Department of Geology wins at Geosphere 2022- Where Geologists Meet.

 Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Center, Assagaon Mapusa, Goa  in association with Geological Society of Goa had organized a one day event, “GEOSPHERE- Where geologists meet’ on 20th April 2022. resources. The purpose of this student’s conference was to introduce the students to numerous opportunities in the field of geology and give them an exposure to the career potentials in oil exploration, mining industry, hydrology, seismology, volcanology, remote sensing, Marine Geology and research in the subject.

The inaugural fuction started at 9.30 am. Prof. A. G. Dessai, Professor and former Head, Department of Earth Science, Goa University was invited as the Key note speaker, and he delivered a talk on the Gneisses and Greenstones of Goa.  Mr Patankar then brief the audience over the Mining scenario of Goa and spoke about the career opportunities in the field.

Prof. Tapas Kumar Biswal, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay then delivered a lecture on the geology of Goa, while emphasizing the global relationship in the frame of geological time scale. All the talks were very stimulating and it was a wonderful experience for the students to be witnessing such sessions from the stalwarts in the domain of Geology.

The second half was dedicated for the student participation in various events. Our students, Ms Apoorva Pimprikar ( SY BSc) & Mr Shubham Vidhyarthi ( T.Y. BSc) won the First runners-up position in Quiz competition, Ms Kenneth Fernandes ( SY BSc) won the First Place for the Photograph competition and Ms Lisa Rodrigues bagged the First place in a creative competition titled ‘Geology in my backyard’.


The students thoroughly enjoyed the event and left the place feeling inspired as they got an opportunity to interact with members of the Geological fraternity of Goa.





Winners at Geosphere 2022- From Left to right: Kenneth Fernandes, First place, Photography; Lisa Rodrigues, First Place, Geology in my backyard; Shubham Kumar and Apoorva Pimprikar, Second place, Quiz. 


Team Chowgule Tigers at Gesophere 2022. 

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