SOUVENIR COMMITTEE - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION”
[ September 10-17, 2012 ]
SRI KULDEEP CHANDRA
Former Executive Director R&D ONGC Limited
House No.492, Street No.-8, Lane No.-8
Rajendra Nagar, Kaulagarh Road,
Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand
Email: kuldeepchandra@rediffmail.com
Sri Kuldeep Chandra obtained Master degree in Chemistry and and Proficiency Certificate In
Petroleum Geochemistry, ASTEF France. Senior and Advance Management Certificate Courses of ASCI-
Hyderabad, attended training and conferences and Kuwait related to geochemistry from the Different
coutaries viz. France Netherlands, Russia Germany, U.K.,France Kuwait UK, USA and AbuDhabi and
taringing contract for Petrobangla etc to Bangladesh and UN. Has published over 70 scientific and
technical papers.
He has become Chairman Management Committee of Joint Ventures in Tapti, PY-3, and Pranhita
Godavari basin; Member Research Councils of IIP, NIP, NGRI, BSIP & Wadia Institute of Himalyan
Geology.
He has keen interest in various fields like petroleum geo-chemistry: Source-rocks evaluation, genetic
correlations of oil, gas and formation waters, petroleum systems delineation, genetic modeling, isotope
geochemistry and geochronology, surface geochemical prospecting, integration with basin studies and
other geoscience data; ETROLEUM oil field CHEMISTRY related to Drilling Muds, oil-well cementing,
corrosion, demulsification, dehydration, oil field additives and additives for pour point depression and
water-shut off gels, scale removal and conformance control etc; 4.Upstream R8D Management.
His present affiliation is as President of AAAPG; Member of Council Indian Association of Applied
Geochemists; Life Member of various scientific bodies-Geological Society of India, Association of
Exploration Geophysics, Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Petroleum Geophysicists,
Indian Union of Geophysics; Indian Society of Analytical Chemistry and
He has received several prestigious awards : National Mineral Award of Govt. of India; Dicennial Gold
Medal of Indian Geophysical Union; Peter the great Gold Medal towards furthering upstream R & D,
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; Doon Ratna of Dehradun Nagrik Parishad, Millennium Award,
Indian Society of Applied Geochemistry [ISAG]; Life Time Achievement Award from Indian Geological
Congress, AAAPG, ISAG and SPG, He is winner of cash prize of Rs 1lakh and certificate By GEO-
INDIA to ward outstanding contribution of Petroleum Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration( 2008).
He has several responsibilities in various capacities as Head Petroleum Source Rock Geochemistry Lab;
Geochemistry Div. KDMIPE 1980-1982; Geoscience Research Group KDMIPE; Regional Geoscience
Labs; G.M. Geoscience Labs KDMIPE; Director Instt. of Management Development; Head KDMIPE and
Regional Director Northern Region; Executive.Director of R&D in ONGC.
He has Current Interests to petroleum industry as Consultancy in Petroleum Geochemistry, and Petroleum
Exploration; Teaching in the area of Petroleum Geochemistry to students of Univ. Pet & Energy Studies
(UPES) Planning and Organizing Petroleum Exploration Proficiency Course under the aegis of
PETROTECH Society of India; Giving Full Semester Course to MBA Students at University of
Petroleum and Energy Studies on Management of Technology; Evaluation of competencies of students
of Final Year of B.Tech Applied Petroleum Engineering and Petroleum Engineering Upstream. At
present He is An Advisor Research UPES, Editor, Indian Jourrnal of Petroleum Geology and Member
Governing Council for Exploration in Frontier Basins of India (ONGC Limited)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
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