Dr. Bisweswar Ghosh is an Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi for last 10 years, involved in teaching various Petroleum Engineering courses, supervising Graduate Thesis and conducting R&D projects.  

Earlier (2005-07) he served as a full time consultant for Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, responsible for developing Petroleum Engineering research and supervision of sponsored projects and graduate research. His focus area was water and gas shutoff, formation damage and flow assurance. 

Prior to that Dr. Ghosh worked as a senior researcher at Institute of Oil & Gas Production Technology, an R&D wing of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) form 1996 to 2005. The research activities were in the area of Water & Gas Shutoff, Well Stimulation, Drilling & Completion Fluid design and flow assurance.  During this period the team had successfully completed over 30 large and medium size projects. 

Dr. Ghosh commenced his career in the Petroleum Industry with ONGC, India in May 1985 and in next ten years gained rich experience in drilling, field operations and well services. His performance and innovative approaches were recognized through various awards and merit certificates. 

Dr. Ghosh holds a B.Sc (Honours) in Chemistry from Burdwan University, and M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Science from University of Nagpur.  As an active member of SPE since 1998 he served SPE in various capacities.