Advances in Modeling and Interpretation in Near Surface Geophysics

Arkoprovo Biswas is an Assistant Professor at Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. Hereceived his B.Sc. (2002) in Geology from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, M.Sc. (2004) in Geological Science, M.Tech (2006) in Earth and Environmental Science from IIT Kharagpur, P. G. Diploma (2009) in Petroleum Exploration from Annamalai University. He joined Geostar Surveys India Pvt. Ltd as a Geophysicist in 2006 and later joined WesternGeco Electromagnetics, Schlumberger as an On Board Data Processing Field Engineer/Geophysicist in 2007 and served there till 2008. In 2013 he received his Ph.D. in Exploration Geophysics from IIT Kharagpur. Later,he joined the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal as a Visiting Faculty in 2014 andcompleted his tenure in 2015. He again joined Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) Dehradun in 2016 as Research Associate and later he joined BHU on October 2017.His main Research Interest includes Near Surface Geophysics, Integrated Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods, Geophysical Inversion, Mineral and Groundwater Exploration and Subsurface contamination.He has published several papers on theoretical modeling, inversion and application in practical geoscience problems in peer-reviewed international, national journals and book chapters. He is also a Life member of Indian Geophysical Union and an Active member of SEG (USA). He is also an Associate Editor of Journal of Earth System Sciences, Springer and reviewer of many international journals.
Shashi Prakash Sharma is a Professor at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He graduated (1988) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and received a Ph.D. (1994) from the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India. He worked in the Rajasthan Groundwater Department from 1994 to 1996 and Oulu University, Finland, from 1996 to 1999 before joining IIT Kharagpur at 1999. His research interests include electrical and electromagnetic geophysics, joint inversion, global optimization, VLF Electromagnetics, integrated interpretation, and groundwater and mineral exploration. He received the Marie Curie fellowship for advanced research 2008-2009 at EotvosLorand Geophysical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary. He was visiting Professor at University of Hokkaido, Japan in 2015. He is also active as editorial board member of national journals and reviewer of some international journals. He has published numerous papers on theoretical modeling, inversion and application in practical Geoscience problems in peer-reviewed international, national journals and book chapters. Till date, 7 students have been awarded PhD degrees under his supervision.