Ph.D : 2013 , Geology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Thesis : Geochemistry and Petrology of Higher Himalayan Crystallines, Sikkim, India.

M.Sc : 2007, Applied Geology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

B.Sc : 2005, Geological Sciences (Hons.), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

• 2023 - Present Scientist D, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2019 - 2023 Scientist C, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2016 - 2019 Scientist B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2014 - 2016 DST INSPIRE Faculty, Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
• 2009 - 2012 Senior Research Fellow IISER, Kolkata, India.
• 2007 - 2009 Junior Research Fellow IISER, Kolkata, India.

• Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy & Electron Probe Microscopy

1. Awarded Prestigious Brain Pool Fellowship directed by National Research Foundation, South Korea in 2024.
2. Awarded certificate of participation of 39 Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) from Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India in 2022.
3. INSPIRE Faculty Award by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in 2014.
4. Awarded National Scholarship Scheme 2004-05 Government of India on the basis of the result of BSc (Hons. in Geological Sciences) at Jadavpur University.
5. Awarded National Scholarship in the Secondary Examination conducted by W.B.B.S.E in 2000.

• Title: "Constraining Geodynamic evolution of Princes Elezabeth land (PEL), east Antarctica and Eastern Ghats Belt (EGB), India using geological and geophysical approaches". Year of Completion: 2022.

• Title: "Characterization of Mid-to-Deep Crustal Metamorphism and Melting under varying P-T-X-t conditions and its Applications to the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India." Year of Completion: 2019, Funding agency: DST sponsored project (No. DST/INSPIRE/04/2014/000221).

• One hour online invited lecture on The experience of Antarctica ("A journey to the frozen continent for studying geodynamic evolution of East Antarctica") was delivered at Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, followed by an half an hour discussionon 14th May, 2020.
• Invited lecture on "Characterization of partial melting in the continental crust: An example from Kerala Khondalite Belt, India" was delivered at Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata in two-day International Symposium on ‘Processes in the continental crust’ on 23-24 October 2021.

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• Attended 5 days of Advanced Application training (on-line mode) on EPMA (Cameca SX Five tactics) at NCESS from 27th September to 1st October 2021 at NCESS
• 10 days operational training on EPMA (Cameca SX Five tactics) at NCESS from 3rd to 11th March, 2020.
• Pre-Antarctic snow-ice acclimatization training at Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Auli as part of 39 ISEA from 28th August to 18th September 2019.
• Participated in 39th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) from November 2019 to February 2020, conducted by NCPOR, Goa to carry out NCSS project on Antarctica (as Principal Investigator).

1. Nilanjana Sorcar, Hoppe U., Dasgupta S., and Chakraborty S., (2014), High temperature cooling history of migmatites from the High Himalayan Crystallines in Sikkim, India –Rapid cooling unrelated to exhumation? Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 167, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-013-0957-3.
2. Chakraborty S., Anzckiewicz R., Gaidies F., Rubatto D., Nilanjana Sorcar, et al., (2016), A review of thermal history and timescales of tectonometamorphic processes in Sikkim Himalaya (NE India) and implications for rates of metamorphic processes, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 34, 785–803. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12200.
3. Chakraborty S., Mukhopadhyay D.K., Chowdhury P., Rubatto D., Anczkiewicz R., Trepmann C., Gaidies F., Nilanjana Sorcar., et al., (2017), Channel Flow and localized fault bounded slice tectonics (LFBST): Insights from petrological, structural, geochronological and geospeedometric studies in the Sikkim Himalaya, NE India; Lithos; 282-283, 464-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2017.01.024.
4. Nilanjana Sorcar, Joshi, K.B., Oliverira, E.P., Tomson, J.K., and Nandakumar, V., (2020), Characterization of partial melting event of garnet-cordierite gneiss from Kerala Khondalite Belt, India. Geoscience Frontiers, 11, 597-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.05.013.
5. Joshi, K.B., Nilanjana Sorcar, Pant, N.C., Nandakumar, V., Ahamad T., and Tomson, J.K., (2021). Characterization of multiple episodes of melt generation from lower crust during Archaean using amphibole composition, Episodes, 44, 443-466, https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020096.
6. Nilanjana Sorcar, Joshi, K.B., Oliverira, E.P., Tomson, J.K., and Nandakumar, V., (2021), Corrigendum to "Characterization of partial melting events in garnet-cordierite gneiss from the Kerala Khondalite Belt, India" [Geosci. Front. 11 (2020), 597-611]. Geoscience Frontiers, 12, .693-694, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.05.013.
7. Nilanjana Sorcar, Mukherjee, S., Pant, N.C.; Dev, J.A. and Nishanth, N. (2021), Chemical dating of monazite: Testing of analytical protocol for U–Th–total Pb using CAMECA SXFive tactis EPMA at the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 130, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01738-4.
8. Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Nilanjana Sorcar, and Nandakumar, V. (2021), Combined U-Pb/Hf isotopic studies and phase equilibrium modelling of HT-UHT metapelites from Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt, south India: Constraints on tectonothermal history of the terrane. Lithos, 406, 106531, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106531.
9. Bose, S., Nilanjana Sorcar, Das, K., Ganguly, P., and Mukherjee, S. (2021) Pulsed tectonic evolution in long-lived orogenic belts: An example from the Eastern Ghats Belt, India. Precambrian Research, 369, 106522, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106522.
10. Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Nilanjana Sorcar, and Francis, K.A. (2022) Timing of UHT metamorphism and cooling in south Indian granulites: New PTt results from a sapphirine granulite. Precambrian Research, 371, 106582, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106582.
11. Padmaja, J., Sarkar, T., Nilanjana Sorcar, Mukherjee, S., Das, N. and Dasgupta, S., (2022), Petrochronological evolution of Mg-Al granulites and associated metapelites from the contact zone of the Archean Bastar Craton and Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Province, and its implications. Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 1, 100041. doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100041.
12. Naik, A., Pant, N.C., Sharma, J.J., Bhandari, A. and Nilanjana Sorcar, (2022), Metamorphic evolution of the North Delhi Fold Belt, implications on Delhi orogeny and the Rodinia connection. Geological Journal, 57, 3496-3520, https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4458.
13. Amal Dev, J., Nilanjana Sorcar, Mukherjee, S. and Tomson, and J.K., (2022), Phase equilibrium modelling and zircon-monazite geochronology of HT-UHT granulites from Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt, south India. International Geology Review, 65, 1457-1475, doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2022.2091671.
14. Mondal, A.K., Bose, S., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Nilanjana Sorcar. and Mukherjee, S., (2023). Petrological, geochemical and geochronological evolution of massif type charnockite from the Eastern Ghats Province, India: Implications on the regional tectonics of the Rayner-Eastern Ghats orogeny. Precambrian Research, 387, 106994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.106994.
15. Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Kumar, T.V. and Nilanjana Sorcar, (2023), Age and petrogenesis of mafic granulites from central Madurai block, south India: implications on regional tectonics. Geological Magazine, 160, 955-971. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756823000079.
16. Nandi, A., Mukherjee, S., Nilanjana Sorcar, and Vadlamani, R., (2023), Relict Mesoarchean (2.99–2.94 Ga) metamorphism overprinted by late Neoarchean tectonothermal event (s) from the Sukma Group supracrustal rocks, Bastar craton, India: Evidence from new Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd garnet isochron and Th-U-total Pb monazite ages. Precambrian Research, 390, 107056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107056.
17. Tiwari, A. K., Sarkar, T., Karmakar, S., Nilanjana Sorcar, and Mukherjee, S. (2023), Long-lived high-grade metamorphism in southern India: Constraints from charnockites and sapphirine-bearing semipelitic granulites from the Madurai Block. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 41, 1261-1297, https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12743.
18. Nilanjana Sorcar, Dev, J.A., Mukherjee, S., Joshi, K.B., and Rao, P.B. (2023), Metamorphic evolution of granulites from Grovnes peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Polar Science, 38, 100982, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2023.100982.
19. Banerjee, A., Ganguly, P., Das, K., Nilanjana Sorcar, and Bose, S. (2023), Contrasting styles of lower crustal metamorphism from a granulite suite of rocks from Angul, Eastern Ghats Belt, India: Implications for the India-Antarctica correlation. Journal of Petrology, 64, egad065,https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egad065.
20. Sajna, S., Tomson, J.K., Dev, J.A. and Nilanjana Sorcar, (2023), Timing of Garnet Growth in Granulites from Southern India: Insights from Zircon-monazite-garnet REE Partition Modeling. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 99, 1241-1246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2457-z.
21. Sajinkumar, K.S., James, S., Indu, G.K., Chandran, S.R., Padmakumar, D., Aswathi, J., Keerthy, S., Praveen, M.N., Nilanjana Sorcar, Tomson, J.K. and Chavan, A. (2023), The Luna structure, India: A probable impact crater formed by an iron bolide. Planetary and Space Science, 240, 105826, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105826.
22. Mukherjee, S., Ghosh, G., Nilanjana Sorcar, Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., and Bose, S. (2024), Pre-Himalayan tectono-metamorphic impresses in the Baijnath klippe, Kumaun Himalaya, NW India: Implications on a veiled saga of Paleoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic crustal evolution and thermal history of the northern Indian cratonic margin, GSA Bulletin (Accepted), https://doi.org/10.1130/B37719.1.

1. "Unveiling martian magmatic processes: geochemical perspectives on poikilitic shergottites" published In ICPEH 2024. Authors: V. M. Nair, A. Basu Sarbadhikari, Y. Srivastava, Nilanjana Sorcar, S Mukherjee (2024).
2. "Petrology and geochemistry of olivine-bearing metanorite and gabbro from the Angul domain: Insights to the mafic magmatism at the northern Eastern Ghats Belt, India" published In Goldschmidt 2024. Authors: P. Ganguly, A. Banerjee, S. Bose, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Mukherjee, K. Das (2024).
3. "Tectonothermal evolution of Chilka Granulite Complex, Eastern Ghats Belt, India: Constrained from U-Pb/Hf isotopic studies" published In Goldschmidt 2023. Authors: Nilanjana Sorcar, K.B. Joshi (2023).
4. "Evidence for Extremely Rapid (sub-Myr Timescales) UHT Metamorphic Sole Formation during Spontaneous Subduction Initiation in Nagaland–Manipur ophiolite belt, Indo-Myanmar Ranges" published In Goldschmidt 2023. Authors: S.K. Bhowmik, B. Pradhan, L Lukose, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Chakraborty (2023).
5. "Petrography, Mineral chemistry and Whole Rock geochemistry of MMEs and associated granitoids from Bundelkhand craton, Central India" published In Goldschmidt 2023. K.B. Joshi, Nilanjana Sorcar, J. Halla, R. Singh, T. Ahmad (2023).
6. "Petrochronological appraisal on the timing and duration of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern India: Insights from charnockite and sapphirine bearing semipelitic granulites from the Madurai Block" published In EGU 2023. Authors: K. Tiwari, T Sarkar, Nilanjana Sorcar, S Mukherjee (2023).
7. "Evidence of high-pressure metamorphism along the Mahanadi Shear Zone in the Eastern Ghats Province, eastern India: implications on tectonics and continental assembly involving India and East Antarctica" published In EGU 2023. Authors: S Karmakar, S Bose, G Ghosh, Nilanjana Sorcar, S Mukherjee (2023).
8. "Petrological characterization of the Cryogenian lower crust of southern India: Evidence from charnockites and metapelites from the northern part of Madurai Block" published In EGU 2023. Authors: A Singha, A. K. Tiwari, T Sarkar, Nilanjana Sorcar, S Mukherjee (2023).
9. "Origin and Tectonothermal Evolution of Lodestones in the Layered Ultramafic Intrusions of Coorg Block: Insights from Textural, Chemical, and Geothermometric Constraints" published In IAGR 2023. Authors: V. Deepchand, V.J. Rajesh, J. Amal Dev, Nilanjana Sorcar, J. K., Tomson, R.B. Binoj Kumar (2023).
10. "Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian metamorphic events in the Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica and its implications to the assembly of East Gondwana" published In Goldschmidt 2022. Authors: Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Bose, S Mukherjee (2022).
11. "Metamorphic evolution of Baijnath Klippe, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya North West India" published In Goldschmidt 2022. Authors: S Mukherjee, G. Ghosh, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Bose (2022).
12. "Early Jurassic Ultra-hot Subduction Zone Metamorphism within the Neo-Tethys:Evidence from High-Temperature Metamorphic Sole rocks in the Nagaland-Manipur Ophiolite Belt, NE India" published In Goldschmidt 2022. Authors: B. Pradhan, L. Lukose, S.K. Bhowmik, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Ranjan, D. Upadhyay (2022).
13. "Evolution of magmatic charnockites of the Eastern Ghats Province, India and its implicationon the tectonic evolution of the ca. 1000900 Ma Rayner-Eastern Ghats orogeny" published In Goldschmidt 2022. Authors: A.K. Mondal, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Bose (2022).
14. "Two-stage metamorphism of the Angul-Tikarpada area, Eastern Ghats Belt and its implications on the India-East Antarctica correlation" published In Goldschmidt 2022. Authors: A. Banerjee, P. Ganguly, S. Bose, K. Das, Nilanjana Sorcar (2022).
15. "Geochronological and geochemical analyses of the rocks from the Baijnath Klippe, Kumaun Himalaya, North West India and its implications" published In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021. Authors: S. Mukherjee, G. Ghosh, Nilanjana Sorcar (2021).
16. "Unraveling the cooling history of HT-UHT rocks from South India: New evidences from LA-ICPMS analysis of rutiles." published In Goldschmidt 2021. Authors: J. Amal Dev, Nilanjana Sorcar, and J. K. Tomson (2021).
17. >"Decoding Rodinia events in South India: Evidences from late-Tonian ages within granulites" published In American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020 Authors: J. Amal Dev, J.K. Tomson, S. Sajna, Nilanjana Sorcar, and V Nandakumar (2020).
18. "Constraining geodynamic evolution of Princes Elezabeth Land (PEL), East Antarctica using geological and geophysical approaches" published In International Conference on Antarctic Research (ICAR-2020), Bharati, Antarctica. Authors: Nilanjana Sorcar, P.B. Rao, K. B. Joshi, V. Nandakumar, J. K. Tomson (2020).
19. "Timing of high-grade metamorphism in Madurai Block, south India: Insights from new U-Pb zircon & monazite ages" published In Goldschidt-2020. Authors: J. Amal Dev, J.K. Tomson, K. A. Francis, Nilanjana Sorcar, V Nandakumar (2020).
20. "Age & Petrogenesis of Granulites from Nagercoil Block, South India" published In Goldschidt-2020. Authors: S. Sajna, J. Amal Dev, Nilanjana Sorcar, J.K. Tomson, V. Nandakumar (2020).
21. "Multistage melting in the lower crust: an example from the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India" published In Goldschmidt-2017. Authors: Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Bose, K. Das (2017).
22. "Evidences of extensive crustal melting in the Kerala-Khondalite Belt, southern India during assembly of Eastern Gondwanna" published In IAGR Conference Series (2016). Authors: V. Nandakumar, S. L. Harley, V. Samuel, J. K. Tomson, J. L. Jayanthi, K. B. Joshi, Nilanjana Sorcar (2016).
23. "Multistage melting in lower crust and its significance in orogenesis: an example from the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India" published In Annual Meeting of the Japan Assoiation of Mineralogical Sciences, at Kanazawa University, Japan (2016). Authors: S. Bose, K. Das, Nilanjana Sorcar (2016).
24. "Thermodynamic Database for the Terrestrial and Planetary Mantle Studies: Where we stand, and some future directions involving experimental studies, numerical protocol for EoS and atomistic calculations" published In American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting (2013): Authors: J. Ganguly, M. Tirone, Nilanjana Sorcar (2013).
25. "Geochemical modeling of phase equilibria to evaluate metamorphic history of HHC, Sikkim, India" published In X Convention of the Mineralogical Society of India and National Seminar on Crustal Evolution and Associated Mineralization (2008). Authors: Nilanjana Sorcar (2008).
26. "Cooling and exhumation history of Higher Himalayan Crystallines from the Sikkim Himalaya" published In International Association for Gondwana Research Conference Series (2008). Authors: S. Dasgupta, Nilanjana Sorcar, S. Chakraborty, (2008) ISBN: 978-4-938925-19-2C3344.