Mondal Paleobiology Lab Group

Past PhD Students

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1. Neha Sharma (2018-2024). Thesis title: Spatio-temporal trends in morphological disparity in molluscs and its interrelationship with different ecological and environmental factors. Click HERE. Currently a Postdoctoral fellow at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Beijing, China.

2. Sandip Saha (2017-2023) with Dr. Shiladr S. Das, ISI Kolkata. Thesis title: Systematics, Diversity, Palaeobiogeography and Palaeoecology of the Jurassic Gastropods from Western India. Google Scholar profile of Sandip: click HERE.

Past MSc Students [7 out of 17 published their MS thesis and summer internship reports in international journals]

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1. Sahana Dey ( 2016-17): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Sahana worked on the spatial variation in gastropod drilling predation on molluscan prey along the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. This work has been published in Plos One. [pdf] 

2. Sayantan Sinha ( 2016-17): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Working at TATA Consultancy.

3. Krishanu Chatterjee ( 2016-17): Department of Geology, Calcutta University - Krishanu worked on the pattern of spatial distribution of biostratinomic damages on molluscan shells along Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India. This work has been published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. [pdf] Currently Krishanu is doing his PhD in Paleontology at IIT Bombay.

4. Dipam Chowdhury ( 2016-17) [co-Guide: Dr. Siddhartha Sengupta]: Department of Geology, Calcutta University

5. Ripon Ghosh ( 2017-18): Department of Geology, Calcutta University - Ripon worked on the pattern of environmental control on the biostratinomic patterns on molluscan shells along Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India. This work has been published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. [pdf].

6. Abhishek Ghosh ( 2017-18): Department of Geology, Calcutta University

7. Megha Gupta ( 2017-18): Department of Environmental Sciences, Calcutta University - Megha worked on the spatial heterogenetity in environmental variables along the eastern Indian coasts by using multivariate techniques. This work has been published in Journal of Earth System Science. [pdf]

8. Debaaditya Mukhopadhyay ( 2017-19): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Debaaditya is currently doing his PhD at RFRI Jorhat.

9. Debarghya Das ( 2018-19): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Debarghya is currently working as a Geologist at SRK Consulting, Kolkata.

10. Saptarshi Ghosh ( 2018-19): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Saptarshi is currently working as a Geologist at SRK Consulting, Kolkata. Saptarshi worked on the environmental control on sclerobiosis on molluscs along the weatern Indian coast using multivariate techniques. This work is not under review in PALAIOS. [pdf]

11. Ankita Samanta ( 2018-19): Department of Geology, Calcutta University

12. Aindril Mukherjee ( 2018-19): Department of Geology, Calcutta University

13. Deepti Das ( 2019-20): Department of Geology, Calcutta University

14. Rajiv Mukherjee ( 2019-20): Department of Geology, Calcutta University. Rajiv is currently doing his PhD at IIT Roorkee.

15. Mamun Ali ( 2019-20): Department of Geology, Calcutta University

16. Shreyasi Hazra (2020-21): Department of Geology, Calcutta University - Shreyasi worked on the distribution patterns of belemnites in the Cretaceous Cauvery basin and the processes behind the pattern. This works is has been published in the Journal of the Geological Society of India.  [pdf]. 

17. Snehil Nandi (2021-22): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. Currently working as Central Government Tax Officer, India.

18. Mewan Bandhan War (2021-22): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. Mewan is currently working as a JRF at IISER Pune.

19. Abhishek Sikdar (2021-22): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata 

20. Ankit Raj (2022-23): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. Ankit is currently doing his PhD at Georgia Tech, USA.

21. Shymah Beegham K (2022-23): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. Shymah is doing her PhD at Ohio University, USA.

22. Abhisha Roy (2024-2025): Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Behrampur

23. Baidurya Pal (2025-2026): Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. 

24. Atri Majumder (2026-2027):

25. Hrishikesh Sen (2026-2027):

26. Arya V. Mhatre (2026-2027): 

Past Project Students

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1. Shreyasi Hazra (2022)

2. Pranil Basu (2023)

Past Summer Students

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Akash Maitra, NIT Rourkela [2017] - Akash worked on the nature of srilling predation on barnacles in Chandipur, India. This work has been published in Historical Biology [pdf]. Akash is presently doing his PhD at IISER Kolkata.

Anip Topno, NIT Rourkela [2017] - 

Salini Mondal, NIT Rourkela [2017] - 

Bhaskar Nandi, IIEST [2017] -

Srinanda Ganguly and Anisha Giri, Ashutosh College [2018] - They worked on the distribution of coral communities in India and identified their molluscan communities. They published their work as an abstract: Ganguly, S., Giri, A., Mondal, S. 2019. Coral reef-associated molluscan diversity in India. Modern Trends in Earth Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. [pdf/link].

Disha Mallick, IIT ISM Dhanbad [2021] - 

Disha Mandal, Presidency University [2022] -

Aditi Krishnan, IISER Pune [2022] - 

Sukanya Chaube, CU [2023, 2024] - Sukanya worked on gastropod drilling predation on scaphopods from the India coast. This work has been published in Historical Biology [pdf].

Anisha, via INSA-IAS SRF [2026] 

Chirashree Chatterjee, IIT Kgp via INSA-IAS SRF [2026]