Background
Bastia, Rabi Narayan was born on October 2, 1958 in Puri, Orissa, India. Son of Hrudananda and Surabala Bastia.
Bastia, Rabi Narayan was born on October 2, 1958 in Puri, Orissa, India. Son of Hrudananda and Surabala Bastia.
Master of Science in Applied Geology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 1986. Master of Science in Petroleum Exploration and Reservoir Management, Norwegian Technological University, Trondheim, 1985.
Geo scientist Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, India, 1988—1990, corporation planner, 1990—1996. Visiting professor Indian Institute of Technology, since 1995, Mumbai, since 1995, adjunct professor, petroleum exploration, 2007—2008. Visiting professor Indian School Mines, Dhanbad, since 1995, Andhra University, since 1995.
With Reliance Industries Ltd. Petroleum Business, India, since 1996. Chair, technical committee American Association Petroleum Geologist Convention, Vienna, 1997.
Chair, deep water depositional settings symposium World Petroleum Congress, Brazil, 2000. Consultant Infraline Energy, Petroleum Resource Management, India, since 2006.
Promoting member Jagannath Cancer Aid Foundation, Mumbai, since 1995. Active member Aran Education Trust Providing Rural Education, since 2002. Member of Association Petroleum Geophysicists, Society Petroleum Geophysicists, Indian Geological Congress, Society Geoscientists & Allied Technologists (award 2002), European Association Geoscientists & Engineers, Society Petroleum Engineers, International Geological Congress, Society Exploration Geophysicists (chairman technical committee discussion 1997), Lions Club.
Married Rasmi Rekha Bastia, January 18, 1987. Children: Swagatesh, Sarthak.