At IIT Guwahati

PG Courses:

CE 595: Advanced Techniques in Geoscience

UG Courses:

CE 101: Engineering Drawing (Tutor)

At NIT Rourkela

PG Courses:

ER-5041: Isotope Geology

ER-6005: Applied Isotope Geology

ER-5101: Mineral Sciences (Co-Instructor)

ER-5301: Structural Geology (Co-Instructor)

ER-5880: Geological Field Trip (Co-Instructor)

ER-5102: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

ER-6023: Introduction to Earth Science

ER-5172: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Lab

UG Courses:

ER-2271: Mining Geology Lab

ER-2251: Mining Geology

I am a structural geologist with a keen interest in studying shear zones and fault zones. I am interested in understanding the processes operative within these zones of intense deformation, and how these structures influence the crustal architecture, fluid flow, and seismicity in mountain belts. For this, I integrate geological mapping, microstructures, AMS and EBSD-based techniques with ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology, Apatite Fission Track (AFT) dating, Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence, and EPMA-based analyses.  

Fellowships

Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India

Junior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India

Heritage Scholarship from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Scholastic Achievements

All India Rank 14 in JRF-CSIR category in NET (National Eligibility Test) exam (December 2010) conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India

All India Rank 9 in Graduate Aptitude Test Examination (GATE) 2010 conducted by Indian Institute of Technologies

All India Rank 4 in Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) 2009 conducted by Indian Institute of Technologies

Journal Publications

• Chakraborty, S., ^* and Mukul, M., 2019. New insights into the position and geometry of the Main Central thrust from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, Journal of Geology, 127, 289-322. https://doi.org/10.1086/702566
• Chakraborty, S., ^* Mukul, M., Mathew, G., Pande, K., 2019. Major shear zone within the Greater Himalayan Sequence and sequential evolution of the metamorphic core in Sikkim, India, Tectonophysics, 770, 228183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228183
• Chakraborty S., ^* Majumdar, A.S., Shukla A. D., 2020. The role of fluid in strain softening within the Main Central thrust in Sikkim: The origin of quartz-rich mylonites, Journal of Structural Geology, 140, 104145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104145
• Chakraborty, S., ^* and Sengupta, A., 2022. Evaluating the distinct identity and the orogen-scale nature of the Munsiari thrust in the Himalaya, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 223, 104991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104991

* Corresponding author

Conference Abstracts

• Chakraborty, S., Mukul, M., Sengupta, A., 2015. Curious case of the Main Central thrust in Sikkim Himalaya, 30^th Himalayan-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Dehradun, India.
• Chakraborty, S., Majumdar, A.S., Mukul M., 2016. Fluid-assisted Ductile Deformation in the Main Central thrust, Sikkim Himalaya, India, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Chakraborty, S., Mathew, G., Pande, K., 2020. Role of major shear zones in the sequential evolution of the Himalayan Metamorphic Core: Insights from Sikkim, eastern India. TecTask Workshop - Structural Geology in the 21st Century, IIT Kharagpur, India.
• Chakraborty S., Majumdar, A.S., Shukla A. D., 2020. Fluid-induced strain softening within the Main Central thrust and the origin of quartz-rich mylonites, Virtual Seminar on Sedimentation, Tectonics and Metallogeny of North-East India, NEHU, India.
• Chakraborty, S., and Sengupta, A., 2021. Use of piezometry to evaluate the continuity and the distinct identity of the Munsiari thrust in the Himalaya, Virtual Rock Deformation & Structures (VI) Conference