimensions of Blocks Using A Box Counting Technique for the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Gujarat, India Ram A., Singha Roy P. N. By Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH) 162 531-548 (2005)
  • Multifractal analysis of earthquakes in the southeastern Iran-Bam region Singha Roy P. N., Padhi A. By Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH) 167 2271-2290 (2007)
  • Use of Correlation Fractal Dimension signatures for understanding the Overlying Strata Dynamics in Longwall Coal Mines Mondal D., Singha Roy P. N. By International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 91 210-221 (2017)
  • Fractal analyzer: A MATLAB application for multifractal seismicity analysis Singha Roy P. N., Gupta D. K. By Seismological Research Letters 86 1-8 (2015)
  • Scale invariance behavior for pre and post-2015 Nepal Gorkha earthquake GPS time series based on fractal analysis Gupta S.K., Roy P.N.S., Pal S.K. By Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 152 - (2021)

Principal Investigator

  • Seismic Hazard Monitoring for North Bihar due to Neighbouring Nepal Himalaya: using GPS Strain and Seismicity
  • Use of Microseismicity as a tool for underground mines hazard monitoring with the motive to enhance safety and production

Ph. D. Students

Abhishek Kumar Yadav

Area of Research: GNSS Troposphere Applications

Arindam Kovur Basak

Area of Research: Geophysics

Arnab Banerjee

Area of Research: Geophysics

Ashvini Kumar

Area of Research: Geophysics

Avinandan Mandal

Area of Research: Hydrocarbon Exploration

Debjyoti Ghosh

Area of Research: Geophysics

Gyanasmita Pradhan

Area of Research: Seismology

Haritha C

Area of Research: Geophysics

M Quamer Nasim

Area of Research: AI application for Hydrocarbon

Patchamatla V M V Prasada Raju

Area of Research: Geophysical Signal Processing

Pavel Karmanov

Area of Research: Hydrocarbon Exploration

Prithwiraj Mahato

Area of Research: Mining Geophysics

Saswati Sil

Area of Research: Hydrocarbon reservoir characterization

Saurabh Saini

Area of Research: Geophysical Signal Processing

Shubhamay Maji

Area of Research: Extreme Event Modeling in Geosciences