Natural Hazards and Risk Mitigation Natural Hazards in Himalaya and Risk Mitigation

Dr. B.K. Rastogi,  formerly Head, Seismology at NGRI, Hyderabad and Director General Institute of Seismological Research (2006 to 2015) which he established, is presently President of Indian Society of Earthquake Science. Rastogi is M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Geophys.) from ISM, Dhanbad. He has worked for more than 5 years in most prestigious institutes of the world, including University of South Carolina, University of Colorado, Boulder, IISEE, Tokyo, Univ. of Tokyo, US Geol. Sur., Menlo Park, Univ. Hamburg, Germany, Grenoble Univ. IPSN, Paris and Inst Phys. Earth, Moscow. His significant contributions include (i) identification of Bombay High, the oil-bearing structure in 1968, (ii) development of seismic characteristics to differentiate reservoir-induced earthquakes from ordinary earthquakes, (iii) assessment of seismic hazard on regional basis and in specific areas, and (iv) characterization of intraplate earthquakes and their foreshock-aftershock patterns. Prof. Rastogi is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ind. Soc. Earthq. Sc., and he has edited three special volumes. He has a US patent for Earthquake Prediction method. Prof. Rastogi has guided eight Ph.D. students and 100+ M.Sc. dissertations. He is author of the book “Dams and Earthquakes,” which is translated into Russian and Chinese and followed by engineers worldwide. He is Fellow of Ind. Geophysical Un. and Guj. Sc. Academy, and is recipient of 2014 Bharat Jyoti Award of In. Intl. Friendship Soc., New Delhi, 2014 SKOCH Order of Merit Award, 2013-14 National e-Governance award, 2011 Indian Geophysical Un Decennial medal, ISM Distinguished Alumni Award, European Council Madam Curie Bursary, JICA Fellowship, and NSF Fellowship.

Dr. Girish Chandra Kothyari  works as Senior Associate Professor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun from 2022. Earlier, he worked at the Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar for 13 years. He has guided 16 M.Sc. dissertations, 3 Ph.D. students and is currently guiding four Ph.D. students. He is recipient of National Geoscience Award (NGA) 2017 Ministry of Mines Govt. of India in the field of applied geosciences and several other awards. He has authored or co-authored some 100 SCI research papers. His Google scholar citations are 1789, with h-index of 25.

Dr. Khayingshing Luirei  is Senior Scientist at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. He has completed Ph.D. under Prof. P.D. Pant at Kumaun University on the topic “Active faults and neotectonics of Kumaun Himalaya including landslide hazard zonation.” He is a recipient of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology best paper award 2010. Dr. Luirei has authored some 50 SCI research papers on active faults, neotectonics, slope stability and landslides. He has guided two Ph.D. students.