Research Interest

• Phase equilibria to determine pressure-temperature conditions that control the formation of mineral assemblages in metamorphic rocks.
• Petrology of kimberlites and eclogite xenoliths.

• Metamorphic Petrology
• Thermodynamics in Geology.

• Ph.D. (Geology), 1992
  University of Wyoming, USA.
• M.Sc. Tech. (Applied Geology), 1984
  Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India.

Current work

• Petrology of south Indian kimberlites.
• Petrology of lamproites in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

• Professor, 2009-
  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
• Associate Professor, 2003-2008
  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
• Assistant Professor, 1997-2002
  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
• Lecturer, 1993-97
  Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.
• Geologist, 1987-88
  Geological Survey of India.
• Lecturer, 1986-87
  Sambalpur University, Odisha, India.

• Prof. S. P. Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020
  IIT Bombay.
• Gold Medal in M.Sc.Tech.(Applied Geology), 1984
  Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.

• Saini, J., Patel, S.C., Kaur, G. (2025) Apatite compositional constraints on the magmatic to hydrothermal evolution of lamproites from Raniganj Basin, eastern India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 101, pp. 477–486
• Sarkar, D., Ray, J., Pandey, R., Chowdhury, M., Koeberl, C., Patel, S.C., Ramakrishnan, D., Chakraborty, A., Dutta, S. (2025) Mineral chemistry-perspective of the Kadavur gabbro anorthosite complex, Southern Granulite Terrane of the Indian shield: implications to its petrogenesis in a ridge-subduction setting. Lithos, v. 494–495:107880, pp. 1–21
• Chowdhury, M., Ray, J., Tomson, J.K., Sarkar, D., Patel, S.C., Kumar, R., Mukherjee, P., Sahoo, S., Koeberl, C. (2024) New zircon Uranium-lead (U-Pb) zircon geochronology of Sholayar Alkaline Syenite Complex, Kerala: significance of Cryogenian magmatism from the Southern Granulite Terrane of the Indian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 100, pp. 1311–1319
• Sarkar, D., Ray, J., Patel, S.C., Chowdhury, M., Koeberl, C., Sahoo, S., Mukherjee, P. (2024) Kadavur layered anorthosite-gabbro complex, Tamil Nadu: a case study of magmatic differentiation from the Southern Granulite Terrane of the Indian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 100, pp. 1511–1520
• Chaurasia, C., Thakur, S.S., Patel, S.C., Samal, A.K., Kumar, S., Gour, N. (2024) Tectonic evolution of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline Sequence, Dhauliganga valley, Garhwal Himalaya: Insights from P–T conditions of metamorphism and partial melting. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 265:106108, pp. 1–17
• Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Patel, S.C., Kozlov, E.N., Fomina, E.N., Dey, M., Pal, S. (2024) The role of magmatic-to-carbohydrothermal processes in rare earth mineralization in Hogenakkal carbonatites, India. Lithos, v. 464–465:107431, pp. 1–23
• Kaur, P., Patel, S.C., Mitchell, R.H., Tappe, S., Pruseth, K.L., Saini, J., Singh, A., Kaur, G. (2023) Mineralogy of K-rich rocks from the Jharia basin in Jharkhand: Indications for Cretaceous lamproite magmatism in eastern India. Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 61, pp. 105–143
• Paul, M., Ray, J., Koeberl, C., Patel, S.C., Sheikh, J.M., Manikyamba, C., Gayen, M., Bhattacharjee, N. (2023) Petrology of Paleoarchean mafic-ultramafic rock suites of western Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton, eastern India using chemistry of minerals. Geological Magazine, v. 160, pp. 667–684
• Thakur, S.S., Patel, S.C., Chaurasia, C., Gour, N. (2022) The fate of pyroxenes in mafic xenoliths from the Kinnaur Kailash Granite, Sutlej Valley, NW Himalaya: Effect of retrograde hydration and insights on the rare occurrence of high-grade metamorphic rocks in the Himalayan orogen. Journal of Petrology, v. 63(10):egac099, pp. 1–17
• Saini, J., Patel, S.C., Tappe, S., Mitchell, R.H., Pruseth, K.L., Kaur, P., Singh, A., Kaur, G. (2022) Cretaceous potassic igneous rocks from the Raniganj basin, eastern India: Compositional variations in mica and apatite as recorder of lamproite magma evolution. Lithos, v. 434-435:106916, 1–20
• Dey, P., Ray, J., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Koeberl, C. (2022) Petrogenetic implications of Fe–Mg substitution in clinopyroxene lattices of basaltic suites of Khandwa area, eastern Deccan volcanic province, Central India. Geological Journal, v. 57, 4586–4603
• Dey, P., Ray, J., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Koeberl, C., Dutta, S. (2022) Olivine decadence of continental flood basalts in the light of recent experiments: A case study from Khandwa, Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province. Journal of Earth System Science, 131:210, pp. 1–9
• Dey, P., Ray, J., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Koeberl, C., Chakraborty, A. (2022) Insights into petrogenetic processes from a part of the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province, India, using cluster analyses of mineralo-chemical data. Journal of Earth System, Science 131:163, pp. 1–15
• Ray, J., Paul, M., Kar, R., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Sinha, D.K., Sadasivan, R., Alam, P., Chatterjee, S., Sarma, S., Saha, A. (2021) Experimental study on Soda Granites of Singhbhum Craton, eastern India and its petrogenetic significance. Geological Journal, v. 56, pp. 5199–5215
• Raza, M.Q., Absar, N., Pandalai, H.S., Patel, S.C. (2021) Chlorite thermometry and fluid inclusion studies on vein-type Tintini copper deposit, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Ore genetic implications. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 131:104058, pp. 1–21
• Dey, P., Ray, J., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Koeberl, C. (2021) Windowing petrogenesis of continental flood basalts through mineralogical investigations: a case study from the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province. International Journal of Earth Sciences. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 110, pp. 447–466
• Shaikh, A.M., Tappe, S., Bussweiler, Patel, S.C., Ravi, S., Bolhar, R., Viljoen, F. (2021) Clinopyroxene and garnet mantle cargo in kimberlites as probes of Dharwar craton architecture and geotherms, with implications for post-1.1 Ga lithosphere thinning events beneath southern India. Journal of Petrology, v. 61(9):egaa087, pp. 1–23
• Kumar, S.P., Shaikh, A.M., Patel, S.C., Sheikh, J.M., Behera, D., Pruseth, K.L., Ravi, S., Tappe, S. (2021) Multi-stage magmatic history of olivine–leucite lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel. Mineralogy and Petrology, v.115, pp. 87–112
• Chaurasia, C, Madhavan, K., Thakur, S.S., Patel, S.C., Samal, A.K., Nema, S., Dixit, P.K. (2020) Occurrence and stability of allanite and monazite in the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Dhauliganga valley, Garhwal Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 96, pp. 557–564
• Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Champati, A.K., Madhavan, K., Behera, D., Naik, A., Gerdes, A. (2020) Nepheline syenite intrusions from the Rengali Province, eastern India: Integrating geological setting, microstructures, and geochronological observations on their syntectonic emplacement. Precambrian Research, v. 346: 105802
• Shaikh, A.M., Patel, S.C. , Bussweiler, Y., Kumar, S.P., Tappe, S., Ravi, S., Mainkar, D. (2019) Olivine trace element compositions in diamondiferous lamproites from India: Proxies for magma origin and the nature of the lithospheric mantle mantle beneath the Bastar and Dharwar cratons. Lithos, v. 324-325, pp. 501-518
• Shaikh, A.M., Kumar, S.P., Patel, S.C., Thakur, S.S., Ravi, S., Behera, D. (2018) The P3 kimberlite and P4 lamproite, Wajrakarur kimberlite field, India: mineralogy, and major and minor element compositions of olivines as records of their phenocrystic vs xenocrystic origin. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 112 (Suppl 2), pp. S609–S624
• Thakur, S.S., Madhavan, K., Patel, S.C., Rameshwar Rao, D., Singh, A.K., Pandey, S., Nandini, P. (2018) Yttrium-zoning in garnet and stability of allanite in metapelites from the Main Central Thrust Zone and adjacent Higher Himalayan Crystallines along the Alaknanda Valley, NW Himalaya. Lithos, v. 320-321, pp. 1-19
• Champati, A.K., Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Naik, A., Behera, D. (2017) Hook‑shaped type‑3 superposed fold in granulite, Badarama complex, Rengali province, India. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 106, pp. 2473–2474
• Shaikh, A.M., Patel, S.C., Ravi, S., Behera, D., Pruseth, K.L. (2017) Mineralogy of the TK1 and TK4 ‘kimberlites’ in the Timmasamudram cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India: Implications for lamproite magmatism in a field of kimberlites and ultramafic lamprophyres. Chemical Geology, v. 455, pp.208-230
• Pati, J.K., Pruseth, K.L., Chatterjee, R.S., Patel, S.C., Prakash, K., Chakarvorty, M., Singh, R.P., Bhusan, R., Malviya, V.P., Sharma, R., Champati Ray, P.K. (2016) Hematite-rich concretions from Mesoproterozoic Vindhyan sandstone in northern India: a terrestrial Martian ‘blueberries’ analogue with a difference. Current Science, v. 111, pp. 535–542
• Thakur, S.S., Patel, S.C., Singh, A.K. (2015) A P–T pseudosection modelling approach to understand metamorphic evolution of the Main Central Thrust Zone in the Alaknanda valley, NW Himalaya. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 170:2, 1–26
• Sheikh, J.M., Patel, S.C., Behera, D., and Prabhakar, N. (2015) Pyrochlore from nepheline syenite around Karlakot, Nuapada district, Odisha. Vistas in Geological Research, Special Publications in Geology No. 13, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, pp. 71–85
• Patel, S.C., Khalkho, R., Patel S.K., Sheikh, J.M., Behera, D., Chaudhari, S., and Prabhakar, N. (2014) Fluoride contamination of groundwater in parts of eastern India and a preliminary experimental study of fluoride adsorption by natural haematite iron ore and synthetic magnetite. Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 72, pp. 2033–2049
• Sahu, N., Gupta, T., Patel, S.C., Khuntia, D.B.K., Behera, D., Pande, K., and Das, S.K. (2013) Petrology of lamproites from the Nuapada Lamproite Field, Bastar Craton, India. In: D.G. Pearson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference Volume 1, Special Issue of the Journal of the Geological Society of India, pp. 137–165
• Mainkar, D., Gupta, T., Patel, S.C., Lehmann, B., Diwan, P., Kaminsky, F.V., and Khachatryan, G.K. (2013) Diamonds from the Behradih kimberlite pipe, Bastar Craton, India: A reconnaissance study. In: D.G. Pearson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference Volume 1, Special Issue of the Journal of the Geological Society of India, pp. 309–316
• Ravi, S., Sufija, M.V., Patel, S.C., Sheikh, J.M., Sridhar, M., Kaminsky, F.V., Khachatryan, G.K., Nayak, S.S., and Bhaskara Rao, K.S. (2013) Diamond potential of the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India, and a reconnaissance study of physical and infrared characteristics of the diamonds. In: D.G. Pearson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference Volume 1, Special Issue of the Journal of the Geological Society of India, pp. 335–348
• Thakur, S.S., and Patel, S.C. (2012) Mafic and pelitic xenoliths in the Kinnaur Kailash Granite, Baspa river valley, NW Himalaya: Evidence of pre-Himalayan granulite metamorphism followed by cooling event. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 56, pp. 105–117
• Sarangi, S., Sarkar, A., Srinivasan, R., and Patel, S.C. (2012) Carbon isotope studies of auriferous quartz carbonate veins from two orogenic gold deposits from the Neoarchean Chitradurga schist belt, Dharwar craton, India: Evidence for mantle/magmatic source of auriferous fluid. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 52, pp. 1–11
• Niyogi, A., Pati, J.K., Patel, S.C., Panda, D., and Patil, S.K. (2011) Anthropogenic and impact spherules: Morphological similarity and chemical distinction – A case study from India and its implications. Journal of Earth Systems Science, v. 120, pp. 1043–1054
• Patel, S.C, Ravi, S., Anilkumar, Y., and Pati, J.K. (2010) Major element composition of concentrate garnets in Proterozoic kimberlites from the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: implications on sub-continental lithospheric mantle. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 39, pp. 578-588
• Patel, S.C., Ravi, S., Rao, C.R.M., and Nayak, S.S. (2010) Petrography and geochemistry of Wajrakarur kimberlites, southern India: Constraints on source region. In: N.R. Karmalkar, R.A. Duraiswami, N.J. Pawar and Ch. Sivaji (Eds.), Origin and Evolution of the Deep Continental Crust, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 95-114
• Patel, S.C., Ravi, S., Anilkumar, Y., and Pati, J.K. (2010) Sapphirine-bearing Mg-Al xenolith in Proterozoic kimberlite from Dharwar craton, southern India. Current Science, v. 98, pp. 547-550
• Rai, P., Pati, J.K., Patel, S.C., Naik, A., and Panda, D. (2009) Multi-shelled orbicular olivine gabbronorite from Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Himalaya. Current Science, v. 97, pp. 1769-1774
• Patel, S.C, Ravi, S., Anilkumar, Y., Naik, A., Thakur, S.S., Pati, J.K., and Nayak, S.S. (2009) Mafic xenoliths in Proterozoic kimberlites from Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Minerology and P-T regime. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 34, pp. 336-346
• Patel, S.C., Asthana, D., and Acharya, C.S. (2008) Prehnite and pumpellyite in the Archaean Sitagota Volcanics near Deori, Bhandara district, Maharashtra. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 72, pp. 208-212
• Ravi, S., Patel, S.C., Reddy, T.A.K., and Rao, T.K. (2007) Mafic xenoliths and chromian spinel macrocrysts in kimberlites from southern India. In: C. Leelanandam and I.B. Rama Prasada Rao (Eds.) International Association of Gondwana Research Memoir No. 10, pp. 135-142
• Thakur, S.S., and Patel, S.C. (2007) Deformation and low pressure metamorphism of Sukma supracrustal rocks near Nagaras, southern Bastar Craton. Gondwana Geological Magazine, v. 10, pp. 27-32
• Pati, J.K., Patel, S.C., Pruseth, K.L., Malviya, V.P., Arima, M., Raju, S., Pati, P., and Prakash, K. (2007) Geology and geochemistry of giant quartz veins from the Bundelkhand Craton, central India and its implications. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 116, pp. 497-510
• Patel, S.C., Sundararaman, S., Thakur, S.S., Dey, R. and Kumar, M. (2007) Deformation pattern in a Proterozoic low pressure metamorphic belt near Ramanujganj, western Chhotanagpur terrane. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 70, pp. 187-193
• Patel, S.C. (2007) Vesuvianite-wollastonite-grossular-bearining calc-silicate rock near Tatapani, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 116, pp. 143-147
• Thakur, S.S. and Patel, S.C. (2007) Low pressure granulite facies Sukma supracrustal rocks near Nagaras, southern Bastar Craton. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 69, pp. 75-79
• Patel, S.C., Ravi, S., Thakur, S.S., Rao, T.K. and Subbarao, K.V. (2006) Eclogite xenoliths from Wajrakarur kimberlites, southern India. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 88, pp. 363-380
• Thakur, S.S., Patel, S.C. and Dasgupta, S. (2006) Structural pattern in Sukma supracrustal rocks near Nagaras, southern Bastar Craton. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 68, pp. 769-773
• Patel, S.C. (2005) IBC Granulite In Clockwise Pressure-Temperature Regime: A Case From the Orissa Sector of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt. In: H. Thomas (Ed.), Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution, Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 148-160
• Patel, S.C., Dey, R., Rath, J.B. and Ghosh, T.K. (2004) Metamorphic Aspects of Calc-Silicate Host Rock of Base Metal Sulphide Mineralisation around Oranga, Surguja District, Madhya Pradesh. In: K.L. Rai and S.C. Patel (Eds.), Precambrian Crustal Evolution and Metallogenesis, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, pp. 54-63
• Patel, S.C., Behera, S., Mohanty, A., Singh, A.K. and Patel, S.K. (2001) Metamorphic history of sapphirine- and relict-kyanite-bearing Mg-Al rich rocks at Hatimunda hill near Junagarh, Kalahandi district, Orissa. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 57, pp. 417-427
• Patel, S.C., Frost, B.R., Faizan, I., Dey, R. and Ghosh, T.K. (2001) Metamorphism and contrasting corona structures in Bolangir anorthositic rocks, Orissa. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 57, pp. 31-38
• Patel, S.C., Frost, B.R., Chamberlain, K.R. and Snyder, G.L. (1999) Proterozoic metamorphism and uplift history of the north-central Laramie Mountains, Wyoming. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 17, pp. 243-258
• Patel, S.C., Frost, C.D. and Frost, B.R. (1999) Contrasting responses of Rb-Sr systematics to regional and contact metamorphism, Laramie Mountains, Wyoming. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 17, pp. 259-269
• Chamberlain, K.R., Patel, S.C., Frost, B.R. and Snyder, G.L. (1993) Thick-skinned deformation of the Archaean Wyoming province during Proterozoic arc-continent collision. Geology, v. 21, pp. 995-998