• Fluid-melt inclusion studies of different pegmatites, granites, and carbonatites
• Ore petrology of Base metals, Iron ores, and Gold deposits
• Geothermometry of Deccan Traps and associated dykes
• Opaque mineralogical studies of Deccan Traps and associated dykes
• Acid Mine Drainage prediction studies of Pb-Zn mines, Zawar
• Mineral processing technological studies on low-grade iron ores, Jodda, Orissa
• Electron Spin Resonance(ESR) studies on quartz from Gold mines
• TSL Studies on fluorite, quartz, and feldspars from different types of rocks and ore-deposits.

ACROFI-VI-Melt Inclusions from Apatites of Carbonatites, Sevatur, TN, S. India

• Economic Geology
• Ore Petrology
• Mineral Exploration
• Geological and Geochemical Prospecting
• Engineering and Ground Water Geology
• Geology
• Geoexploration Methods
• Advances in Geoscience Methods
• Gemmology
• Industrial Minerals
• Earth Sciences System

• Ph. D (Geology), 1989
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India
• M. Sc (Applied Geology), 1979
  M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodra, Gujarat, India
• B. Sc (Geology), 1977
  Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

• Professor, Since February, 2009
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.
• Associate Professor,February, 2001 to February, 2009
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.
• Assistant Professor, 1994-2001
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.
• Visiting Faculty Member (Lecturer), 1992-1994
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.
• Senior Technical Assistant, 1981-1992
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.
• Demonstrator, 1979-1981
  Rajaram College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

List of Publications:

(Ia) Papers in International Academic Journals

1. Khan, M. M., Singh, M., Mahajani, S. M., Jadhav, G. N., Shashank, M. 2018. Reclamation of used green sand in small-scale foundries. Journal of Materials Processing Tech. 255,559–569.
2. Khan, M. M., Singh, M., Jadhav, G. N., Mahajani. S., M.  Mandre, S. 2020. Characterization of waste and reclaimed green sand used in foundry processing. International Journal of Silicon, 12(3), 677-691.
3. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2021. Mechanical and thermal methods for reclamation of waste foundry sand. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 279, 111628.
4. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2020. A multistakeholder approach and techno-economic analysis of a mechanical reclamation process for waste foundry sand in the Indian context. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Volume 167, 105437.
5. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. Key insights into the transformation of bentonite as a binder used in green sand molds during metal casting process. Journal of Applied Clay Science. (Second revision is in progress)
6. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2021. Thermal gradients in green sand molds during metal casting process and their influence on sand properties. Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering (Communicated)
7. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. Chemical reclamation of waste foundry sand for producing cores used in the casting production. (In preparation)
8.  Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. A Systematic Review on Waste Foundry Sand: Challenges and Opportunities. (In preparation)

(I) Referred Journals:

1) Babita R. Choudhary, and  Gajananrao N. Jadhav (2014)

Petrogenesis of fractionated basaltic lava flows of Poladpur-Mahabaleshwar formation around Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats, India Journal of the Geological Society of India August 2014, Volume 84, Issue 2, pp 197-208.

2) D Verma, G N Jadhav, TK Biswal, SK Jena, N Sharma,(2012)

Characterization of hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusion in sandstones of Jaisalmer basin, Rajasthan: A preliminary approach.Journal of the Geological Society of India 80 (4), 505-514

3) G N Jadhav, N Sharma, P Sen,(2012)

Characterization of bauxite deposits from Kachchh Area, Gujarat.Journal of the Geological Society of India 80 (3), 351-362

4) Babita Rani Choudhary  and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav (2010)

:Melt inclusion in Deccan basalt of Mahabaleshwar section, India: a preliminary approach. Invited joint paper in the Book entitled “Some Glimpses on the Origin and Evolution of the Deep Continental Crust, India. Editors: N.R. Karmalkar, R.A. Duraiswami, N.J. Pawar and Ch. Sivaji (2009),  Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India. ”pp 185-194.

5) K. R. Baiju, C. G. Nambiar, G. N. Jadhav, H. Kagi and M. Satish-Kumar (2009)

Presence of Low-Density CO2 Inclusions in Charnockites and its Implications to Graphite Mineralization in Madurai Granulite Block, Southern India.Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: V-36, pp 332-340.

6)Abdul Wahid E and G.N. Jadhav(2007) “Applications of Model microscopy in the beneficiation of strategic mineral deposits associated with carbonatites of Tamil Nadu”

Proceedings of the “International conference on Beneficiation of Fines and its Technology” at Jamshedpur on 10th and 11th December 2007. pp. 29-35.

7) H. S. Pandalai, G. N. Jadhav, Biju Mathew, Panchapakesan V., K. Krishnam  Raju and M. L.  Patil (2004). Reply to Discussion on “Dissolution channels in quartz and the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in the Archean, greenstone-hosted, Hutti gold deposit, Karnataka, India” by Kolb J, Rogers A and Meyer FM. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 39, pp. 117-121.

8) S. Krishnaiah, D. N. Singh and G.N.Jadhav (2004). A methodology for determining thermal properties of rocks. International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences, vol. 41, pp. 877-882.

9) H.S.Pandalai, G.N.Jadhav, Biju Mathew, Panchapakesan V., K. Krishnam Raju, M.L.Patil (2003). Dissolution channels in quartz and the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in the Archean, greenstone-hosted, Hutti gold deposit, Karanataka, India. Mineralium Deposita, vol.38, pp.597-624.

10) Pradeep kumar T.B. and Jadhav G. N. (2003). Pyrrhotite inclusions in sphalerite. Current Science, vol.84, no.4, pp.501-503.

11)Jawahar Kumar Talluri, H. S. Pandalai and G. N. Jadhav. (2000).
Fluid chemistry and depositional mechanism of the epigenetic, discordant ores of the Proterozoic, Carbonate-hosted, Zawarmala Pb-Zn deposit, Udaipur district, India. Economic Geology, Vol.95, pp.1505-1525.

12)Jadhav G. N., Panchapakesan V. and Sahu K.C. (1993). Role of fluid inclusions in Mineral Exploration – An attempt on Bihar Mica Belt of India. Non-renewable resources, U.S.A., No.2, Summer 1993, pp.156-166.

13)Jadhav G.N., Panchapakesan V. and Sahu K.C. (1988). Fluid-melt inclusion studies of pegmatites in and around Dhab, Hazaribagh district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Seventh Quadrennial IAGOD symposium, E. Schweizerbart Scheverlagsbuchhandlung (N.U.Obermiller),D-7000, Stuttgart 1, Germany, pp.203-212.

(II-a) Conference Proceedings (Refereed-International)

1) P.S.Choudhury, D.U.Vyas and G.N.Jadhav:

Genesis of bauxite deposits in and around Gadhsisa region, Kachchh, Gujarat, India.

Proceedings of International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology-2013(MPT-   2013),conducted at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar from 10th to 12th Dec.2013. Abstract volume,p 11,Paper No.0195.

2) Lopamudra Panda and G N Jadhav:

Petrography and ore petrography of the banded iron formations of Gandhamardan region, Keonjhar, Orissa, India. Proceedings of International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology-2013(MPT-2013), conducted at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar from 10th to 12th Dec.2013. Abstract volume,p 12,Paper No.0196.

3) G N Jadhav and Prabir Ranjan Routray :Ore petrology of the Iron ores of the Khondbond mine, Keonjhar, Odissa, India. )  “International Seminar on Sedimentary Processes and Metallogeny through time(SPMT)-2014 at SDM college of E and T,Dharwad,Karnataka,21-23 Jan 2014.Abstract-p 28.

4) G N Jadhav and Onkar Mukherjee:Ore petrology of the Iron ores deposits and the associated quartz veins of Pale and Bimbol Iron-ore mines of Goa, India.  “International Seminar on Sedimentary Processes and Metallogeny through time(SPMT)-2014 at SDM college of E&T,Dharwad,Karnataka,21-23 Jan 2014.Abstract-p 29.

5)Geochemical mapping of Gujarat Bauxites: G. N. Jadhav*, M. M. Kulkarni* and N. Sharma# (IMPC-2012, Paper # 914)

6)Separation of titanoferrous impurities from kaolin by selective adsorption of organic flocculant, M M Kulkarni, T V Mani and G N Jadhav(IMPC-2012, Paper # 215)

7) G. N. Jadhav, N Sharma, P Manna, M Kulkarni, KK Bhattacharyya, and Vinodkumar (Nov.2009):  Kachchh Bauxite characterization, beneficiation and suggestions for value additions. Key note paper for the session- Characterisation of Ores and Minerals, which was held on 29th October, 2009, at IMMT, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Proceedings of The international seminar Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2009), Held at Bhubaneshwar, orissa,from. 29th to 31st October,2009.

8) Yadav S, Jadhav G N and Chandrasekharam D., 2010, TEM-EDS study of nano-inclusions in clinopyroxene (augite) phenocryst in basalts, Barren Island, India. Abstract, Asian Current Research On Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI III) And International Conference On Thermobarogeochemistry (TBG XIV),15-20 September, 2010, at Russian Academy Of Sciences, Siberian Branch V.S. Sobolev Institute Of Geology And Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia, p 266-267.

9)Jadhav, G. N., Sharma, N. and Kulkarni, M. M. 2011, “Characterization and beneficiation of Porbander bauxites,Sourashtra,Gujarat, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 72.

10)Jadhav, G. N., Paul, Ujjal  and Karanth R. V. 2011,  “ Characterization of chromites from Sittampundi, Dist.Salem, Tamil Nadu, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 75-76.

11)Jadhav, G. N., Sharma, N. and Kulkarni, M. M. 2011,  “Removal of calcium and iron bearing minerals from Sourashtra bauxites,Gujarat, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 146, v.

12) Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Patil, M.L. (2006) Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits. Presented at the Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Nanjing 26-28 May, 2006, Abstract volume eds. Pei Ni and Zaolin Li : 159-161 .

13)  G.N. JADHAV and LOPAMUDRA PANDA (2013)Petrography and ore-petyrography of the Banded Iron Formations in Gandhamardan region,Keonjhar, Orissa, India.(P-196),International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology(MPT-2013),CSIR-IMMT,Bhubaneswar,Orissa;10-12 Dec.2013.

14) G. N. Jadhav*, M. M. Kulkarni* and N. Sharma.(2012).

Geochemical mapping of Gujarat Bauxites: (IMPC Paper # 914)

15) M M Kulkarni, T V Mani and G N Jadhav.(2012) .

Separation of titanoferrous impurities from kaolin by selective adsorption of organic flocculant, (IMPC Paper # 215)

16) Prabir Roy, S.K. Pradhan, R.N. Behra, Vinod Kumar, Mamta Sharma, R.Singh and G.N.Jadhav

Implication prospective of process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade ores in Proceedings of the “ XIth International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology, (MPT-2010), held at NML, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India .

17)Vinod Kumar, G.N.Jadhav, N.K. Khosla, S.P.Mehrotra, M.K. Mohanta, and K.K. Bhattacharyya,  2010, Implications on process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade iron ore resources containing high alumina, from Eastern part of India. Proceedings of the “ XIth International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology, (MPT-2010), held at NML, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, from 15th to 17th Dec.2010.Ed.s,: R.Singh, A.Das, P.K. Banerjee, K.K. Bhattacharyya, and N.J. Goswami, NML, Jamshedpur, pp 82-91.

18) G.N.Jadhav and Pradeepkumar D. (2002). The Geothermometry of Deccan-Trap rocks from Mumbai region (India): Melt inclusion approach. Proceedings of “International Workshop-Short course on Volcanic systems, Geochemical and Geophysical Monitoring, Melt Inclusions: Methods, Applications and Problems”; held at Grand Hotel Moon Valley, Seiano di Vico Equense-Napoli- Italy; from 26th to 30th Sept., 2002. Edited by Prof. B. De Vivo and Prof. R.J. Bodnar, pp.119-124.

19)T.B.Pradeep Kumar, Jadhav G. N. and Sahu B.K. (1999). Metamorphism, deformation and remobilization in Rampura-Agucha Zn-Pb deposit, Rajasthan, India. Proceedings of the fifth International biennial SGA meeting and the tenth-quadrennial IAGOD symposium, London, U.K., 22-25 August, 1999.”Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Edited by C.J.Stanely et al. V-2, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, USA, 1999, pp.971-973.

20)G.N. Jadhav, Sanjeev Menon, B.Dhabekar, Alagu Raja and T.K. Gundu Rao,(2008). OSL and TL studies on quartz from Indian subcontinent having different geochronological relationships.*International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications. (ICLA – 2008), Feb 13-16, 2008, held at National Physical Laboratory, New-Delhi and organizes by NPL and Luminescence Society of India (LSI) Abstract, pp 231.

21)Jadhav, G.N, Dutta, D. and Sheth, D,(2007). International conference on Precambrian sedimentation and Tectonics and Second GPSS Meeting, December 10-12, 2007, organized by Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay. Microfossils of Precambrinan age reported within the BIF’s of North Goa iron ore deposits, Abstract, pp 70-72

22)Pandalai H.S., Jadhav G. N. and Patil M.L.(2006). Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits.First Meeting ,Asia Current Research on Fluid Inclusion, Pei Ni and Zhaolin Li (Eds.),Abstract Volume of ACROFII,May 26-28,Nanjing,China,pp159-161

23)Vinodkumar, Jadhav G.N. and Khosala N.K. (2004). Ore microscopy and its relevance for selection of suitable beneficiation method for processing of high alumina iron ores. NMD-ATM-2004  and International Symposium on Metals and Materials from Titanium Minerals. Nov.13-19, 2004, Trivandrum, Kerala, Abstract, ATM. 326.

24)Pranav Kumar and Jadhav G.N. (2003). Migration of Gold to the shear zone: Mineral and fluid-inclusion studies of the intrusives of the Hutti Gold Mine, Karnataka, India, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting (March12 to 14,2003) poster Abstract # 49980.

25)Vinodkumar, Jadhav G.N., Dipa Dutta, S.S.Manna, S.Mohan Rao and S.N.Shetty (2003). Mineralogy applied to the processing and utilization of high alumina, Iron ores, International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2003), Panjim, Goa, 6-8 Feb.2003, p-p1.

26) Dutta  Dipa and Jadhav G.N. (2008). Fluid inclusion geothermometry of quartz veins in BHQ encountered in BIF of North Goa, India. .( Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 54-56.

27) Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008).  “Melt inclusion Geothermometry as a key in magmatic evolution of Deccan basalt” Abstract accepted for presentation in the “Experimental Mineralogy Petrology Geochemistry, XII International Conference”, held at Innsbruck, Austria from September 8th to 10th, 2008 in Innsbruck, Austria. Abstract # RMS DPI 2008-1-42-1, (B.R.Choudhary presented this paper)

29) Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008). “ Melt inclusion geothermometry and crystallography of cal-plagioclase”Abstract accepted for presentation in the 21st Congress of the International Union of Crystallography in Osaka, Japan. Saturday, August 23, 2008 – Sunday, August 31, 2008 . Acta Cryst.Abstract# 2208-a:64,ppC490-491 (B.R.Choudhary has received Rs.32K from IIT-B and she  presented this paper)

30) Abdul Wahid, E. and G.N.Jadhav(2008).Significance of solid and melt inclusions  of “Calcites” in the Carbonatites of Sevatur ,south India.( Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 197-200.

31)Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008).Geothermometry of Basaltic flows in and around Mahabaleshwar area,Maharashtra,India. Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 42-45.

32) Banambar Singh and G.N.Jadhav(2008).Geothermometry of Basalt and Trachytes from Malad, Mumbai,Maharashtra, India-A melt inclusion approach. Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 167-170.

33)Vinod Kumar, Venkatesh, A.S., Sharma, T. and Jadhav G.N. (2002).
Ore mineralogical characterization of low-grade iron-ores from Noamundi iron ore mines, Eastern India: An implication for beneficiation. Proceedings of the International seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2002), 3 to 5 Jan., 2002; IISc, Bangalore. Pp598-604.

34)Jadhav, G.N. (1995). Fluid-Melt inclusion studies of Mica-pegmatites of Bhilwara-mica-belt, Rajasthan, India. Abstract in Asia and Pacific International Fluid inclusion Society Symposium, Blagoveshchensk, Russia; Aug. 1995, pp09.

35)Jadhav,G.N. (1994). Evaluation of fluid differentiates of pegmatites of Mica-mines of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, India- A comparative account. Abstract in 9th International Association on Genesis of Ore deposits (IAGOD), Beijing, China; Aug.1994, pp 18.

36)Panchapakesan, V., Ashwini Kumar, Jadhav, G.N., and Sangurmath, P. (1992).Fluid inclusion studies on the auriferous veins of Pamankellur block of Hutti-Muski Schist belt, Karnataka, India. Abstract in international Symposium on Fluid-inclusions in Gold Deposits, Research and Prospecting (ISFIGD), Beijing, China Aug.12-15 1992; pp.63-64.

37)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1992). Melt inclusions in Pegmatite quartz from Bihar Mica-Belt, India- A preliminary study. Abstract in International Symposium on Fluid inclusions in Gold deposits, Research and Prospecting (ISFIGD), Beijing, China, Aug. 12-15, 1992; pp.116.

38)Jadhav, G.N. and Rajani Arora (1992). Melt inclusion studies on Tephra samples collected from the localities near Pune and Akola cities in Maharashtra, India. 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan. Abstract, vol.2, no. 3, pp.2299.

39)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1986). Fluid-melt inclusion studies of pegmatites in and around Dhab, Hazaribagh district, Bihar, India.Abstract in Terra Cognita, vol.6, no.3, pp.510.

40)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1984). Micro inclusions in quartz from Faguni mine pegmatites of Hazaribag Dist., Bihar, India. 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow, Russia; Abstract, pp.159.

41)G.N. Jadhav, Sanjeev Menon, B.Dhabekar, Alagu Raja and T.K. Gundu Rao, (2008). OSL and TL studies on quartz from Indian subcontinent having different geochronological relationships.*International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications. (ICLA – 2008), Feb 13-16, 2008, held at National Physical Laboratory, New-Delhi and organizes by NPL and Luminescence Society of India (LSI) Abstract, pp 231.

42)Jadhav, G.N, Dutta, D. and Sheth, D,(2007). International conference on Precambrian sedimentation and Tectonics and Second GPSS Meeting, December 10-12, 2007, organized by Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay. Microfossils of Precambrinan age reported within the BIF’s of North Goa iron ore deposits, Abstract, pp 70-72

43)Pandalai H.S., Jadhav G. N. and Patil M.L.(2006). Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits.First Meeting ,Asia Current Research on Fluid Inclusion, Pei Ni and Zhaolin Li (Eds.),Abstract Volume of ACROFII,May 26-28,Nanjing,China,pp159-161

Conferences Organized:

(II-b) Conference Proceedings (Refereed-National)

1) G.N.Jadhav and Vinod kumar .

CL petrography of rocks from Noamundi BIF, Jharkhand, India. National  Conference on  Luminescence  and its Applications”  (NCLA-2013)  held at  the Department of Science and Humanities, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore during 8 -10 January, 2013.

2)Key Paper presented by Prof.N Sharma: Prof.N Sharma  and Prof. G N Jadhav: Ore petrology of Gujarat bauxites and scope of value addition, in Bauxite Beneficiation and Waste Recycling in Aluminum Industry’ Workshop held at VMCC, IITB from 28th Oct, to 30th Oct, 2013.

3) Key Paper presented by Prof. G N Jadhav: Bauxite deposits of India and their ore microscopic features. in Bauxite Beneficiation and Waste Recycling in Aluminum Industry’ Workshop held at VMCC, IITB from 28thOct, to 30th Oct, 2013.

4) Prabir Roy, S.K. Pradhan, R.N. Behra, Vinod Kumar,Mamta Sharma, R.Singh and G.N.Jadhav

Implication prospective of process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade ores in Jharkhand. Twenty-sixth National Convention of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers

And Exploitation of Lean Grade Ore, Ore Fines and Urban Ores: Challenges, Problems and Solutions at Jamshedpur – January 22-23, 2013 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division, IEI ; CSIR – National Metallurgical Laboratory (LGO-2013) CSIR-NML Jamshedpur.

5) P. J. Dutta ,and  G. N. Jadhav (2010):GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATIONS FOR REPRODUCING SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN RECHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF SHALLOW AQUIFERS FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT – A DISCUSSION, National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” held at SRTM, University, Nanded.during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract  Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 57.

6) Jadhav,G.N., Sharma, N. and  Priyanka Manna.  (2010):Role of Paleo-hydrology in formation of Lateritic-Bauxites of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater”  held  at SRTM

University, Nanded. during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 47 to 49.

7) Jadhav,G.N. (2010):Fluid inclusion studies: a modern technique for   understanding the nature of paleo-ground waters in different types of geological formations. Key Note Address given in National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” (ETSMGW-10) held at  SRTM  University, Nanded on  5th Feb.2010.

8)  Dutta,P.J. and Jadhav, G.N.:( 2010): Abstract entitled: “A GIS-based hydrogeological study of a part of the Vedganga River basin in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra” in  the National Conference on “Groundwater Resource Development and Management in hard rocks” to be held at University of Pune, February 12-13, 2010.

9)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Panchapakesan, V.P. (1998) A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. Presented at the National Seminar on Conceptual models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terranes and associated mineral deposits, Mysore 4-6 Feb., 1998, Abstracts in Jour. Mineral. Soc. India v.32 : 64.

10)G.N.Jadhav and Vinod kumar .CL petrography of rocks from Noamundi BIF, Jharkhand, India. National  Conference on  Luminescence  and its Applications”  (NCLA-2013)  held at  the Department of Science and Humanities, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore during 8 -10 January, 2013.

11) G. N. Jadhav, Bishnu Biswal Ore-Petrographic aspects of the Banded Iron Ore Formation of Codli Mines South Goa, India. GEOPME 2011,Dept. of Mineral processing V.SK.U.P.G.Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

12)G.N.Jadhav, M.P.Chougaonkar and T.K.Gundurao.(2007) “Comparative studies on natural calcium fluoride(fluorite)with various impurities, using thermoluminescence  and electron-spin-resonance”. Proceedings on National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2007),18th to 20thJanuary,2007,held at Bharathiar Univ.,    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. pp86-89.

13)Panchapakesan, V., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurti, R.and Jadhav, G.N. (1996). A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal Gold deposits of Archean green-stone belts. Proceedings of the National workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold resources of India, NGRI,Hyderabad, A.P.(2-4 Dec. 1996) pp.274-280.

14)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1988).Study of fluid and melt inclusions from the pegmatite occurrence of three adjoining mica-mines of Nawada district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Precambrians of Eastern India shield,Geol. Soc. Of India, Memoir No. 8., pp.229-237.

15)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1985).Inclusion studies in parts of  Bihar pegmatite belt. Proceedings of  Fifth IGC,IIT,Bombay, pp.205-214.

16)T.B Pradeep Kumar and G.N. Jadhav : . Plumbotectonics- An Isotope Geochemical Model for Genesis and Evolution of Rampura-Agucha Ore Deposit, Rajasthan, India: A case study. Abstract, pp. 23.National Symposium on Significant Milestone in the Growth of Geochemistry in India during the 50 year period: 1958-2008, February 20-22, 2008, Hyderabad organized by Geological Society of India and Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research.

17) Panchapakesan, V.P., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurthy, R., and Jadhav, G.N. (1996) A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal gold deposits of Archean greenstone belts. Naqvi, S.M. (ed.) Proc. National Workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold Resources of India, 2- 4 Dec., 1996, NGRI, Hyderabad : 274-280.

18) P. J. Dutta ,and  G. n. Jadhav (2010):GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATIONS FOR REPRODUCING SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN RECHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF SHALLOW AQUIFERS FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT – A DISCUSSION, National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” held at SRTM, University, Nanded.during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract  Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 57.

19)T.B Pradeep Kumar and G.N. Jadhav (2008).National Symposium on Significant Milestone in the Growth of Geochemistry in India during the 50 year period: 1958-2008, February 20-22, 2008, Hyderabad organized by Geological Society of India and Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research. Plumbotectonics- An Isotope Geochemical Model for Genesis and Evolution of Rampura-Agucha Ore Deposit, Rajasthan, India: A case study. Abstract, pp. 23.

20)Dipa Dutta, G.N. Jadhav, Vinod Kumar.(2007).National seminar on Advanced Gravity Separation, organized by Metallurgical Laboratory (Council or Scientific and Industrial Research), Jamshedpur, 831007 with support from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, 30th August-1st September, 2007.Ore mineralogical characterization in beneficiation of low grade iron ores form Pale and Todou Mines of Goa, Abstract- pp 66-67

21)Vinod Kumar, G.N. Jadhav, N.K. Khosla, U.S Chattoraj, R. Singh, R.P. Bhagat, B. Nayak, M. K Mohanta, K.K. Bhattacharyya, and S.P Mehrotta.(2007). National seminar on Advanced Gravity Separation, organized by Metallurgical Laboratory (Council or Scientific and Industrial Research), Jamshedpur, 831007 with support from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, 30th August-1st September, 2007.Characterization and its implication on beneficiation of low grade lateritic iron ore by gravity separation. Abstract, pp 65-66.

22)Vinod Kumar, G.N. Jadhav,  N.K.Khosla, U.S. Chattoraj and K.K. Bhattaachaaryya (2006).The implications of integrated assessment of process mineralogy for future remediation of processing of high alumina iron ores, a case study. National seminar on “Frontier Areas in Geological and Technological Aspects of Fossil Fuel and Mineral Resources(GTFM-2006)”Nov 2-4,2006 at ISM Dhanbad. Abstract-pp 43,

23)Jadhav G.N and Nambi K.S.V. (2005). Thermoluminescence Dating of Quartz extracted from Sethawa Mica-Mine Pegmatites of Jharkhand. National Seminar on Luminescent Materials,9-10 December 2005,Orgnised by Applied Physics,Dept.,M.S.University of Baroda. Abstract –OP-2, pp16.

24) Vinod Kumar, Jadhav G.N. and Khosala N.K. (2003). Effect of Ore Texture to the Beneficiation of High alumina Iron-ores; NMD-ATM 2003. The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, 14-16 Nov. 2003. Abstract .  pp. IB5-62.

25)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav. G.N. and Panchapakesan, V. 1998.
A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. National Seminar on Conceptual Models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terrains and associated mineral deposits., Mysore, 4-6 Feb., 1998. Abstract in Jour., Mineral. Soc., India, Vol.32. pp.64.

26)Jadhav, G.N., Nambi, K.S.V., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1989). Thermally Stimulated luminescence studies on quartz associated with pegmatites of mica mines, Bihar. Seventh convention of Indian Geological Congress (IGC) and National Seminar at Bangalore Univ.,Abstract, pp.1-2

27)Krishnakumar,K. and Jadhav, G.N. (1984). Certain mineralogical investigations on the plagioclase feldspars of parts of Bihar mica belt. V Indian Geological Congress, IIT, Bombay; Abstract , pp.19.

28)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1984). Fluid inclusions characters of mica pegmatites of Nawada Dist., Bihar and Kalichedu dist., A.P.—A comparison.National Seminar on Scientific and Industrial Applications of fluid inclusions in minerals, Deharadun; Abstract, pp.25.

29)Given Key Note lecture on “Ore microscopy, characterization and beneficiation studies of Gujarat Bauxites”, GEOPME 2011,Dept. of Mineral processing V.SK.U.P.G.Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

30)Jadhav, G. N., 2011,  “Application of ore Petrography in Mineral Processing and Material Sciences”Proceedings of the International Seminar on ISOFA-II, CSIR- NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, JORHAT, ASSAM, Date: 6th September 2011.

31)Jadhav,G.N., Sharma N, and Kulkarni M M,  Key Note Address given in National Seminar on “Ore microscopy, characterization and beneficiation studies of Gujarat Bauxites”, GEOPME 2011,XI Convention of MSI(Mysore) and Alumni Meet, April 30 – May 1,2011,Dept. of Mineral Processing, V.SK.U.P.G. Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

32) Co-Convener of the IIME-MPC sponsored Workshop on “Processing of Iron ore Fines and Slimes” at TRDDC,Hadapsar,Pune from Jan., 23ed to 25th,2012. Given KEY NOTE lecture on “ Applications of ore petrography for beneficiation of low grade iron ores”

33) Convener of the  IIME-MPC sponsored Workshop on “Bauxite Beneficiation and waste recycling in aluminum Industry”, conducted at VMCC,IIT,Powai,Bombay from Oct 28th to 30th,2013. Given KEY NOTE lecture on “Bauxite deposits of India and their ore microscopic features” and co-authored another  Key note paper on “Ore Petrology of Gujarat bauxites and scope of value addition”

34) Given KEY NOTE lecture at National workshop on Luminescence Materials, Devices and Applicationds,26th Nov. 2012 at MSU,Baroda, Gujarat.

35)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Panchapakesan, V.P. (1998) A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. Presented at the National Seminar on Conceptual models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terranes and associated mineral deposits, Mysore 4-6 Feb., 1998, Abstracts in Jour. Mineral. Soc. India v.32 : 64.

36)G.N.Jadhav, M.P.Chougaonkar and T.K.Gundurao.(2007) “Comparative studies on natural calcium fluoride(fluorite)with various impurities, using thermoluminescence  and electron-spin-resonance”. Proceedings on National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2007),18th to 20thJanuary,2007,held at Bharathiar Univ.,    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. pp86-89.

37)Panchapakesan, V., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurti, R.and Jadhav, G.N. (1996). A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal Gold deposits of Archean green-stone belts. Proceedings of the National workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold resources of India, NGRI,Hyderabad, A.P.(2-4 Dec. 1996) pp.274-280.

38)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1988).Study of fluid and melt inclusions from the pegmatite occurrence of three adjoining mica-mines of Nawada district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Precambrians of Eastern India shield,Geol. Soc. Of India, Memoir No. 8., pp.229-237.

39) Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1985).Inclusion studies in parts of  Bihar pegmatite belt. Proceedings of  Fifth IGC,IIT,Bombay, pp.205-214.

List of Publications:

(Ia) Papers in International Academic Journals

1. Khan, M. M., Singh, M., Mahajani, S. M., Jadhav, G. N., Shashank, M. 2018. Reclamation of used green sand in small-scale foundries. Journal of Materials Processing Tech. 255,559–569.
2. Khan, M. M., Singh, M., Jadhav, G. N., Mahajani. S., M.  Mandre, S. 2020. Characterization of waste and reclaimed green sand used in foundry processing. International Journal of Silicon, 12(3), 677-691.
3. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2021. Mechanical and thermal methods for reclamation of waste foundry sand. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 279, 111628.
4. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2020. A multistakeholder approach and techno-economic analysis of a mechanical reclamation process for waste foundry sand in the Indian context. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Volume 167, 105437.
5. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. Key insights into the transformation of bentonite as a binder used in green sand molds during metal casting process. Journal of Applied Clay Science. (Second revision is in progress)
6. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N., Vishwakarma, R., Malgaonkar, V., Shashank, M. 2021. Thermal gradients in green sand molds during metal casting process and their influence on sand properties. Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering (Communicated)
7. Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. Chemical reclamation of waste foundry sand for producing cores used in the casting production. (In preparation)
8.  Khan, M. M., Mahajani, S.M., Jadhav, G. N. 2021. A Systematic Review on Waste Foundry Sand: Challenges and Opportunities. (In preparation)

(I) Referred Journals:

1) Babita R. Choudhary, and  Gajananrao N. Jadhav (2014)

Petrogenesis of fractionated basaltic lava flows of Poladpur-Mahabaleshwar formation around Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats, India Journal of the Geological Society of India August 2014, Volume 84, Issue 2, pp 197-208.

2) D Verma, G N Jadhav, TK Biswal, SK Jena, N Sharma,(2012)

Characterization of hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusion in sandstones of Jaisalmer basin, Rajasthan: A preliminary approach.Journal of the Geological Society of India 80 (4), 505-514

3) G N Jadhav, N Sharma, P Sen,(2012)

Characterization of bauxite deposits from Kachchh Area, Gujarat.Journal of the Geological Society of India 80 (3), 351-362

4) Babita Rani Choudhary  and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav (2010)

:Melt inclusion in Deccan basalt of Mahabaleshwar section, India: a preliminary approach. Invited joint paper in the Book entitled “Some Glimpses on the Origin and Evolution of the Deep Continental Crust, India. Editors: N.R. Karmalkar, R.A. Duraiswami, N.J. Pawar and Ch. Sivaji (2009),  Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India. ”pp 185-194.

5) K. R. Baiju, C. G. Nambiar, G. N. Jadhav, H. Kagi and M. Satish-Kumar (2009)

Presence of Low-Density CO2 Inclusions in Charnockites and its Implications to Graphite Mineralization in Madurai Granulite Block, Southern India.Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: V-36, pp 332-340.

6)Abdul Wahid E and G.N. Jadhav(2007) “Applications of Model microscopy in the beneficiation of strategic mineral deposits associated with carbonatites of Tamil Nadu”

Proceedings of the “International conference on Beneficiation of Fines and its Technology” at Jamshedpur on 10th and 11th December 2007. pp. 29-35.

7) H. S. Pandalai, G. N. Jadhav, Biju Mathew, Panchapakesan V., K. Krishnam  Raju and M. L.  Patil (2004). Reply to Discussion on “Dissolution channels in quartz and the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in the Archean, greenstone-hosted, Hutti gold deposit, Karnataka, India” by Kolb J, Rogers A and Meyer FM. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 39, pp. 117-121.

8) S. Krishnaiah, D. N. Singh and G.N.Jadhav (2004). A methodology for determining thermal properties of rocks. International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences, vol. 41, pp. 877-882.

9) H.S.Pandalai, G.N.Jadhav, Biju Mathew, Panchapakesan V., K. Krishnam Raju, M.L.Patil (2003). Dissolution channels in quartz and the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in the Archean, greenstone-hosted, Hutti gold deposit, Karanataka, India. Mineralium Deposita, vol.38, pp.597-624.

10) Pradeep kumar T.B. and Jadhav G. N. (2003). Pyrrhotite inclusions in sphalerite. Current Science, vol.84, no.4, pp.501-503.

11)Jawahar Kumar Talluri, H. S. Pandalai and G. N. Jadhav. (2000).
Fluid chemistry and depositional mechanism of the epigenetic, discordant ores of the Proterozoic, Carbonate-hosted, Zawarmala Pb-Zn deposit, Udaipur district, India. Economic Geology, Vol.95, pp.1505-1525.

12)Jadhav G. N., Panchapakesan V. and Sahu K.C. (1993). Role of fluid inclusions in Mineral Exploration – An attempt on Bihar Mica Belt of India. Non-renewable resources, U.S.A., No.2, Summer 1993, pp.156-166.

13)Jadhav G.N., Panchapakesan V. and Sahu K.C. (1988). Fluid-melt inclusion studies of pegmatites in and around Dhab, Hazaribagh district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Seventh Quadrennial IAGOD symposium, E. Schweizerbart Scheverlagsbuchhandlung (N.U.Obermiller),D-7000, Stuttgart 1, Germany, pp.203-212.

(II-a) Conference Proceedings (Refereed-International)

1) P.S.Choudhury, D.U.Vyas and G.N.Jadhav:

Genesis of bauxite deposits in and around Gadhsisa region, Kachchh, Gujarat, India.

Proceedings of International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology-2013(MPT-   2013),conducted at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar from 10th to 12th Dec.2013. Abstract volume,p 11,Paper No.0195.

2) Lopamudra Panda and G N Jadhav:

Petrography and ore petrography of the banded iron formations of Gandhamardan region, Keonjhar, Orissa, India. Proceedings of International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology-2013(MPT-2013), conducted at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar from 10th to 12th Dec.2013. Abstract volume,p 12,Paper No.0196.

3) G N Jadhav and Prabir Ranjan Routray :Ore petrology of the Iron ores of the Khondbond mine, Keonjhar, Odissa, India. )  “International Seminar on Sedimentary Processes and Metallogeny through time(SPMT)-2014 at SDM college of E and T,Dharwad,Karnataka,21-23 Jan 2014.Abstract-p 28.

4) G N Jadhav and Onkar Mukherjee:Ore petrology of the Iron ores deposits and the associated quartz veins of Pale and Bimbol Iron-ore mines of Goa, India.  “International Seminar on Sedimentary Processes and Metallogeny through time(SPMT)-2014 at SDM college of E&T,Dharwad,Karnataka,21-23 Jan 2014.Abstract-p 29.

5)Geochemical mapping of Gujarat Bauxites: G. N. Jadhav*, M. M. Kulkarni* and N. Sharma# (IMPC-2012, Paper # 914)

6)Separation of titanoferrous impurities from kaolin by selective adsorption of organic flocculant, M M Kulkarni, T V Mani and G N Jadhav(IMPC-2012, Paper # 215)

7) G. N. Jadhav, N Sharma, P Manna, M Kulkarni, KK Bhattacharyya, and Vinodkumar (Nov.2009):  Kachchh Bauxite characterization, beneficiation and suggestions for value additions. Key note paper for the session- Characterisation of Ores and Minerals, which was held on 29th October, 2009, at IMMT, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Proceedings of The international seminar Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2009), Held at Bhubaneshwar, orissa,from. 29th to 31st October,2009.

8) Yadav S, Jadhav G N and Chandrasekharam D., 2010, TEM-EDS study of nano-inclusions in clinopyroxene (augite) phenocryst in basalts, Barren Island, India. Abstract, Asian Current Research On Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI III) And International Conference On Thermobarogeochemistry (TBG XIV),15-20 September, 2010, at Russian Academy Of Sciences, Siberian Branch V.S. Sobolev Institute Of Geology And Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia, p 266-267.

9)Jadhav, G. N., Sharma, N. and Kulkarni, M. M. 2011, “Characterization and beneficiation of Porbander bauxites,Sourashtra,Gujarat, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 72.

10)Jadhav, G. N., Paul, Ujjal  and Karanth R. V. 2011,  “ Characterization of chromites from Sittampundi, Dist.Salem, Tamil Nadu, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 75-76.

11)Jadhav, G. N., Sharma, N. and Kulkarni, M. M. 2011,  “Removal of calcium and iron bearing minerals from Sourashtra bauxites,Gujarat, India”. XII International Conference: MPT-2011, 20-22Oct. 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, pp 146, v.

12) Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Patil, M.L. (2006) Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits. Presented at the Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Nanjing 26-28 May, 2006, Abstract volume eds. Pei Ni and Zaolin Li : 159-161 .

13)  G.N. JADHAV and LOPAMUDRA PANDA (2013)Petrography and ore-petyrography of the Banded Iron Formations in Gandhamardan region,Keonjhar, Orissa, India.(P-196),International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology(MPT-2013),CSIR-IMMT,Bhubaneswar,Orissa;10-12 Dec.2013.

14) G. N. Jadhav*, M. M. Kulkarni* and N. Sharma.(2012).

Geochemical mapping of Gujarat Bauxites: (IMPC Paper # 914)

15) M M Kulkarni, T V Mani and G N Jadhav.(2012) .

Separation of titanoferrous impurities from kaolin by selective adsorption of organic flocculant, (IMPC Paper # 215)

16) Prabir Roy, S.K. Pradhan, R.N. Behra, Vinod Kumar, Mamta Sharma, R.Singh and G.N.Jadhav

Implication prospective of process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade ores in Proceedings of the “ XIth International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology, (MPT-2010), held at NML, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India .

17)Vinod Kumar, G.N.Jadhav, N.K. Khosla, S.P.Mehrotra, M.K. Mohanta, and K.K. Bhattacharyya,  2010, Implications on process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade iron ore resources containing high alumina, from Eastern part of India. Proceedings of the “ XIth International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology, (MPT-2010), held at NML, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, from 15th to 17th Dec.2010.Ed.s,: R.Singh, A.Das, P.K. Banerjee, K.K. Bhattacharyya, and N.J. Goswami, NML, Jamshedpur, pp 82-91.

18) G.N.Jadhav and Pradeepkumar D. (2002). The Geothermometry of Deccan-Trap rocks from Mumbai region (India): Melt inclusion approach. Proceedings of “International Workshop-Short course on Volcanic systems, Geochemical and Geophysical Monitoring, Melt Inclusions: Methods, Applications and Problems”; held at Grand Hotel Moon Valley, Seiano di Vico Equense-Napoli- Italy; from 26th to 30th Sept., 2002. Edited by Prof. B. De Vivo and Prof. R.J. Bodnar, pp.119-124.

19)T.B.Pradeep Kumar, Jadhav G. N. and Sahu B.K. (1999). Metamorphism, deformation and remobilization in Rampura-Agucha Zn-Pb deposit, Rajasthan, India. Proceedings of the fifth International biennial SGA meeting and the tenth-quadrennial IAGOD symposium, London, U.K., 22-25 August, 1999.”Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Edited by C.J.Stanely et al. V-2, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, USA, 1999, pp.971-973.

20)G.N. Jadhav, Sanjeev Menon, B.Dhabekar, Alagu Raja and T.K. Gundu Rao,(2008). OSL and TL studies on quartz from Indian subcontinent having different geochronological relationships.*International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications. (ICLA – 2008), Feb 13-16, 2008, held at National Physical Laboratory, New-Delhi and organizes by NPL and Luminescence Society of India (LSI) Abstract, pp 231.

21)Jadhav, G.N, Dutta, D. and Sheth, D,(2007). International conference on Precambrian sedimentation and Tectonics and Second GPSS Meeting, December 10-12, 2007, organized by Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay. Microfossils of Precambrinan age reported within the BIF’s of North Goa iron ore deposits, Abstract, pp 70-72

22)Pandalai H.S., Jadhav G. N. and Patil M.L.(2006). Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits.First Meeting ,Asia Current Research on Fluid Inclusion, Pei Ni and Zhaolin Li (Eds.),Abstract Volume of ACROFII,May 26-28,Nanjing,China,pp159-161

23)Vinodkumar, Jadhav G.N. and Khosala N.K. (2004). Ore microscopy and its relevance for selection of suitable beneficiation method for processing of high alumina iron ores. NMD-ATM-2004  and International Symposium on Metals and Materials from Titanium Minerals. Nov.13-19, 2004, Trivandrum, Kerala, Abstract, ATM. 326.

24)Pranav Kumar and Jadhav G.N. (2003). Migration of Gold to the shear zone: Mineral and fluid-inclusion studies of the intrusives of the Hutti Gold Mine, Karnataka, India, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting (March12 to 14,2003) poster Abstract # 49980.

25)Vinodkumar, Jadhav G.N., Dipa Dutta, S.S.Manna, S.Mohan Rao and S.N.Shetty (2003). Mineralogy applied to the processing and utilization of high alumina, Iron ores, International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2003), Panjim, Goa, 6-8 Feb.2003, p-p1.

26) Dutta  Dipa and Jadhav G.N. (2008). Fluid inclusion geothermometry of quartz veins in BHQ encountered in BIF of North Goa, India. .( Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 54-56.

27) Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008).  “Melt inclusion Geothermometry as a key in magmatic evolution of Deccan basalt” Abstract accepted for presentation in the “Experimental Mineralogy Petrology Geochemistry, XII International Conference”, held at Innsbruck, Austria from September 8th to 10th, 2008 in Innsbruck, Austria. Abstract # RMS DPI 2008-1-42-1, (B.R.Choudhary presented this paper)

29) Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008). “ Melt inclusion geothermometry and crystallography of cal-plagioclase”Abstract accepted for presentation in the 21st Congress of the International Union of Crystallography in Osaka, Japan. Saturday, August 23, 2008 – Sunday, August 31, 2008 . Acta Cryst.Abstract# 2208-a:64,ppC490-491 (B.R.Choudhary has received Rs.32K from IIT-B and she  presented this paper)

30) Abdul Wahid, E. and G.N.Jadhav(2008).Significance of solid and melt inclusions  of “Calcites” in the Carbonatites of Sevatur ,south India.( Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 197-200.

31)Babita Rani Choudhary and  Gajananrao Narayanrao Jadhav, (2008).Geothermometry of Basaltic flows in and around Mahabaleshwar area,Maharashtra,India. Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 42-45.

32) Banambar Singh and G.N.Jadhav(2008).Geothermometry of Basalt and Trachytes from Malad, Mumbai,Maharashtra, India-A melt inclusion approach. Proceedings of ACROFI-2, International Conference, held at IIT-KGP, 12-14,Nov,2008),pp 167-170.

33)Vinod Kumar, Venkatesh, A.S., Sharma, T. and Jadhav G.N. (2002).
Ore mineralogical characterization of low-grade iron-ores from Noamundi iron ore mines, Eastern India: An implication for beneficiation. Proceedings of the International seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2002), 3 to 5 Jan., 2002; IISc, Bangalore. Pp598-604.

34)Jadhav, G.N. (1995). Fluid-Melt inclusion studies of Mica-pegmatites of Bhilwara-mica-belt, Rajasthan, India. Abstract in Asia and Pacific International Fluid inclusion Society Symposium, Blagoveshchensk, Russia; Aug. 1995, pp09.

35)Jadhav,G.N. (1994). Evaluation of fluid differentiates of pegmatites of Mica-mines of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, India- A comparative account. Abstract in 9th International Association on Genesis of Ore deposits (IAGOD), Beijing, China; Aug.1994, pp 18.

36)Panchapakesan, V., Ashwini Kumar, Jadhav, G.N., and Sangurmath, P. (1992).Fluid inclusion studies on the auriferous veins of Pamankellur block of Hutti-Muski Schist belt, Karnataka, India. Abstract in international Symposium on Fluid-inclusions in Gold Deposits, Research and Prospecting (ISFIGD), Beijing, China Aug.12-15 1992; pp.63-64.

37)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1992). Melt inclusions in Pegmatite quartz from Bihar Mica-Belt, India- A preliminary study. Abstract in International Symposium on Fluid inclusions in Gold deposits, Research and Prospecting (ISFIGD), Beijing, China, Aug. 12-15, 1992; pp.116.

38)Jadhav, G.N. and Rajani Arora (1992). Melt inclusion studies on Tephra samples collected from the localities near Pune and Akola cities in Maharashtra, India. 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan. Abstract, vol.2, no. 3, pp.2299.

39)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1986). Fluid-melt inclusion studies of pegmatites in and around Dhab, Hazaribagh district, Bihar, India.Abstract in Terra Cognita, vol.6, no.3, pp.510.

40)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1984). Micro inclusions in quartz from Faguni mine pegmatites of Hazaribag Dist., Bihar, India. 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow, Russia; Abstract, pp.159.

41)G.N. Jadhav, Sanjeev Menon, B.Dhabekar, Alagu Raja and T.K. Gundu Rao, (2008). OSL and TL studies on quartz from Indian subcontinent having different geochronological relationships.*International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications. (ICLA – 2008), Feb 13-16, 2008, held at National Physical Laboratory, New-Delhi and organizes by NPL and Luminescence Society of India (LSI) Abstract, pp 231.

42)Jadhav, G.N, Dutta, D. and Sheth, D,(2007). International conference on Precambrian sedimentation and Tectonics and Second GPSS Meeting, December 10-12, 2007, organized by Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay. Microfossils of Precambrinan age reported within the BIF’s of North Goa iron ore deposits, Abstract, pp 70-72

43)Pandalai H.S., Jadhav G. N. and Patil M.L.(2006). Fluid inclusion and textural evidence for the role of pressure changes in gold and sulfide deposition in Archean greenstone-hosted deposits.First Meeting ,Asia Current Research on Fluid Inclusion, Pei Ni and Zhaolin Li (Eds.),Abstract Volume of ACROFII,May 26-28,Nanjing,China,pp159-161

Conferences Organized:

(II-b) Conference Proceedings (Refereed-National)

1) G.N.Jadhav and Vinod kumar .

CL petrography of rocks from Noamundi BIF, Jharkhand, India. National  Conference on  Luminescence  and its Applications”  (NCLA-2013)  held at  the Department of Science and Humanities, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore during 8 -10 January, 2013.

2)Key Paper presented by Prof.N Sharma: Prof.N Sharma  and Prof. G N Jadhav: Ore petrology of Gujarat bauxites and scope of value addition, in Bauxite Beneficiation and Waste Recycling in Aluminum Industry’ Workshop held at VMCC, IITB from 28th Oct, to 30th Oct, 2013.

3) Key Paper presented by Prof. G N Jadhav: Bauxite deposits of India and their ore microscopic features. in Bauxite Beneficiation and Waste Recycling in Aluminum Industry’ Workshop held at VMCC, IITB from 28thOct, to 30th Oct, 2013.

4) Prabir Roy, S.K. Pradhan, R.N. Behra, Vinod Kumar,Mamta Sharma, R.Singh and G.N.Jadhav

Implication prospective of process mineralogy for beneficiation of low grade ores in Jharkhand. Twenty-sixth National Convention of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers

And Exploitation of Lean Grade Ore, Ore Fines and Urban Ores: Challenges, Problems and Solutions at Jamshedpur – January 22-23, 2013 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division, IEI ; CSIR – National Metallurgical Laboratory (LGO-2013) CSIR-NML Jamshedpur.

5) P. J. Dutta ,and  G. N. Jadhav (2010):GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATIONS FOR REPRODUCING SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN RECHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF SHALLOW AQUIFERS FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT – A DISCUSSION, National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” held at SRTM, University, Nanded.during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract  Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 57.

6) Jadhav,G.N., Sharma, N. and  Priyanka Manna.  (2010):Role of Paleo-hydrology in formation of Lateritic-Bauxites of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater”  held  at SRTM

University, Nanded. during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 47 to 49.

7) Jadhav,G.N. (2010):Fluid inclusion studies: a modern technique for   understanding the nature of paleo-ground waters in different types of geological formations. Key Note Address given in National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” (ETSMGW-10) held at  SRTM  University, Nanded on  5th Feb.2010.

8)  Dutta,P.J. and Jadhav, G.N.:( 2010): Abstract entitled: “A GIS-based hydrogeological study of a part of the Vedganga River basin in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra” in  the National Conference on “Groundwater Resource Development and Management in hard rocks” to be held at University of Pune, February 12-13, 2010.

9)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Panchapakesan, V.P. (1998) A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. Presented at the National Seminar on Conceptual models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terranes and associated mineral deposits, Mysore 4-6 Feb., 1998, Abstracts in Jour. Mineral. Soc. India v.32 : 64.

10)G.N.Jadhav and Vinod kumar .CL petrography of rocks from Noamundi BIF, Jharkhand, India. National  Conference on  Luminescence  and its Applications”  (NCLA-2013)  held at  the Department of Science and Humanities, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore during 8 -10 January, 2013.

11) G. N. Jadhav, Bishnu Biswal Ore-Petrographic aspects of the Banded Iron Ore Formation of Codli Mines South Goa, India. GEOPME 2011,Dept. of Mineral processing V.SK.U.P.G.Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

12)G.N.Jadhav, M.P.Chougaonkar and T.K.Gundurao.(2007) “Comparative studies on natural calcium fluoride(fluorite)with various impurities, using thermoluminescence  and electron-spin-resonance”. Proceedings on National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2007),18th to 20thJanuary,2007,held at Bharathiar Univ.,    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. pp86-89.

13)Panchapakesan, V., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurti, R.and Jadhav, G.N. (1996). A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal Gold deposits of Archean green-stone belts. Proceedings of the National workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold resources of India, NGRI,Hyderabad, A.P.(2-4 Dec. 1996) pp.274-280.

14)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1988).Study of fluid and melt inclusions from the pegmatite occurrence of three adjoining mica-mines of Nawada district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Precambrians of Eastern India shield,Geol. Soc. Of India, Memoir No. 8., pp.229-237.

15)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1985).Inclusion studies in parts of  Bihar pegmatite belt. Proceedings of  Fifth IGC,IIT,Bombay, pp.205-214.

16)T.B Pradeep Kumar and G.N. Jadhav : . Plumbotectonics- An Isotope Geochemical Model for Genesis and Evolution of Rampura-Agucha Ore Deposit, Rajasthan, India: A case study. Abstract, pp. 23.National Symposium on Significant Milestone in the Growth of Geochemistry in India during the 50 year period: 1958-2008, February 20-22, 2008, Hyderabad organized by Geological Society of India and Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research.

17) Panchapakesan, V.P., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurthy, R., and Jadhav, G.N. (1996) A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal gold deposits of Archean greenstone belts. Naqvi, S.M. (ed.) Proc. National Workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold Resources of India, 2- 4 Dec., 1996, NGRI, Hyderabad : 274-280.

18) P. J. Dutta ,and  G. n. Jadhav (2010):GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATIONS FOR REPRODUCING SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN RECHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF SHALLOW AQUIFERS FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT – A DISCUSSION, National Seminar on “Exploration Techniques in Sustainable Management of Groundwater” held at SRTM, University, Nanded.during 5th-6th Feb.2010. Abstract  Volume of ETSMGW-10, pp 57.

19)T.B Pradeep Kumar and G.N. Jadhav (2008).National Symposium on Significant Milestone in the Growth of Geochemistry in India during the 50 year period: 1958-2008, February 20-22, 2008, Hyderabad organized by Geological Society of India and Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research. Plumbotectonics- An Isotope Geochemical Model for Genesis and Evolution of Rampura-Agucha Ore Deposit, Rajasthan, India: A case study. Abstract, pp. 23.

20)Dipa Dutta, G.N. Jadhav, Vinod Kumar.(2007).National seminar on Advanced Gravity Separation, organized by Metallurgical Laboratory (Council or Scientific and Industrial Research), Jamshedpur, 831007 with support from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, 30th August-1st September, 2007.Ore mineralogical characterization in beneficiation of low grade iron ores form Pale and Todou Mines of Goa, Abstract- pp 66-67

21)Vinod Kumar, G.N. Jadhav, N.K. Khosla, U.S Chattoraj, R. Singh, R.P. Bhagat, B. Nayak, M. K Mohanta, K.K. Bhattacharyya, and S.P Mehrotta.(2007). National seminar on Advanced Gravity Separation, organized by Metallurgical Laboratory (Council or Scientific and Industrial Research), Jamshedpur, 831007 with support from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, 30th August-1st September, 2007.Characterization and its implication on beneficiation of low grade lateritic iron ore by gravity separation. Abstract, pp 65-66.

22)Vinod Kumar, G.N. Jadhav,  N.K.Khosla, U.S. Chattoraj and K.K. Bhattaachaaryya (2006).The implications of integrated assessment of process mineralogy for future remediation of processing of high alumina iron ores, a case study. National seminar on “Frontier Areas in Geological and Technological Aspects of Fossil Fuel and Mineral Resources(GTFM-2006)”Nov 2-4,2006 at ISM Dhanbad. Abstract-pp 43,

23)Jadhav G.N and Nambi K.S.V. (2005). Thermoluminescence Dating of Quartz extracted from Sethawa Mica-Mine Pegmatites of Jharkhand. National Seminar on Luminescent Materials,9-10 December 2005,Orgnised by Applied Physics,Dept.,M.S.University of Baroda. Abstract –OP-2, pp16.

24) Vinod Kumar, Jadhav G.N. and Khosala N.K. (2003). Effect of Ore Texture to the Beneficiation of High alumina Iron-ores; NMD-ATM 2003. The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, 14-16 Nov. 2003. Abstract .  pp. IB5-62.

25)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav. G.N. and Panchapakesan, V. 1998.
A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. National Seminar on Conceptual Models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terrains and associated mineral deposits., Mysore, 4-6 Feb., 1998. Abstract in Jour., Mineral. Soc., India, Vol.32. pp.64.

26)Jadhav, G.N., Nambi, K.S.V., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1989). Thermally Stimulated luminescence studies on quartz associated with pegmatites of mica mines, Bihar. Seventh convention of Indian Geological Congress (IGC) and National Seminar at Bangalore Univ.,Abstract, pp.1-2

27)Krishnakumar,K. and Jadhav, G.N. (1984). Certain mineralogical investigations on the plagioclase feldspars of parts of Bihar mica belt. V Indian Geological Congress, IIT, Bombay; Abstract , pp.19.

28)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1984). Fluid inclusions characters of mica pegmatites of Nawada Dist., Bihar and Kalichedu dist., A.P.—A comparison.National Seminar on Scientific and Industrial Applications of fluid inclusions in minerals, Deharadun; Abstract, pp.25.

29)Given Key Note lecture on “Ore microscopy, characterization and beneficiation studies of Gujarat Bauxites”, GEOPME 2011,Dept. of Mineral processing V.SK.U.P.G.Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

30)Jadhav, G. N., 2011,  “Application of ore Petrography in Mineral Processing and Material Sciences”Proceedings of the International Seminar on ISOFA-II, CSIR- NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, JORHAT, ASSAM, Date: 6th September 2011.

31)Jadhav,G.N., Sharma N, and Kulkarni M M,  Key Note Address given in National Seminar on “Ore microscopy, characterization and beneficiation studies of Gujarat Bauxites”, GEOPME 2011,XI Convention of MSI(Mysore) and Alumni Meet, April 30 – May 1,2011,Dept. of Mineral Processing, V.SK.U.P.G. Centre, Nandihalli-Sandur, Bellary-Dist.,  Karnataka

32) Co-Convener of the IIME-MPC sponsored Workshop on “Processing of Iron ore Fines and Slimes” at TRDDC,Hadapsar,Pune from Jan., 23ed to 25th,2012. Given KEY NOTE lecture on “ Applications of ore petrography for beneficiation of low grade iron ores”

33) Convener of the  IIME-MPC sponsored Workshop on “Bauxite Beneficiation and waste recycling in aluminum Industry”, conducted at VMCC,IIT,Powai,Bombay from Oct 28th to 30th,2013. Given KEY NOTE lecture on “Bauxite deposits of India and their ore microscopic features” and co-authored another  Key note paper on “Ore Petrology of Gujarat bauxites and scope of value addition”

34) Given KEY NOTE lecture at National workshop on Luminescence Materials, Devices and Applicationds,26th Nov. 2012 at MSU,Baroda, Gujarat.

35)Ashok Kumar, Pandalai, H.S., Jadhav, G.N. and Panchapakesan, V.P. (1998) A model for the precipitation of gold in the Hutti deposit, Raichur district, Karnataka. Presented at the National Seminar on Conceptual models on the evolution of granite-greenstone belts, granulite terranes and associated mineral deposits, Mysore 4-6 Feb., 1998, Abstracts in Jour. Mineral. Soc. India v.32 : 64.

36)G.N.Jadhav, M.P.Chougaonkar and T.K.Gundurao.(2007) “Comparative studies on natural calcium fluoride(fluorite)with various impurities, using thermoluminescence  and electron-spin-resonance”. Proceedings on National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2007),18th to 20thJanuary,2007,held at Bharathiar Univ.,    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. pp86-89.

37)Panchapakesan, V., Pandalai, H.S., Srivastava, R.K., Krishnamurti, R.and Jadhav, G.N. (1996). A note on fluid inclusions in mesothermal Gold deposits of Archean green-stone belts. Proceedings of the National workshop on Exploration and Exploitation of Gold resources of India, NGRI,Hyderabad, A.P.(2-4 Dec. 1996) pp.274-280.

38)Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1988).Study of fluid and melt inclusions from the pegmatite occurrence of three adjoining mica-mines of Nawada district,Bihar, India. Proceedings of the Precambrians of Eastern India shield,Geol. Soc. Of India, Memoir No. 8., pp.229-237.

39) Jadhav, G.N., Panchapakesan, V. and Sahu, K.C. (1985).Inclusion studies in parts of  Bihar pegmatite belt. Proceedings of  Fifth IGC,IIT,Bombay, pp.205-214.

Membership

• Association of Geoscientists for International Developments (AGID)
• International Association on Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)
• Joint Secretary of the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India’s Bombay-chapter (MGMI), Kolkata.
  Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India (GMMSI), Kolkata.
• Current Science Association, Bangalore.
• Fellow of the Geological Society of India (GSI), Bangalore.
• International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR), Kochi, Japan
• South Asian Association of Economic Geologists(SAAEG), Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME), Jamshedpur
• Indian Geological Congress(IGC), Roorkee
• Society of Economic Geologists, UK

1. Khan M. M., Singh M., Mahajani S.M., Jadhav G.N., A method and a device for reclaiming green waste foundry sand, Indian Patent No. 201721023693.
2. Khan M. M., Mahajani, S. M., Jadhav, G.N., A process for reclaiming waste foundry sand-A, Indian Patent Application No 202021020228 (under review).
3. Khan M. M., Mahajani, S. M., Jadhav G. N., A process for reclaiming waste foundry sand-B, Indian Patent Application No 202021020229 (under review).