RESEARCH PROJECTS: 
Completed 
1. Nature of Fluorite-Barite Mineralization at Karara (Jalore), Rajasthan and its Relationships to Malani Volcanism (UGC Minor), 1977. 
2. Mineragraphic & Petrographic Study of the Lead-Zinc Deposit of Rampura Agucha, Bhilwara, District, Rajasthan, (HZL Major) , 1981-82.
3. Fluid Inclusion Studies of Fluorspars of India (UGC Major) 
, 1983-86 
4. Studies of the environment of fluorspar mineralization in India with emphasis on fluid inclusion studies. University Grants Commission, Career Award 1986- 1989.
5. Environment of Formation of Anthophyllite and Talc in Ultramafics of Jharol, Rajasthan (State DST Major)  1990-93 
6. Microanalytical Characterization of the Magmatic-Hydrothermal Transition in the Chowkri- Chappoli and Karara Fluorite Deposits, Rajasthan, India. (INDO-FRENCH Major) 1996-2000.

7. Applications of Granulometric Study of Ore Minerals (UGC Major) 1997 - February 2001 

8. Flotation Studies on Jhamarkotra Rock Phosphate Ores: Mineralogy and Process Response (RSMML, Major) 1998-2001. 

Ongoing 

1. Website for Geology, Database, Education and Research
    http://www.geologydata.info Agency: University Grants     Commission, New Delhi
    Period: 1st July 2003 to 30th June 2006

2.Production of calcium magnesioum phosphate fertilizer from     low grade phosphate ore and bulk circuit tailings of     Jhamarkotra Plant. Agency RSMML
    Period: July 2004 to July 2007

OTHERS:Co-ordinator, Entrepreneur Development Cell of DST and Member State Geological Programming Board of Rajasthan. 
PUBLICATIONS: Papers (14) Popular Articles (7) Books,ed. (4) Project Reports (2), Seminar Presentations (26) 

CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED: National (12) International (4)

COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INST. IN INDIA AND ABROAD : 
Germany, USSR, CNRS-France 

Area/s of Specialization: 
Mineral Resources, Applied Geology

VISITS ABROAD:
1. Moscow- INSA USSR Academy of Science. Collaborative Programme 27.11.84 to 26.02.87 Sponsored by INSA. 
2. New Zealand -International Volcanological Congress. 1.2.86 to 15.2.86 Sponsored by Rajasthan University and MMF. 
3. Washington D.C., U.S.A -International Geological Congress. 9.7.89 to 19.7.89. Sponsored by MLSU and MMF. 
4. Equipment Training at LOGITECH Works, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 22.02.1991 to 01.03.1991.
5. 29th International Geological  Congress, Kyoto, Japan. Paper presented (oral presentation) & Chaired the oral session of the Symposium II-16-2 of the IGC, "Ore Process in the Island Arcs and Active Continental Margins".
6.Orleans, France -CSIR-CNSRS. 5.11.96 to 26.11.96. Sponsored by CSIR. 

R & D INDSUTRY SOCIETY LINKAGE: 
1. HZL for Rampura-Agucha Project 2. RSMML for Jhamarkotra Project 
INVITED LECTURES DELIVERED: (07) 

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PROFESSIONAL BODIES: 
1. Fellow of the Geological Society of India 
2. Vice-President (1999-2001 ), Indian Geological Congress. 
3. National Geographic Society. 
4. WWF, INTACH, CUTS and UPS. 

CONTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSITY CORPORATE LIFE: 
1. Member Board of Studies, University of Rajasthan. 
2. Committee of Courses in Geology, MLSU, Udaipur. 
3. Head of the Department November 1998 - Oct. 2001. 
4. Member University P.F. Committee, 1998-99. 
5. Member Board of Management MLSU 2001 - 2003
6. Deans to Student Welfare, MLSU Since August 2002
7. Chairman Sports Board, MLSU Since Octomber 2003
8. University Nominee to Board of Management and Selection Commitee for Teachers for the B.N.Institution, Udaipur, August 2004

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS 
(Please visit www.psranawat.org)

Dr. P .S. Ranawat secured 1st Position, with distinction (75%), in the batch of 1968 of the M.Sc. Tech. (Applied Geology) of Rajasthan University Department of Geology, Udaipur. In the same Department he started his research work as a CSIR JRF for his Ph.D. thesis on Fluorspar Deposits of Rajasthan. He established one of the first fluid inclusion laboratories in the country, originally with a fabricated pyrophyllite-body heating stage, then with a CHAIMECA heating -freezing system, unreserved help of which was extended to researcher from all over the country. Over the years Dr. Ranawat studied the Jharol asbestos, Agucha lead-zinc, Karara volcanogenic fluorspar deposits, Kararavav scheelite prospect through research fundings by UGC, State DST, HZL, RSMML. He played active role in rationalization of forest laws vis-à-vis mine lease laws and that of the asbestos problem.He has dissipated research finding through Ph.D  thesis (5), publications in journals, presentation at "International Volcanological Congress" New Zealand (1986), 29th International Geological Congress, Washington D.C. (1989), 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto (1992) and several conferences in India. For the post-doctoral work he worked in the laboratories of USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and Moscow State University under the INSA-USSR Academy of Sciences Collaborative Program 1986, and at CNRS-CRSCM Orleans, France, under the CSIR-CNRS research project, 1996.