2002-2003 as below.

President : Dr B B Bhattacharya
Vice President : Sh. Aranya Bhaduri
Secretary : Ms. Aparna Bera
Treasurer : Mr. Subhasis Sett

SPG Kolkata organises Lecture..

Kolkata section of SPG hosted a talk on “Seismic data Acquisition at Offshore with Special Reference to OBC Technique” by Sh S K Singh, ONGC at RCC Conference Hall, Kolkata.
Meanwhile RCC at ONGC, Kolkata has been upgraded with acquisition of new hardware (Sun Blade 1000 & Enterprise 4500, higher Memory and Network speed), and software (for processing, interpretation and visualization).

SPG Delhi Section Workshop..

Delhi section of SPG organised a workshop on Reservoir Geophysics. The event was sponsored by Halliburton (HLS Asia). Sh. S. K. Patra, Director Exploration OIL presided over the function (see pic). Professionals from Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering and Logging benefitted from this presentation which enhanced multidisciplinary awareness.

Shri S.K. Patra, Director Expl. Oil (3rd from left) presiding over workshop on Reservoir Geophysics

SPG Student Section Waltair Workshop..

The student section of SPG at Andhra University Waltair organised a half day workshop wherein 12 papers were presented enthusiastically by students covering Ground Water Prospecting, Remote Sensing and GPS Technology etc. This was applauded by all.

New SPG Student Section at BHU, Varanasi..

A new SPG student section was founded at Deptt. of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University on 19th Sept. 2002 (see pic.).
Sh. AG Pramanik, Patron SPG, delivered a lecture on "Rock Physics". A seisdata processing

lab utilising open seismic software was also established by Sh. PK Roy of ONGC on the occasion.
Following are the office bearers for this section.

President : Prof. Avadh Ram
Vice President : Sh. Paresh Nath Singha Roy
Secretary : Sh. Ashutosh Chamoli
Treasurer : Ms. Smita Biswas

Inaugural Ceremony of SPG Student Section at BHU

Sh. I A Siddiqi Superannuates

Sh I A Siddiqi, GM (Geoph), a senior SPG member and Head GEOPIC, ONGC superannuated on 31st Aug 2002 after a glorious innings of 38 years involving all walks of API. He handed over the reins to Dr. C H Mehta. On the eve of his farewell Sh. Siddiqi put up a visual fare consisting of old photographs and mementos. A sample from the same is put up alongside. Let's see how many of the stalwarts in the photograph you can recognise. (see pic.) Check with description at the end.

Pioneers of sixities (photo courtesy Sh. I A Siddiqi)

APG Convention held at Mussorie..

The first convention of APG India was held successfully at Mussoorie from 28-29 Sept 2002. Geoscientists from across the country attended the programme consisting of technical presentations and training courses.