DR. D. SRINIVASA SARMA CSIR-NGRI, HYDERABAD, INDIA http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=cnbh8f0aaaaj NGRI RESEARCH GROUP: Geochemistry Group FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: EDUCATION: Precambrian Geology/geochemistry, Economic Geology. 2003 Ph.D. Geology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India 1995 M.Sc. Applied Geochemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India 1992 B.Sc. Geology, Physics and Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 10/06-till date Scientist-E1, NGRI, Hyderabad, India 10/02-10/06 Scientist-C, NGRI, Hyderabad, India 10/99-10/02 Scientist-B, NGRI, Hyderabad, India 12/95-10-99 Project Fellow, NGRI, Hyderabad, India VISITING POSITIONS: 03/11-07/11 Raman Research Fellow at the University of Alberta, Canada 06/05 06/06 BOYSCAST Fellow at the University of Western Australia, Perth TEACHING EXPERIENCE: SERVICE: Life Member, Geological Society of India, Bangalore Life Member, Indian Society of Applied Geochemists, Hyderabad Current NGRI Committees: Past NGRI Committees: Member, Space allotment Committee 2008-2010 - 1 -
AWARDS AND HONORS: PH.D. ADVISOR: SCIENTISTS WITH WHOM I HAVE COLLABORATED (OUTSIDE NGRI): Current Prof. Neal McNaughton and his group under the AISRF grant project at the Curtin University, Australia Past Prof. David Groves at the University of Western Australia, Perth Prof. Robert Creaser at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada NGRI Collaborators (present and past): PATENT PUBLICATIONS In Books: Ram Mohan. M and Srinivasa Sarma. D (2010) Geochemistry and evolution of the Hutti-Maski greenstone belt: Link between Archean crustal evolution and gold mineralization. In: Gold Metallogeny India and Beyond Ed: M. Deb and R.J. Goldfarb. Narosa Publishing House pp.191-205. Book Reviews: Review or non-technical Article: Peer-reviewed Journal Publications: 2012 1. P.S.R. Prasd, D. Srinivasa Sarma and S. Nirmal Charan (2012) Mineral Trapping and Sequestration of Carbon dioxide in Deccan Basalts: SEM, FTIR and Raman Spectroscopic studies on secondary carbonates. Journal of the Geological Society of India (In Press). 2. D. Srinivasa Sarma, N.J. McNaughton, E. Belusova, M. Ram Mohan, I.R. Fletcher, (2012) Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf-isotope systematics from the Gadag Greenstone Belt: Archaean crustal growth in the western Dharwar Craton, India (Accepted pending revisions Gondwana Research) 3. Ram Mohan, M., Piercey, S.J., Kamber, B.S and Sarma, D.S (2012) Subduction related tectonic evolution of the Late Archean Eastern Dharwar Craton: New Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints (Precambrian Research- Accepted pending revisions). - 2 -
2011 D. Srinivasa Sarma, Ian R. Fletcher, Birger Rasmussen, Neal J. McNaughton M. Ram Mohan and David I. Groves (2011) Achaean gold mineralization synchronous with late cratonization of the Western Dharwar Craton, India: 2.52 Ga U Pb ages of hydrothermal monazite and xenotime in gold deposits. Mineralium Deposita v. 46: 273-288. S.P. Singh, V. Balaram, M. Satyanarayanan, D.S. Sarma., K.S.V. Subramanyam, K.V. Anjaiah and A. Kharia (2011) Platinum Group Minerals from the Madawara Ultramafic-mafic Complex, Bundelkhand Massif, Central India: A Preliminary Note, Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 78, pp. 281-283. Satyanarayanan. M, Balaram.V, Singh. S.P, Sarma, D.S, Anjaiah. KV, Aditya Kharia (2011) Platinum group elements in Madawara igneous complex, Bundelkhand massif, Central India: Some exciting results. DCS Newsletter V.21. 19-24. 2010 D. Srinivasa Sarma, M. Ram Mohan, P.S. R. Prasad (2010) Infrared Spectroscopic studies on the Mobility of Metamorphic Fluid in Quartz veins of Dharwar Craton: The Open Mineralogy Journal v.4: pp.1-8. D. Srinivasa Sarma, S.H. Jafri, I.R. Fletcher, N.J. McNaughton (2010) Constraints on the Tectonic Setting of the Andaman Ophiolites,Bay of Bengal, India, from SHRIMP U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Plagiogranite. The Journal of Geology, v.118: 691 697. Charan, S.N., Prasad, P.S.R., Sarma, D.S., Archana, K.B., Chavan, C.D. (2010) Evaluation of Deccan continental flood basalts, India for geological sequestration of CO2 Journal of Applied Geochemistry v. 13, pp.560-565. Jafri, S.H., D. Srinivasa Sarma, Sheikh, J.M. (2010) Hyaloclastites in pillow basalts, South Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal, India. Current Science, v.99, No.12. 1825-1829. 2009 P. S. R. Prasad, D. Srinivasa Sarma, L. Sudhakar, U. Basavaraju, Ravi S. Singh, Zahida Begum, K. B. Archana, C. D. Chavan and S. N. Charan (2009) Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide in Deccan basalts: preliminary laboratory study. Current Science, v.96, pp.288-291. S.N. Charan, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, S.M. Naqvi, J.G. Rana Prathap, M. Ram Mohan, D. Srinivasa Sarma (2009) REE-HFSE Distribution/partitioning between garnetiferous restites and TTG from Nademavinapura area, Western Dharwar craton. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 73, pp.371-378. - 3 -
S.M. Naqvi, M. Ram Mohan, J.G. Rana Prathap, D. Srinivasa Sarma (2009) Adakite-TTG connection and fate of Meso Archaean basaltic crust of Holenarsipur Nucleus, Dharwar Craton, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v.35, pp.416-434. 2008 D. Srinivasa Sarma, Janet Muhling, M. Ram Mohan and Neal McNaughton (2008) Occurrence of Hydrothermal Phosphate Minerals in the Gold Mineralized Zones at Hutti Gold Deposit, Karnataka, South India. Journal of the Geological Society of India. V.71, pp.223-228. M. Ram Mohan, D. Srinivasa Sarma, S.N. Charan, V. Balaram, V.B. Rajasekhar and Talat Ahmad (2008) Geochemistry of amphibolites from the southern part of Gadag Greenstone Belt, Karnataka: A relict of Archaean MORB. Journal of the Geological Society of India v. 72, pp.484-494. S.M. Naqvi, D. Srinivasa Sarma, R.H. Sawkar, M. Ram Mohan, and J.G. Rana Prathap (2008) Role of adakitic magmatism and subduction in gold endowment of Dharwar Neoarchaean greenstone belts, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India. v.71, pp.875-888. D. Srinivasa Sarma, Neal McNaughton, I.R. Fletcher, D.I. Groves, M. Ram Mohan and V. Balaram (2008) The Timing of gold mineralization of Hutti gold deposit, Dharwar Craton, South India. Economic Geology, v.103-8, pp.1715-1727. 2006 D. Srinivasa Sarma, P.S.R Prasad, V.B.Raja Sekhar and S. Nirmal Charan (2006) A Near Infrared Spectroscopic Investigations on Hydroxyls in Rhyolites from Gadag Schist Belt. Jour of Applied Geochemistry. V.8, pp.73-77. V. Balaram, M.L. Patil, A.K. Agarwal, D.V. Subba Rao, S.N. Charan, M. Satyanarayanan, Ramavati Mathur, K. Kapilavasthu, D. S. Sarma, M. Sankara Gowda, S.L. Ramesh, P. Sangurmath, K.V. Anjaiah, B. Dasaram, R.K. Saxena, Zahida Begum (2006) Preparation and certification of high-grade gold geochemical reference material. Accred Qual Assur. DOI. 10.1007/s00769-006-0179-8. 2005 P.S.R. Prasad and D. Srinivasa Sarma (2005) FTIR Characterization of Structural Disorder in Natural Tourmalines, Gondwana Research. V.8 No.2, pp.265-270. - 4 -
2004 D. Srinivasa Sarma, R. H. Sawkar, S.N. Charan, D. V. Subba Rao and S. M. Naqvi (2004) Petrography and chemical compositions of the tourmalines near Majjur, Gadag Schist Belt, Karnataka. Journal of the Geological Society of India. Vol.63, pp. 217-221. 2002 R.H. Sawkar and D. Srinivasa Sarma (2002) Gold distribution in Banded Iron Formations in Karnataka craton, India: Application to exploratory mining, pilot plant studies and design of open pit mines and scale of operations, Journal of Applied Geochemistry, V.4,pp. 288-293. S.M. Naqvi, B. Uday Raj, D.V. Subba Rao, C. Manikyamba, S. Nirmal Charan, V. Balaram and D. Srinivasa Sarma (2002) Geology and geochemistry of arenite-quartzwacke from late Archaean Sandur Schist Belt Implications for accretion processes. Precambrian Research, Vol. 114, pp. 177-197. S.M. Naqvi, C. Manikyamba, T. Gnaneshwar Rao, D.V. Subba Rao, M. Ram Mohan and D. Srinivasa Sarma (2002) Geochemical and isotopic constraints of fossil plumes for the evolution of the volcanic rocks of Sandur greenstone belt, India. Journal of Geological Society of India. V.60 P.27-56. 2001 S.L. Ramesh, P.V. Sunder Raju, K.V. Anjaiah, Ramavati Mathur, T. Gnaneshwar Rao, B. Dasa Ram, S. Nirmal Charan, D.V. Subba Rao, D.S. Sarma, M. Ram Mohan and V. Balaram (2001) Determination of Gold in ores and other geological materials by atomic absorption techniques, Atomic Spectroscopy, Vol.22, No.1, pp.263-269. 2000 C. Manikyamba, S.M. Naqvi, D. S. Sarma and M. Ram Mohan (2000) Enigma of Archaean oceanic crust geochemical constraints from Sandur Schist Belt. Journal of Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 2, pp. 117-138. 1999 R. H. Sawkar, Rahul Baldota, S. R. Suresh, P.T. Sastry, A. S. Kulgeri, B.R. Nagabhushan, D. S. Sarma, D. V. Subba Rao, S. Nirmal Charan and S. M. Naqvi (1999) Exploitation, Mine Development and Pilot Plant at Gadag Gold Field, Karnataka, India. Journal of Geological Society of India. V.54, pp.322-326. - 5 -
V. Balaram, P.V.Sunder Raju, S. L. Ramesh, K. V. Anjaiah, B. Dasaram, M. Ram Mohan, D. S. Sarma (1999) Rapid partial dissolution method in combination with AAS technique for use in geochemical exploration. Atomic Spectroscopy V.20, pp.155-160. - 6 -
SUMMARY OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES: CURRENT STUDENTS PAST STUDENTS POST-DOCTORAL AND VISITING SCIENTISTS SPONSORED EXTERNAL PROJECTS AS PL/CO-PL (PRESENT AND PAST) Funding Agency Project/Investigators Amount Period Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India Exposing the gold potential of Neoarchean Himalaya of the Dharwar craton, South India PL: D. Srinviasa Sarma 55 Lakhs Dec 1, 2010-Nov 30, 2013-7 -