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

As a part of Azadi ka Amrut Mohotsav Club Nebula, the Department of Geology organized Fossil day on 27/11/2021 in the Department of Geology.  The events for Fossil Day were 1. Poster Presentation 2. Fossil Clay Model making, 3. Dumb Charades. The topic for poster making was Fossil Geoheritage in India. Each team presented their understanding of the topic. Keshav presented first from team Meteorites, Followed by Relicts, Glorious, then sparkles, Relicts secured first place in the event followed by sparkles in second place. Geoheritage of India Poster Presentation The second event was Model making where each team presented a model which was made before the event. The teachers inspected each model and questioned the groups about the same. The winners of this event were glorious, with sparkles once again securing second.  Fossil models presented by each team The third event was Dumb Charades. Where each team acted out a name of a fossil given to them with an elimination round ther...

Club Nebula, Department of Geology organized an interclass futsal tournament for the students of the Department of Geology on 2/12/2021, on the Tiger’s Ghol.  Head of the Department Dr Meghana Devli kickstarting the Tournament The event started with an introductory ceremony with our HOD Dr. Meghana Devli kicking the ball into the goal declaring the event open, followed by a motivational speech from Sir Nadkarni. The first match was played between the TY's and FY's followed by a match between TY's and SY's, both of which were won by the TY's. The SY's and FY's then played a match in which the FY's won. Participating Teams: From top to bottom- FY, SY& TY. The finals were held between the FY's and TY's in which the TY's won making them the undefeated champions of the day. Trophies Galore at the event: Team Trophy, Winners and Runners up medals and Individual Trophies.  Departmental faculty- from left to right Asst Professor Diksha Karapu...

Department of Geology in collaboration with Nebula club had organized an interclass controlled cricket tournament on 20 November 2021 between 2 00 pm to 5.00 pm, near the futsal court. The participating teams were Third Year (TY), Second Year (SY), and First Year(FY) students of the department. In the first match played between the SY and TY students. SY students won the toss and decided to do fielding. The TY students won the first match in spite of an excellent performance by the SY students.  Multiple matches were played in a round league format to decide the finalists. Each match consisted of 6 overs. At the end of the league, the FY and TY students were declared the finalists. In the finals, FY’s won the toss and decided to do fielding. In the meanwhile the weather turned bad as it was raining heavily but still, players decided to play and the match continued. The rains affected the hard hitter in the batting lineup of the TY as they managed to score only 31 runs in the finals...

Club nebulites, Department of Geology organized “Minerals day 2021” on 13/11/2021. The objective of the event was to spread awareness and appreciation of minerals in day-to-day life. The faculty of the department organized three competitions based on the theme, the events were 1. Minerals Poster Competition, 2. Introduce a mineral (presentation), 3. Minerals Quiz. The students were divided into 4 teams with each team comprising of students of the First, second and third year, the team were: 1. Orthoclase, 2. Sparkles, 3. Relicts 4. Meteorite. All the students showed great enthusiasm and bonding to participate in all three events. The students also organized a mineral exhibition and Poster presentation in the corridor of the campus which was open for all the faculty and students of the college, the students received many curious visits from the faculty and students of the various departments in the college and were very happy to share their knowledge with others. The event turned out to...

  A three day interactive webinar series starting 06 th September 2021 to 8 th September 2021, was organised by the department of Geology in collaboration with Datacode, on the topic ‘Geo-science Software’. The time slot allotted for the proceedings on each day was 2:00-3:00 PM. It was executed online through Google Meet. The objective of this event was to provide an insight about various geo-science software, their practical application and limitations to the students, teachers and various audiences from other institutes. A large number of participants had turned up and actively indulged in the sessions. Before beginning with the technical session on the first day, the meeting was addressed by our faculty co-ordinator, Ms. Swati Ghadi, wherein she highlighted the objectives of conducting the webinar on this particular theme. I, Keshav Singh, (TY student) was the host for the three day event The guest speaker for the first session was Mr. Sunil Bhendarkar, a senior geologi...

On our geological field trip on April 8 2021, through the western coast of Goa in India under the guidance of Prof. Malcolm Afonoso and Prof. Swati Ghadi, we visited impressive rock formations, volcanic intrusions, geomorphic characteristics as well as windy climate zone of Palolem Beach facing the Arabian Sea. Elevation of Palolem village is only 5 meters above sea level. The formations that we visited were right on the coast of the village. Consequently, the local summer weather remained unwavering throughout the time of our surveying, and the cloudless blue sky brought up the hot temperatures under the scorching sun.  In the course of our visit to the study area, Prof. Malcolm explained us the objectives of the field work and briefed us about the area.He spoke about the geological and topographical setting of the beach in Palolem, and also about the clinometer compass that we used to find the dip and trends of the rock structures.   Our field trip started at around 8.3...

  Matches are an essential part of sports, they give rise to competitive spirit and sportsmanship. With this thought, an interclass Futsal League was organised by and for the students of the Department of geology. The objective was to provide a platform for our students to showcase their team playing skills and stamina but more importantly provide an opportunity to get to know each other, especially for the First year students this served as an excellent ice breaker. The group stage matches were held on 23th March 2021 during the afternoon sessions. The first match was played between FY and TY, of which the TY won the match by 2 goals with their splendid performance.   In the second match FY penetrated into the defences of their rival team against the SY but could not score any goal. SY, on the other hand showed its extraordinary skills and a good teamwork and won the match with 6 goals. The team of FY was cheered by their supporters since it was their first experience in...

With the advent of Atmanirbhar Bharat and the reforms coming into the education system, more and more emphasis is being laid on skill enhancement.  Providing  Skill based education not only gives the student an advantage of learning an additional skill set but in a way it conditions the minds to think practically and creatively, thereby sparks curiosity to explore various options for themselves. With the aim to impart skill based education, the Department of Geology is proud to initiate two Skill enhancement courses ( SEC) that are implemented from the academic year 2020-2021.   In the third semester the course title “ Operational Geology ” was offered. This course is divide into 2 sections, the first section conducted by Assistant Professor, Swati Ghadi, is based on Data management using Microsoft Excel. This section is designed in response to the received alumni feedback. Both as students and as working professional, it is observed that a basic knowledge of working with...

  Image: Sreenshots of entries from Ms Apoorva Pimprikar ( Top Left), Ms Lisa Rodgrigues (Bottom Left) and Jereme Miranda (right) The department of Geology had organized a video making competition for the students, to be presented on the eve of Science Day 2021. The theme for the same was ‘Future of Science Technology Innovation: Impacts on Education, Skills and Work’. The theme was super exciting to work on. I made a video of how geological tools like Google Earth and Visible geology have helped me understand better about Geological concepts. Being a junior, I was excited about what my seniors would be presenting on. On the Prerna Diwas, 01st march 2021,  (National Science Day) a virtual event was organised to showcase the winning entries and declare the winners in the presence of all Geology faculty and students. The second place was bagged by SY Student, Ms Lisa Rodrigues. She made a video presentation on The Grand Canyon, explaining how the amazing landforms in the ...

Mr Kiran Sawant Dessai is a well-known person in Goa for his great work and profession in the field of hydrogeology and groundwater. He is the founder and head of the Dip Direction, a Geotechnical services company, established in 2013 in Goa, India. The company provides Borewell drilling, Geophysical Exploration, Engineered Water Solutions and Mines & Minerals exploration. Kiran Sawant is an alumnus of the Parvatibai Chowgule College of arts and sciences. He graduated in the year 2010. After that, he obtained his master’s degree at Goa University in the year 2012. He started his career as a senior exploration geologist with Vedanta Ltd. Then he joined as a mudlogger in OFI, he also served as a field specialist in Schlumberger.  Mr. Kiran Sawants first brush with geology. In the year 2007, when he was about to get admission to Parvatibai Chowgule college, he had attended an induction programme where information about various subjects was presented by the respected Professors...

Geology of Goa has been a subject of intense study during the past, several noted geologist have worked and mapped the geological resources of Goa. There is a vast literature already published on the subject with beautiful description and a few photographs of the outcrops. It is noted that most of the work was done several decades earlier when the use of technology such as GIS was not very widespread as it is today. Any newcomer who wishes to study these outcrops almost certainly has to painstakingly scan the terrain using only the descriptions and guidance of fellow colleagues to find the locations of outcrops given in the literature. This process is tedious and unnecessary if the location of these stratotypes are geotagged and stored in a database. This will allow the future geologists to save a lot of their precious time to focus on the analysis of their study rather than data gathering. Therefore there is a need to revisit these outcrops from which the Geology of Goa has been...