Raghupratim Rakshit, M.Sc., Ph. D.

(Assistant Professor)

(Department of Geology)

Jagannath Barooah College (Autonomous)

Jorhat 785001, Assam, India

Email:    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: http://sites.google.com/view/rakshitsgeosite (link to personal website, if any)

Education/ Academic qualification (latest first)

1. Details of Ph.D. : Ph. D. in Applied Geology (CSIR-UGC NET SRF)

Title: Study of Morphotectonics and Hazard Vulnerability in and around Aizawl, Mizoram, India

Supervisor: Dr. Devojit Bezbaruah, Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam.

1. Details of Master’s : M.Sc. in Applied Geology, Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam.
2. Details of Bachelor’s Degree: B.Sc. in Geology (Major), Department of Geology, Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat, Assam.

 Professional/Teaching Experience (latest first)

1. Guest Faculty (Post-Graduate and Graduate courses) in Department of Geophysics, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram (Duration: 01-08-2021-23-09-2022)
2. Teaching Assistant (Post-Graduate courses) in Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam. (Duration: 01-01-2021 to 31-07-2021)

 Teaching responsibilities (current academic yesr/semester only)

• 2^nd Semester Geology (Honours) Structural Geology (GEOC-202) Theory and Practical
• 3^rd Semester Geology (Honours) Sedimentary Geology (GEOC-302) Theory and Practical
• 5^th Semester Geology (Honours) River Sciences (GEOD-602) Practical
• 1^st Semester Geology (Generic) Practical
• 2^nd Semester Geology (Generic) Theory & Practical

 Research areas

• Tectonic Geomorphology
• Natural Hazards
• Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclide and Thermochronologic Study
• Engineering Geology
• Structural Geology
• Field Geology
• Quaternary Studies

Research projects (if any) (latest first)

PUBLICATIONS (latest first)

Journal publications (please note that the journal must be recognized by UGC)

1. Study of 28th April, 2021 Mw 6.0 Assam Earthquake in a part of Eastern Himalayan Foreland Region, Northeast India. Kaustubh Rakshit and Raghupratim Rakshit (2022). Environmental Earth Sciences. (ISSN: 1866-6299) Vol. 81:368 1-10p. doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10496-5

2. Towards identification of sediment sources, and processes of sediment production, in the Yarlung-Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River catchment for reduction of fluvial sediment loads. R.J. Wasson, Shukla Acharjee and Raghupratim Rakshit (2022). Earth-Science Reviews. (ISSN: 0012-8252) Vol. 226: 103932, doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103932.

3. Locked crustal faults associated with the subducting Indian Lithosphere and its implications in seismotectonic activity in the Central Indo-Burmese Ranges, Northeast India. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Farha Zaman, Bubul Bharali and Sowrav Saikia (2022). Geofizika (ISSN: 1846-6346). Vol. 39 (1), 163-178p. doi.org/10.15233/gfz.2022.39.5.

4. The 2020 Mw 5.5 Mizoram earthquake and associated swarm activity in the junction of the Surma Basin and Indo‑Myanmar Subduction Region. Bubul Bharali, Raghupratim Rakshit, Lal Dinpuia, Sowrav Saikia and Santanu Baruah (2021). Natural Hazards (ISSN: 1573-0840). Vol. 109, 2381-2398p. doi:10.1007/s11069-021-04924-1.

5. Macro-mechanical characteristics and their control on the strength of sandstones of western Indo-Burmese Ranges, NE India. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali, Pradip Borgohain and Kaustubh Rakshit (2021). Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia (2336-4351). Vol. 18 (2). 241–252p. doi: 10.13168/AGG.2021.0017.

6. Reconstruction of Middle Miocene Surma Basin by Two Arcs Derived Sedimentary Model as Evident by Provenance, Source Rock Weathering and Paleo-Environmental Conditions. Bubul Bharali, M. Faruque Hussain, Pradip Borgohain, Devojit Bezbaruah, V. Vanthangliana, Raghupratim Rakshit and Parakh Protim Phukan (2020). Geochemistry International (ISSN: 1556-1968). Vol. 59. 265-289p. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702921030022.

7. Variability of orographic architecture of Indo-Burmese Ranges NE India, constraint from morphotectonic and lineament. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Farha Zaman and Bubul Bharali. (2020). Geological Quarterly (ISSN: 1641-7291), Vol. 64 (1). 130–140p. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1522.

8. Oblique slip faulting associated with evolving central Indo-Burmese region from Early Pleistocene deformational sequences. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah and Bubul Bharali. (2018). Solid Earth Sciences (ISSN: 2451-912X). Vol. 3 (3). 67-80p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sesci.2018.04.002.

9. Morphotectonic Study of Tawang River Basin, Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh, NE India. C. Taye and Raghupratim Rakshit. (2018). Earth Science India, (ISSN: 0974-8350). Vol.11 (1).11-22p.

 Books and Book Chapters

1. A Comparative Study on The Tectonic Activeness of The Indo-Burmese Ranges: Comprising Naga Hills, Cachar Hills And Mizoram Fold Belt. Farha Zaman, Devojit Bezbaruah and Raghupratim Rakshit. (2021). New Frontiers in Earth Sciences: An Insight into the Indo-Burmese Ranges (ISBN: 978-93-89262-09-4), Chapter 5. 53-66p.
2. Geo-historical Significance of Rih (Dil) Lake in Lushai Hills, NE India: A Conservational Approach by Ethnic Hill People. Farha Zaman, Ajanta Sharma and Raghupratim Rakshit. (2021). New Frontiers in Earth Sciences: An Insight into the Indo-Burmese Ranges (ISBN: 978-93-89262-09-4), Chapter 35. 416-427p.
3. A Sedimentological Study on Middle Bhuban Formation of Surma Basin, Mizoram, India. Bubul Bharali, Parakh Protim Phukan, Raghupratim Rakshit, Pradip Borgohain, Devojit Bezbaruah, V. Vanthangliana and Lalhmingsangi. (2021). New Frontiers in Earth Sciences: An Insight into the Indo-Burmese Ranges (ISBN: 978-93-89262-09-4), Chapter 15. 185-214p.
4. Morphotectonic aspects and their relationship with vulnerable features in and around Se La Synclinorium, western Arunachal Pradesh, NE India. Raghupratim Rakshit and C. Taye. (2020), Recent Advances in Earth Science Research in North East India (ISBN: 978-93-89262-08-7), Chapter 22. 335-348p.

  Conference Proceedings

1. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Sowrav Saikia and Bubul Bharali (2020) “Seismotectonic Analysis of Active Faults and their role in recent Mizoram Earthquakes in Central Indo-Burmese Ranges, NE India.” Virtual National Seminar on Sedimentation, Tectonics and Metallogeny of North-East India jointly organized by North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong and Geological Society of India, Bengaluru
2. Karl A. Lang, Paul Betka, Mong-Han Huang and Raghupratim Rakshit (2020) “Active faulting along the Noa Dihing River.” AGU 2020.
3. Raghupratim Rakshit, Robert J. Wasson and Devojit Bezbaruah (2020) “Slab deformation in the Bengal Basin due to uplift of the Shillong Plateau and Indo-Burmese Ranges since the Pliocene, constrained by a Dynamic Topo-Tomographic technique.” EGU 2020, Vienna, Austria.
4. Raghupratim Rakshit and Devojit Bezbaruah, (2018) “Study of Active tectonics using geomorphic indices in and around Aizawl, Mizoram, India.” 30th National Conference of Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI), New Delhi.
5. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2017) “Morphotectonic Study in and around Aizawl, Mizoram, India.” 9th International Conference on Geomorphology, New Delhi.
6. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2017) “Natural and Human Induced Landslide Hazards in and around Aizawl city, Mizoram, India” 14^thAOGS International Conference, Singapore.
7. Raghupratim Rakshit and Chaitra Dhar Taye (2017) “Morphotectonic Study of the Gang River Basin, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India.” 9th International Conference on Geomorphology, New Delhi.
8. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2017) “Environmental Hazards, Their Effects and Mitigations: A case study of Aizawl city, Mizoram, India” RAER-2017, Centre for the Environment, IIT-Guwahati.
9. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2017) “A Morphotectonic Study in a part of Indo-Burmese Range in Champhai district of Mizoram, India.” National seminar. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,
10. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2017) “Natural and Human-induced environmental hazards; a challenge for sustainable development of Aizawl City” International Earth Science Conference on Challenges in sustainable resource management and way forward. USTM.
11. Raghupratim Rakshit and C. Taye. (2016) “Identification of Morphotectonic Aspects and Their Relationship with Tectonic Features In And Around Sela Synclinorium, Western Arunachal Pradesh, NE India.” National seminar on Geology, Geochemistry, Tectonics, Energy and Mineral Resources of Northeast India, Nagaland University.
12. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Bubul Bharali (2016) “Identification of lineaments and active tectonic features in a part of Champhai district of Mizoram, India.” Developments in Geosciences in the Past Decade - Emerging Trends for the Future and Impact on Society, National Seminar. IIT-Kharagpur.
13. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, (2014) “Morphotectonic studies in and around Aizawl, Mizoram” presented during the National seminar on Geology, Tectonics, Geo-Hazards & Natural Resources of North-East India held in Mizoram University, Mizoram.

 Other publications (any journal/magazine)

1. Morphotectonic and sedimentological aspects in delineating the relationship with ancient failure surfaces in southern part of Aizawl anticline, Mizoram, India. Raghupratim Rakshit, Lalhmingsangi, Devojit Bezbaruah and Bubul Bharali. (2017). Science Vision. (ISSN: print 0975-6175/ online 2229-6026). Vol. 17(4), 204-216p. https://doi.org/10.33493/scivis.17.04.04.

2. Morphotectonic Aspects and Their Relationship with Landslide Prone Areas of Sairang River Basin, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Richard Lalrinzuala and Bubul Bharali (2017). Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, (ISSN 2456-3757), Vol. 2 (2) 19-36p.

3. Sedimentological Approach to Understand Evolution of Mizoram Fold Belt. Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Pradip Borgohain and Bubul Bharali. (2017). Journal of Assam Science Society. (ISSN: 0587-1921). Vol. 57 (1). 67-81p.

4. Rockfall hazard and risk assessment along Aizawl- Durtlang road section, Mizoram, India. Raghupratim Rakshit and Bubul Bharali (2017). Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. (ISSN 2456-3757), Vol. 3 (1). 19-31p.