The Geological Society of India was established on 28th May 1958 to promote the cause of advanced study and research in all branches of Earth System Science. The Journal of the Society is its flagship publication. The Society also publishes Memoirs, Text books, Economic Geology, Series, Field Guides etc. The Society has six classes of membership (1) Fellows; (2) Honorary Fellows; (3) Members; (4) Corporate Members, (5) Institutional Members and (6) Student Members. Fellows/Members are elected by the Council. In order to recognize and encourage outstanding talent, the Society has instituted several awards through voluntary donors in different branches of Earth System Science.
The Journal of the Geological Society of India, is a premier Earth Science journal which publishes peer- reviewed articles under the category of Review papers, Research papers, News and Notes, Discussion, correspondence and Book Review. The articles Published idea with all branches of Earth System Science. The Journal is published every month constituting one volume per year.