CSIR - NEIST

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Particulars of organization, functions and duties

Education : M.Tech (Applied Geology), Ph.D (Geomorphology)

ID. No.: 1113

Contact Details: +91-0376-2370114 | Fax: 0376-2370011

Email id : manojphukan.neist@csir.res.in, manojphukan06@gmail.com

Areas of Interest

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

“Geodynamic and Geo environmental Studies of Northeast India Region”, (PI), - Ongoing
Assessment of Geological Hydrogen Occurrences and Production iN India (AGHNI)” under CSIR Mission Project H2T-Phase-II – “CSIR - Hydrogen Technology Phase - II: Developing and Establishing Hydrogen as Next Gen Fuel (PI)
“Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mitigation in NE lndia”, (PI), - Completed
“Earthquake Hazard Studies in Moderate and Severe Seismic Zones of India (EHIND)” (Co-PI). - Completed
“A comprehensive approach in understanding the acid mine drainage problem of Makum coalfield and its management” (Co-PI).
Carbonaceous Nanomaterials from Graphite Sources of Arunachal Pradesh for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Sensor Applications – GPP (member) - completed
“Seismological and geophysical investigation at the Baghjan well blowout site and its vicinity, Tinsukia, Assam” (PI). Industry Sponsored: Oil India Ltd. Duliajan, Assam (PI)
“Estimation of Site-specific Response Spectrum for the Proposed Road Connectivity Between Gohpur (NH52) to Numaligarh(NH37)” (Co-PI)
“Seismic Microzonation of Greater Dimapur City, Nagaland”, (PI)
“Site Characterization and Seismic Vulnerability studies for Greater Shillong, Meghalaya” (PI),
“M8.7 Shillong 1897 Earthquake Scenario: NE Multi state Preparedness Campaign”. (Co-PI).

List of Publications

Sarmah, JN & Phukan, MK, 2004. Origin and some geomorphological changes of Majuli Island of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, Geomorphology, 60, 2004, 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.07.013 , Citation: 131
Sarmah, JN and Phukan, MK, 2006. Bank erosion and bankline migration of the river Brahmaputra in Assam, India, during the twentieth century, Jour. of Geological Society of India, Volume 68, Issue 6, December 2006, https://doi.org/10.17491/jgsi/2006/680612 Corpus ID: 132743884, Citation: 49
Baruah, S, Dey, C, Dutta, N, and Phukan MK., Dima Hasao, Assam (India) Landslides’ 2022: A Lesson Learnt, International Journal of Disaster Risk Management, June 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18485/ijdrm.2023.5.1.1 , Citation: 25
Sharma, A., Baruah, S. Piccinini, D., Saikia, S., Phukan, MK., Chetia, M. and Kayal, J R. 2017. “Crustal seismic anisotropy beneath Shillong plateau - Assam valley in North East India: shearwave splitting analysis using local earthquakes,” Tectonophysics 717 (2017) 425 432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.027 , Citation: 19
Benoy, S M., Hazarika, A., Bora, M., Rajbongshi, A., Sarmah, D., Phukan, M K. and Saikia B K., Coal-Derived Porous Carbon as Versatile Electrode Materials for Aqueous, Water-in-Salt, and Organic Electrolytes, and Fabrication of Pouch Cell Supercapacitor toward Power Application, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024, 7, 6045−6061, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c01018, Citation: 18

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