Moumita Talukdar

Academic Qualifications

B.Sc. in Geology Hons., 2008, Jadavpur University
M.Sc. in Applied Geology, 2010, Jadavpur University
2016 June: Ph.D in Sciences (Geology), Jadavpur University
INSPIRE Faculty April 2017- March 2019, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Research Statement

Igneous Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology.

Latest Publications

1 Talukdar, M., Giant epidote formation in parts of anorthosite layers of Sittampundi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, M3 2025, NCESS, Thiruvanthapuram, 2025

2 Talukdar, M., Sarkar, T., and Chatterjee, R, Petrology, geochemistry and geochemical modelling of Neoarchean granitoids from Southern Granulite Terrane, India: Implications on Archean tectonics and melting processes, Goldschmidt Conference Prague, 2025., 2025

3 Talukdar, M., Chatterjee, R and Dash, P. K, Carbonation of an Archean oceanic crust during tectonic upliftment: An example from Mahadevi Layered complex, Nilgiri Namakkal Block, Southern Granulite Terrane, India, DPE 2025 Presidency university, 2025

4 Talukdar, M, One terrane, varied rock types, varied data and their convergence to one evolutionary history: an example from Mahadevi layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, 45, Women in Geosciences 2024, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, 2-4 September 2024, 2024

5 Chatterjee, R.; Talukdar, M.; and Kumari, B., Geochemical Characterisation of Charno-Enderbitic rocks from the eastern parts of the Nilgiri-Namakkal Block in and around the Mahadevi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, India, ISSN No. 0970-0323, 63-64, GIC 2024 Presidency University, 2024

6 Moumita Talukdar, Tapabrato Sarkar, Pulak Sengupta, Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay, The Southern Granulite Terrane, India: The saga of over 2 billion years of Earth's history, Earth Science Reviews, 2022

7 Moumita Talukdar, Heterogeneous mineral assemblage in dyke preserves the fluid path: case study from Pavitrampudur, Tamil Nadu, 75-76, Humbolt Kolleg 2020 on "Flow", 2020

8 Talukdar, Moumita; Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti; Sanyal, Sanjoy; Sengupta, Pulak, Early Palaeoproterozoic structural reconstitution of a suite of rocks from the Mahadevi Layered Complex (MLC), Tamil Nadu, India, 55(5), 3615-3642, Geological Journal, 2020

9 Talukdar, M., Pal, S. K. and Bhui U.K, Characterization of ruby variety corundum from Sittampundi Layered Complex of PCSZ: Linking composition and gem quality, International Conference on “Electron Microscop and Allied Analytical Techniques (EMAAT 2019), 2019

10 Talukdar, M., Kole, L., Sengupta, P., & Sanyal, S., Scapolite pseudomorphism in mafic-ultramafic granulites from Mahadevi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, India, 42-43, Earth and Material Sciences for Sustainable Societal Developments. Humboldt Kolleg, 2017

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Research Areas

Geochemistry, Geochronology, Igneous and Metamorphic petrology of Archaean-Proterozoic rocks

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Ore geology Practical 2 Ore Geology 3 Metamorphic Petrology and Thermodynamics 4 Igneous Petrology and Mineralogy Practical 5 Sedimentology and Metamorphic Petrology Practical

UG Courses

1 Geology 2 Geology for Civil Engineers

Publications

1 Moumita Talukdar, Tapabrato Sarkar, Pulak Sengupta, Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay, The Southern Granulite Terrane, India: The saga of over 2 billion years of Earth's history, Earth Science Reviews, 2022 2 Talukdar, Moumita; Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti; Sanyal, Sanjoy; Sengupta, Pulak, Early Palaeoproterozoic structural reconstitution of a suite of rocks from the Mahadevi Layered Complex (MLC), Tamil Nadu, India, 55(5), 3615-3642, Geological Journal, 2020

3 Talukdar, Moumita, Sanyal, Sanjoy And Sengupta, Pulak, Metasomatic alteration of chromite from parts of the Late Archaean Sittampundi Layered Magmatic Complex (SLC), Tamil Nadu, India, 90, 148-165, Ore Geology Reviews, 2017

4 Chowdhury, P., Talukdar, Moumita, Sengupta, P., Sanyal, S. & Mukhopadhyay, D., Controls of P-T path and element mobility on the formation of corundum pseudomorphs in Palaeoproterozoic high-pressure anorthosite from Sittampundi, Tamil Nadu, India, 98, 1725-1737, American Mineralogist, 2013

5 Talukdar, M., Chattopadhyay, N. & Sanyal, S., Shear controlled Fe-mineralization from parts of South Purulia Shear Zone, 14, 496-508, Journal of Applied Geochemistry, 2012

1 Talukdar, M., Giant epidote formation in parts of anorthosite layers of Sittampundi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, M3 2025, NCESS, Thiruvanthapuram, 2025

6 Moumita Talukdar, Heterogeneous mineral assemblage in dyke preserves the fluid path: case study from Pavitrampudur, Tamil Nadu, 75-76, Humbolt Kolleg 2020 on "Flow", 2020

7 Talukdar, M., Pal, S. K. and Bhui U.K, Characterization of ruby variety corundum from Sittampundi Layered Complex of PCSZ: Linking composition and gem quality, International Conference on “Electron Microscop and Allied Analytical Techniques (EMAAT 2019), 2019

8 Talukdar, M., Kole, L., Sengupta, P., & Sanyal, S., Scapolite pseudomorphism in mafic-ultramafic granulites from Mahadevi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, India, 42-43, Earth and Material Sciences for Sustainable Societal Developments. Humboldt Kolleg, 2017

9 Talukdar, M., Sanyal, S. and Sengupta, P., Dufrénite crystallization in an Archaean BIF from the Mahadevi Layered Complex, Tamil Nadu, India., Goldschmidt 2017, Paris, France., 2017

10 Talukdar, M., Sengupta, P., Sanyal, S. & Bhui, U. K, Chemical alteration of neoarchean chromitite in early Palaeoproterozoic subduction zone: a case study from Sittampundi layered magmatic complex, South India, 18, 38-39, Magmatism, Tectonism and Mineralization . Abstract volume: IAGR conference series, 2014

1 Sengupta, Pulak, Raith, M. M., Kooijman, E., Talukdar, Moumita, Chowdhury, Priyadarshi, Sanyal, Sanjoy, Mezger, K. & Mukhopadhyay, D., Provenance, timing of sedimentation and metamorphism of metasedimentary rock suites from Southern Granulite Terrane, India. in : Precambrian Basins of India: Stratigraphic and Tectonic Context, Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 43, 297-30843, 297-308, , 2015

Patents

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Member

EAG European Association of Geochemist

Responsibilities

In Charge Metamorphic Petrology Laboratory

2019 to present

Teaching

March 2019-present

Cources taught:

1st Sem:M.Sc. Applied Geology

Igneous Petrology and phase equilibria-4 credit
Geochemistry and Mineralogy-4 credit
Igneous Petrology and Mineralogy Practical

2nd Sem:M.Sc. Applied Geology

Metamorphic Petrology and thermodynamics-4 credit.
Sedimentology and Metamorphic Petrology Practical

3rd Sem M.Sc Applied Geology

Ore Geology-4 credit
Ore Geology Practical

4th Sem BTech Civil Engineering

Geology for Civil Engineers-3 credit

4th Sem BTech Minning Engineering

Geology-3 credit
Geology Practical

In charge of Petrology Laboratory

June 2019-present

Projects

Petrochemical investigation of a suite of rocks along a NS transect from BR Hill to Rajapalayam: Reconstructing the crustal evolution of the Granulite Terrane of Southern India, Sponsored
Ongoing
Evolutionary history and origin of the BIF-Mafic-Ultramafic-Anorthosite packets of Moyar-Bhawani-Cauvery shear zone (MBCSZ) from Granulite Terrane of South India (GTSI), with a new insight on the P-T calculation with UV- visible spectroscopy., Sponsored
Ongoing