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 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
13 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
14 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
15 Dr. Temsulemba Walling / Dr. S.K. Srivastava Depositional environment and its implication on the Cenozoic sediments of the schuppen belt of Nagaland: A sedimentologic and remote sensing approach. 2018 Oil India Limited, Duliajan 34,78,640.00
16 Dr. Temsulemba Walling / Prof. G.T. Thong Landslide risk evaluation of Noklak Town, Nagaland. 2018 DST, New Delhi 26,66,500.00
17 Dr. Temsulemba Walling Geological mapping of oil and gas seepages in the Naga Schuppen Belt. May 2022- ongoing COESS_OIL India 16,72,000.00
18 Prof. Vikoleno Rino / Prof. S Kumar Petrology, elemental and isotope geochemistry of enclave-bearing and enclave-free granitoids of Malanjkhand, Central India, with their possible genetic link with mineralization. March 2024 - ongoing SERB-DST 65,84,120.00
19 Dr. Temsulemba Walling Slope stability evaluation of AH-1 for socioeconomic development of NE India. April 2024 - ongoing HEFA 30,22,624.00
20 Dr. Amitava Patra Provenance and tectonic settings of the sediments of Upper Disang Formation in the Phek district, Nagaland, India. September 2024 - ongoing Nagaland University (Start-up) 3,00,000.00