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Prabir Kumar Paul

About


Teaching and Research experience: 31 years

Industrial experience: 8 years

Academic Qualifications


  • Ph.D, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 1994.
  • M.Tech, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 1991.
  • B.Tech, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 1980.

Research Statement


  • Geographical Information System
  • Remote Sensing
  • Metal Mining
  • Surveying

Latest Publications


  • 1 Mondal, A., Paul, P.K., Monitoring of groundwater generated land subsidence by persistent scatterer analysis – A case study of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), West Bengal., 181(2023), Journal of Earth Syst em Science, 2023
  • 2 Kaushik Ghosal, Santasmita Das Bhattacharya & Prabir Kumar Paul, Estimation of aboveground forest biomass in Himalayan region of West Bengal, India using IRS P6 LISS IV data, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022
  • 3 Pamir Roy, Kaushik Ghosal and P.K. Paul, Landslide susceptibility mapping of Kalimpong in eastern Himalayan region using a Rprop ANN approach, 131(2), Journal of earth system Science, 2022
  • 4 Mousumi Chowdhury & P. K. Paul, Identification of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting using fuzzy AHP and fuzzy gamma operator: a case study, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
  • 5 Mousumi Chowdhury, Prabir Kumar Paul, Quantification of groundwater resource of Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, Environment Development and Sustainability, 2019
  • 6 P.K.Paul & S.Das, Development of a model to identify the flow at any location of an ungauged stream for selection of sites for small hydel in the Kalimpong Subdivision of West Bengal, India, 91(2), 188-194, Journal of Geological Society of India, 2018
  • 7 Md. Mirajul Islam, Asok Adak and Prabir Kumar Paul, Characterization of sweet meat waste and its suitability for sorption of As(III) in aqueous media, 89(4), 312-322, Water environment research, 2017
  • 8 Md. Mirajul Islam, Asok Adak and Prabir Kumar Paul., Sorptive Removal of Pb(II) ions from Aqueous Solution using Sweetmeat Waste: Batch and Column Study, 53(2), 219-229, Separation Science and Technology, 2017
  • 9 TanimaBasu and Prabir Kumar Paul, Creation of a Web portal for dissemination of accident information of underground coal mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited, India, using Web GIS, 7(1), 78-88, International journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 2016
  • 10 Koushik Das and Prabir Kumar Paul, Soil moisture retrieval model by using RISAT – 1, C-band data in tropical dry and sub-humid zone of Bankura district of India, 18(2), 297-310, published in the Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Elsevier, 2015
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    Research Areas


    • Surveying
    • Metal Mining
    • Remote Sensing
    • Geographical Information System

    Publications


    1 Mondal, A., Paul, P.K., Monitoring of groundwater generated land subsidence by persistent scatterer analysis – A case study of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), West Bengal., 181(2023), Journal of Earth Syst em Science, 2023 2 Kaushik Ghosal, Santasmita Das Bhattacharya & Prabir Kumar Paul, Estimation of aboveground forest biomass in Himalayan region of West Bengal, India using IRS P6 LISS IV data, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022 3 Pamir Roy, Kaushik Ghosal and P.K. Paul, Landslide susceptibility mapping of Kalimpong in eastern Himalayan region using a Rprop ANN approach, 131(2), Journal of earth system Science, 2022
  • 4 Mousumi Chowdhury & P. K. Paul, Identification of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting using fuzzy AHP and fuzzy gamma operator: a case study, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
  • 5 Mousumi Chowdhury, Prabir Kumar Paul, Quantification of groundwater resource of Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, Environment Development and Sustainability, 2019
  • 6 P.K.Paul & S.Das, Development of a model to identify the flow at any location of an ungauged stream for selection of sites for small hydel in the Kalimpong Subdivision of West Bengal, India, 91(2), 188-194, Journal of Geological Society of India, 2018
  • 7 Md. Mirajul Islam, Asok Adak and Prabir Kumar Paul, Characterization of sweet meat waste and its suitability for sorption of As(III) in aqueous media, 89(4), 312-322, Water environment research, 2017
  • 8 Md. Mirajul Islam, Asok Adak and Prabir Kumar Paul., Sorptive Removal of Pb(II) ions from Aqueous Solution using Sweetmeat Waste: Batch and Column Study, 53(2), 219-229, Separation Science and Technology, 2017
  • 9 TanimaBasu and Prabir Kumar Paul, Creation of a Web portal for dissemination of accident information of underground coal mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited, India, using Web GIS, 7(1), 78-88, International journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 2016
  • 10 Koushik Das and Prabir Kumar Paul, Soil moisture retrieval model by using RISAT – 1, C-band data in tropical dry and sub-humid zone of Bankura district of India, 18(2), 297-310, published in the Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Elsevier, 2015
  • 11 Koushik Das and Prabir K Paul, Present status of soil moisture estimation by microwave remote sensing, 1, 1-21, Cogent Geosciences Taylor and Francis 1084669, 2015
  • 12 P.K.Paul and S. Das, Landslide Susceptibility Evaluation of GIT Watershed of Kalimpong Subdivision, India Using Information Value Method, 5(2), 18-24, International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2014
  • 13 P.K.Paul, Identification of location of hydro tunnels using GIS, 62(1-2), 1-5, Indian journal of power and river valley development, 2012
  • 14 P.K.Paul & S.Das, Landuse/landcover analysis to identify the effect of mining in the Burdwan District of West Bengal, using GIS and Remote Sensing, 107, 61-70, MGMI transactions, 2011
  • 15 P.K.Paul & S.Das, Reclamation planning of old abandoned/disused opencast mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited using GIS, 91, 28-38, journal of Institute of Engineers, India, 2011
  • 16 N. Hait& P.K. Paul, Geological modeling of an ore body by GIS vis-á-visMinex, 56(1-2), 22-27, Published in the Journal of Mines, Metals & Fuels January-February, 2008
  • 17 S.Chakraborty, P.K. Sikdar & P.K.Paul, Hydrogeochemical framework of quaternary acquifer of English Bazar block, Malda district, West Bengal, 1(2), 61-74, Published in The ICFAI Journal of Earth Sciences, 2007
  • 18 S. Chakraborty, P.K. Paul and P.K. Sikdar, Assessing aquifer vulnerability to arsenic pollution using DRASTIC and GIS of North Bengal Plain: A case study of English Bazar Block, Malda District, West Bengal, India, 7(1), 101-121, published in Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 2007
  • 19 S. Das & P.K. Paul, Remote Sensing and GIS application to identify sites for small hydel, 56(7,8), 173-178, Published in the Indian journal of Power and river valley development, 2006
  • 20 P.K.Paul & S.Das, Published in The Journal of Institute of Engineers, India, 87, 30 –34., Development of a GIS-based environmental MIS for coal mining areas of West Bengal, 2006
  • 21 A.K. Gorai & P.K.Paul, Selection of dump site in an opencast mine using GIS- an approach, 16(3), 36-39, Published in the Indian Mining and Engineering Journal, 2006
  • 22 Santasmita Das & P.K.Paul, Selection of site for small hydel using GIS in the Himalayan region of India, 6(1), 17-28, published in Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 2006
  • 23 P.K Sikdar, .S.Chakraborty, E.Adhya & P.K Paul, Landuse/ landcover changes and ground water potential zoning in and around Ranigunj mining area, Bardhaman Dist, W.B. – a GIS & Remote Sensing approach, 4(2), 1-24, published in the Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 2004
  • 24 S.Chakraborty & P.K.Paul, Identification of potential ground water zone in the Baghmundi block of Purulia district of W.B. using RS and GIS, 64, 69-73, Published in The Journal of Geological Society of India, 2004
  • 25 S.Chakraborty, P.K. Sikdar & P.K.Paul, AA GIS approach to evaluate the impact of integrated waste land development programme of Ghogha, Bhavnagar district, Gujrat, 29(1,4), 27-38, Published in Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2002
  • Patents


    # Patents Year

    Responsibilities


    Nodal officer E-Procurement
    2016 - 2018
    Coordinator M.Tech course in Geoinformatics
    2012 - Till date
    Nodal Officer Procurement TEQIP II
    2010 - 2015
    Dean Administrative Affairs
    2015-2018
    Head of the Department, School of Management Sciences
    2014-2018
    Head of the Department, Department of Mining Engg
    2012 - 2014
    Head of the Department, Department of Mining Engg
    2003-2007

    Projects


    • Mine closure, Consultancy
      Ongoing
    • Mine Closure Verification, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Sampling of coal of ECL Mines, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Mine Closure Verification, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Mine Closure Verification, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Verification of Subsidence report, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Blast vibration monitoring at Chappi dam, Rajasthan, Consultancy
      Completed
    • GPS survey at Nabha, Punjab, Consultancy
      Completed
    • GPS survey at Kulpi, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Surveying of opencast mines in SECL, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Blast vibration monitoring, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Rock testing, Consultancy
      Completed
    • Identification of over ground biomass in the Kalimpong Subdivision of West Bengal, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Landslide hazard zonation of Kalimpong subdivision of West Bengal and creation of a portal to upload landslide hazard map and all other maps created using open GIS, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Generation of landuse/ landcover inventory of the mining areas of Burdwan district of West Bengal and preparation of reclamation plan for the abandoned opencast mines in the study area, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Assessment and management of ground water resource for English Bazar block, Malda district of West Bengal, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Site suitability analysis for small hydro project using RS and GIS., Sponsored
      Completed
    • Development of GIS based environmental information system for the coal mining areas of West Bengal, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Development of a methodology for cumulative impact assessment of non-coal mining projects, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Monitoring and mapping of wetlands of east Calcutta with multitemporal remote sensing data and GIS approach., Sponsored
      Completed
    • Economic analysis of impact of mechanised surface mining on natural resources and economy of iron ore mining belt of eastern India, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Landuse and landcover change detection in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Sponsored
      Completed

    Awards


    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial award for best paper in mining engineering, Year: 2011
    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial award for best paper in mining engineering, Year: 2007
    • Certificate of merit for publication, Year: 2002
    • Hindustan zinc limited prize for best paper, Year: 1995

    Research Groups


    Mousumi Chowdhury
    Ph. D
    mousumichowdhury1988@gmail.com

    Kaushik Ghosal
    Ph. D.
    8240097177
    kaushikghosal02@gmail.com

    Md. Mirajul Islam
    Ph. D.
    miraj77@gmail.com

    Research:
    Mine water treatment

    Citations


    Google Scholar
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    157 4 4
    Research Gate
    PUBLICATIONS CITATION H-INDEX
    46 223 6
    Scopus
    DOCUMENTS CITATION H-INDEX
    13 56 3

    Created: 23 November 2019