Dr. Sanjay Rana is a geophysicist (holding the title of PE- professional engineer, conferred by Engineering Council of India) working in the field of engineering, mining, environmental and ground water geophysics for last 33 years. Dr Rana graduated in 1990 from University of Roorkee, now IIT Roorkee, in M Tech (Applied Geophysics), as Gold Medalist. Since 1995 he has been working tirelessly towards growth of geophysical industry in the country, exploring new & unique application areas in various fields like Hydropower, dam safety, oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, roads & highways etc. Dr Rana started his career with UP State Government and carried out extensive ground water geophysics operations including radio-active loggings. Dr Rana also worked briefly as Scientist ‘C’ with the Department of Atomic Energy.

He has been instrumental in starting full fledged engineering geophysics operations in the private sector providing services like seismic refraction, ground penetrating radar, electrical tomography, seismic tomography, Microgravity, magnetic etc. He has carried out geophysical investigations for more than 2000 projects including projects in India, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Singapore, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Bhutan, Kuwait etc.

Learn More...