As far as Universities in India are concerned IIT Kharagpur followed by IIT Bombay, IIT ISM Dhanbad and IIT Roorkee are the four best institutes for pursuing a masters or doctoral degree in applied geology / geophysics in India. The Earth Sciences department at IIT Kanpur is another good choice in this domain.

Most of these above IITs have good placements for Geology Students with companies like Vedanta, ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Reliance, Petronas, Indian Oil, Tata Steel, Coal india, UCIL and other oil and energy sector companies being regular recruiters. Many students after Ph.D also have the option to move abroad for a Post Doc and pursue research in some of the worlds renowned universities. Besides this many students even prepare for the Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination by Government of India as well as other prestigious Government Exams.

For more information about Ph.D in Applied Geology and universities in India do follow the link below

https://university.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-phd-in-geology-universities-in-india

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Hello Candidate!!
You have asked for the good universities for pursuing PhD in Applied Geology, so there are many top colleges from which you can do it but for that also, you have to score good marks to get a rank in Merit List.

I am providing you the names of some good universities for pursuing your course:
1.) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2.) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
3.) University of Delhi, Delhi
4.) Presidency College, Kolkata

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This link will provide you an elaborative way of knowledge about all the Colleges and their admission procedures.

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