Dr. S Raju takes charge as DG of Geological Survey of India
Highlights:
- Dr S Raju has taken over as the Director-General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) with effect from April 01, 2022.
- He succeeds R. S. Garkhal who superannuated on March 31, 2022. Prior to this, Dr Raju was holding the post of Additional Director General and National Head, Mission-III & IV at GSI HQ.
- Dr.S. Raju joined the Geological Survey of India in 1988.
- During the initial period of his career, he was instrumental in geological mapping of Bundelkhand Granitic Complex in Uttar Pradesh and also executed an investigation on gold mineralization and carried out a geo-environmental appraisal of Jhansi district of Bundelkhand Region, Uttar Pradesh.
- With his expertise, he has also supplemented in the geology of Tamil Nadu especially, establishing the metamorphic and techtono-magmatic history of the Satyamangalam Group of rocks.
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