Geological Study tour to Sogal and Savdatti, Belgaum

Bottle neck injection of quartz veins.

At Sogal hill top.

Ripple marks on way to Savdatti

Igneous intrusion at Sogal showing contact metamorphism.

Fold structure in the quartzite.

Metaconglomerate bed.

Geological Study tour to Sogal and Savdatti, Belgaum District for B.Sc.III Sem students was conducted on 1 October 2012.

Geological Study tour to Kanbargi, Belgaum.

Conducted Geological study tour for B.Sc.V Sem students on 8 September 2012, to Kanbargi. A very clear angular unconformity is seen near Ramteerth. Where Kaladgi formation overlies the Archaean formaton. There is a very good exposure of fault breccia too.

Geological study tour to Ulavi-Syntheri Rock

25th Feb 2012, we took B.Sc. students to Ulavi caves and Syntheri rock. At Ulavi, we saw crystalline limestone with folded structure. Inside the caves stalactite and stalagmites are beautifully preserved especially at "Akalgavi". At Syntheri Rock, the bottom of the rock cliff exhibits folded structure (marked in the photograph) above which the folds are not seen, except at one place the faintly preserved remnants of the fold is visible. The folded rocks and the basement seems to be schist, where as, on the rock cliff granitisation (whitish colored) is observed. To confirm, we need to collect sample (which is quite tough and risky) and detailed analysis. This is just a preliminary observation.

Received felicitation at Karnataka Jain Teachers' 2nd Conference, held at Belgaum on 25 Dec 2011.

Received felicitation for my academic and research achievements, at Karnataka State Jain Teachers' 2nd Conference, held at Mahaveer Bhavan, Belgaum on 25 Dec 2011.

Inter trappean beds near Deshnur, Belgaum

Presented our discovery of Inter trappean beds near Deshnur, at the International Symposium and Paleontology Colloquium, Bangalore University.

Last week we had been to Malvan for field work. It was raining heavy. We had to cross the backwater streams with waist depth water. After we returned to belgaum, two days later there was huge landslide on Amboli Ghat. One of the photo (Rajesh with Camera) is near the place where the landslide took place.

Kola- A traditional function of Dakshina Kannada

Recently, I attended "Kola" a traditional function of Dakshina Kannada, to satisfy the daivas (Bhootaradhane) at Karkala.