Department of Geology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

STUDENTS ALONG WITH FACULTY MEMBERS AT NCAOR, VASCO. The students of SYBSc accompanied by Assistant Professor Malcolm Afonso visited National Centre For Antarctic And Ocean Research (NCAOR) on 4th of October 2017. On arrival at NCAOR the students were welcomed and briefed on the works done by NCAOR by Dr. Swati Nagar, After that the students got an opportunity to meet and talk to Dr Rahul Mohan, HOD- Antarctic Science and he is also doing his current research activities in the field of Marine Geology. He asked the students about their interest in geology and enlightened them by sharing his knowledge with them. Later, a session was taken by Dr. Mahesh B.S , Research Scientist on the topic 'Paleoclimatology'. He briefed the students about the ancient weather and helped them understanding past climate. He also explained to them how scientist study climate i.e satellites, historical proxy record, instrument record and ancient proxy record- for example, tree rings, ice c...

    Our Tigers Mr. Reaston Cardozo (Goalkeeper) and Allan Fernandes (Defender), Ty.Bsc Geology, helped the College Futsal team to secure   runners up position at Intercollegiate Futsal Tournament VLASTOS 2017 organized by Nirmala Institute of Education. Mr. Allan Fernandes also earned the prestigious Best Player of the Tournament Award..

Guest Speaker Dr. Sohini Ganguly Delivering her Lecture on the topic  ''Magmatism and Crust Generation in Diverse Tectonic Regimes'' The installation ceremony of the Nebulites Club committee members for academic year 2017-2018 was held on 22 nd September, 2017. The function was held in the lower auditorium. Various colleges were invited to attend the same. The function was compered by class representative of Nebulites club Miss. Vidiksha Fernandes. The ceremony started by welcoming the guests with flowers, Followed by assigning of badges to each of the newly elected committee members for the year 2017-2018 by the HOD, Prof. Harish Nadkarni. Later HOD, Prof. Harish Nadkarni, addressed the gathering.  Asst. Prof. Malcolm Afonso briefed the audience about the ‘’Role of Alumni in The Upliftment of The Department’’. The Departmental Newsletter Geos Volume VI Issue I was released with a theme focused on the Alumni of our Department. The Department of Geology al...

  Shri. Harish S Sinai Nadkarni, Vice Principal and HOD, Department of Geology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Autonomous.  Rotary Club of Margao Midtown through India Literacy Mission felicitated Shri. Harish S Sinai Nadkarni with the Nation Builder Award on the occasion of teacher’s day on 5 th September 217 for his valuable contribution to Nation Building as a teacher.  

    Our Tigers Mr. Reaston Cardozo (Goalkeeper) and Allan Fernandes (Defender) helped the College Futsal team to secure   runners up position at Intercollegiate Futsal Tournament VLASTOS 2017 organized by Nirmala Institute of Education. Mr. Allan Fernandes also earned the prestigious Best Player of the Tournament Award.. Akash Mokal, SYBSc, won Intra-collegiate dead lift competition Assif Ferrao, SYBSc, won Gold in Body Building in 75-85 Kg weight category at Inter Collegiate Competition organised by Goa University Students of the Geology Department  represented  the Football Team of our College.  From (Left) Reaston Cardozo, Jocelyn Fernandes, Allan Fernandes, Maverick Correia, Kelsner Fernandes . 

NCAOR Students of S.Y.Bsc were fortunate to complete their summer (2017) internship of one month duration at one of the prestigious Earth System Science Organization - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Sada, Vasco-da-Gama. The students acquired valuable knowledge of the operation of SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) – EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectrometer) which is one of the sophisticated scientific analysis instruments used in the modern research industries. They had an opportunity to interact with one of the greatest scientists working on various trending researches. they also got to  know about various departments  From left: Johnny Rodrigues, Dawood Shaikh, Saili Vernekar, Suman Matha, Affridi Bepari, Stefan Goes Goa Sevens Premier League The Goa Sevens Premier League, Season 1 has not only drawn young football fans to the stadium but also got them involved in the GSPL directly. The young officials have been doing a fantastic job at the venue sh...

The talk will be followed by Induction of Club Nebulites office bearers. 

I would like this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Akshay Kelkar and I have joined the Department of Geology as assistant professor. I’m an alumnus of this college and belong to the batch of 2014-15. I got my bachelor of science degree from this institute with Geology as my major subject. Further, I went to Goa University to pursue my Master’s degree in Applied Geology, which I completed in the April of 2017. I have always been fond of geology, when college finally received autonomy status, I always envied the students who will be joining under autonomy as they could opt for their favourite subject for all the three years to come. But fate had something else stored up for me, while dreaming to be a student under autonomy structure and also trying to be a teacher for my classmates during last moments of exams, who knew coin will flip and reality will bring me back to the very same places as a teacher of an autonomous institute. To tell about myself, I love to...

Statistics Compiled by: Ajay Terdalker, Jocelyn Fernandes, Evania Dia s The Department of Geology was founded in 1981 by Prof S M Borges, It was a very humble beginning with the first batch comprising of only 5 students and since then department has witnessed several ups and downs in its student strength however the overall trend has been encouraging with more than 20 students enrolled at First year since 1991 with a record no of 53 in the year 1990-2000. Post attaining autonomy the Department still continues to thrive, this can be attribute to the fact that students find Geology very fascinating and it also reflects on the efforts put in by the Department over the years to satisfy the interest of the students with respect to learning the subject by organising various activities such as Fieldtrips, to better acquaint the students with practical knowledge apart from classroom teaching. The Department have over the years produced several graduates who have gone ahead and achiev...

A hammer and a compass in hand, India’s women geologists are just rocking it. Women geologists of the Geological Survey of India have proved that women are not less than men and are carving out their success stories. About 40% of the total workforce of GSI is women. Forty year old, Kasturi Chakraborty, a petrologist says, “it is a good time for women to choose geology as their career. Earlier, women were mostly associated with lab work in geology. Now the mindset has changed and we are seeing more and more women on the field”. Arya Ghosh, whose interest in the field was sparked by Sudipta Sengupta, one of the first Indian women to visit Antarctica on an expedition, makes it a point to inform local police of their work in a particular area. She was also courageous enough to complete a project in Nayagarh District in Odisha that had been abandoned due to extremist violence. “I love to do this so I don’t view them as obstacles, says Ghosh, who works in metamorphic petrology....

As we know, Earth has a thin outer layer called crust that is broken into several plates called lithospheric or tectonic plates. Continents are the demarcations on these plates recognised by humans for their convenience. Geologists and geographers don’t entirely agree on what actually makes a continent: for a geographer, Europe and Asia are two separate entities, while geologists lump them together as ‘Eurasia’. By convention, our planet has seven continents, but there’s no international body or committee that decrees which landmasses of the Earth’s crust should be defined as such. This is what researchers are currently proposing. According to their latest analysis, Zealandia is a 4.9 million-square- kilometre expanse of continental crust that’s 94% underwater, with only New Zealand and New Caledonia sitting above the ocean surface. Researchers have been gathering data on this continental crust for the past 10 years to formally put forward a scientific case for the continen...

Ms Satyam Sadekar, B.Sc Geology Topper at Goa University First time when I came to the department and saw the list of the geology toppers I visualised my name appearing in the list for 2016-17 batch. I had been constantly trying to reach my goal which I set on that day and by the grace of God I could do it. And obviously I am very happy about it! From day one I planned each day such that enough time was given for study .I managed my studies with all other activities .As I loved this subject which is very interesting I always paid attention in class. The most important part is that I have always been very attentive in the lectures and made sure that I didn't miss a single lecture. As of now I'm only concentrating on my master's and I would like to get a doctorate in this subject . My goal is to achieve the maximum knowledge in this subject. Chowgules has been a blessing to me not only in the field of geology but also for my overall development. This college...

Every year we have tens of students who graduate from our geology department , nurtured, bread and moulded under the guidance of their mentors they are ready to navigate into the challenging world that awaits them ahead in their life. We proudly call them our alumni, an alumni for us is any pupil who has spent considerable time learning/teaching in our educational institution, be it former students or teachers. In leading institutions world over the alumni of the respective organizations have joined hands to form alumni associations. Alumni associations function in many areas for the upliftment of their clan and in turn the upliftment of their alma mater. In this article I am going to shed light on a few roles of alumni as a major stakeholder in the development and upliftment of their alma mater. College strategic level representations: as members of Board of Studies, Admission ambassadors. Role model and Inspiration : Successful alumni are often looked upon as potential rol...

If I could go back in time and speak to my much younger self when I was first asked the question “what has been your best experience?” the baby faced version of me would be surprised by what my answer is now……..Like many of my classmates I came to the Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science because I desired a college experience that would challenge me. My first day in the Department-Yeah! I remember it perfectly….Professor Nadkarni, H.O.D. addressed us with a warm smile. His expertise and clarity was the first to pique my interest in this field. However it was only after my first field visit to the highlands of Polem and Palolem that set in stone the fact that this was the path I wanted to take! One of my most cherished memory in this college is Nebula 2015. It gave me the opportunity to interact with students from various universities in and out of Goa. This brought about a realization to learn the subject beyond college academics. It was after this event that I contem...

Prof. Malcolm Afonso attended, DST-NRDMS sponsored National Level Summer School on Geospatial Technologies held at Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur. The programme was an intensive course of 21 working days aimed at providing adequate exposure to geospatial technology in line with the guidelines of DST-NRDMS. For more details click on his personal blog link  

Mr. Sabestiao Mariano Borges is the founder of the Geology Department of Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science which was founded in 1980. Student : Sir, at the time when you started the department can you tell us in brief about the geology labs, students and working conditions. What things were brought in the labs? How were they different from today? Borges Sir : There was only one classroom- a big hall. As time passed, rocks and other small and big instruments like microscopes, compass, fossils were brought. The very first batch consisted of only 5 students. The second batch consisted of 3 students. Sir Nadkarni also taught along with me and later sir Katti joined. Student : In which year was the department formed? And how many years did you teach? Borges Sir : The department was founded in 1981 and I taught for 22 years, for 1981-2003. Student : A lot of time has passed since you were in Chowgules. Tell us something about your experience in C...

The  students of SYBSc accompanied by Assistant Professor Malcolm Afonso visited National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and State Geology Museum housed at Goa University, Earth Science Department on 23rd of August 2017.  At NIO they were briefed on the International Indian Ocean Expedition and also on the two ships that are used by NIO for ocean research- Sindhu Sankalp and Sindhu Sadhana. The students got an opportunity to interact with the scientists working at NIO. They were taken to various  labs and demonstrated the working of various equipments e g. Sediment Particle Size Analyser, Core logger, Marine Sediment Samplers etc. Students also got to see various marine sediments samples such as Metal Sulphides, Polymettalic Nodules, Phosphatic Nodules, Fossils and Artifacts recovered from shipwrecks. They were guided by the scientists from NIO.  Later for  the afternoon session students visited the State Geology museum at Goa University. P...