Designation: Professor
Department: Geology
Structure and Tectonics of NE Indian region and the research areas where significant contributions have been made include magnetotellurics; radon emanation studies; micro-seismology; global positioning system, seismic disaster management and mitigation; Earthquake forecasting; Remote Sensing and GIS.
Experience: >33 years (Teaching and Research)
(on Geophysical Studies of the Deep Crustal Structure of North Eastern Indian region using Magnetotelluric Techniques; Hydrogeochemical Study of Hot Springs of the North East India; Study of Seismicity and Active Tectonics in the South Eastern part of the Shillong Plateau; Aquifer Characteristics and Flow Modelling for Groundwater Management in Nartiang- Nongbah, Jaintia Hills; Flow Characterisitics and Quality Assessment of Groundwater in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
Has been 2/Lt and Lt, 20 Miz Indep Coy NCC as NCC Officer; Head, Department of Geology, PUC, Mizoram University; Head, Department of Environmental Studies, NEHU and Head, Department of Geology
Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, Singapore; Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai; National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad.
Completed number of research projects funded by various agencies such as North-Eastern Council, Shillong; Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi; Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi; BARC-BRNS, DAE, Mumbai; DST- RFBR joint research project.
Publication/Books: Research papers in reputed National and International Journals.
2019 | Measurement of indoor radon activity levels in Jowai region, Meghalaya, India | Journal of Applied and Fundamental Science |
2019 | Geoelectric Models Along the Profile Crossing the Indian Craton, Himalaya and Eastern Tibet Resulted from Simultaneous MT/MV Soundings | Zhamaletdinov and Yury L. Rebetsky Editors |
2020 | The Study of Continental Lithosphere Electrical Conductivity, Temperature and Rheology. | Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
2020 | Calibration factor for LR-115 type II detector for soil-gas radon measurement | Radon: Detection, Exposure and Control. R.C. Tiwari (Ed). Nova science publishers, Inc. |
2020 | Radon Testing and Mitigation in Schools of Shillong City, Meghalaya | Radon: Detection, Exposure and Control. R.C. Tiwari (Ed). Nova science publishers, Inc. |
2020 | Polygonal Cracks in Bhuban Sandstones of Surma Basin, North East India | Journal of the Geological Society of India |
2020 | TEC anomalies assessment for earthquakes precursors in North-Eastern India and adjoining region using GPS data acquired during2012–18 | Quaternary International |
2021 | Long-term trend analysis of temperature in Meghalaya | Hill Geographer |
2021 | Development of a monitoring system for ionospheric TEC variability before the earthquakes | Applied Computing and Geosciences |
2021 | Assessing the Seismicity of Shillong Plateau Using 'b value' | International Journal of Earth Science and Geophysics, 7(2):051 |
Participated and presented research findings in various National and International conferences/seminars/workshops held in India and abroad. Invited to deliver keynote address, state of art lecture and chair the session in different National and International conferences/seminars/workshops. Organised National and International conferences/seminars/workshops.
Collaboration with IPE, Troisk; EOS-NTU, Singapore; NGRI, Hyderabad; IUCN, New Delhi.