Subham Bose

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering & Earth Sciences

Research Interest:

My prime research interest lies in understanding the deformation and extrusion mechanisms, and quantification of strain and displacement across major litho-tectonic discontinuities in recent and ancient orogenic belts. This involves an integrated approach using structural geology, micro-tectonics, crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) studies using the state-of-art EBSD analyses, rheology and metamorphic petrology. These aspects in combination with kinematic vorticity analyses and strain modelling provides detailed insights into the orogenic processes operating in recent and ancient orogens. With these background I am enthusiastic in determining the role of geological features in the effective extraction of geothermal energy. I also look forward to evaluating the reactivation potential and the possible failure mechanisms of faults and fractures under different ambient conditions that has got implications in the context of hazard assessment. 
   

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subhampe36@iipe.ac.in

subhamwihg@gmail.com

Teaching Interests

Advanced Structural Geology course for M.Sc. (Applied Geology), 1st year.

Geohazards and Environmental geology course for M.Sc. (Applied Geology), 2nd year.

Professional Experience

Working as an Assistant Professor (Grade 1) in the Earth Sciences Discipline in the Department of Petroleum engineering and Earth Sciences since August, 2025 till date. 

Worked as a Scientist C from July-August, 2025 and Scientist B from April, 2022 to June, 2025 in the Structure and tectonics Group, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun.

Worked as a Research Associate (RA) from February, 2021 to April, 2022 in the Structure and tectonics Group, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun.

Journal Publications

  • Bose, S., Sen, A. and Sen, K., 2025. Syn-orogenic lateral extrusion across a Pre-Detachment Shear Zone, Garhwal Tethyan Himalayan Sequence, India: tectonothermal insights into the transition between frontal and lateral, extrusion processes. Journal of the Geological Society (Geological Society of London), pp.jgs2024-210.
  • Bose, S., Sen, A. and Adlakha, V., 2025. Lesser Himalayan thrusting followed by out-of-sequence channel flow in the Greater Himalayan Sequence, north-western Garhwal Himalaya, India: evidence from integrated structural and microtectonic studies. Journal of Structural Geology, p.105447.
  • Sen, A., Phukon, P., Sen, K., Bose, S. and Srivastava, H.B., 2024. Exhumation mechanisms of the Himalayan metamorphic core in the Bhagirathi Valley, NW India: Insights from an integrated structural and metamorphic analysis. Journal of Structural Geology, 179, p.105043.
  • Bose, S., Adlakha, V. and Pundir, S., 2022. Submagmatic flow to solid-state ductile deformation of the Karakoram Batholith, India: Insights into syn-tectonic cooling and exhumation. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 111(7), pp.2337-2352.
  • Gupta, S., Chatterjee, S., Arora, D., Bose, S. and Dobe, R., 2021. Locating the Indo-Antarctica suture–correlating the Rengali, Rauer and Ruker terranes in Gondwana. Polar Science, 30, p.100689.
  • Maitra, A., Bose, S., Ghosh, A. and Gupta, S., 2021. Neoproterozoic extension and decompression in the northern Eastern Ghats Province, India: Mid-crustal signature of Rodinia break-up?. Precambrian Research, 358, p.106149.
  • Bose, S. and Gupta, S., 2020. Evolution of stretching lineations in granulite-hosted ductile shear zones, Eastern Ghats Province, India: role of temperature, strain rate and pre-existing stretching lineations. Journal of Structural Geology, 138, p.104127.
  • Bose, S., Das, A., Samantaray, S., Banerjee, S. and Gupta, S., 2020. Late tectonic reorientation of lineaments and fabrics in the northern Eastern Ghats Province, India: Evaluating the role of the Mahanadi Shear Zone. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 201, p.104071.
  • Bose, S. and Gupta, S., 2018. Strain partitioning along the Mahanadi Shear Zone: implications for paleo-tectonics of the Eastern Ghats Province, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 157, pp.269-282.

Book Chapters

1 Book chapter.

Awards & Honors

Secured AIR 10 (CSIR) in the National Eligibility Test (NET), held on June, 2015.

Secured AIR 40 in the Graduate Aptitude test for Engineering (GATE), 2014.

Secured AIR 47 (CSIR) in the  National Eligibility Test (NET), held on December, 2015.

Secured AIR 14 in IITJAM, 2012.

Reviewer

Worked as a reviewer for

- Journal of Earth System Sciences (JESS)

- Journal of the Geological Society of India (JGSI)

- Himalayan Geology 

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