The Geological Society of India
T. N. Muthuswami Memorial Lecture
This Memorial Lecture was instituted at the instance of Prof.T.M.Mahadevan in memory of Late. T.N. Muthuswami, a well-known and popular Professor of Geology, Presidency College, Chennai. Selection of person to deliver the lecture will be among those who have made outstanding contribution in the fields of Mineralogy and Petrology. The lecture shall be once in two years at a place fixed by the Council. Following lectures have been delivered so far under this endowment:
| Year | Speaker | Title of the talk | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | M.Ramakrishnan, Chennai | Metamorphic Evolution of the Dharwar Craton and the Southern Granulite Terrain | Presidency College, Chennai, on 8th March, 2000 |
| 2002 | A.S.Janardhan, Mysore | Granulite Blocks of Southern Inda | Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 23rd May, 2002 |
| 2005 | G.R.Ravindra Kumar, Trivandrum | Lithology and Metamorphic Evolution of Granulite Facies Rocks of Kerala, Southern India | Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 18th May, 2005 |
| 2008 | M.Jayananda | Archaean Crustal Accretion Process and Tectonothermal Events in Southern India | Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 16th June 2008 |
| 2011 | N.C.Ghose, Bangalore | Petrography of the Naga Hills Ophiolite (NE India) with special Reference to High-Pressure Assemblages of Glaucophane Schists and Barroisite Eclogite | Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 15th June 2011 |
| 2013 | N.V.Chalapathi Rao, Varanasi | Kimberlites, Lamproites, Lamprophyres and their entrained Xenoliths: Keys for Unravelling Geodynamic Evolution of the Cratons and Mobile belts | Geological Society of India, Bangalore on 20th December, 2013 |
| 2021 | P. Krishnamurthy, Pune | Carbonatites and Related Alkaline Rocks with Special Reference to India | Geological Society of India, Bangalore by Virtual mode on 17th March 2021 |