Dr. Amit Karmakar is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Just Transition Research Centre (JTRC), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He holds a PhD in Geology from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, with his doctoral research focusing on organo-petrographic insights into the beneficiation behavior of coking and non-coking coals for sustainable industrial utilization. Dr. Karmakar brings over a decade of research and field experience associated with the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, encompassing coalfield investigations, mine-site sampling, borehole core logging, and sub-sampling across major Indian coal and lignite basins. His field expertise is complemented by advanced laboratory proficiency in coal petrography, vitrinite reflectance analysis, XRD, XRF, FTIR, ICP-OES/MS, SEM, Raman spectroscopy, and proximate-ultimate analysis, enabling integrated assessments of resource quality, environmental risk, and industrial usability. At JTRC, his research is positioned at the interface of geoscience, sustainability, and sociotechnical transition with a focus on critical mineral security, resource efficiency, and evidence based pathways for a just energy transition. His work contributes to understanding how legacy fossil-fuel regions can transition responsibly by leveraging scientific knowledge for policy design, industrial restructuring, and community-sensitive resource governance.