R WORKSHOP ON GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING DATA HANDLING AND ITS INTERPRETATION (02/08/13 TO 07/08/13) RTI, WR, JAIPUR egional Training Institute, WR, GSI, Jaipur conducted five days Workshop on Geochemical mapping data handling and its interpretation from 02/08/13 to 07/08/13. The inaugural session was attended by forty three officers engaged in NGCM projects in GSI, WR that included 13 trainee participants - eight from SU: Rajasthan, Jaipur; one from SU: Gujarat, Gandhinagar and four from CGM and GMRDS Gujarat. Dr. G. Malhotra, Director, Regional Training Institute, welcomed Sh. K. Parida Dy. D.G., and HOD, GSI, WR, Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy. D.G., SU: Rajasthan, Sh. R. G Verma, Dy. D.G. and RHM I, WR, Sh. Ashok Mathur, Dy. D.G. (Chemical), Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, Geochemical Division, WR, Directors of Project: GCM - I, II, III and IV, SU: Rajasthan, Directors of Project: GCM - I, II, SU: Gujarat, Guest Faculty including Sh. D. J. Dasgupta, Director (Retd.) GSI, the trainee participants and all the officers of Project: GCM - I, II, III and IV, SU: Rajasthan and all the officers of Project: GCM - I, II, SU: Gujarat, for their participation in the inaugural session. He briefed the participants about the objective of the Workshop on Geochemical Mapping data handling and its interpretation and elaborated on the course content and the schedule. Sh. K. Parida Dy. D.G., and HOD, WR extended his warm welcome to entire gathering. In his inaugural address, Sh. K. Parida gave a brief account of the NGCM (National Geochemical Mapping) activities in the state of Rajasthan. He stated that NGCM is the thrust area of Mission-I activities during the current plan. He advised all the participants for active participation in the workshop. Sh. R. G Verma, Dy. DG, RHM-I, WR, while addressing the gathering, requested all the participants to fully utilize this opportunity to clear all the doubts/queries regarding NGCM procedures and data handling and its interpretation. Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy. D.G., SU: Rajasthan emphasized the national character of the NGCM programme and advised all to follow the procedure laid out in the SOP. Sh. Ashok Mathur, Dy. DG (Chemical), also addressed the house and expressed his views on the role of Chemical Division in GCM activities. He appealed to all the officers to increase interaction with the chemical division to get an idea about the intricacies of chemical analysis of NGCM samples. The inaugural session concluded with a vote of thanks by Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. Geologist.
The Keynote address entitled Theme, Principle and Status of the NGCM programme of GSI was delivered by Sh. D. J. Dasgupta, Director (Retd.). He deliberated in detail on the basic concepts in map elements, map scale and projections, sampling media scope and objective of the NGCM programme and threw light on its strengths and weaknesses. During the post lunch session Sh. R. S. Garkhal, Director, FTC, Zawar, deliberated in detail on the sample number scheme, sample numbering pattern, implement/equipments, sample collection, sample processing, field notes, radiometric surveys etc. to be followed in the NGCM programme. Both of these presentations were saw lively discussions on sampling scheme to be adopted. On 3 rd, Sh. Auditeya Bhattachrya, Director, deliberated in details about the NGCM data handling. This session was again attended by nearly forty three officers engaged in NGCM activities in GSI, WR. Sh. Bhattacharya studied in detail the Field Data Sheets submitted by the officers carrying out NGCM in Rajasthan and Gujarat. He was pleased to announce that the data sheets have been filled in the correct manner without any errors and congratulated the officers and their supervisors for this achievement. During the post lunch session the officers of WR gave presentations on various subjects related to geochemical mapping. Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, Geochemical Division deliberated on the Techniques of Interpretation of NGCM data and suggested modifications. This was followed by five deliberations by different officers. On 5 th Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. Geologist introduced the trainees to modern concepts in statistics and its limitations, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), geographically linked compositional data and correlation. During the post lunch session the six different officers of WR gave presentations on various subjects related to geochemical mapping. On 6 th, Sh. Pawan Kumar, Geologist gave demonstration on the use of EXCEL and SURFER software and the trainees were given hands on practice on these softwares for univariant statistics and for producing contour maps respectively. Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. Geologist along with Sh. Pawan Kumar supervised the hand on practice sessions on 6 th afternoon and 7 th forenoon. In the afternoon of 7 th August 2013, Dr. N. R. Ramesh, Dy. D.G., GSITI and Head M-V, was the Chief Guest and chaired the valedictory session. Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy. D.G., SU: Rajasthan; Sh. R. G Verma, Dy. D.G. and RHM I, WR; Sh. Ashok Mathur, Dy. D.G., (Chemical) and Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, Geochemical Division, WR also graced the Valedictory Function during which Group Discussion was held on the course content, time allotted and technical presentations by Guest Faculty. Duly filled in Feedback forms were also submitted by the participants. The participants were invited to individually express their overall opinion and experience during the Workshop. The programme as a whole including the selection of Guest Faculty, selection of topics, technical guidance during the course, coordination and the course organization was rated very good to excellent.
Dr. N. R. Ramesh, in his concluding remarks gave the background information of NGCM programme in GSI and its objectives and activities as well as its targets and achievements. He informed the gathering that most of the mineral deposits with surface occurrences have been already discovered and emphasized on the need to concentrate on locating deep seated mineral deposits. He stressed that the SOP is a dynamic document which has to be made more robust and useable. He wished that in future training courses on NGCM may include lectures on geochemistry. He thanked the HOD, WR for conducting regular programs on NGCM. He expressed his happiness and satisfaction on the feedback given by the trainee officers and congratulated Dr. G. Malhotra for organizing several imaginative courses in different subject areas. Dr. N. R. Ramesh, Dy. D.G., GSITI and Head M-V presented the course certificate to officers. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TRAINING ON DATA HANDLING Sl. Name of Officer Designation 1 Shri Abhishek Anand Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 2 Shri Vineet Kumar Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 3* Ms. Monika Sangwan Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 4* Shri Sunil Kumar Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 5 Shri Binu Sarma P. E. Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 6 Shri Lalit Jangid Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 7 Shri Mrutyunjay Das Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 8 Ms. Monotrisha Dey Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 9 Shri Ratandeep Jauhari Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 10 Shri Sourav Sen Geologist, SU: Rajasthan 11 Shri Piyush Kumar Geologist, SU: Gujarat 12 Shri Gajendra Singh Dawar 13 Shri Jaswant Singh Kachhotiya Fellow Geologist, GMRDS Fellow Geologist, GMRDS 14 Shri P. V. Choure Assistant Geologist, H. O, CGM 15 Shri Khantil Desai Fellow Geologist, GMRDS *left the course in between due to personal unavoidable reasons
SCHEDULE (TECHNICAL SESSIONS) Date Time (in hrs.) Topic Faculty 02/08/13 10 :15 Inaugural Session Sh. K. Parida, Dy. DG and HOD, GSI, WR Sh. P. Srivastava, DyDG, SU Rajasthan Sh. R.G. Verma, Dy.DG and RHM-I Sh. Ashok Mathur, Dy DG (Chemistry), WR Dr. G. Malhotra, Director Sh. P.N. Sharma, Director, PSS, WR 11:30 to 14:00 Keynote address on GCM Sh. D.J. Dasgupta, Director Basic concepts in map (Retd.), GSI elements, map scale and projections, sampling media 14:30 to 17:30 Pre-field preparations Sh. R.S. Garkhal, Director sample number scheme, sample numbering pattern, implement/equipments Field Work sample collection, sample processing, field notes, radiometric surveys 10:00 to 14:00 NGCM Data Handling Sh. Auditeya Bhattacharya, 03/08/13 Director 14:45 to 17:30 Presentation by officers of WR 10:00 to 12:00 Geographically linked Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. compositional data: Geologist, RTI, WR 05/08/13 Understanding Correlation 06/08/13 12:00 to 14:00 Modern concepts in statistics, assumptions and limitations, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) 14:45 to 17:30 Presentation by officers of WR 10:30 to 12:00 Hands on practice EXCEL Univariate statistics Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. Geologist, RTI, WR Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. Geologist, RTI, WR Pawan Kumar, Geologist, Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR
07/08/13 12:00 to 14:00 Hands on practice : SURFER Contour maps 14:45 to 17:30 Hands on practice :OpenGeoDa 10:30 to 12:00 Hands on practice EXCEL Univariate statistics 12:00 to 14:00 Hands on practice : SURFER Contour maps Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. RTI, WR Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. RTI, WR Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. RTI, WR Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. RTI, WR Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR 14:45 to 15:30 Introduction to ILWIS 3.3 Sh. Sanjay Singh, Sr. RTI, WR Project GCM-III, SU Raj, WR 15:30 to 16:00 Evaluation through objective test 16.00 to 17.30 Feedback, Group discussion and valediction Sh. K. Parida, Dy.DG and HOD, GSI, WR Sh. N.R. Ramesh, Dy.DG, GSITI and Head M-V Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy.DG, SU Rajasthan Sh. R.G. Verma, Dy.DG and RHM-I Sh. Ashok Mathur, Dy DG (Chemistry), WR Dr. G. Malhotra, Director Sh. P.N. Sharma Director
LIST OF TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS 2 ND August to 7 th August 2013 SNo. 1 Sh. S. M. Rangari. Geologist GCM-I, Name Designation Project Topic 2 Sh. Abhishek Anand Geologist GCM-I, 3 Sh. Vineet Kumar Geologist GCM-I, 4 Sh. Jobin J. Geologist GCM-I, 5 Sh. M. K. Mandal Geologist GCM-I, 6 Sh. N. K. Nigam Geologist GCM-II, 7 Ms Sana Naqvi Geologist GCM- III, SU Raj. 8 Sh. Abhishek Sinha Geologists GCM- III, SU Raj. 9 Sh. Piyush Kumar Geologist GCM-II, SU Gujarat 10 Ms Mausam Yadav Geologist GCM-I, 11 Sh. P. N. Sharma Director GCM, DIV 12 Sh. Ratandeep Jauhari and Ms. Jolly Roy Geologists GCM-I, Primary and secondary geochemical dispersion patterns and their identification in the field. Application aspect of NGCM and its role in mineral investigation a case study from Rudraprayag, Uttaranchal. Geochemical mapping a peep in to international scenario. Deficiency of Mg and Ca and their harmful medical effects in the area around Bijolia, Bhilwara district, Rajasthan An attempt. Use of satellite imagery data, DEM and geophysical anomalies in identifying zones of structural weaknesses prediction of loci of regional geochemical anomalies. Case history of known mineral belt (Mundiawas Khera) and geochemical dispersion pattern noticed in NGCM samples a critical study. Elemental distribution and their correlation with lithology and anthropogenic factors a case study from Bundi. Pathfinder elements and their role in geochemical exploration Role of drainage pattern, geomorphology in the delineation of structurally weak zones and dispersion of elements. Significance of water sampling in GCM. Techniques of Interpretation of NGCM data and suggested modifications. Interpretation of analytical data for water and soil samples.
PHOTO GALLERY (From L to R) Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, Sh. A. Mathur, Dy. DG (Chemical), Sh. R. G. Verma, Dy. DG, RMH-I, Sh. K. Parida, Dy. DG, and HOD, WR, Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy.DG, SU Rajasthan and Dr. G. Malhotra, Director, RTI at the inaugural session Sh. K. Parida, Dy. DG and HOD, WR addressing the gathering at the inaugural session.
Sh. D. J. Dasgupta (Director, Retd.) delivering the Keynote address Sh. R. S. Garkhal (Director, FTC, Zawar) deliberating on pre-field and field procedures of NGCM Sh. Auditeya Bhattacharya, Director, deliberating on NGCM data handling Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, deliberating on NGCM data interpretation Technical discussions on sampling scheme in NGCM Technical Presentation by officer of Western Region Group photo of trainee participants and faculty (From L to R) Sh. A. Mathur, Dy. DG (Chemical), Sh. P. N. Sharma, Director, Sh. R. G. Verma, Dy. DG, RMH-I, Dr. N.R. Ramesh, Dy. DG, GSITI and Head M-V, Sh. P. Srivastava, Dy.DG, SU Rajasthan and Dr. G. Malhotra, Director, RTI at the valedictory function
Dr. N. R. Ramesh, Dy. DG, GSITI and Head M-V speaking at the valedictory function Dr. N. R. Ramesh, Dy. DG, GSITI and Head M-V distributing the course certificates