Vivek Kumar Mishra (Registration No. 10CC19A43010) Ph.D. student of AcSIR will defend thesis entitled “Organo-petrographic and petrophysical facets of coal and shale beds of Korba Basin for hydrocarbon prospects” on October 17, 2025 at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad. Ph.D work was completed under the supervision of Dr. Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Professor, AcSIR/CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad