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Human Resource Development NGRI has been contributing significantly towards education and training in various ways. Many NGRI scientists are serving as faculty at Univ. of Hyderabad, Osmania Univ. Annamalai Univ. to name a few, to teach subjects related to earth sciences. NGRI also provides one year training in Computational Seismology to students of Tezpur University, Assam as part of their curriculum. Besides teaching, a number of scientists help the universities as examiners for post graduate and Ph.D students. NGRI has been the nodal agency to conduct the entrance test for PG, M. Phil and Ph.D courses of ISM, Dhanbad. During the last five years, NGRI has been providing training to at least 200 PG students in various branches of earth sciences. During this year, about 200 students from different universities / institutes (which include IIT’s, ISM and BHU) pursued training for a period of about two months. Some of these students were sponsored with a fellowship by INSA and DST-INSPIRE. The resource persons of the institute took a lot of interest and trained the students for their projects. The students had an exposure to the state-of-the art instruments and were imparted training in data acquisition, processing and interpretation. The students finally prepared reports to be submitted to university. The training program was coordinated by the HRD group of NGRI, headed by Dr. MRK. Prabhakara Rao and Dr. Devender Kumar, ably supported by Mr. T. Ramagopal, Mr M.V.B.M. Sarma, Mr. Diljit Singh and Ms. Sameena of the Information Division for the logistic support and comfortable stay of the students.
The students were guided for their dissertion work by the following scientists. 1. Dr. V. Balaram
14. Dr. S. Sankarn
27. Dr. D. Muralidharan
2. Dr. D. Sarkar
15. Dr. DS. Ramesh
28. Dr. Kusumita Arora
3. Dr. MRK Prabhakara Rao
16. Dr. Anil Kumar
29. Dr. ASN. Murthy
4. Dr. RK. Tiwari
17. Dr. D. Srinagesh
30. Dr. VM. Tiwari
5. Dr. EC. Malaimani
18. Dr. Kirti Srivastava
31. Dr. PV. Sunder Raju
6. Dr. P. Koteswara Rao
19. Dr. M. Ravi Kumar
32. Dr. Devender Kumar
7. Dr. Bijendra Singh
20. Dr. D.V. Ramana
33. Dr. A.R. Bansal
8. Dr. T. Harinarayana
21. Dr. N. Purnachandra Rao
34. Dr. Nimisha Vedanti
9. Dr. Shakeel Ahmed
22. Dr. A.P. Singh
35. Dr. Ravi Prakash Srivastava
10. Dr. T. Seshunarayana
23. Dr. D.V. Chandrasekhar
36. Dr. Joshi Catharine
11. Dr. VVSG Rao
24. Dr. Kalachand Sain
37. Sri. M. Venkat Rayudu
12. Dr. V. Vijaya Rao
25. Dr. K. Suryaprakasam
38. Sri. RT. Babu Naik
13. Dr. R. Rangarajan
26. Dr. NN. Murthy
39. Dr. A. Vasanti
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School Earthquake Lab Program The western India schools earthquake Lab Program was launched for setting up of 85 low version seismographs in schools spread over 7 districts such as Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Latur and Nanded districts of Maharashtra. The aim of this project is to educate and empower the school children about how the earthquakes occur, how they are recorded and the safety measures to be adopted during the event of an earthquake. The reason for starting this project in the southern Maharashtra is the protracted seismicity in Koyna and Warna region for more than 4 decades together with seismic activity in Killari and Nanded regions. CSIR-NGRI, with the financial support from Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) shall create scientific awareness amongst students which will also result in the creation of a dense network of low cost seismic observatories. Such activities provide an opportunity for the students to learn while they are involved in the operation and maintenance of the seismic stations. It will also help the students to develop skills in experimental sciences by understanding the utility of science in day to day life. In the first phase, 12 high school teachers from Satara district visited NGRI for a three day training program which was held during 22nd to 24th February, 2011. Besides the lectures on Earth’s interior, Earthquakes, Seismic and Tsunami Hazard, the teachers were trained in the operation and maintenance of educational seismometers and analysis of digital seismological data using earthquakes recorded from Koyna. The teachers were presented certificates by Dr. Y.J. Bhaskar Rao, Acting Director NGRI during the valedictory function in the presence of Mr. Brijesh Bansal of the Seismology Division, MoES.
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Training Programme on Geochronology A 5-day training porgramme on the ‘Isotope Geochemistry and Zircon Geochronology’ was organized by the NGRI LAM-MC-ICPMS National Facility during February 14-18, 2011. The training programme was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Prof. Randall R. Parrish, Director, NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory, British Geological Survey (NIGL-BGS), U.K., Dr. Ian M. Millar, Head, Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory, NIGL-BGS, U.K. and Dr. Axel Gerdes, Senior Research Scientitst, Institute of Geosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany were the distinguished international faculty. The training programme was given wide-publicity through advertisements in prestigious national-level science journals such as Current Science, Journal of the Geological Society of India and also through requests to Heads of various Earth Science Departments of Indian Universities, Institutes and R&D organisations for nominations. A total of 32 trainees were selected from among 128 nominations. The course was designed to be very intensive with a flavour of both classical methods to the state of the art. A wide range of the topics largely centred on the Laser Ablation Microprobe coupled with ICPMS, MC-ICPMS methods were covered during the training programme. During the training programme, practical demonstrations were also given to introduce the trainees to various sample preparation and analytical aspects of the Zircon geochronology. The training programme also involved assignments of paper reading, solving isotope equations, calculation of ages and errors etc. in order to impart and improve data interpretation skills.
Training Course on “Contaminated Groundwater Monitoring and Soil Assessment” There has been an ever increasing demand to address the Soil and groundwater contamination due to the impending risk to environment and human health. In this context, Environmental Geochemistry Division, NGRI has organized a five day residential training programme on “Contaminated Groundwater Monitoring and Soil Assessment”, sponsored by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi during September 20-24, 2010. There were 16 participants nominated by different State Pollution Control Boards (A.P, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala), Central Pollution Control Board, (Head quarters and its zonal labs across the country) and officials from Thane Municipal Corporation for the training Programme. The training course covered basic as well as applied aspects in monitoring groundwater contamination and the assessment of soils. On these topics, eminent faculty from different universities, NRSC, Directorate of IPM & PH Labs, CGWB and NGRI delivered lectures in their field of expertise. Annual Report 2010 - 2011
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Name of the Guide
Ms. Pallavi Banerjee
Groundwater management through Modelling for Small Coral Island, Androth, Lakshwadeep, India.
Ms. Vandana Parth
Geochemistry of Groundwater and soil in and around Dr. N.N. Murthy Dumpsites, Hyderabad City, Andhra Pradesh, India. & Prof. Praveen Raj Saxena, Osmania University, Hyd.
Mr. T. Vijaya Kumar
Seismic Image of the Crust beneath north central India through teleseismic wave form modelling.
Mr. M. Suresh
Combined effect of Thermal radiation and Therma Prof. U. Rajeswarara Rao diffusion on MHD Mixed convective heat and Mass S.K. University, Ananthapur. transfer through a porous medium with Heat sources.
Ms. V. Swaroopa Rani
Tsunami Modeling and Hazard Estimation along the east and west coast of India due to tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Indian Ocean.
Mr. GK. Hodlur
Significance of Darr-Zarrouk Parameters in the Dr. D.B. Panaskar Estimation of Natural Recharge and in the Constraint SRTM University, Nanded free Resolution of fresh water Aquifers.
Mr. HVS Satyanarayana
Crustal seismic structure of Koyna Warna Region
Dr. M. Ravi Kumar
Ms. Veena Prassannna
Microbiological studies in conjunction with different Geochemical methods for the Evalution of Hydrocarbon Prospects in Sagar District of Vindhyan System.
Prof. B. Rajeswara Reddy (Osmania University, Hyd)
Ms. T. Madhavi
Surface geochemical studies for the hydrocarbon Prospect Evaluation in Western Part of Cuddapah Basin.
Prof. B. Rajeswara Reddy (Osmania University, Hyd)
Mr. K. Guru Rajesh
Structure and tectonics of the Achankovil Shear Zone, Southern Granulite Terrain, India.
Dr. T.R.K. Chetty
Mr. Akhtar Rasool Mir
Geochemistry and Tectonic Significance of Newer Dolerite Dykes in Parts of the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India.
Dr. V. Balaram & Dr. Shabber Habib Alvi, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh.
Mr. G. Dhanunjaya Naidu
Magnetotelluric study to characterize the deep geoelectric crustal structure of the Son-NarmadaTapti lineament zone, central India.
Dr. T. Harinarayana
Mr. M.L. Renjith
Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Genesis of the Yelagiri Alkaline Complex.
Dr. S.N. Charan
Haris H. Khan
Assessment of Anthropogenic influences on groundwater quality using GIS.
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