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Geologist | Author
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I am what i am because of my failures
Subhrashis Adhikari is a geoscientist and an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Bombay.
With nearly two decades of industry experience, he currently leads exploration campaigns for a multinational firm.
His professional background in managing geological risks and uncertainties deeply informs his perspective on history and climate change.
Subhrashis has authored multiple research papers and non-fiction works.
When not exploring the Earth’s subsurface or researching India’s past, he is an avid traveller and blogger \ who finds inspiration in the intersection of science, philosophy, and diverse global cultures.
Professional Experience: Geologist
~18 years experience in leadership, and qualitative & quantitative techniques used for regional evaluation, play fairway analysis, prospect maturation, and portfolio management.
Leading Exploration and New Ventures team in Nigeria.
Ex-Regional Head and operating executive for OALP assets (Gujarat), leading a multidisciplinary team and providing operational and project management leadership through the entire lifecycle covering CSR, HSE, Seismic/Non-seismic, Exploration & Appraisal Drilling and Early Production Initiatives.
Involved in numerous discoveries in Barmer (India Onland), Krishna-Godavari basin (India, Onland), Mannar Basin (Sri Lanka Deep Water). Nicknamed “Target Hunter”.
Other Passions:
Pre-history, Anthropology, Philosophy, Science
Published author of three books that have received accolades from news and media leaders like Times of India (Kolkata, Hyderabad), Indulge Express (Part of The New Indian Express Group), Sananda, AajKaal etc.
List of Failures
- My class teacher made a special request to my parents to demote me in a class due to the horrible marks I was getting.
- Failed in sports. Never athletic.
- Bullied in school. Always the shy type.
- Failed in relationships. Broken heart eh!
- Failed to learn swimming. Still scared of it.
- Failed in singing. My music teacher ran away after tolerating me for few weeks.
- I was a better dancer than a singer. My dance teacher expected me to succeed. Failed to do anything on that front.
- Been sexually assaulted as a kid.
- Wanted to study biology, my favourite subject, in higher secondary. Did not qualify because of poor marks.
- Wanted to be an actor. Phew!
- Failed in Medical Entrance Exam.
- Failed in IIT Entrance exams.
- Failed to get the subject or college of choice in BSc due to the poor marks.
- Failed in all interviews in MSc. Did not get a job.
- Failed to qualify in ONGC entrance exam
- Wanted to be a research scholar in NIO. Failed in NET scholarship twice and missed the opportunity.
- Failed to secure a gold medal in MTech due to reasons beyond my control.
- Rejection from numerous publishers to publish my book.
- Failed miserably in an important project review.
- Failed in a leadership test, the type that influence your career.
Publications
Adhikari, S. (2022). Mature and Frontier Basins – Petroleum Systems and Play Types in Cambay-Barmer Rift. Upstream Ahead Virtual Summit.
Adhikari, S., Kumar, N., & Ghosh, B. (2010). Tertiary deep water depositional system in Mannar basin, Sri Lanka. Cairn Annual Technology Forum.
Adhikari, S., Mathur, S., Jana, B., Naidu, B. N. S., & Mohapatra, P. (2012). Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of Eastern Offshore Petroleum Province of India – Implications to Hydrocarbon Exploration. AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, Singapore.
Adhikari, S., & Routray, P. (2010). Identifying the types and thickness of igneous bodies in Mannar basin from magnetic modelling studies – Implications to hydrocarbon exploration. Cairn Annual Technology Forum.
Chandrashekhar, E., & Adhikari, S. (2008). On the analysis of Geomagnetic Jerks using Wavelet Transformation. XIII Geomagnetic Observatory Workshop, IAGA.
Fruehn, J., Valler, V., Stevens, N., Adhikari, S., Phani, M., Sarkar, S., Rao, C., Kumar, P., & Routray, P. (2014). Velocity model update via inversion of non-parametric RMO picks over canyon areas offshore Sri Lanka. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2014. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2014-0050.1
Mathur, S., Naidu, B. N. S., Adhikari, S., Burley, S. D., & Mohapatra, P. (2012). The Petroleum Geology of the Ganga Basin, Himalayan Foredeep, Northern India. Search and Discovery Article #30247.
Mohapatra, P., Srinivas, M., Kumar, N., Routray, P., Adhikari, S., & Daly, C. (2012). The Geology and Petroleum Systems of the Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka. AAPG Search and Discovery Article.
Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Ray, R., Vanderkluysen, L., Mahoney, J. J., Kumar, A., Shukla, A. D., Das, P., Adhikari, S., & Jana, B. (2009). Geology and geochemistry of Pachmarhi dykes and sills, Satpura Gondwana Basin, central India: problems of dyke-sill-flow correlations in the Deccan Traps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 158(3), 357–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0387-4
Stevens, N., Valler, V., Fruehn, J., Adhikari, S., Sarkar, S., Chatterjee, P., Rao, C. G., Kumar, P., & Routray, P. (2014). Resolution of internal basalt structures offshore Sri Lanka. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2014. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2014-0051.1