Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) for extraordinary contributions as a geophysicist, educator and author, 2015 Distinguished Graduate Alumnus Award, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2016 2018 Virgil Kuaffman Gold medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) for an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration in the last five years. http://ig.utexas.edu/2018/05/04/mrinal-sen-to-receive-segs-virgil-kauffman-gold-medal-in-october References American geophysicists University of Texas at Austin faculty University of Hawaiʻi alumni People from Jamshedpur 1956 births Living people Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad alumni American people of Indian descent Indian scholars