Abroad Visits

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2016-2017

Sl. No.	Name	Institute & Country	Title of Work/Project/Purpose
1.	Dr. R E Masto	Vienna, Austria	To attend European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016 Conference
2.	Dr. Murari Prasad Roy	Bhutan	To assess the feasibility of mapping the cavity formed in the roof of the underground surge chamber at Punatsangchhu – II Hydroelectric Project at Bhutan
3.	Dr. C. Sawmliana	Bhutan	To assess the feasibility of mapping the cavity formed in the roof of the underground surge chamber at Punatsangchhu – II Hydroelectric Project at Bhutan
4.	Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mandal	Morgantown, USA	To present paper in the 35^th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
5.	Sri Sahendra Ram	Morgantown, USA	To present paper in the 35^th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
6.	Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh	Houston, Texas, USA	To attend conference jointly organised by The Society for Organic Petrology, The Palynological Society and The International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrography
7.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, Director	St. Petersburg, Russia & Freiberg, Germany	To attend 4^th Annual meeting of World Forum of University on Resources and Sustainability and for Business Development
8.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, Director	Rio de Janerio, Brazil	To present paper in the 24^th World Mining Congress
9.	Dr. Ran Vijay Kumar Singh	Rio de Janerio, Brazil	To present paper in the 24^th World Mining Congress
10.	Dr. Siddharth Singh	Rio de Janerio, Brazil	To present paper in the 24^th World Mining Congress
11.	Dr. Murari Prasad Roy	Rio de Janerio, Brazil	To present paper in the 24^th World Mining Congress
12.	Dr. R. Ebhin Masto	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA	CSIR Raman Research Fellowship

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2017-2018

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Dr. Shripal Singh	Sr. Principal Scientist	20-21 April 2017	Jakarta, Indonesia	To attend 1st India- Indonesia Energy Forum meeting
2.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	Director	13-28th May 2017	Freiberg, Germany	For delivering lecture on Blasting Technologies at TU Bergakademie Freiberg,Germany and Business Development
3.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	Director	07-13^th June 2017	Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisatiion (TIRDO), Tanzania	Delegation under CSIR, India and TIRDO, Tanzania for the joint S&T partnership and Business Development
4.	Dr. Rajendra Singh	Chief Scientist	19-24^th June 2017	Czech Republic	To attend ISRM International Symposium for Rock Mechanics “EUROCK 2017” and to visit Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czech Republic
5.	Sri. Niraj Kumar	Principal Scientist	19-24^th June 2017	Czech Republic	To attend ISRM International Symposium for Rock Mechanics “EUROCK 2017” and to visit Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czech Republic
6.	Sri. Ashok Kumar	Scientist	19-24^th June 2017	Czech Republic	To attend ISRM International Symposium for Rock Mechanics “EUROCK 2017” and to visit Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences, Ostrava, Czech Republic
7.	Mrs. Seema A. Topno	Principal Scientist	02-06 July 2017	San Diego, California, USA	30^th International conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
8.	Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh	Chief Scientist	21-31^st August 2017	Ontario, Canada	Equipment training on 3D Laser Scanner Based System for Slope Monitoring and Survey Applications
9.	Dr. J. C. Jhanwar	Sr. Principal Scientist	21-31^st August 2017	Ontario, Canada	Equipment training on 3D Laser Scanner Based System for Slope Monitoring and Survey Applications
10.	Dr. Satyendra Kumar Singh	Chief Scientist	29 Aug - 05 Sept 2017	Lulea, Sweden	26^th International Symposium on Mine Planning & Equipment Selection and visit to Lulea University of Technology, Sweden for collaborative project
11.	Dr. Ashok Kr. Singh	Sr. Principal Scientist	03-09^th Sept 2017	Bucharest, Romania	69^th meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP)
12.	Dr. Kshin Mastika Kumar Sinha	Principal Scientist	03^rd – 24^th Sept 2017	Oberkochen, Germany and Shanghai, China	Equipments (FE-SEM and EDS) training
13.	Dr. Krishna Murari Prasad Singh	Senior Scientist	03^rd – 24^th Sept 2017	Oberkochen, Germany and Shanghai, China	Equipments (FE-SEM and EDS) training
14.	Dr. More Ramulu	Sr. Principal Scientist	26-29^th Sept 2017	Zhejiang, China	5^th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Blasting and 9^th International conference on Physical Problem of Rock Destruction
15.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	Director	06-08th Dec 2017	Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.	As member in Indian delegation to NIST. Technical discussion on promoting cooperation between NIST, USA and CSIR, India.

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2018-2019

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Mr. Santosh Kumar Behera	Scientist	11-13 April 2018	Perth, Australia	To attend 21^st International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings
2.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	Director	09-15 June 2018	Lulea, Sweden	To attend Fragblast 12^th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting
3.	Dr. Murari Prasad Roy	Principal Scientist	09-15 June 2018	Lulea, Sweden	To attend Fragblast 12^th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting
4.	Dr. More Ramulu	Senior Principal Scientist	09-15 June 2018	Lulea, Sweden	To attend Fragblast 12^th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting
5.	Dr. Harsh Kumar Verma	Principal Scientist	09-15 June 2018	Lulea, Sweden	To attend Fragblast 12^th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting
6.	Mr. Vivek Kumar Himanshu	Scientist	09-15 June 2018	Lulea, Sweden	To attend Fragblast 12^th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting
7.	Dr. Arun Kumar Singh	Principal Scientist	24-26 July 2018	Morgantown, West Virginia, USA	International Conference on Ground Control in Mining- 2018
8.	Mr. Ashok Kumar	Scientist	24-26 July 2018	Morgantown, West Virginia, USA	International Conference on Ground Control in Mining- 2018
9.	Dr. J. K. Pandey	Chief Scientist	8-13 Aug 2018	Bhutan	Technical Discussion and formulation of a consultancy project
10.	Dr. Harendra Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	8-13 Aug 2018	Bhutan	Technical Discussion and formulation of a consultancy project
11.	Dr. V. A. Mendhe	Senior Principal Scientist	8-13 Aug 2018	Bhutan	Technical Discussion and formulation of a consultancy project
12.	Mr. T. B. Das	Chief Scientist	23-28 Sept 2018	Brisbane, Australia	To attend meeting on International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, ICCP
13.	Dr. Ashok Kr. Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	23-28 Sept 2018	Brisbane, Australia	To attend meeting on International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, ICCP
14.	Dr. Harendra Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	27 Sept – 04 Oct 2018	Martshala, Samdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan	Consultancy project titled “Scientific investigation on resuming exploratory drift work of Nyera Amari powerhouse”
15.	Dr. V. A. Mendhe	Senior Principal Scientist	27 Sept – 04 Oct 2018	Martshala, Samdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan	Consultancy project titled “Scientific investigation on resuming exploratory drift work of Nyera Amari powerhouse”
16.	Mr. Debashis Mishra	Scientist	27 Sept – 04 Oct 2018	Martshala, Samdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan	Consultancy project titled “Scientific investigation on resuming exploratory drift work of Nyera Amari powerhouse”
17.	Dr. Sahendra Ram	Sr. Technical Officer	01 Oct 18 to 31 Dec 2018	Ostrava, Czech Republic	For doing Post-Doc at Institute of Geonics of the CAS, Czech Republic
18.	Dr. Manish Kumar	Principal Scientist	15-18 Oct 2018	China	To attend 35^th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
19.	Mr. Manoj Kumar Sethi	Senior Scientist	15-18 Oct 2018	China	To attend 35^th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
20.	Dr. John Loui Porathur	Senior Principal Scientist	29 Oct – 03 Nov 2018	Singapore	To attend 10^th Asian Rock Mechanics, ISRM International Symposium
21.	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	Director	26-27 Feb 2019	Cape Town, South Africa	Meeting on Future of Coal Sector
22.	Dr. Ashok Kr. Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	26-27 Feb 2019	Cape Town, South Africa	Meeting on Future of Coal Sector

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2019-2020

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Dr. J. K. Pandey	Chief Scientist	April 29 – May 1, 2019	Thimphu, Bhutan	Execution of a Consultancy project for DGPCL at Martshala Sampdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan
2.	Dr. Harendra Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	April 29 – May 1, 2019	Thimphu, Bhutan	Execution of a Consultancy project for DGPCL at Martshala Sampdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan
3.	Dr. V. A. Mendhe	Senior Principal Scientist	April 29 – May 1, 2019	Thimphu, Bhutan	Execution of a Consultancy project for DGPCL at Martshala Sampdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan
4.	Dr. Niroj Kumar Mohalik	Principal Scientist	April 29 – May 1, 2019	Thimphu, Bhutan	Execution of a Consultancy project for DGPCL at Martshala Sampdrup, Jongkhar, Bhutan
5.	Dr. Pinaki Sarkar	Senior Principal Scientist	08-12 May 2019	Kyoto, Japan	To attend the 49^th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
6.	Dr. Pradeep Kr. Singh	Director	17-23 June 2019	Technical University, Freiberg, Germany	Business Development and invited faculty to deliver lecture
7.	Ms. Pallabi Das	Scientist	23-28 June 2019	University of Edinburg, U.K	To attend 36^th European Membrane Society Summer School Workshop
8.	Dr. Satyendra Kr. Singh	Chief Scientist	23-30 June 2019	New York, USA	To attend 53^rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium
9.	Dr. C. Sawmliana	Senior Principal Scientist	06-12 July 2019	Bhutan	Technical Discussion
10.	Dr. M. P. Roy	Principal Scientist	06-12 July 2019	Bhutan	Technical Discussion
11.	Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	03-06 Sept 2019	USA	To attend 36^th Annual International Pittsburg Coal Conference
12.	Dr. Prabal Boral	Sr. Technical Officer (1)	03-06 Sept 2019	USA	To attend 36^th Annual International Pittsburg Coal Conference
13.	Dr. Ranjit K Paswan	Scientist	03-12 Sept 2019	Bhutan	Technical Discussion
14.	Mr. Rama Shankar Yadav	Sr. Technical Officer (1)	03-12 Sept 2019	Bhutan	Technical Discussion
15.	Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mandal	Senior Principal Scientist	13-18 Sept 2019	Brazil	14^th ISRM International Congress on Rock Mechanics
16.	Mr. T. B. Das	Chief Scientist	06-11 Oct 2019	Minato, Japan	As member of the Indian delegation of BIS, New Delhi to attend 17^th International meeting of Standardisation on ISO/TC 27
17.	Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	06-11 Oct 2019	Minato, Japan	As member of the Indian delegation of BIS, New Delhi to attend 17^th International meeting of Standardisation on ISO/TC 27
18.	Dr. K. K. K. Singh	Chief Scientist	04-05 Nov 2019	Barcelona, Spain	To participate in the International Conference on Environmental Protection and Climate Change
19.	Dr. Raj Shekhar Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	04-05 Nov 2019	Barcelona, Spain	To participate in the International Conference on Environmental Protection and Climate Change
20.	Dr. Pradeep Kr. Singh	Director	17-23 Nov 2019	Technical University, Freiberg, Germany	As team member in the CSIR Director’s delegation to Germany in the invitation of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany
21.	Dr. More Ramulu	Senior Principal Scientist	09-14 February 2020	Muscat, Oman	For Technical Discussion on Blasting technique

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2020-2021

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2021-2022

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2022-2023

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Sri. Vishal Chauhan	Scientist	08-11 May ’ 2022	Gothenburg, Sweden	To attend 24^th International Conference on Fluidized Bed conversion 2022
2	Dr. C. Sawmiliana	Chief Scientist	01-06 July’ 2022	Nepal	Technical Discussion on Hydroelectric Project at Nepal
3	Dr. R. E. Masto	Senior Principal Scientist	18-29 Nov’ 2022	Czech Republic	Bilateral Exchange Program of CSIR & Czech Republic
4	Dr. Siddharth Singh	Senior Principal Scientist	18-29 Nov’ 2022	Czech Republic	Bilateral Exchange Program of CSIR & Czech Republic
5	Sri. Jaywardhan Kumar	Senior Scientist	27 Nov’ to 04 Dec’ 2022	Indonesia	International CCS summer school 2022, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Program
6	Dr. Ranjan Kumar	Senior Principal Scientist	10-30^th March’ 2023	Kyoto University, Japan	The visit is under a bilateral project sanctioned by DST, New Delhi under India-Japan Cooperative Science Program between DST and JSPS.

Visits of CSIR-CIMFR Scientists during 2023-2024

Sl. No.	Name of the Scientist	Designation	Period	Country Visited	Purpose
1.	Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra	Director	22-26 May’ 2023	Russia	Signing of MoU between CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad and Institute of Automation and Control Processes of the Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences and Khabarovsk Federal Research Centre of the Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
2.	Dr. Bodhisatwa Hazra	Senior Scientist	01.09.2023 to 29.02.2024	University of Kiel, Germany	Research work titled Implication of supercritical CO2 on storage and enhanced recovery from shale. Visit funded by SERB, DST- New Delhi under SIRE fellowship scheme
3.	Dr. Pallabi Das	Senior Scientist	08.09.2023 to 26.02.2024	University of Connecticut, USA	Research work titled Photocatalytic saline water splitting with a cost effective composite membrane synthesized by recycling old membrane. Visit funded by SERB, DST- New Delhi under SIRE fellowship scheme.
4.	Dr. Ranjan Kumar	Senior Principal Scientist	10-30^th January’ 2023	Kyoto University, Japan	The visit is under a bilateral project sanctioned by DST, New Delhi under India-Japan Cooperative Science Program between DST and JSPS.
5.	Sri. Ashish Kr. Vishwakarma	Technical Officer	24-27 January’ 2023	Savannah, Georgia, USA	To participate in the ISEE 50th Annual Conference on Explosive and Blasting Technique, to present paper entitled “Optimization of Ring Blast design for ore dilution control in Underground Hard Rock Mine Using Numerical Simulation”.
6.	Dr. Debdutta Mohanty	Senior Principal Scientist	18 -21 March’ 2024	Geneva, Switzerland	To participate in the 2024 Global Methane Forum organized by United Nations Economics Commission for Europe (UNECE) and presented a technical paper.