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2022 – Present
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Ph.D. (Pursuing), Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
Doctoral Research Topic: Assessment and Modeling of Seepage Processes in Managed Reservoirs
2020 – 2022
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation**
M.Tech., Remote Sensing and GIS (Specialization: Geosciences)
Thesis: Investigation of Spinel-Bearing Exposures on the Moon: Nature of Occurrence, Associated Mineralogy, and Morphological Characteristics
Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Scholarship (Branch Topper)
2017 – 2019
Durgapur Government College
M.Sc. in Geology
Thesis: Miocene Whale-Fall Community from Kutch, Gujarat
2014 – 2017
Durgapur Government College
B.Sc. in Geology
January – April 2026 (Ongoing)
Teaching Assistant – Distributed Hydrologic Modelling (GNR-804)
January – April 2025
Teaching Assistant – Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Mineral and Hydrocarbon Exploration (GNR-633)
January – April 2024
Teaching Assistant – Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Mineral and Hydrocarbon Exploration (GNR-633)
July – November 2023
Teaching Assistant – Image Interpretation Laboratory (GNR-617)
January – April 2025
Course Instructor – Essentials of Remote Sensing (NOC25-CE47)
August – September 2024
Course Instructor – Remote Sensing and GIS (NOC24-CE60)
March – April 2024
Course Instructor – Application of Remote Sensing Techniques in Mineral Sciences
(Add-on course conducted as part of Prime Minister Research Fellowship outreach responsibilities)
June 2019
Intern – Hydrocarbon Exploration
Gained exposure to hydrocarbon exploration methodologies, including seismic data interpretation, basin analysis, subsurface geological evaluation, and exploration workflow fundamentals used in petroleum prospect assessment.
Student Member, Association of State Dam Safety Officials (Since February 2026)
Student Member, Society of Economic Geologists (Since August 2024)
Keykhay-Hosseinpoor, M., Porwal, A., Kalimuthu, R., & Panja, S. (2025). Mineral system modeling of Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum (LCT)-type pegmatites: Regional-scale exploration targeting and uncertainty analysis in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Western Iran. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 279, 107885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107885
Goswami, P., Das, S. S., & Panja, S. (2024). Discovery of Miocene whale-fall fauna from India: Taphonomy and palaeoecology of a vertebrate-invertebrate assemblage. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2405057
Goswami, P., Das, S. S., & Panja, S. (2020). Lower Miocene whale-fall community from Kutch, Western India. In International Geological Congress (36th ed., March 2020, Abstract No. 4182-3357-692).
Panja, S., Chauhan, M., & Chauhan, P. (2022). Detailed investigation of spinel-bearing exposures on the Moon: Nature of occurrences and associated mineralogy. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (53rd ed., Abstract No. 2138).
Panja, S., Chauhan, M., Chauhan, P., & Chatterjee, R. S. (2022). Detailed investigation of spinel-bearing exposures on the Moon: Nature of occurrences and associated mineralogy. In Indian Planetary Science Conference (March 2022, Abstract No. 67).
Panja, S., Porwal, A., & Keykhay-Hosseinpoor, M. (2024). A conceptual mineral systems model for LCT pegmatites. In SEG 2024: Sustainable Mineral Exploration and Development, organized by the Society of Economic Geologists (September 2024).