Subir Kumar Ghosh

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Subir Kumar Ghosh
Calcutta University
  • Jadavpur University
    • Doctoral advisor
    • Santosh Kumar Roy

    Subir Kumar Ghosh (1 March 1932 – 30 October 2008) was an Indian structural geologist and an emeritus professor at Jadavpur University.[1] He was known for his studies on theoretical and experimental structural geology[2] and was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,[3] and the Indian Academy of Sciences.[4] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences in 1977.[5]

    Biography

    Jadavpur University

    Born on 1 March 1932 in the Indian state of

    Purulia District.[1] Subsequently, he moved to Uppsala University where he worked under Hans Ramberg, a renowned geologist who would later lend his name to Rambergite mineral.[6] He stayed with Ramberg for two years at the end of which period he received the degree of Filosofisk doktorgrad from Uppsala University in 1967 and returned to join Jadavpur University where he set up an experimental laboratory to continue his researches. He served the university till his superannuation in 1997 but continued his association post-retirement as an emeritus professor, an INSA senior scientist, and as an INSA honorary scientist. During this period, he also had a short stint in Sweden as a research associate for the Swedish National Programme for the Geodynamics Project.[3]

    Dr. Ghosh was married to Sheila Ghosh née Sen and the couple's son Abhik Ghosh is a noted chemist.[1] He died on 30 October 2008, at the age of 76.[4]

    Legacy

    Boudinage

    Focusing his attention on the theoretical and experimental aspects of structural geology, Ghosh studied the geometrical relationships of the axial surfaces of folds with the principal planes of deformation

    University Grants Commission of India during 1979–80 and sat in the editorial boards of the Journal of Structural Geology of Oxford University Press and Tectonophysics of Elsevier, besides mentoring thirteen doctoral scholars in their studies.[3]

    Awards and honors

    The

    Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1977.[13] The Indian National Science Academy elected him as their fellow in 1979, INSA would honor him again in 1998 with K. Naha Memorial Medal.[14] The same year, the Indian Academy of Sciences also elected him as a fellow.[4] Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales,[15] edited by Sudipta Sengupta and published by Springer in 1997 is a festschrift on Ghosh and Kshitindramohan Naha, another noted geologist.[16]

    Selected bibliography

    Books

    Chapters

    Articles

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ Please see Selected bibliography section

    References

    1. ^ a b c d "Subir Kumar Ghosh (1932-2008)". Obituary. Geological Survey of India. 2016.
    2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
    3. ^ a b c d "Deceased fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
    4. ^ a b c "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
    5. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
    6. ^ "R Mineral Index". Mineral News. 2016.
    7. ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999.
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    11. ^ "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
    12. ^ Subir Kumar Ghosh; Sanjib Chandra Sarkar; Sudipta Sengupta (1987). A field guide for Ghatsila and neighbouring mineral-belt. Jadavpur University. p. 87.
    13. ^ "Earth Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
    14. ^ "Professor K. Naha Memorial Medal". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
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