Surajit Misra

Assistant Professor

MSc (Calcutta) MTech (IIT Kharagpur) PhD (IIT Kharagpur)

Structural Geology and Tectonics, Microstructures and Microtectonics

Department of Geological Sciences
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: surajitmisra[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

  • GATE 2009
  • M.Tech. Scholarship from IIT Kharagpur during 2007-09
  • Seniour Research Fellowship from IIT Kharagpur during 2009-13
  1. Surajit Misra, Vikrant Bartakke, Gaurav Athavale, Vyasulu V Akkiraju, Deepjyoti Goswami and Sukanta Roy (2017). Granite-gneiss basement below Deccan Traps in the Koyna region, western India: Outcomes from scientific drilling. Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 90, Issue 6, December 2017, 776-782.
  2. Satrughna Mishra, Surajit Misra, Digant Vyas, Dinesh Nikalje, Ashish Warhade, Sukanta Roy (2017). A 1251m - Thick Deccan Flood Basalt Pile Recovered by Scientific Drilling in the Koyna Region, Western India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 90, Issue 6, December 2017, 788-794.
  3. Goswami, D., V.V. Akkiraju, Surajit Misra, S. Roy, A. Sinha, H. Gupta, B.K. Bansal and S. Nayak (2017), Rock strength measurements on Archaean basement granitoids recovered from scientific drilling in the Koyna seismic zone, western India. Tectonophysics, vol. 712-713, 182-193.
  4. Vaibhav Singhal, Surajit Misra and Saibal Gupta (2017), Structural data extraction from Stereographic or Equal Area Projections using image processing. Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 91, January 2018, 32-40.
  5. Surajit Misra, Sukanta Roy, Vikrant Bartakke, Gaurav Athavale and Harsh Gupta (2017), Fissures and fractures in the Koyna Seismogenic zone, Western India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, vol. 90, 131-137.
  6. Amol Dayanand Sawant, Saibal Gupta, Chris Clark and Surajit Misra (2017), The Rauer-Rengali connection in the Indo-Antarctica amalgam: evidence from structure, metamorphism and geochronology. Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, vol. 457, (doi.org/10.1144/SP457.9).
  7. Animesh Mandal, Saibal Gupta, William Mohanty and Surajit Misra (2015), Sub-surface structure of a craton-mobile belt interface: evidence from geological and gravity studies across the Rengali Province - Eastern Ghats Belt boundary, eastern India. Tectonophysics, vol. 662, 140-152.
  8. Surajit Misra and Saibal Gupta (2014), Superposed deformation and inherited structures in an ancient dilational step-over zone: post-mortem of the Rengali Province, India. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 59, 1-17.
  9. Saibal Gupta, W. K. Mohanty, Animesh Mandal and Surajit Misra (2014), Ancient terrane boundaries as probable seismic hazards- A case study from the northern boundary of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India. Geoscience Frontiers, vol. 5, 17-24.
  10. William K. Mohanty, Animesh Mandal, S. P. Sharma, Saibal Gupta and Surajit Misra (2011), Integrated geological and geophysical studies for delineation of chromite deposits, A case study from Tangarparha, Orissa, India. Geophysics, vol. 76, B173 – B185.
  11. Abdul Matin and Surajit Misra (2009), Repeated cataclasis in a reactivated fault zone an example Bengal Basin Margin Fault, Jharkhand, India. In: Geological anatomy of India and in the Middle East, (Eds.) Talat Ahmad, Francis Hirsh and P. Charusiri. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, v. 32, 6, doi:10.3809/jvirtex.2009.00247, p.1-14


  • Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Microstructures and Microtectonics
  • Field work and Geological mapping
  • SEM and EBSD studies
  • Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Field work
  • Geological Mapping
  • Engineering Geology
  • Environmental Sciences
  1. Research Associate at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur
  2. Project Scientist C at the NCAOR/ESSO-MoES, Govt. of India, under the project of "Scientific Deep Drilling in the Koyna Intra-Plate Seismic Zone, Maharashtra, India", during 2014-17
  3. Assistant Professor, at the Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University since September, 2017.

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