Research Interest

• Vertebrate Palaeontology 
• Palaeobiology (functional morphology and bone histology)
• Geochemical studies on fossil bones
• Vertebrate ichnofossils
• Mesozoic ecosystem

• GS 318 Applied Geology for Civil Engineers
• GS 416 Petrology Lab
• GS 421 Palaeontology
• GS 433 Palaeontology Lab
• GS 545 Elements of Vertebrate Palaeontology
• GS 662 Petroliferous basins of India
• GP 416 Structural Geology & Stratigrapgy
• GP 420 Structural Geology & Stratigrapgy Lab

• Ph.D. (Vertebrate Palaeontology), 2021
  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• M.Sc.(Applied Geology), 2014
  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
• B.Sc. with Honors(Geology), 2012
  Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta

• Visiting Scientist, February 2022-March 2022
  Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata
• Teaching Assistant, 2020-2021
  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellow, 2015–2020
  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

• Awarded Conference Participation Grant by The Paleontological Society Committee on Diversity and Inclusion for online participation in the Geological Society of America 2021 Conference.
• Awarded Conference Participation Grant by The Paleontological Society Committee on Diversity and Inclusion for online participation in the Geological Society of America 2021 Conference.
• Secured 16 (CSIR) rank in National Eligibility Test 2014 organized by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.
• Awarded “Scholarship for Higher Education” (SHE) under “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research” (INSPIRE) scheme from the, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (2011) for being the top 1% of the successful students in terms of aggregate marks in class 12 board exam.
• Awarded “Scholarship for Higher Education” (SHE) under “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research” (INSPIRE) scheme from the, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (2011) for being the top 1% of the successful students in terms of aggregate marks in class 12 board exam.

Referred papers

• Rakshit, N. and Ray, S., 2022. Bone‐bearing coprolites from the Upper Triassic of India: ichnotaxonomy, probable producers and predator–prey relationships. Papers in Palaeontology, 8, p.e1418.
• Rakshit, N. and Ray, S., 2021. Mortality dynamics and fossilisation pathways of a new metoposaurid-dominated multitaxic bonebed from India: a window into the Late Triassic vertebrate palaeoecosystem, Historical Biology, 33, 2193–2221.
• Mukherjee, D., Sengupta, D.P. and Rakshit, N., 2020. New biological insights into the Middle Triassic capitosaurs from India as deduced from limb bone anatomy and histology. Papers in Palaeontology, 6, 93–142.
• Rakshit, N., Bhat, M.S., Mukherjee, D. and Ray, S., 2019. First record of Mesozoic scroll coprolites: classification, characteristics, elemental composition and probable producers. Palaeontology, 62, 451–471.
• Rakshit, N., Bhat, M.S., Ray, S. and Datta, P.M., 2018. First report of dinosaurian claws from the Late Triassic of India. Palaeoworld, 27, 179–187.

Abstracts at the conferences/symposiums

• Abhishek, N., Dasgupta, S., Rakshit, N., and Kashyap, Y. 2023. Landmark-based 2D and 3D geometric morphometry: a useful tool for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of past life. 7th National Geo-Research Scholars Meet, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, September 12-13 2023.
• Sanyal, A., Rakshit, N. and Ray, S. 2023. Assessing early diagenetic environment of the Late Triassic fossil bones using signatures of rare earth elements. Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC), the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 1-3 February 2023.
• Rakshit, N. and Ray, S. 2022. Vertebrate coprolites—a key to reconstruct ancient ecosystems. 2022.  3rd Triennial Congress of Federation of Indian Geosciences Association on Geosciences of Himalaya for Sustainable Development, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun – (Uttarakhand), 16-18 November, 2022
• Rakshit, N. and Ray, S., 2021. Decoding the Late Triassic vertebrate paleoecosystem from a highly diverse multitaxic bonebed. Geological Society of America Connects 2021, session titled “T83. Future Leaders in Paleontology”, Oregon, Portland, USA, abstract volume 53, DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-367247
• Rakshit, N. and Ray, S., 2021. Decoding the Late Triassic vertebrate predator-prey inter-relationship from varied bone-bearing coprolites. National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geoscience Research in India, Department of Geology, Delhi University, abstract volume, p. 30.
• Rakshit, N., 2019. Long bone histology of a metoposaurid temnospondyl from India: ontogenetic variations, palaeobiology and taxonomic implication. 5th International Symposium on Palaeohistology, Cape Town, South Africa, abstract volume, p. 57.
• Rakshit, N., Mukherjee, M. and Ray, S., 2016. Coprolite morphotypes from the Tiki Formation, India: new evidence for the Late Triassic vertebrate diversity. Developments in Geosciences in the Past Decade – Emerging Trends for the Future and Impact on Society, Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of India, Seminar abstract volume, 347–348.
• Dasgupta, N., Ghosh, T. and Rakshit, N., 2014. The tectonic nature of the eastern margin of the Barotiya Group, Rajasthan India: a reappraisal. International Conference on EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Geophysical Research Abstracts, abstract volume 16, EGU2014-1505.
• Rakshit, N., 2013. Study of E-twins within Calcite: a case study from Barotiya group, Pali District Rajasthan, India. International conference of 3rd Precambrian Continental Growth and Tectonism, IAGR Conference Series No. 16, Jhansi, India, abstract volume, p. 132.

Scientific article

Datta, D. and Rakshit, N. 2019. Late Triassic semiaquatic predators from India: their fossil records and lifestyle adaptations. Geos, 17, 31–42.