Dr. Rajib Kumar Sinharay

Bio

A geophysicist with total 25 years of experiences in industry as well as research mainly in geophysical investigations, hydrocarbon exploration, engineering geophysics, deep crustal studies and Antarctic research. Having a MScTech and PhD degree in Applied Geophysics from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, I have worked for Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Govt. of India, WesternGeco- Schlumberger (SLB) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Presently working as a Professor in School of Petroleum Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (MITWPU), Pune. My fields of researches are Petroleum Exploration and Production, Unconventional Hydrocarbon, Geothermal Exploration, Underground Carbon Sequestration (UCS), Machine Learning (ML), Mineral Exploration, Antarctic Geoscience and near surface geophysics. A passionate innovator, vigorous learner, motivated leader and critical thinker. Published more than 25 research paper in different peer-reviewed journals, books and conferences.

Subjects Taught

Petroleum Exploration, Formation Evaluation, Numerical Methods, Data Sciences, Machine Learning, Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources, Integrated Reservoir Management etc.

Research Interests

His research area of interests includes Petroleum Exploration, Reservoir Engineering, Production Engineering, Geothermal Energy, Glaciology, Shallow Subsurface Imaging, Marine Electromagnetic methods, Machine Learning, Exploration Geophysics, Hydrogen Storage and Carrier, Carbon Sequestration etc.

Top Research Papers in last 3 years

Parida, B. P., Sinharay, R., Upadhyay, R. and Dixit, M., 2025, Pseudoisotherm: A Revised Concept of Desorption Phenomena of Coalbed Gas Reservoirs Integrating Isotherm, Material Balance, and Pressure for Optimized Field Development: SPG Journal, 30 (01): 310–325, https://doi.org/10.2118/219177-PA

Chavan, H. K., and Sinharay, Rajib K., 2024, Prophet modeling for oil production forecasting in an enhanced oil recovery field: Physics of Fluids, Volume 36, 9, 093107 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0224299

Taide, V. Y., Sinharay, Rajib K., Chavan, H. K., and Dandge, D. B., 2024, Selection of suitable geothermometers for predicting the subsurface temperatures with higher accuracy: A study based on globally distributed geothermal field data: Geothermics, Volume 122, 103088, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103088

Chavan, H.K., Sinharay, Rajib K., Kumar, V. and Patel, D., 2023, An approach of using machine learning classification for screening of enhanced oil recovery techniques: Petroleum Science and Technology, p.1- 19, https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2023.2232822

Sinharay, Rajib K., 2022, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey over a melting blue ice area (BIA) at the south of Schirmacher Oasis, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: Polar Science, Volume 32,100845, ISSN 1873-9652, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2022.100845

Bagchi, A., Singh, R.K., Shalivahan, and Sinharay, Rajib K., 2022, 3D Phase tensor inversion and Joint inversion using impedance and phase tensor components aiming better subsurface mapping and interpretation in Dhanjori basin, Singhbhum craton, eastern India: Journal of Applied Geophysics, Volume 202, 104646, ISSN 0926-9851, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2022.104646

Books Published

Sinharay, Rajib K., 2022, GPR surveys in Antarctica to map ice thickness and rock topography in N. Khare (Eds.), Geoscientific Investigations From the Indian Antarctic Program (pp. 121-137). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4078-0.ch006.

Patents : NIL

Teaching Experience : 6 years 6 Months

Industry Experience : 18 Years

Research Experience : 25 Years

Linkedin Profile Link :
www.linkedin.com/in/prof-rajib-kumar-sinharay-6142b921

ORCID ID Link :
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-6870

Google Scholar ID :
https://g.co/kgs/NpJjZNt