Experience

From fundamental Earth structure to applied subsurface decisions.

My experience combines long-form academic research with technical delivery in exploration, depth imaging, reservoir interpretation, CCUS, and scientific machine learning across India, the UAE, and Poland.

Professional timeline

Eight-plus years across research and industry

Roles are presented chronologically with an emphasis on the questions addressed, methods used, and responsibilities held.

Present

Assistant Professor · Seismic Research, Lithospheric Team

Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Warsaw, Poland

Leads research at the intersection of lithospheric imaging, inversion, uncertainty, anisotropy, and geodynamic modelling.

  • Active- and passive-source studies of crust–mantle structure and seismic discontinuities.
  • Physics-informed inversion, reproducible workflows, student mentoring, and EU-project collaboration.
Aug 2025 — Jan 2026

Research Assistant · Lithospheric Research

Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Warsaw, Poland

Phase picking, inversion, seismic imaging, and velocity/anisotropy analysis for Spitsbergen crust and upper mantle.

  • Integrated active and passive observations across a high-latitude lithospheric study.
Jun 2025 — Jul 2025

Consultant / Geoscientist

Planetone Group

Dubai, UAE

Delivered 3-D seismic interpretation and velocity-modelling work for an E&P setting.

  • Data loading, horizon and fault picking, and DecisionSpace Geosciences workflows.
  • Coordinated technical integration with Halliburton collaborators.
May 2024 — Mar 2025

Research Geoscientist & Team Lead · Seismic Core

IndiCOMET Geoscience

Noida, India

Led a seismic inversion and modelling team working on velocity-model building and depth imaging in complex geology.

  • Implemented tomography, deep-learning inversion, and sparse-regularization workflows.
  • Integrated FOCUS/ECHOES and Petrel results into technical documentation and stakeholder presentations.
Jul 2023 — Apr 2024

Senior Project Associate · Shallow Seismic

CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute

Hyderabad, India

Applied machine learning and seismic inversion to CCUS risk, post-stack inversion, and reservoir interpretation.

  • Denoising, deconvolution, velocity analysis, seismic-to-well ties, and Petrel-based characterization.
Jul 2022 — Nov 2022

Senior Project Associate · Deep Seismic Division

CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute

Hyderabad, India

Processed and interpreted 3-D seismic data from the Upper Assam Basin.

  • Seismic-to-well ties, hydrocarbon-trap evaluation, and AI/ML-assisted subsurface characterization.
Jan 2016 — Jan 2021

DST–INSPIRE Fellow / Research Scholar · Deep Seismic Division

CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute

Hyderabad, India

Built the doctoral research programme around 3-C wide-angle imaging of the Dharwar Craton.

  • Constructed P-wave, S-wave, Vp/Vs, Poisson’s-ratio, composition, and anisotropy models.
  • Interpreted crustal faults, shear zones, the Hales discontinuity, and upper-mantle low-velocity zones.
Jun 2015 — Aug 2015

Junior Research Fellow · Seismology Group

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

Dehradun, India

Analysed regional seismicity and prepared seismicity maps for the north-west Himalaya.

Education

Geophysics, physics, and machine learning

Ph.D. in Geophysics

Osmania University · Hyderabad, India

Thesis: Imaging of the crust in Dharwar Craton of India using 3-C seismic data. Supervised by Dr Laxmidhar Behera, CSIR-NGRI.

Post-Graduation Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

The University of Texas at Austin · USA

Machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, and advanced data analysis, with a medical-imaging capstone.

M.Sc. in Marine Geophysics

Andhra University · Visakhapatnam, India

Gold Medalist and University Topper; seismic-processing dissertation at CSIR-NGRI and expedition experience aboard ORV Sagar Kanya.

B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics

St. Columba’s College, Vinoba Bhave University · India

Foundation in classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum physics, thermodynamics, applied mathematics, and computational modelling.

Teaching & mentoring

Research grows through shared practice.

I have mentored doctoral researchers, taught seismic-methodology workshops, and presented crustal-geophysics work to international audiences.

01

Ph.D. mentoring

CSIR-NGRI · Jan 2018 — Jan 2022

Mentored two doctoral researchers in laboratory work, seismic processing, interpretation, and modelling.

02

Seismic-methodology workshop

Nigeria · Virtual · Apr — May 2022

Designed and delivered an undergraduate workshop covering acquisition, processing, inversion, and interpretation.

03

Invited geoscience talk

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa · Aug 2020

Presented Dharwar Craton deep-crustal structure and composition from 3-C wide-angle seismic observations.

Honours & awards

Recognition across research, leadership, and fieldwork

2019
Young Scientist Award

2nd Triennial FIGA Congress

2019
Certificate of Excellence

SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium

2015
DST–INSPIRE Fellowship

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

2014
Gold Medal & University Topper

M.Sc. Marine Geophysics, Andhra University

2014
Prof. Jagdeo Singh and D. S. Balakrishna Memorial Grant

IGU 50th Annual Convention

2013
Certificate of Sailing

ORV Sagar Kanya, Ministry of Earth Sciences

Tools & methods

A practical computational toolkit

Software is useful when it serves a physical question, a reproducible workflow, and a decision that can be explained.

Inversion & modelling

FWI · tomography · acoustic impedance · ray tracing · velocity-model building · depth imaging · gravity · heat flow

Seismic practice

2-D · 3-D · 3-C · wide-angle · active & passive source · processing · interpretation · seismic-to-well ties

Programming & ML

Python · MATLAB · LaTeX · TensorFlow · Keras · CNNs · ensembles · conformal calibration · sparse learning

Geoscience software

Seismic Unix · FOCUS/ECHOES · ProMAX · rayinvr · DecisionSpace · OpendTect · Petrel · ArcGIS

Languages

English — fluent · Hindi — native · Polish — beginner