Prof. Bhabesh C. Sarkar, Former Professor (HAG) and Former Emeritus Fellow in the Department of Applied Geology at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, and currently, Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at IIT Bombay, is a Geostatistician possessing over 44 and half years of professional experience with a strong blend of industry and academics.

• Geostatistical Modelling, Evaluation and Characterization of Mineral, Petroleum and Groundwater resources
• Economic modelling and evaluation of mineral deposits
• Machine Learning Geostatistics
• AI based Exploration Targeting

Courses Teaching at IIT Bombay:

• Statistical Methods in Geosciences (GS 535)

Courses Taught at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad:

• Principles and Applications of Geostatistics
• Mineral Exploration
• Advanced Geostatistics & Exploration Economics
• Mathematical Geology
• Exploration Geology
• Computer Applications in Geology

• PhD in Geostatistics from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London (1985-1988)
• DIC in Mineral Resources Engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London (1988)
• Integrated 5-Year MSc in Applied Geology from IIT Kharagpur (1975-1980)
• All India Higher Secondary in Science Stream from Sainik School Purulia (1968-1975)

Academic & Industry

• Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay (August 2024 to date)
• Emeritus Fellow, Department of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (01 Nov 2023 to 30 June 2024)
• Professor (HAG), Department of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (30 March 2022 to 31 October 2023)
• Professor, Department of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (24 Sep 2008 to 29 March 2022)
• Associate Professor, Department of Applied Geology, ISM Dhanbad (24 Sep 2004 to 23 Sep 2008)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Geology, ISM Dhanbad (16 March 1993 to 23 Sep 2004
• Lecturer, Department of Applied Geology, ISM Dhanbad (02 Dec 1989 to 15 March 1993)
• Senior Geologist (RP&D), Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur (01 July 1986 to 28 Nov 1989)
• Geologist (RP&D), Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur (06 July 1981 to 30 June 1986)
• Officer Trainee (Geology), Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, Nagpur (06 October 1980 to 04 July 1981)

Administrative

• Head, Department of Applied Geology, ISM Dhanbad (1^st January 2010 to 31 Dec 2012)
• Founder Head, Department of Civil Engineering, ISM Dhanbad (30 January 2013 to 14 June 2014)
• Coordinator, Preparatory Course, ISM Dhanbad (June 2004 to August 2010)
• Vice Chairman, ISM Entrance Exam, ISM Dhanbad (2009-2010)
• President, Sports & Physical Education Centre, ISM Dhanbad (Feb 2011 to Feb 2014)
• Professor-in-Charge, Special Projects, ISM Dhanbad (January 2015 to June 2018)
• Chairman, Committee on IIT(ISM)-Industry Institute Interaction Facility at Kolkata (Sep 2013 to October 2017)
• Chairman, Committee on IIT(ISM)-Industry Institute Interaction Facility at New Delhi (October 2015 to October 2017)
• Professor-in-Charge, IIT(ISM)-Industry-Institute Interaction Facilities at Kolkata and New Delhi (August 2016 to October 2017)
• Chairman, Centenary Celebration Committee, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (August 2019 to 31 October 2023)
• Nodal Officer, Artificial Recharge & Rain Water Harvesting Structures, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (December 2011 to October 2023)
• Chairman, Maintenance of Artificial Recharge & Rain Water Harvesting Structures, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (Nov 2015 to October 2023)
• Member, Board of Governers of REC, Shilchar as AICTE nominee (July 1997 to June 1998)
• Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi (July 1997 to June 1998)

• Service Excellence Award of MEAI for the Year 2022 in recognition of extraordinary services to MEAI and to the Mineral Industry of India;
• National Geoscience Award 2019 of Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India in recognition of outstanding contribution in the field of Applied Geology (Geostatistics and IT Applications in Mineral Exploration);
• Service Excellence Award of MEAI for the Year 2021 in recognition of extraordinary services to MEAI and to the Mineral Industry of India;
• Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Kharagpur for the year 2020 for outstanding achievements, leadership, contribution to society, and peer recognition;
• Information Technology Award of MEAI-SRG for the year 2018-19 for significant contribution in Information Technology for Mining and Mineral Industries;
• J. Coggin Brown Memorial Gold Medal award of MGMI for 2014-15 for Geological Sciences;
• Master Tanay Chadha Memorial Geologist Award of MEAI for the year 2014 in the field of Mineral Exploration; 
• Award of Excellence of SGAT for the year 2014 for contributions in the field of Geostatistics;
• Narayanaswami Award 2014 of Geological Society of India for significant contributions in the field of Economic Geology;
• Outstanding Leadership Award of MEAI for the year 2014 for meritorious contribution to the Mineral Industry;
• Distinguished Academic Award of IGC for the year 2013 for enhancement and enrichment of the knowledge of Geosciences;
• P. N. Bose Award of the Indian Mining & Engineering Journal 2013 for contribution in the field of Geological Sciences in general and Geostatistics & IT Applications in particular;
• Subarna and Sashibhusan Bhattacharya Memorial Award of ISM Dhanbad for the year 2009 for Innovative Research in Earth Sciences;
• Certificate of Membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ABI, USA, 2003;
• Honorary Appointment to Research Board of Advisors, ABI, USA, 1999;
• Cash prize of £300 for contributing Best Research Paper in Mining Magazine, London, September 1988;
• Citation honoured by Indian Geological Congress, Feb. 2014 in recognition of scholarship, impeccable devotion to work and outstanding contribution in the field of geostatistics and momentous role in developing intimate academia-mineral & mineral industry liaison;
• National Overseas Scholarship, Govt. of India 1985 for PhD research in Mining Geostatistics at Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Sc. & Tech., University of London.

• SCI Journals: 53
• Books: 03
• Chapter in Books: 29
• Conference Proceedings: International: 22; National: 20

Patents Filed and Published (02 nos): 

(1) Indian Patent: Title: “Multi-model method and system of estimation of ash yield in coal using mid-infrared Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy”, No. 202431065336, Published 06.09.2024. In the name of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. Inventors: Anup Krishna Prasad, Sameeksha Mishra, Arya Vinod, Anubhav Shukla, Shailayee Mukherjee, Bitan Purkait, Atul Kumar Varma, Bhabesh Chandra Sarkar;

(2) Indian Patent: Title: “A method of multi-model estimation of carbon in coal using mid-infrared Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy”, No. 202431076911, Published 18/10/2024. In the name of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. Inventors: Anup Krishna Prasad, Sameeksha Mishra, Arya Vinod, Anubhav Shukla, Bitan Purkait, Shailayee Mukherjee, Atul Kumar Varma, Bhabesh Chandra Sarkar

• Development of Mineral Information Database, AICTE New Delhi (1999-2003)
• Advanced Geo-information Modelling Studies, MHRD, GoI (2004-2007)
• Design and implementation of mine based information system, MHRD, New Delhi (2006-2010)
• Artificial Recharge and Rain Water Harvesting, CGWB, MoWR, GoI, New Delhi (2011-2018)
• FIST Level II Project to Department of Applied Geology, DST New Delhi (2012-2017)
• AI based Copper Exploration Targetting, TEXMiN, DST GoI (2023-2026)

• Ph.D. Research Supervision: Awarded: 12; Ongoing: 1 (as Co-supervisor)
• M.Tech Dissertation Supervision: 29
• M.Sc. Tech Dissertation Supervision: 98