In 1992, a group of Indian geophysicists in Dehradun spawned on the bright idea of forming an association of petroleum geophysicists.. From that nucleus, grew the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), India to its full glory today. They had a dream of forming a society that can eventually reach the level of other International Societies. The Society got registered in the year 1993 with its registered office at Dehradun. As the society grew, it expanded its activities and has developed excellent working relations with other international societies. Today SPG is affiliated to the International Societies viz; Society of Exploration Geophysicists(SEG)-USA, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)- Netherlands & Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists(ASEG), Australia. The membership of the society grew progressively from a couple of hundreds in 1993 to more than 2400 (which includes Life, Annual & Student membership) today. To enable coordination of activities across the country, regional chapters were constituted at places viz., Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad Jorhat, Kolkata, Mumbai, Vadodara & Duliajan. These regional chapters are engaged in expanding the technical and professional horizons of the society. The first chapter outside India, North American chapter of the society was inaugurated at Houston, USA in the year 2002 amidst the large congregation of Indian American Geoscientists. With the objective of supporting students pursuing geosciences, student sections were established at IIT- Roorkee, Indian School of Mines-Dhanbad, Kurukshetra University, Cochin University, Andhra University- Vishakhapatnam, NGRI -Hyderabad, IIT- Kharagpur , Banaras Hindu University – Varanasi, IIT Bombay, Delta Studies, Vishakhapatnam, Jadavpur University & Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Dibrugarh University and Gauhati University . These student chapters have emerged as an effective mean of promoting geosciences as a subject and training students. Over the years, the society has organized nine international conferences with the participation of large number of Indian & overseas geoscientists, companies, academic institutions, and professional societies enabling SPG to serve the cause even more effectively in time to come.
