Welcome to Department of Geology

Geology is the science that studies the earth. These studies includes earth’s formation and composition, the processes that create resources such as fuels, minerals, and construction materials, the energy systems that modify landforms on the crust, the historical evolution of life and global climates, and the continuing interaction between humans and the natural environment. Through lecture, lab, and field study, the geology program provides insight, perspective, and application required to assist citizens in making well informed decisions concerning earth-related issues such as water resources, building and engineering, natural disasters, agriculture and ocean resources, and the long-term effects on our planet from an increasing population.
The Department of Geology was established in 1952; T.Y. B.Sc. started from 1964 with the objective of inducing the interest of subject in the young minds of students of under graduate level. The department is one of the oldest Geology departments in India run by well qualified and experienced teaching faculty and other supporting staff.
This department offers students the updated knowledge in Geology along with very basic aspects of the subject as a part of integrated natural system. The subject being fundamental to all sciences, it generates the natural curiosity in the minds of students for its inter-disciplinary nature. Students are encouraged for experiments, practical in laboratory. Major aspects of Geology are learnt outside the classroom in the open fields through short & long duration Geological Excursions every year.
Programme & Course offered: Three years B Sc, CBCS syllabus based honors degree programme contains four courses for first year & second year, however, third year will have eight courses. Each course will have theory based practical. Exams are semester based and there will be practical exams in yearend semesters.
Geological Field Excursion: Field excursions of various durations are arranged every year for B Sc I, II & III class Geology students as part of their syllabus.
Certificate Course in Geoinformatics of six months duration is offered for XII pass-out science students. Geoinformatics Laboratory is well equipped with 15 computers & Licensed ArcGIS, Surfer, Idrisi & MatLab Software & other necessary hardware.
Department has well equipped three specious laboratories. Departmental library offers more than 300 books. Digital book library holds more than 120 books, many research journals, research papers, technical reports, manuals dictionaries, encyclopedias & other digital document references. Audio-visual teaching and learning resources are ample enough to supplement the classroom teaching learning.
Remedial teaching is offered for the students who could not score better in the examinations, however, extra guidance and counseling is offered to all students for better academic & non-academic performances.
Career guidance: Career guidance is regularly done for the students aspiring for higher education. Students are encouraged and trained to get admissions in the reputed educational institutes. Guidance is given for NET, SET, GATE, JAM, UPSC, MPSC and other competitive examinations related to Geology. Many students have benefited through these activities.
Entrepreneurship development program: It is run by the department in collaboration with Vasundhara Geo-consultancies; a professional consultancy team of experts, for the alumni of department after completion of their higher education. In field, hands-on training program is conduced. Trainee students learn most of the professional skills for starting their own consultancy services.
Training includes technical skill development like- Geological field surveying, Expertise services in the fields of Ground water explorations, Electric Resistivity Test (ERT) Services for Engineering Foundation analysis, Watershed Development, Rainwater Harvesting. Water Recharge Zone Identification for rain water harvesting & various Feasibility Tests related to geology. Over-burden and resource estimation of ores & raw building material, Scientific/Geological Report Writing. Technical Report Writing etc.
Additional Training in aspects necessary for running consultancy services.- Basic Soft skills like written & verbal communication are taught to the trainees. Other skills taught are professional communication, preparing quotation, business negotiation, preparing work schedule, executing work schedule, human resource management.
Day Celebrations: Various day celebrations are arranged for the students to nurture additional qualities in their personality. Days like- World Geology Day, World Water Day, World Soil Day, World Environmental Day are celebrated with active participation of the students.
Extension Activities: Teachers of this department take part in many awareness programs related to environmental issues, water, soil, watershed development, rainwater harvesting etc. Students also take part in awareness creating activities. This department helps in building of Geology Laboratories & museums of other educational institutes. Free donations are offered in the form of specimens to other educational institutes.
Geology Museum: The museum has more than 500 specimens at display. Most of the specimens are collected by students and teachers during the past Geological Field Excursions. Some of the specimens are of rare qualities.

FACULTY

   R. L. Jagzap

   Dr. V. M. Dikshit

LABORATORY

Geology Department provides well equipped, spacious & properly ventilated three laboratories for the students to carry out the entire theory syllabus based practical experiments. Apart from regular practical work, we provide infrastructural, instrumental help for students who wish to carry out extra experiments & observations. Teaching & Supporting staff are well trained to carry out the work smoothly. Two of these laboratories are equipped with audio-visual equipments.

Geology Museum:: Being very old department, we hold huge collection of minerals, rocks, fossils, soil samples collected in field excursions and other geologically relevant things collected in due course of development of our department. Few specimens are very rare and unique. The best specimens are displayed in our Geology Museum which is place of curiosity for beginners and learners.

Geo-informatics Laboratory:: We have Geo-informatics Laboratory well equipped with 15 high end desktop computers and peripherals. Software available for GIS studies: IDRISI Taiga, QGIS, ILWIS and GRASS (open source).

Rock Garden: Keeping in mind that Geology is the subject that can be well learnt in the field, with objective to provide large size expression of rock specimens/examples as the part of syllabus of all B Sc I, II & III Geology course for B Sc programme students, the rock garden is developed.
Apart from the small specimens that students uses at the time of practical, students and visitors to this rock garden can see the replica of true nature and partial expression of large dimensions of rocks through the display of rocks here.
Students understand concept of out-crop, learns & understands Dip-Strike concept.
This also displays field replica of Columnar-Joint structures developed in Basalt, display soil types, replica of symmetrical hill, asymmetrical hill, spur & slope types as part of Geomorphology.
Frequent observation by students of specimens and features displayed in the garden; it helps students to remember the topic learnt very well. Apart from this, the garden generates curiosity about the rock science and geological sciences in the minds of visitors of school students, pre-degree, degree course students & common man.

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