Ghatshila Field work, 2023, with M.Sc. Students of NITD
With Pfof. Abdul Matin, and Dr. Manoj Ozha, Ghatshila, 2023
with our guest speaker, Prof. Dhruba Mukhopadhyay, during the "Prof. Anuruddha Gangopadhyay Memorial Lecture, Jan-2023, all members of the Dept. Of Earth and Environmental Studies, NITD
Ghatshila Field work, 2022, at Tetuldanga, with M.Sc. Students of NITD
Formation of clinohumite (instead of brucite) at the expense of forsterite due to infiltration of F- and Ti-bearing extremely H2O-rich fluids (XCO2 < 0.03), at ~5–6 kbar pressure and ~650–700 °C temperature, in dolomitic marbles from the Makrohar Granulite Belt, Central India: Evidence for Ti mobility during regional metamorphism (Karmakar 2021)
Alumni of DAAD India (German Academic Exchange Service) with Ms.Anuroopa Dixit from DAAD and Dr. Priyadarshi Chowdhury
Humboldt Colloquium, 2020 on FLOW (Food, Livelihood, Opprotunities and Wood)
Raichak, W.B.
Humboldt Colloquium, 2017 on "Earth and Material Sciences in Sustainable Societal Development"
Raichak, W.B.
An awe inspiring experience for me, getting to share the stage with such eminent dignitaries... I (one of the Jt. Convener) was asked to share a few words on behalf of the young organisers!
(Left to right: Prof. Arun Kumar Bhaduri; Dr. Sekhar Basu; Dr. Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Prof. Ashok Singhvi)
Formation of clinopyroxene-ilmenite at the expense of garnet-titanite, along a steeply decompressive retrograde P-T path (from ~13 to ~7 kbar, at ~800 °C), in the presence of partial melts, from a mafic granulite, East Indian Shield. The study demonstrates that relative to Fe, Mg, and Ca, Ti was less mobile and that the mobility of Ti was restricted within the confines of titanite being replaced by the clinopyroxene-ilmenite symplectite. (Chatterjee et. al. 2023)
First comprehensive characterization of osumilite from India (in a UHT metapelite, Eastern Ghats Belt): physicochemical characteristics, stability of the mineral and its breakdown products (Das et. al. 2021)
Receiving the "Saratlal Biswas Memorial Medal" from Asiatic Society, June 2019, for best published work on mineralogy and petrology (Karmakar et. al. 2017)
A mention in the society news in Elements Magazine, on receiving the Paul Ramdohr Prise (by the German Mineralogical Society - DMG) for the best oral presentation, at the first European Mineralogical Conference-2012 in Frankfirt, Germany ... in the first year of my PhD
Formation of euhedral corundum (ruby) through vapour present incongruent melting of the highly calcic plagioclase (An>95) during UHT)metamorphism (T ≥ 1000 °C, P ≥ 9 kbar), its subsequent breakdown to spinel during HP decompression (11 ± 2 kbar, 750 ± 50 °C), and spatially restricted development of sapphirine due to Mg-Si metasomatism during low-T fluid infliltration at the tail end of the decompression, in an anorthosite from Sittampundi, South India (Karmakar et. al. 2017)
Formation of euhedral microscopic corundum through desilification and decalcification of anorthite (An95–99) , during recrystallization of the anorthite lenses at high pressure (HP) metamorphism (~800 °C, 8–11 kbar) in an anorthosite from Ayyarmalai-Manavadi, South India (Karmakar et. al. 2020)
Thorium X-ray elemental map of a monazite grain (d) and apparent age map (f) of the same grain, from a metapelitic granulite from Uweinat, SW Egypt. (Karmakar & Schenk, 2015)
Hercynite (Spinel) - quartz UHT metapelitic granulite, from Southern Irumide Belt, Zambia (Karmakar & Schenk, 2016)