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Dinesh Pandit

Assistant Professor (Stage-I)

Department of Geology

Department of Geology+91-9453601580 (O), 8004330328 (M)dpandit.geo@bhu.ac.in

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Dinesh Pandit serves as Assistant Professor (Stage-I) in the Department of Geology, contributing to teaching, research, student mentorship and academic initiatives.

Career Timeline

Work Experience

Academic appointments, research roles, and administrative responsibilities.

Academic08/01/2004 - 31/01/2006

CSIR-JRF

IIT Kharagpur

Academic01/02/2006 - 31/01/2009

CSIR-SRF

IIT Kharagpur

Academic01/02/2009 - 28/09/2009

Research Associate

IIT Kharagpur

Academic03/11/2009 - 30/11/2011

Research Associate

National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad

Academic01/12/2011 - 30/04/2012

Research Scientist B

National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa

Academic01/05/2012 - 31/03/2015

Project Scientist C

National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa

Academic26/10/2015 - 26/09/2017

Research Scientist B

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Academic27/09/2017 - Continue

Assistant Professor

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

AdministrativeNA - 24/02/2013

Chief Scientist

RV Akademic Nikolaj Strakhov (Russian)

MoES-NCAOR: Hydrothermal Programme

AdministrativeNA - 18/10/2013

Chief Scientist

ORV Sagar Kanya (Indian)

MoES-NCAOR: EEZ Programme

Research & Innovation

Research Articles & Publications

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2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Cobaltoan pyrite in a lamprophyre from the Sidhi Gneissic Complex, Mahakoshal Belt, Central India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-018-0813-1

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Chrome-diopside megacrysts lamprophyre from the Late Cretaceous Mundwara alkaline complex, NW India; petrological and geodynamic implications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-018-0871-4

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Synthesis, microstructure and corrosion behavior of compositionally graded Ni-YSZ diffusion barrier coatings on Inconel-690 for high temperature environments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.02.053

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

An Island-arc tectonic setting for the Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt, Bastar craton, Central India: insights from the chromite mineral chemistry and geochemistry of the siliceous high-Mg basalts (SHMB).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.2971

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Post-collisional calc-alkaline lamprophyres from the Kadiri greenstone belt: evidence for the Neoarchean convergence- related evolution of the Eastern Dharwar Craton and its schist belts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.09.005

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Rift-associated ultramafic lamprophyre (damtjernite) from the middle part of the Lower Cretaceous (125 Ma) succession of Kutch, northwestern India: Tectonomagmatic implications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2017.10.013

2018Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Recurrent lamprophyre magmatism in the Narmada rift zone: petrographic and mineral chemistry evidence from xenoliths in the Eocene Dongargaon lamprophyre, NW Deccan Large Igneous Province, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41745-018-0074-4

2017Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

A note on the origin of clinopyroxene megacrysts from the Udiripikonda lamprophyre, Eastern Dharwar Craton, South India.

DOI: https://iguonline.in/journal/igu%2021-2%20(web)/paper5

2017Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Subduction – Tectonics in the evolution of the eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Insights from the post-collisional calc-alkaline lamprophyres at the western margin of the Cuddapah basin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.06.004

2017Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Petrogenesis of a Mesoproterozoic shoshonitic lamprophyre dyke from the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: geochemical and isotopic evidence for a modified sub-continental lithospheric mantle source

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2017.09.001

2017Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Imprints of modal metasomatism in the post-Deccan sub-continental lithospheric mantle: petrological evidence from the ultramafic xenoliths in an Eocene lamprophyre, NW India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP463.6

2015Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Geochemistry of feldspar intergrowth microtextures from Paleoproterozoic granitoids in Central India: implications to exsolution processes in granitic system

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-015-0204-9

2015Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Thermodynamic model for hydrothermal sulfide deposition in the Paleoproterozoic granite ore system at Malanjkhand, India

DOI: https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35002

2014Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Chloritization in Paleoproterozoic granite ore system at Malanjkhand, Central India: mineralogical studies and mineral fluid equilibria modeling.

DOI: https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/106/04/0565

2014Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

A comparative geochemical, magnetic susceptibility and fluid inclusion studies on the Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand and Dongargarh granitoids, Central India and implications to metallogeny.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-014-0328-4

2014Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Constrains from magmatic and hydrothermal epidotes on crystallization of granitic magma and sulfide mineralization in Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand granitoid, Central India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2014.04.008

2012Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals

Reconstruction of physicochemical environment of hydrothermal mineralization at Malanjkhand copper deposit, Central India: constraints from sulfur isotope ratios in pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-3928.2012.00214.x

Scholarly Output

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M. Sc.2019

Mineralogy and Ore Genesis of Copper Deposit in Chandmari and Kolihan Mines, Khetri: Implications to Metallogeny in North Delhi Fold Belt

Scholar: Aashutosh Durgesh Kundgar · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2019

Ore Genesis of Madan-Kudan Copper Deposit in Khetri Copper Belt for Metallogenic Implications in North Delhi Fold Belt

Scholar: Ankit Singh · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2020

Petrography and Mineralogy of Devgaon Leucogranite: Implications to Ore Genesis of Malanjkhand Copper deposit, Central India

Scholar: Shivam Mishra · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2020

Petrography and Mineralogy of Birsa Leucogranite in relation to the Molybdenite Mineralisation in the Malanjkhand Granitoid, Central India

Scholar: Utkarsh · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2021

Petrography and mineralogical studies of Manganese ores from Tirodi Mines, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh

Scholar: Shibalika Tamuli · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2021

Petrography and Mineralogy of Manganese Ores from Chikla Mines, Bhandara District, Maharashtra

Scholar: Ashutosh Panda · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2021

Petrography and mineralogical studies of Manganese ores from Bharveli-Ukwa Mines, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh

Scholar: Swastik Deshmukh · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2022

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Sulphide Minerals from Mochia Magra Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Scholar: Lipsa Sahoo · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2022

Ore Mineralogy and Paragenesis of Sulphide Phases from Baroi Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Scholar: Ankit Kumar · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2022

Petrography and Mineralogy of Sulphide Ores from Zawarmala Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Scholar: Shashank Tripathi · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2023

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Gold Mineralisation from Arangi, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Scholar: Atasi Aparajita · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2023

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Gold Mineralization from Phaphrakund, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

Scholar: Manjusha Sahoo · Banaras Hindu University

Ph. D.2023

Study of Base Metal Mineralisation around Amara Ka Bas in Alwar Basin, Rajasthan, India

Scholar: Sajeev R · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2023

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Banspani Iron Ore Deposit, Keonjhar, Odisha

Scholar: Ajay Prasad S · Banaras Hindu University & KUFOS Kerala

M. Sc.2024

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Kashia Iron Ore Deposit, Keonjhar District, Odisha

Scholar: Aman Kumar Dash · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2024

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Roida Iron and Manganese Ore Deposit, Keonjhar District, Odisha

Scholar: Shivam Gupta · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2024

Petrography and Mineralogy of Granites from Jhirgadandi, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Scholar: Ayush Kumar Singh · Banaras Hindu University & BBAU Lucknow

M. Sc.2024

Petrography and Mineralogy of Banded Iron Formation from Agori Succession, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Scholar: Ruddi Rani Nanda · Banaras Hindu University & BBAU Lucknow

Ph. D.2024

Geochemical Evolution and Origin of Metallogenic Fluid in Eastern Mahakoshal Belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone: Implications to Gold Metallogeny

Scholar: Prem Shankar Misra · Banaras Hindu University

Ph. D.

Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny of Banded Iron Formation in Mahakoshal Greenstone Belt, Central India

Scholar: Akash Kumar Singh · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2025

Structural Control on Mineralization and Metallogeny from Zawar Lead Zinc Deposits, Udaipur District, Rajasthan

Scholar: Priyanshi M Nagar · Banaras Hindu University & KSKV Kachchh University Bhuj

Ph. D.

Origin and Evolution of Zawar Pb-Zn Deposit: Implications to Metallogeny

Scholar: Akansha Gupta · Banaras Hindu University

Ph. D.

Petrogenetic Evolution of Sukinda Chromite Complex: in Singhbhum Craton: Implication's to Metallogeny

Scholar: Ashish Gupta · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2025

Assessment of Environmental Impact of Sessional Floods in Ganga River around Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh

Scholar: Shivam Kumar · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2025

Assessment of Environmental Impact of Mining Activities and Mitigations around Rohtas District of Bihar

Scholar: Swapnil Pandey · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2025

Ore Association with Mafic Magmatism in Gopad River Section from Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh

Scholar: Gaurav Kumar · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2025

Petrography and Mineralogy of Epidotes in Magmatic Rock from Chitrangi Area in Madhya Pradesh

Scholar: Aditya Kumar Vishwakarma · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2026

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Saruabil Chromite Deposit from Sukinda Ultramafic Complex in Odisha

Scholar: Mahima Mishra · Banaras Hindu University

M. Sc.2026

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Baula Chromite Deposit from Keonjhar District in Odisha

Scholar: Ashish Kumar Prusti · Banaras Hindu University

Teaching & Learning

Courses Taught

Courses and academic offerings associated with this faculty profile.

GLM-413

Indian Mineral Deposits

GLM-205

Ore Geology

ESMJ62

Economic Geology

ESMJ64

Stratigraphy

ESMJ41

Petrology and Economic Geology

GLM-416

Project Oriented Dissertation

GLM-111

Geological Field Work

GLM-203

Stratigraphy

Affiliations

Professional Memberships

Memberships in academic associations, professional societies and advisory councils.

Life Member (L15226)

Indian Science Congress Association

Since 2009

Life Member (LM 594)

Indian Society of Applied Geochemists

Since 2019

Member (F-3557)

Geological Society of India

Since 2021

Life Member (LM 251)

Indian Association of Sedimentologists

Since 2022

Life Member

The Palaeontological Society of India

Since 2023

Life Member (LF/2495/771/2023)

Indian Social Science Academy

Since 2023

Life Time Membership (LTSS 506/2023)

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

Since 2023

Life Member [F-3557 (L-2027)]

Geological Society of India

Since 2024

Life Member (L-6341)

Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Since 2024

Recognition

Honours & Awards

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Academic Recognition

CSIR-JRF (NET)

CSIR, Government of India

2003

Academic Recognition

CSIR-SRF

CSIR, Government of India

2006

Academic Recognition

NGRI-RA

CSIR-NGRI, Government of India

2009

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Banaras Hindu University

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About the Faculty

Work Experience

CSIR-JRF

CSIR-SRF

Research Associate

Research Associate

Research Scientist B

Project Scientist C

Research Scientist B

Assistant Professor

Chief Scientist

Chief Scientist

Sponsored Projects & Grants

Geochemical Evolution of Leucogranite and Aplite Dykes from the Malanjkhand Pluton: Implications to Cu-Mo-Au Metallogeny in Bastar Craton, Central India

Metallogeny and Petrogenesis of Granitoids from the Aravalli Craton, Northwest India

Research Articles & Publications

Cobaltoan pyrite in a lamprophyre from the Sidhi Gneissic Complex, Mahakoshal Belt, Central India

Chrome-diopside megacrysts lamprophyre from the Late Cretaceous Mundwara alkaline complex, NW India; petrological and geodynamic implications

Synthesis, microstructure and corrosion behavior of compositionally graded Ni-YSZ diffusion barrier coatings on Inconel-690 for high temperature environments

An Island-arc tectonic setting for the Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt, Bastar craton, Central India: insights from the chromite mineral chemistry and geochemistry of the siliceous high-Mg basalts (SHMB).

Post-collisional calc-alkaline lamprophyres from the Kadiri greenstone belt: evidence for the Neoarchean convergence- related evolution of the Eastern Dharwar Craton and its schist belts

Rift-associated ultramafic lamprophyre (damtjernite) from the middle part of the Lower Cretaceous (125 Ma) succession of Kutch, northwestern India: Tectonomagmatic implications

Recurrent lamprophyre magmatism in the Narmada rift zone: petrographic and mineral chemistry evidence from xenoliths in the Eocene Dongargaon lamprophyre, NW Deccan Large Igneous Province, India

A note on the origin of clinopyroxene megacrysts from the Udiripikonda lamprophyre, Eastern Dharwar Craton, South India.

Subduction – Tectonics in the evolution of the eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Insights from the post-collisional calc-alkaline lamprophyres at the western margin of the Cuddapah basin

Petrogenesis of a Mesoproterozoic shoshonitic lamprophyre dyke from the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: geochemical and isotopic evidence for a modified sub-continental lithospheric mantle source

Imprints of modal metasomatism in the post-Deccan sub-continental lithospheric mantle: petrological evidence from the ultramafic xenoliths in an Eocene lamprophyre, NW India

Geochemistry of feldspar intergrowth microtextures from Paleoproterozoic granitoids in Central India: implications to exsolution processes in granitic system

Thermodynamic model for hydrothermal sulfide deposition in the Paleoproterozoic granite ore system at Malanjkhand, India

Chloritization in Paleoproterozoic granite ore system at Malanjkhand, Central India: mineralogical studies and mineral fluid equilibria modeling.

A comparative geochemical, magnetic susceptibility and fluid inclusion studies on the Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand and Dongargarh granitoids, Central India and implications to metallogeny.

Constrains from magmatic and hydrothermal epidotes on crystallization of granitic magma and sulfide mineralization in Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand granitoid, Central India

Reconstruction of physicochemical environment of hydrothermal mineralization at Malanjkhand copper deposit, Central India: constraints from sulfur isotope ratios in pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite.

Selected Publications

Research Supervision

Mineralogy and Ore Genesis of Copper Deposit in Chandmari and Kolihan Mines, Khetri: Implications to Metallogeny in North Delhi Fold Belt

Ore Genesis of Madan-Kudan Copper Deposit in Khetri Copper Belt for Metallogenic Implications in North Delhi Fold Belt

Petrography and Mineralogy of Devgaon Leucogranite: Implications to Ore Genesis of Malanjkhand Copper deposit, Central India

Petrography and Mineralogy of Birsa Leucogranite in relation to the Molybdenite Mineralisation in the Malanjkhand Granitoid, Central India

Petrography and mineralogical studies of Manganese ores from Tirodi Mines, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh

Petrography and Mineralogy of Manganese Ores from Chikla Mines, Bhandara District, Maharashtra

Petrography and mineralogical studies of Manganese ores from Bharveli-Ukwa Mines, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Sulphide Minerals from Mochia Magra Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Ore Mineralogy and Paragenesis of Sulphide Phases from Baroi Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Petrography and Mineralogy of Sulphide Ores from Zawarmala Mines, Udaipur district, Rajasthan

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Gold Mineralisation from Arangi, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Gold Mineralization from Phaphrakund, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

Study of Base Metal Mineralisation around Amara Ka Bas in Alwar Basin, Rajasthan, India

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Banspani Iron Ore Deposit, Keonjhar, Odisha

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Kashia Iron Ore Deposit, Keonjhar District, Odisha

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Roida Iron and Manganese Ore Deposit, Keonjhar District, Odisha

Petrography and Mineralogy of Granites from Jhirgadandi, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Petrography and Mineralogy of Banded Iron Formation from Agori Succession, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh

Geochemical Evolution and Origin of Metallogenic Fluid in Eastern Mahakoshal Belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone: Implications to Gold Metallogeny

Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny of Banded Iron Formation in Mahakoshal Greenstone Belt, Central India

Structural Control on Mineralization and Metallogeny from Zawar Lead Zinc Deposits, Udaipur District, Rajasthan

Origin and Evolution of Zawar Pb-Zn Deposit: Implications to Metallogeny

Petrogenetic Evolution of Sukinda Chromite Complex: in Singhbhum Craton: Implication's to Metallogeny

Assessment of Environmental Impact of Sessional Floods in Ganga River around Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh

Assessment of Environmental Impact of Mining Activities and Mitigations around Rohtas District of Bihar

Ore Association with Mafic Magmatism in Gopad River Section from Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh

Petrography and Mineralogy of Epidotes in Magmatic Rock from Chitrangi Area in Madhya Pradesh

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Saruabil Chromite Deposit from Sukinda Ultramafic Complex in Odisha

Ore Genesis and Metallogeny of Baula Chromite Deposit from Keonjhar District in Odisha

Courses Taught

Indian Mineral Deposits

Ore Geology

Economic Geology

Stratigraphy

Petrology and Economic Geology

Project Oriented Dissertation

Geological Field Work

Stratigraphy

Professional Memberships

Life Member (L15226)

Life Member (LM 594)

Member (F-3557)

Life Member (LM 251)

Life Member