Parag Phukon

Professor

MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

Geomorphology

Department of Geological Sciences
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: pp016[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

 Teaching

  • Geomorphology (First Semester), Climatology and Oceanography (2nd Semester), General Stratigraphy (3rd Semester), Fluvial  Systems (open course (4th Semester)

  Research

  •  Geomorphology, fluvial systems

  • Machahary, R., Phukon, P., 2017, Analysis of erosion vulnerability of an Alluvial segment of the Brahmaputra river between Disangmukh and Dhansrimukh, Assam, Jour. Ind. Geol. Cong., Vol9(1), pp45-52

  • Rekapalli R, Sarma, V S, and Phukon, P., 2015 Direct Resistivity measurements of core sample using a portable in-situ DC Resistivity  Meter in comparison with HERT data, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, Vol86, pp211-214

  • Sharmistha De Sarkar, Mathew G., Pande K., Phukon P. and Singhvi, A.,  2014 Drainage migration and out of sequence thrusting in Bhalukpong, Western Arunachal Himalaya, India, Journal of Geodynamics, Vol81, pp1-16

  • Khound N J, Phukon, P. and Bhattacharyya, K G, 2013, Dissolved trace metals in the shallow aquifers of the Jia Bharali river basin, North Brahmaputra Plain, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, Vol. 82, pp162-168

  • Laskar Alam, A. and Phukon, P., 2013, Structural control on landform development of Barak Valley, NE India, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, Vol.81, pp. 232-240

  • Khound N J, Phukon, P. and Bhattacharyya, K G, 2012, Physico-chemical studies on surface water quality in the Jia Bharali river basin, North Brahmaputra Plain, India, Scholars Research Library, Vol. 4(2), pp1169-1174

  • Phukon  P. and Machahary, R., 2012, River variability analysis in parts of North Brahmaputra Plain, Assam: a remote sensing and GIS approach, Proc., National Seminar on Geospatial Solutions for Resource Conservation and Management, Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre, Bangalore, pp245-250

  • Laskar Alam, A. and Phukon, P., 2012, Inventory and change detection of wetlands in Barak Valley, N E India: A remote sensing and GIS approach, Journal of Geomatics, Vol., 6, No., 2, pp58-64

  • Laskar Alam, A. and Phukon, P., 2012, Erosional vulnerability and spatio-temporal variability of the Barak river, NE India, Current Science, Vol., 103, No., 1, pp80-85

 

Others contributions 

  • Manual for “Ground water prospect mapping” under Rajib Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, NRSC, ISRO(DOS), Hyderabad

  • "Land Use Land Cover Atlas of India (2011)"  through the geospatial data generated at the Gauhati University work centre under the project NRC LULC50K, NRSC, ISRO (DOS), Hyderabad  

Academic profile

·         B.Sc. (Cotton College, GU), 1988

·         M. Sc. (GU), 1991

·         Ph. D.(GU)-Fluvial Geomorphology, 2001

Past experience:

·         Lecturer, Cotton College, 1992-1993

·         Geologist, ONGC, 1993-1997

·         Lecturer, Gauhati University, 1997-2001

·         Reader/Associate Prof., 2001-2016

·         Professor, 2016 till date

Membership of professional bodies

  • Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Indian Society of Geomatics
  • Mineralogical Society of India
  • Indian Geological Congress

Award/recognition

  • Academic Gold Medal (GU), 1991
  • First amongst outstanding in the professional training conducted at Institute of Management and Development, KDMIPE-ONGC, Dehradun in 1992

Extracurricular

  • Basic and advanced training in Mountaineering, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi

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