Fellow
The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) – 2021
Fellow of Geological Society of India - 2014
Life Member of Indian Geophysical Union
Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences (FTAS-0404) - 2023
Awards / Honors And Fellowships
1. Recipient of CSIR- Young Scientist Award (2006).
2. Recipient of Krishnan Medal – Indian Geophysical Union (2010).
3. National Geoscience Award – Ministry of Mines (2011).
4. Anni Talwani Memorial Prize – Indian Geophysical Union (2016).
5. DAAD Fellowship (2003) – GFZ Potsdam
6. BOYSCAST Fellowship (2003) – Govt. of India (not availed)
7. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2007) - Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. Tokyo
8. First T. M. Mahadevan Endowment Lecture Award – Geological Society of India - 29th May 2023. Imaging the seismic Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary of the Indian plate.
PhD Students
Chinmay Haldar, Crustal structure of the Indian continent and mid-oceanic crust from Teleseismic Receiver Functions and its implications – 2017. (AcSIR, CSIR-NGRI).
Uppala Srinu, Seismic Structure of the Indian Upper Mantle and its Implications, 2022. (Osmania University).
Illa Bhaskar Rao, Uppermost mantle seismic velocity and anisotropy structure beneath the Indian shield and adjacent regions – 2022. (Andhra University).
Reshma K. S, Seismic attenuation structure of the crust beneath the Indian Shield and Northwest Himalaya – 2022. (Osmania University).
Sambuddha Mukherjee, Seismic Characteristics of the diamondiferous regions of the world. (IIT, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad)- 2023.
Bijayanda Dalai, De-noising and Inversion of Receiver Function data using Deep Learning with Sparse Representation. (Under Preparation - AcSIR, CSIR-NGRI).
Nayeem Ahmad Bhat, Crustal velocity structure and the seismicity of the Kashmir Himalaya. (Under Preparation - Kashmir University).
Pratisha Tiwari - (Under Preparation - AcSIR, CSIR-NGRI)
M. Pavani - (Under Preparation - AcSIR, CSIR-NGRI)
Mukesh Rathod - (Under Preparation - AcSIR, CSIR-NGRI)
Past/Present PostDoc Students
Dr. Chinmay Haldar
Dr. Pinki Hazarika
Dr. Subhadra
DST Woman Scientist
Dr. Chandrakala Bhatt
Dr. Pinki Hazarika
Dr. Subhadra
M. Sc. Intern training – 7
M. Sc. Dissertation – 4
External Committee member or Examiner – 8
Recognized PhD Guide in Geophysics at
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR, NGRI)
Andhra University
Osmania University
IIT- Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad