1. Vinay Babu
E-mail: vinthegreat84@gmail.com; vin84_iitr@yahoo.co.in; Contact: +91-9690438644 (M),
+91-9639000774 (M); DL: GJ18 20130000691; Passport: F7048268
Career Objective
To get an innovative and challenging career in a leading organization where I can enhance my
technical and interpersonal skills and contribute to the growth of my organization.
Areas of Interest
Well Logging & Petrophysics, Shale gas and Shale oil characterization, Sedimentology.
Work Experience
Assistant Professor and Head – Petroleum Engineering (Aug’14 – till date)
Uttaranchal University
Lecturer – School of Petroleum Technology (July’09 – Aug’14)
Research Scientist – Centre of Excellence of Geothermal Energy (Oct’13 – Aug’14)
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Junior Geologist
Hindustan Zinc Limited, Rampura-Agucha Mines, Rajasthan, June’06 – June’07.
Key Software Proficiency
• Skills level user of C/C++, Eclipse, Autocad, Surfer, Sedlog.
• Knowledge level user of Petrel, Interactive Petrophysics, Matlab, ProSource, Crystal
Ball, LabView.
Project Completed
• Source Rock Evaluation using Well Logs in parts of Krishna–Godavari basin, India in
collaboration with Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute, Gandhinagar.
• Source rock evaluation using Rock-eval Pyrolysis in parts of Krishna–Godavari basin,
India in collaboration with Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute,
Gandhinagar.
• Petrophysical interpretation and Prospect evaluation of DD block of Krishna-Godavari
Offshore Basin, India, using Petrel and Interactive Petrophysics at GSPC Gandhinagar,
Gujarat, India.
Project Submitted
Center of Excellence for Shale Resources, submitted to Industries Commissionerate,
Government of Gujarat, India and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum in collaboration with
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma and University of Houston, Texas.
Project Supervised (UG, Petroleum Engineering)
• Clean Sand and Shaly Sand Petrophysical Formation Evaluation with GSPC, India.
• Image Logs Interpretation, IRS, ONGC, India.
• NMR Logging: Principle and Application.

2. Academic Excellence
• Core member of Centre of Excellence for Shale Resources to be set-up at Pandit
Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• K. Ramachandran, Vinay Babu, Bijay K. Behera, T. Harinarayana, Source rock
analysis, thermal maturation and hydrocarbon generation using rock-eval pyrolysis
in parts of Krishna–Godavari basin, India: a case study, Journal of Petroleum
Exploration and Production Technology, March 2013, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 11-20 in
collaboration with GSPC, India.
• Source Rock Evaluation of Wellbore GERMI #2, Krishna-Godavari Basin using
Well Logs - A Case Study, submitted in International Conference on CO2 Injection
for EOR & Geological Sequestration, NGRI Hyderabad.
• Formation Evaluation with an Emphasis on Shaly-sand Analysis using Matlab,
presented at international conference, GIA-2010 at IIT Bombay, India.
• Ex-faculty Advisor – Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Student Chapter of
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
• Secured 52nd
position in GATE 2006, combined PG entrance exam for IITs, IISc etc.
• Secured 62nd
position in JAM 2004, combined PG entrance exam for IITs.
• Secured 15th
position in All India PG entrance exams for Banras Hindu University.
Professional Trainings, Conferences and Workshops
• Hands-on workshop on ProSource E&P Data Management System and ProSource
Front Office at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 4 Days.
• Workshop on Electromagnetic Methods by Dr. Kurt M. Strack, KMS Technologies,
Houston, Texas, USA at at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat, 1 Day.
• Visited University of Houston, Texas; University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma;
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 1st
to 22nd
June, 2013, for setting-up Centre of
Excellence for Shale Resources at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Management and Development Program on Hydrocarbon Reserve Assessment &
Financing of Upstream Assests at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2 Days.
• Industry-academia workshop on Technology Imperatives for Exploration and
Production of Oil and Gas at IRS, ONGC Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 5 Days.
• National level field based workshop on Geology of Kachchh Basin, Western India:
Present Status and Future Perspectives, Kachchh University, Bhuj, Gujarat, 4 Days.
• International conference on Shale Gas Asia-2011, New Delhi, organized by American
Bussiness Conferencess, 2 Days.
• Workshop on Modern Practices in Petroleum Exploration organized by Petrotech
Society, ONGC Dehradun, 6 Days.
• Real-time Monitoring of Drill Site Operations and Geological Data and Their
Formation Evaluation, GSPC Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 30 Days.
• Formation Evaluation Using Wire-line Logs, DGH Noida, 30 Days.
• Vocational Training in G & R Department, Oil India Limited, Assam, 13 Days.
• Exposure in Geology, Geochemistry, Petrophysics, Reservoir and Basin Studies
Labs, KDMIPE ONGC Dehradun, 30 Days.

3. Education
• M.Tech. Petroleum Exploration (8.45/10.00), ISM Dhanbad, India. 2007-2009
• M.Sc. Applied Geology (7.72/10.00), IIT Roorkee, India. 2004-2006
References
• Mr. Pranjal Bhatt, Petrophysics Consultant, Gaffney, Cline & Associates,
+97-1566181201, pranjal_bhatt2@yahoo.com
• Dr. Bijaya K.Behera, Professor, School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal
Petroleum University Gandhinagar, Gujarat, +91-9727780048, Bijay.B@spt.pdpu.ac.in
• Prof. Shalivahan, Professor and HoD, Department of Geophysics, ISM Dhanbad,
+91-326-229-6618,agp@ismdhanbad.ac.in