Department of Geology
Funds Mobilized


Research Projects (Completed / Ongoing)

# PI/Co-PI Title of Project Year Funding Agency Grant(Rs.)
1 Prof. R.P.Kachhara Palaeontological and stratigraphical studies of the Disang Group and ophiolite suite of Nagaland relation to Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and drift history. 1998 DST, New Delhi 6,00,000.00
2 Dr. R.Venkatachalapathy Biostratigraphy, boundary events and sea level changes of the Tertiary sediments of Nagaland state, India. 2001 DST, New Delhi 15,34,000.00
3 Dr. B.V. Rao Petromineralogical, geochemical and economic mineralization studies in Naga Ophiolite complex and their bearing on the nature of deep continental/oceanic crust. 2001 DST, New Delhi 12,14,400.00
4 Dr. N. Pandey Provenance and palaeoenvironmental studies of Pre and Syn-orogenic Cenozoic stratigraphic sequences in parts of Naga Hill NE India. 2001 DST, New Delhi 17,77,000.00
5 Prof. R.P. Kachhara /Dr. V. Srivastava Geotechnical studies of selected landslides of Kohima and Phek districts of Nagaland and Senapati district of Manipur. 2002 DST, New Delhi 5,00,000.00
6 Dr. G.T. Thong Geotechnical investigations of land instability along National Highway 39 between Kohima and Senapati. 2002 DST, New Delhi 12,65,944.00
7 Dr. G.T. Thong Geotechnical investigations of land instability in Kohima town and along National Highway 39 between Chumukedima and Kohima. 2002 SAC (ISRO), Ahmedabad 10,04,800.00
8 Prof. G.T. Thong /Dr. B.V. Rao, Dr. V. Rino Magnetostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the Tertiary rocks of Corridor - 7 (Sector B), Nagaland. 2007 DST, New Delhi 21,77,100.00
9 Prof. G.T. Thong Landslide hazard zonation mapping and risk assessment of the area between Kohima and Zhadima, Nagaland. 2007 DST, New Delhi 12,64,000.00
10 Prof. Santosh Kumar /Dr. V. Rino Redox series evaluation of granitoid plutons of Meghalaya Plateau, Northeast India: Implications on petrogenesis, mineralization potential and geodynamics. 2012 DST, New Delhi 12,21,000.00
11 Dr. Temsulemba Walling /Prof. G.T. Thong Geotechnical investigation of major subsidence affecting Lower Officers' Hill and AH 1, Kohima. 2013 DST, New Delhi 13,92,000.00
12 Prof. Santosh Kumar / Dr. V. Rino Granitoid plutons of Meghalaya Plateau and adjoining Mikir Hill granitoids, NE India. 2012 DST, New Delhi 31,92,000.00
13 Dr. Temsulemba Walling Socio-environmental impact and future implication of illegal coal mining on the foothill people of Nagaland. 2015 DST, New Delhi 24,47,508.00
14 Dr. S.K. Srivastava /Prof. G.T. Thong, Prof. A.K. Srivastava Palaeogene sedimentation in parts of Kohima Synclinorium: Changes through time. 2016 DST, New Delhi 41,29,600.00
15 Dr. V. Rino / Prof. Santosh Kumar Granite series evaluation of Trans Himalayan Lohit plutonic complex, eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Constraints from magnetic susceptibility, mineral chemistry and geochemistry. 2018 DST, New Delhi 29,44,880.00
16 Dr. Temsulemba Walling / Dr. S.K. Srivastava Depositional environment and its implication on the Cenozoic sediments of the schuppenbelt of Nagaland: A sedimentologic and remote sensing approach. 2018 Oil India Limited, Duliajan 34,78,640.00
17 Dr. Temsulemba Walling / Prof. G.T. Thong Landslide risk evaluation of NoklakTown, Nagaland. 2018 DST, New Delhi 26,66,500.00
Total: 3,28,09,372.00