Environmental Geology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing and GIS, Geochemistry

1. 15 years

Post Graduate Level

:

Structural Geology, Sedimentary Petrology, Stratigraphy, Economic Geology, General Geology

1. Environmental Geology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing and GIS, Geochemistry

Ph.D. Candidates	:	06
M.Tech./M.Phil. Candidates	:	11

1. Life Member, Journal Geological Society of India (JGSI)
2. Life Member, Society for Geologists and Allied Technologists (SGAT).
3. Life member, Orissa Bigyan Academy
4. Life member, Gondwana Geological Society (Nagpur)
5. Life Member, Indian Science Congress

1. Gondwana palaeontology in the part of mahanadi master basin, chhatishgarh, India, Funded by Sambalpur University for the period of 2 years (2022-2024), Rs. .5 lakh acted as PI.
2. Detail assessment of iron and manganese ore around Deoghar village in Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2009-2010), Rs 3 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
3. Inventory of Iron ore resources around Koira Sundargarh District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2008-2009), Rs 1 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
4. Inventory of Iron ore resources around Koira Sundargarh District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2007-2008), Rs .75 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
5. Inventory of Iron ore resources in Sundargarh District,Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2006-2007), Rs .5 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
6. Investigation for Iron ore at Roida
7. Geo- Environmental studies of Bamebari area, Keonjhar District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2002-2003), Rs .62 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
8. Resistivity sounding test in Keonjhar District, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2001-2002), Rs .42 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
9. Geo- Environmental studies of Jurudi area, Keonjhar District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2001-2002), Rs .52 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
10. Geo- Environmental studies of Thakurani area, Keonjhar District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (2000-2001), Rs .6 lakh acted as Co-investigator.
11. Geo- Environmental studies of Roida Group of Mines, Keonjhar District, Odisha, Funded by Dept. of Steel & Mines, Govt. of Odisha for the period of 1 year (1999-2000), Rs .35 lakh acted as Co-investigator.

International Publications

2026
1. Geetika Tripathy, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Paresh Ranjan Das, Shakti Ranjan Patra1 and Ipsita Behera (2026): Occurrence of Permian Flora from South-Eastern Parts of the Talcher Basin, Odisha, India: Biostratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Insights. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 05529360261465262. DOI: 10.1177/05529360261465262
2. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surajit Munshi, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Partha Pratim Sarkar, Mrinal Kanti Sen (2026): A Comprehensive Approach to Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping Using DRASTIC and Sensitivity Analysis in Jeypore, Koraput, India. World Water Policy, 12(1), e70067.
3. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Janmejay Sethy, Pratap Kottapalli, Puspita Hazra, Biswajit Ghosh, Amitarani Ray, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Surajit Munshi (2026): Integrated landslide susceptibility zonation and ecological risk assessment in Koraput District, Eastern India: a multivariate approach, Journal of Sedimentary Environments, 11:48, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-026-00310-8.
4. Rasmita Prusty , Duryadhan Behera* , Sudhir Kumar Dash , Krishna Manjari Jena and Subhasmita Das (2026): Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Evolution of Groundwater in Hemgir Block, Sundargarh District, Odisha, India, Journal of Geosciences Research, 11 (2), 198-204, https://doi.org/10.56153/g19088-025-0273-100
5. Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Krishna Manjari Jena, Shreerup Goswami and Muralitharan Jothimani (2026): Relative Shannon's entropy‑based statistical web calculator to quantify urban growth for sustainable urban development, Discover Environment (2026) 4:244, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-026-00767-4. Published by Springer 2026.
6. Debabrata Nandi, Jagadish Kumar Tripathy, Duryadshan Behera, Roshan Beuria, Rakesh Ranjan Thakur, (2026): Advancing watershed science: A comprehensive review of morphometry, land use change, vulnerability, and resilience frameworks, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 144 (2026) 104412, Published by Elsevier 2026.
7. Debabrata Nandi1, Jagadish Kumar Tripathy, Duryadhan Behera, Ahmed M. Saqr, Roshan Beuria, Rakesh Ranjan Thakur (2026): An Integrated Geospatial Assessment of Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Groundwater Potential for Advancing Sustainable Water Security in Northern Odisha, India, Water Conservation Science and Engineering (2026) 11:52, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41101-026-00515-y. Published by Springer 2026.
8. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surajit Munshi, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Partha Pratim Sarkar, Mrinal Kanti Sen (2026): A Comprehensive Approach to Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping Using DRASTIC and Sensitivity Analysis in Jeypore, Koraput, India, World Water Policy, 2026; 12:e70067 1 of 14, https://doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.70067, Published by Wiley 2026.
9. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surajit Munshi, Partha Pratim Sarkar, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Biswajit Ghosh (2026): Assessing Groundwater Susceptibility to Over-Exploitation Using GIS and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Water Resource Management at Jeypore Block, Koraput, Odisha, India, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02367-w, Published by Springer 2026.
2025
10. Paresh Ranjan Dash, Shreerup Goswami , Sanghamitra Pradhan, Duryadhan Behera (2025): First high-intensity glossopterid herbivory index assessment from Indian Gondwana: Insights into global Permian plant-insect interactions, Gondwana Research 151 (2026) 254-281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2025.10.022, Published by Elsevier 2025.
11. Krishna Manjari Jena, Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami and Muralitharan Jothimani (2025): Geostatistical modelling of groundwater fluoride contamination in Western Odisha, India: insights for spatial prediction and risk management, Environmental Systems Research, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-025-00429-z Published by Springer 2025.
12. Krishna Manjari Jena, Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami (2025): Comparative Semivariogram Modelling Approach for Predicting Pre‑Monsoon Groundwater Fluoride Content in a Fluoride Prone Region of Western Odisha, India, Water Air Soil Pollut (2026) 237:20, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08721-5, Published by Springer 2025.
13. Krishna Manjari Jena, Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami (2025): From green to gray: a geospatial study on the environmental consequences of opencast mining in Joda, Odisha, Environ Geochem Health (2025) 47:305, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-025-02591-w, Published by Springer 2025.
14. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Prasanta Kumar Patra1, Krishna Manjari Jena1 Umesh Kumar Singh (2025): Quantifying Urban Encroachment and Impact on Lake Ecosystem: Geospatial Insights From Jagannath Sagar Lake, Jeypore City, Odisha, India, Environ Qual Manage. 2025 (Wiley Periodicals LLC).
15. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Duryadhan Behera, Janmejay Sethy, Shreerup Goswami, Amitarani Ray (2025): Revolutionising agricultural land suitability and water accessibility assessment using remote sensing: a case study of Jeypore Block, Koraput, Odisha, Environ Monit Assess (2025) 197:794, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14252-7, Published by Springer 2025.
16. Paresh Ranjan Dash, Shreerup Goswami, Neha Aggarwal, Sanghamitra Pradhan, Debashish Das & Duryadhan Behera (2025): Permian fossil whispers of ancient climates and forests: a megafloral-palynofacies odyssey in a part of eastern India. Historical Biology-2025, https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2475198, Published by Tylor & Francis 2025.
17. Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera,Vishal Chettry, Krishna Manjari Jena, Shreerup Goswami, Muralitharan Jothimani. (2025): Geospatial analysis of unplanned urbanization: impact on land surface temperature and habitat suitability in Cuttack, India. Discover Sustainability-2025, 6:118 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00920-8.
18. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surajit Munshi, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami (2025): Assessing Environmental Variations in Jeypore Block, Odisha, India: Multitemporal Satellite Imagery and Future Projections, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing -2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02140-z, Published by Springer 2025.
2024
19. Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Tanmoy Chatterjee, Krishna Manjari Jena (2024): Markov Model Decodes Cuttack's Landscape Shifts: Geospatial Insights In to Urban Metamorphosis, 2024:1-12, Environ Qual Manage. 2024 (Wiley Periodicals LLC)
20. Subhasmita Das , Debabrata Nandi , Rakesh Ranjan Thakur , Dillip Kumar Bera , Duryadhan Behera , Bojan Đurin and Vlado Cetl (2024) : A Novel Approach for Ex Situ Water Quality Monitoring Using the Google Earth Engine and Spectral Indices in Chilika Lake, Odisha, India., International journal of Geo-Information, MDPI, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2024, 13, 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13110381.
2023
21. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Prasanta Kumar Patra (2023): Delineation of groundwater potential zones in Kotagarh block of Kandhamal District, Odisha through geospatial techniques 2023; 1-12. Environ Qual Manage. (2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC).
22. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Duryadhan Behera, Prasanta Kumar Patra, Shreerup Goswami (2023): Delineation of the groundwater potential zone in Kantli River Basin, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan: A Geospatial Approach. Vol. 8(2), Page 142-152 (2023), Journal of Geosciences Research, ISSN: 2455-1953, https://doi.org/10.56153/g19088-022-0144-35.
23. Duryadhan Behera (2023): Kriging interpolation approach for monitoring of ambient air quality in opencast iron ore mining region of Keonjhar District, Odisha, India. Vol. 8(1), Page 43-48 (2023), Journal of Geosciences Research, ISSN: 2455-1953, https://doi.org/10.56153/g19088-022-0144-35.
24. Bijay Kumar Swain, Chidananda Prasad Das, Shreerup Goswami, Duryadhan Behera, L. Prasanna Kumar and Subhasis Pradhan, Geospatial Mapping of Sound Exposure Zones of Puri, Odisha, India: A Tool for Noise Pollution Management. Vol. 43(1), 13-21, (2023), IJEP 43 (1): 13-21 (2003) ISSN: 0253-7141
2022
25. Shreerup Goswami, Ramani Ranjan Swain, Roshni Patel, Duryadhan Behera, Manoranjan Mishra (2022). Megafloristics of fossiliferous beds from Chaurimal nala section and Thungiadera section, Ib River Coalfield, Odisha, India, and their biostratigraphic and palaeoclimatic implications, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 15(7), page595.
26. Prasanta Kumar Patra, Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami (2022). Relative Shannon
2021
27. Satya P. Kumar, Azhar M Shaikh, Suresh C. Patel, Janisar M. Sheik, Duryadhan Behera, Kamal L Pruseth, Subramanian Ravi, Sebastian Tappe (2021). Multi stage magmatic history of olivine leucite Lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel, Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 115: page 87-112,
2020
28. Duryadhan Behea (2020). Geological aspects of fluoride contamination of groundwater in parts of western Odisha. Journal of Emerging Technology And Innovative Research, vol. 7 (3), page. 135-1139.
29. Duryadhan Behea (2020). Exploitation of Earth Resources in Joda-Barbil Region of Odisha, India: a Prospective of Development, Journal of Emerging Technology And Innovative Research vol. 7 (5), page. 833-842.
30. Pradeep K. Behera, Duryadhan Behera, Subodha Mendaly (2020). Fresh Light on the Mass Production of Stone Adzes and Chisels in the Southern Bonaigarh, Odisha., Ancient Asia, vol. 11 (5), page 1-19.
31. Janisar M. Sheik, Suresh C. Patel, Anil K. Champati, K Madavan, Duryadhan Behera, Ashutosh Naik, Axel Gerdes (2020). Nepheline syenite intrusions from the Rengali Province, eastern India: Integrating geological Setting, microstructures, and geochronological observation on their syntectonic emplacement, Precambrian Research, vol. 346, page 105802.
2019
32. Duryadhan Behea (2019). Opencast iron ore mining and status of ambient air quality in Joda-Barbil region of KeonjharDistrict, Odisha, India, Journal of Emerging Technology And Innovative Research, vol. 6 (6), page. 616-624.
2018
33. Azhar M Shaikh, Satya P. Kumar, Suresh C. Patel, Satyajeet S. Thakur, Subramanian Ravi, Duryadhan Behera, Kamal Pruseth (2018). The P3 kimberlite and P4 lamproite, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India: Mineralogy, and major and minor element compositions of olivines as records of their phenocrystic versus xenocrystic origin. Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 112(2): page S609-S624.
2017
34. Duryadhan Behera (2017). Mining induced LULC change detection study using Landsat satellite data in Joda-Barbil region of Kenojhar district, Odisha, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, vol. 10(2), page 233-241).
35. Azhar M. Shaikh S.C. Patel, S. Ravi, Duryadhan Behera , K.L. Pruseth (2017). Mineralogy of the TK1 and TK4
36. A. K. Champati, J. M. Sheikh, S. C. Patel, A. Naik Duryadhan Behera (2017). Hook?shaped type?3 superposed fold in granulite, Badarama complex, Rengali province, India, International Journal of Earth Sciences, page-2473-2474.
2014
37. Suresh C. Patel, Rajiv Khalho, Subhagya K. Patel, Janisar M. Sheik, Duryadhan Behera, Sanjeev Chaudhari and Naraga Prabhakar (2014). Fluoride contamination of groundwater in parts of eastern India and preliminary experimental study of fluoride adsorption by natural, haematite iorn ore and synthetic magnetite, Environ Earth Sci, vol 72, page-2033-12049.
2013
38. N. Sahu, T. Gupta, S.C. Patel, D.B.K. Khuntia, Duryadhan Behera, K. Pande and S.K. Das (2013). Petrology of Lamproites from the Nuapada Lamptoite Field, Bastar Craton, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, page-137-165.

National Publications

2023
1. Duryadhan Behera (2023). Kriging interpolation approach for monitoring of ambient air quality in opencast iron ore mining region of Keonjhar District, Odisha, India, Journal of Geosciences Research, vol. 8(1), page 43-48. 2022
2. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Duryadhan Behera, Prasanta Kumar Patra, Shreerup Goswami (2023). Delineation of the groundwater potential zone in Kantli River Basin, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan: A Geospatial Approach, Journal of Geosciences Research, vol. 8(2), page 142-152.
2022
3. Tanmoy Chatterjee , Duryadhan Behera, Shreerup Goswami, Prasanta Kumar Patra and Surajit Munshi (2022). Appraisal of Hydrochemical Quality of Groundwater in Bamanghaty Subdivision of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India Using Geospatial Technology, Journal of Geosciences Research, vol. 7(2), page 209-215.
2021
4. P. K. Patra, Duryadhn Behera, Shreerup Goswami (2021). Spatio- Temporal Variation of Vegetation and Urban Sprawl Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Cuttack City, Odhsa, India, Journal of Geosciences Research, vol. 6 (2): page 213-2019.
5. S. P. Naik, Duryadhn Behera, A. Naik, D. P. Mohanta, T. K. Sahoo (2021). Lithological Diversity in Dhama Area, Sambalpur District, Odisha, India: Footprints of the Contact Between Bastar Craton and Rengali Province, Journal of Geosciences Research, vol. 6 (2): page 146-154.

NIL

1. Paresh Ranjan Dash, Shreerup Goswami, Sanghamitra Pradhan, Gyana Ranjan Parida, Duryadhan Behera (2023). Permian Floral Assemblage of a part of East Bokaro Coalfield Jharkhand, India and its Implications, Vistas in Geological research, Utkal University, vol. 21, page 10-15 Published by Department of Geology, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR.
2. Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surajit Munshi, and Duryadhan Behera (2023). An Environmental Impact Assessment on Geomorphic Erosion Risk Analysis Using GIS at Jeevna Site, Jeypore, Koraput District, Odisha, Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, page: 615-632, Published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
3. Duryadhan Behera (2017). Potential Zone by Landsat ETM+ Analysis in The of Joda-Barbil Region of Keonjhar District, Odisha, Vistas in Geological research, Utkal University, vol.15, page-85-95, Published by Department of Geology, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR.
4. Duryadhan Behera and A. Naik (2016). Application of Geospatial technology for iron ore resource studies in the Joda- Barbil region of Keonjhar district, Odisha, Geo-Informatics Applications in Natural Resource Management, page-705-716, Published by Professional Book Publisher.
5. Janisar M. Sheik, Suresh C. Patel, Duryadhan Behera, and Naraga Prabhakar (2015). Pyrochlore from Nepheline Syenite around Karlakot, Nuapada District, Odisha, Vistas in Geological research, Utkal University vol. 13, page-71-85, Published by Department of Geology, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR.
6. Raghunatham, U., K. K. Barik, S. Potti, S. Nanada, Duryadhan Behera, A. Naik and S. P. Gaud (2013). Evaluation of vehicular air pollution against green space using geospatial technology – a case study, Vistas in Geological research, Utkal University, vol. 12, page-138-146. Published by Department of Geology, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR.
7. Duryadhan Behera, D.R.Satapathy, S.K. Pattanayak and Pawan Kumar (2012). Assessment of Decadal change in Land use / cover using GeoSpatial Technology for the region of proposed Alumina Refinery and Bauxite Mines, in Karlapat , Kalahandi District, Odisha, Vistas in Geological research, Utkal University, vol.11,. page-149-157. Published by Department of Geology, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR.

1. Organized Workshop on Application of Remote Sensing on Mineral Exploration on12th &13th December 2009. As workshop Director and resource person.
2. Organized National Seminar on Sustainability of Earth Resources, Strategies and Management (SERMS-201) 13th & 14th February 2010. As organising secretary.
3. Organized Workshop on Analysis of Complex Structures in Precambrian Terrain on1st, 2nd &3 rd March 2012. As workshop co-ordinator and resource person
4. Organized a National Seminar on Recent Advances in Earth Sciences (RAES-2014) held on 22 – 23 February 2014 and acted as Organizing Secretary.

1. Superintendent Mahanandi Boy's Hostel, Coordinator P.G. Diploma Remote Sensing and GIS

Present Address :  Qr. No C/15 Jyoti Vihar, Sambalpur University Campus Jyoti Vihar, Burla Sambalpur, Odisha-768019

Permanent Address :  At- Birajadunathpur (Jiuli) P.O.- Ghosada, P.S.- Karanjia Dist-Mayurbhnaj, Odisha PIN- 757037, India