Mr. Sikhar Banerjee

Research Interests

• Geological and Geochemical investigations of Tertiary Lignites from western India (2007- 2008)

Work Experience

Hess Corporation, Houston - Summer Intern (May 2009-August 2009)

• Evaluated capillary pressure data and applied the same in characterization of rock types for the Gulf of Mexico sediments
• Correlated the facies variation as obtained from the capillary pressure data with the Oil Based Mud Imaging (OBMI) data in order to examine the efficiency of both these methods

Texas A&M University, College Station (Spring & Fall 2009)

• Teaching Assistant for the course ‘Historical Geology’

Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited, India (April 2007- May 2007)

• Learned mining methods, exploration techniques and geological aspects in Hutti gold mines and new projects

Field Experience

• Geochemical analysis of Brushy Canyon Formation in Permian Basin, West Texas (2009)
• Lithological mapping of the Tertiary formations and collection of lignite samples in Matanomadh, Western India (2007)
• Structural and lithological mapping of metasedimentary succession of Delhi Super group in Rajasthan, Northwestern India (2006)

Organizations

• Treasurer of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, TAMU (2009-Current)
• Geology & Geophysics Graduate Student Council, TAMU (2008-Current)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists, TAMU (2008-Current)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists, IIT Bombay (2006-2008)

Activities

• Tectonics of Indian Subcontinent (TOIS) Conference, IIT Bombay (2008)
• Precambrian Sedimentation and Tectonics Conference, IIT Bombay (2007)
• Geo-fest Mosaic (2006) Runner up in Essay writing competition
• Science exhibitions and presentations, Science aptitude and talent search tests and all India UN information tests (1994-1996)

Academic Achievements

• Amerada Hess Fellowship, TAMU 2008
• MCM Scholarship, IIT Bombay 2007
• Ranked 16 in All India Joint Admission Test to M.Sc (JAM) 2006