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Dr Santanu Baruah

Designation : Principal Scientist

Education : M.Sc. (Physics), Ph.D. (Seismology)

ID. No.: 1234

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

Email id : santanubaruah.neist@csir.res.in, santanub27@gmail.com

Research Interest

Seismic Hazard Analysis,
Earthquake Source Characterisation etc.

Projects

Advancing Environmental Monitoring and Hazard Mitigation through Seismology (SEISM-HM); Role: Indian PI
Development of Time Dependent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment TD PSHA Models for the National Capital Region Delhi in India A Step Towards Seismic Risk Mitigation. Role: Co-PI
Setting up of Broadband Seismic and Weather Monitoring Network for Monitoring Seismicity and Other Natural Hazards (Landslides, Floods, etc.) and Earthquake Awareness Programme in Assam. Role: PI
Geological Hydrogen Assessment in India — Phase II of CSIR Hydrogen Technology Mission. Role: Member
Geo-Hazard Mitigation in NE India & Himalayas — CSIR Mission Mode Project . Role: Member
Seismic Hazard Assessment (OLP2005) — CSIR In-House Project . Role: Co-PI
Earthquake Hazard Studies (EHIND) — CSIR-FBR. Role: Co PI
Seismo-Tectonic Studies in Mizoram, Role: PI
Effect of Change in Coulomb Stress on Gutenberg-Richter law for the seismicity of North East India Region. Role: PI
Crustal Anisotropy studies for Shillong-Mikir plateau with subsequent determination of velocity structure of Structure of North East India. Role: PI
Paleoseismic Studies along Himalayan Front. Role: Indian PI

List of Publications

Baruah, S., Dey, C., & Sanoujam, M. (2023). Preliminary account on the 30th June 2022 Tupul, Manipur landslide of Northeast India. Landslides, 20(7), 1547–1552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-023-02074-y
Baruah, S., Niyogi, S., Ghosh, A., Piccinini, D., Saccorotti, G., Kafka, A. L., Roth, D., Yadava, M. K., Phukan, M. K., Sastry, G. N., Abdelwahed, M. F., Kayal, J. R., Bhattacharyya, S. M., Dey, C., Gogoi, K., Chetia, T., Borthakur, P., D’Amico, S., Dutta, N., & Saikia, S. (2024). Seismic monitoring of 2020 Baghjan oil-well blowout incident in Assam, India. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 24108. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74428-y
Dey, C., Baruah, S., Abdelwahed, M. F., Saikia, S., Molia, N., Borthakur, P., Chetia, T., Bharali, B., Dutta, N., Phukan, M. K., Paul, A., Saitlunga, Hazarika, D., & Kayal, J. R. (2022). The 28 April 2021 Kopili Fault Earthquake (Mw 6.1) in Assam Valley of North East India: Seismotectonic Appraisal. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 179(6–7), 2167–2182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-022 03072-2
Baruah, S., Sharma, A., Dey, C., Saikia, S., Boruah, G. K., Eluyemi, A. A., Borthakur, P., Molia, N., Hazarika, A. D., Sailo, S., D’Amico, S., Phukan, M. K., Baruah, S., & Kayal, J. R. (2021). Correlation between crustal anisotropy and seismogenic stress field beneath Shillong–Mikir Plateau and its vicinity in North East India. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12(1), 2070–2086. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2021.1947902
K Gogoi, Santanu Baruah, N Dutta, T Chetia, A L Kafka, 2024. An unusual tornado strikes again in Assam: is it linked to climate change? Current Science, VOL. 127, NO. 10.

Awards and Fellowships

Honorary Adjunct/Visiting Professor at the Department of Geophysics of Pachhunga University College, Mizoram since November 2020.
Certificate of Appreciation as the “CONVENER” for hosting an Earth Day-2022 where more than 1000 participants from 27 different countries were participated.
Certificate of Appreciation as the “CONVENER” for CSIR-NEIST’s “Earthquake Awareness Programme” where more than 11,000 students have been educated on different aspects of earthquakes.
Awarded with the prestigious MATRICS (Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support) scheme by SERB-DST vide file no. MTR/2019/000074 dated 05 February, 2020.
Certificate of Appreciation as a Resource Person in the “State Level Programme on Natural Disasters with emphasis on Earthquake” organized by Manipur Science & Technology Council, Govt. of Manipur during 25-26 February, 2020.
Appreciation from FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) for being one of the esteemed “Host Scientists” for the prestigious “ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (AIRTF) Programme”.
Certificate of Appreciation as a Resource person at the National Level Online Seminar on “Recent Earthquakes in Indo-Burmese Ranges” during 6-7 August, 2020 organized by Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram.
Certificate of Appreciation as a Resource person at the Second International Webinar Workshop on: Advanced Seismology, Seismic Hazards and Earthquake Engineering (ASSHEE), December 12-16, 2020 held at NIT-Slichar.
The SERB Young scientist project no. SR/FTP/ES-121/2014 (PI: Dr Santanu Baruah) have been selected to show case it’s Highlights in the India International Science Festival 2019 (IISF2019) Mega Science Expo.
Certificate of Appreciation as a DISTINGUISHED LECTURER in a workshop conducted by ONGC on 27.08.2019 at ONGC Jorhat. A lecture on the topic "Moment Tensor Solution: A useful tool for Geoscientists in Seismotectonic Study" was delivered to the Geo-scientific community of ONGC Jorhat.
Awarded Mentorship by ASEAN-India STI Cooperation, DST- Govt. of India to guide an International student Ms. NUR SAADAH BINTI ABD MAJID, University of Malaya, Malaysia (duration: December 2019 – May 2020) vide International Multilateral Regional Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology File Number: RTF/2019/000105.
Awarded Mentorship by ASEAN-India STI Cooperation, DST- Govt of India to guide an International student Ms. Maria Rosalita Pujiastuti Sudibyo, Sumetera Institute of Technology, Indonesia (duration: June-December’2019) vide International Multilateral Regional Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology File Number: RTF/2018/000029.
Paper setter of Dibrugarh University (Sub: Applied Geology, Paper AG204T: Geomorphology and Seismology) for 2nd Sem PG CBCS. (March 2020)
Certificate of Appreciation as an ORGANIZER for successfully organizing a workshop on "Basics of Receiver Function Analysis” during 26 December 2019 – 4 January, 2020 held at CSIR-NEIST in which Dr. Sowrav Saikia, MoES, Govt of India took part as a Resource Person.
Certificate of Appreciation as a CONVENOER for successfully organizing a workshop on "Hands on Training Program on Proton Precession Magnetometer" during 11-12 November, 2019 held at CSIR-NEIST in which Prof. S K Pal, IIT-ISM Dhanbad took part as a Resource Person.
Certificate of Appreciation as a Resource Person for the “Science Model Competition Prize Distribution Ceremony” at NN Saikia College, Jorhat on 06th March, 2019.

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Dr Santanu Baruah

Designation : Principal Scientist

CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology

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