CURRICULAM VITAE of HARINARAYANA .T
Scientist
National Geophysical Research Institute
Hyderabad - 500 007
India

EDUCATION

S.No Degree/Certificate Year University Subjects
1 Ph.D 1988 Uni.Edinburgh, UK Magnetotellurics
2 Ph.D 1984* ISM-IIT, Dhanbad Tellurics
3 M.Sc. (Tech.) Geophysics 1977 Andhra University Geophysics
4 B.Sc 1974 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Maths, Physics, Chemistry

*Degree awarded in 1988

Date and Place of birth: 10th June 1954, Tirupati, A.P., India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Centre of Energy, Sponsored Integrated Research and Consultancy (ESRAC), Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2018

Director, at GERMI Research Centre, Gujarat, India, 2011-18

At National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

S.No From To Nam of the organization Position Held
1 1980 2011 CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad SSA to Chief Scientist
2 2011 2016 GERMI, Gujarat Director
3 2016 2017 GERMI, Gujarat Director, General
4 2017 2018 GTu, Gujarat Advisro to VC
5 2018 Till date BSAR-CIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Director

Coomonwealth Fellow, University of Edinbuirgh, U.K., Oct. 1984-Dec. 1987

Visiting Professor,  University of Tokyo, Japan, December 2004– March 2005.

Visiting Scientist,   University of Texas, Austin, USA, May – November 2009.

HONORS AND AWARDS

NATIONAL MINERAL AWARD 1991; Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India. A shared award with Dr. Harsh K. Gupta, Ex-Secretary, Department of Ocean Development, Govt. of India.

Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award – 2008; Andhra Pradesh State Council of Science & Technology (Dept. of Environment, Forests, Science & Technology, Government of Andhra Pradesh)

HOG international award – 2004; EM International Working Committee , IAGA
http://www.dias.ie/mtnet/workshops/hog_award.html for maximum number of papers presented in the workshop

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS

National

  1. Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union
  2. Fellow of Geological Society of India
  3. Fellow of A.P.Academy of Sciences
  4. Executive member, Association of Exploration Geophysicists

International

  1. Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  2. Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  3. Exeuctive member, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
          See the link: http://www.iugg.org/IAGA/iaga_pages/admin/executive_2007‐2011.htm
  4. Bureau member, Electromagnetic studies for Earth quakes and Volcanoes (EMSEV)
          See the link: http://www.emsev-iugg.org/emsev/page004.html
  5. Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow (RANS)
  6. Member (2000-2008) and Observer (2008-2012), Working Group 1.2 of IAGA
           See the link (http://www.dias.ie/mtnet/working_group/wg_2002‐2006.html)

EDITORIAL BOARD ASSIGNMENTS

  1. Senior Guest Editor for the Journal of Applied Geophysics to bring out a special volume (Vol. 58, 2006) on “Electrical and Electromagnetic studies in geothermal active regions” along with Prof. J.Zlotnocki, France.
  2. Senior Guest Editor for the TECTONOPHYSICS  special issue (Vol. 445,2007) on “Lithospheric structure of Continents” along with other guest editors (Prof. H.Utada, Japan and Prof. A. Junge, Germany).
  3. A book on Internal Magnetic Fields (IAGA – Division-I) (Editors: Eduard Petrosky (Czekhoslovakia)…..T.Harinarayana (India)…….Under preparation, 2009-10) (Springer publications


CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/ ORGANISATION

    1. Convenor of the Indo-Australian workshop on Geothermal Energy Capacity Building Workshop during Feb 8-9, 2010, NGRI, Hyderabad
    2. Co-Convener for the prestigious 17th IAGA workshop on Electromagnetic (EM) induction studies held at Hyderabad, India, September, 2004, in which 212 scientists from different countries have participated..
    3. Convenor of the Indo-German workshop on EM Induction studies for Complex Geological problems held at Lonavala, Maharashtra, India, during March 14-18, 2008 in which 80 scientists from India and Germany have participated.
    4. Organising secretary of the Seiminar .on Exploration Geophysics with a special theme on Energy Security – Exploration for Non-Fossil Fuels during Feb.4-6, 2009 with a pre-workshop on Marine Electromagnetics at Hyderabad, India
    5. As a joint secretary of Association of British Scholars, Hyderabad organized a Seminar and workshop on Envinronmental conservation and the Hazards of atomospheric and soil pollution, held at NGRI, Hyderabad on 21st and 22nd July, 2007

CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOPS/ SESSION CHAIRS / INVITED TALKS/ VISITS ABROAD

S.NO

FROM

TO

PLACE

PURPOSE

1

 23-12-2018 27-12-2018 Colombo, Sri Lanka To visit places and to contact Srilankan High commission office

2

 17-12-2015 21-12-2015 Telaviv, Israel To assess the wave energy demonstration pilot plant

3

 10-6-2015 16-6-2015 Seattle, USA Participated in Univ. of Washington convocation

4

 12-10-2014 19-10-2014 Stockholm,Sweden & Paris, France To assess the power generation using waste heat & to visit places in Paris

5

 26-7-2914 26-7-2014 Thailand To visit places

6

 11-6-2011 8-7-2011 Melbourne, Australia To participate in IUGG

7

18-9-2010

24-09-2010

Giza,Cario Egypt

To attend the 20th EM induction Workshop

8

 23-08-2009 30-08-2009 Sopron, Hungary To attend IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly

9

6-5-2009

9-11-2009

Austin, Texas, USA

To take up assignment from Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, USA as a visiting scientist

10

18-10-2008

2-11-2008

Beijing, China

To give lectures on magnetotellurics to the undergraduate students of the Peking Unversity, and to attend the 19th EM induction Workshop

11

23-8-2008

28-8-2008

Reykjavik, Iceland

To discuss the pssibilites of cooperation between India and Iceland in the area of geothermal resources - as part of Indian Delegation

12

10-7-2008

19-7-2008

Montreal, Canada

To participate in the 1st IAGA meeting and also to attend COSPAR meeting

13

19-5-2008

15-6-2008

Sofia, Bulgaria

Mapping of subsurface geoelectric structure to assess geothermal potential of Bulgaria using MT

14

24-11-2007

28-12-2007

San Diego, Austin, USA

To visit SIO, Sandiago to discuss the processing of MMT Data

15

30-6-2007

14-7-2007

Perugia, Italy

To Participate in IUGG assembly

16

11-6-2007

16-6-2007

GEMRI, Moscow, Russia

Invited by GEMRI, Under ILTP

17

25-9-2006

08-10-06

Toronto, Canada

Inspection of the Phoenix equipment

18

16-9-2006

25-9-2006

El Vendrell, Spain

Participation in 18th EM workshop

19

7-12- 2005

19-12-2005

Troitsk, Russia

Visit to GEMRI under ILTP program

20

20-10-2005

1-11-2005

Sofia, Bulgaria

Exploratory visit to Bulgaria under Indo-Bulgarian co-operation

21

20-6-2005

25-6-2005

Singapore

To participate in AOGS annual meeting and conference

22

19-5-2005

19-6-2005

San Diego, Austin, USA

To initiate co-operation with Scripps for Marine Magnetotellurics

23

30-11-2004

1-4-2005

Earthquake Research Instt., Japan

University of Tokyo, Japan.
Visiting professor

24

23-5-2004

9-6-2004

Univ. Berlin, Germany

Collaborative projects

25

4-7-2004

9-7-2004

Singapore

Invited talk in AOGS annual meeting

26

28-6-2004

4-7-2004

Mizunami, Japan

Special invitee Active EM group meeting

27

29-6-2003

11-7-2003

Sapporo, Japan

Convener of a session in  IUGG assembly

28

4-10-2003

23-10-2003

Moscow and Sochi,  Russia

Geothermal meet

29

13-1-2003

17-1-2003

Manila, Philippines

Special invitee, EMSEV meet

30

15-6-2002

23-6-2002

Santafe-USA

To present a paper in IAGA international 16th  EM Induction workshop

31

19-8-2001

23-8-2001

Hanoi, Vietnam

To participate in IAGA assembly and chair a session
32

26-9-2000

30-9-2000

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Invitation of Geological.Survey of Malaysia
33

14-8-1998

28-8-1998

Sinaia, Romania

Invited review talk and To present a paper in 14th International IAGA EM induction workshop
34

1-6-97

14-6-97

Braunchweig, Germany

Advanced training in software and to do CSAMT
35

8-8-1994

14-8-1994

Brest, France

To present a paper in IAGA international 12th  EM induction workshop
36

12-7-1994

7-8-1994

Rio, Brazil

To give lectures at Observatorio Nacional
37

1-9-1986

6-9-1986

Padua, Italy

To visit Univ. of Padua and field visit
38

23-8-1986

31-8-1986

Neuchatel, Switzerland

To present a paper in 8th International IAGA EM induction workshop
39

30-10-1984

15-12-1987

Edinburgh, U.K.

Higher studies under Commonwealth Scholarship scheme

 OTHER RECOGNITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 

  1. Member of quality council (QC) of NGRI, wherein the quality of all the projects of NGRI are discussed. Our concerted group effort has resulted in successful award of ISO 9001 certification to NGRI
  2. Member of Project Management and Evaluation (PME) Group of NGRI
  3. Certified ISO Internal Auditor, NGRI.
  4. Participated in ‘Customer Satisfaction Research’ workshop along with other Directors and Dy. Directors of CSIR labs held at RRL, Tiruvanantapuram.
  5. Participated in National Natural Resources Management (NNRM) committee meeting on Geology at ISRO, Bangalore and discussed various remote sensing projects in India under the chairmanship of Dr. Kasturi Rangan, ISRO
  6. Participated in two week management course for senior scientists and newly recruited Directors), organized by CSIR HRD section, New Delhi.
  7. Participated in ‘GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY’ meeting along with other Directors and Dy. Directors of CSIR labs held at NPL, NEWDELHI and discussed various projects that can be projected for GEF funding under the chairmanship of Dr.Mitra, Ex-DG, CSIR, New Delhi.
  8. Participated in the discussion meeting and reviewed various programmes formulated under International Geological Congress at Geological Survey of India (GSI), Kolkata under the chairmanship of Dr. S.K. Acharya, Director-General, G.S.I.
  9. Participated in a few high level discussion meetings to formulate a ‘DOCUMENT ON HYDROCARBON VISION 2020’ along with other distinguished members

 

MAJOR RESEACH PROJECTS COMPLETED

S.No

Project Code

Project Name

Title of the Project

Technical Report No

Sponsoring Agency

1
ILP-0301-28 (CCM) 
ANTARCTICA PROJECT 
MAGNETOTELLURIC INVESTIGATIONS TO DELINEATE THE DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURE IN ANTARCTICA 
 NGRI-2010-EXP-731 NCAOR/DOD

2

SMM-004-28 (THN)

NETWORK PROJECT
STUDY OF MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS BELOW THE TRAP COVER IN WESTERN PART OF NARMADA-CAMBAY REGION BY MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDIES FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION.

NGRI-2009-EXP-679_Volume II

CSIR

3

SSP-405-28 (THN)

CENTRAL INDIA

MAGNETOTELLURIC INVESTIGATIONS ALONG AKOLA-SEHORE AND INDORE-JALGAON TRAVERSES IN CENTRAL INDIA

NGRI-2009-EXP-662

DGH

4

SSP-406-28 (THN)

MARINE MT

MARINE MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDIES IN GULF OF KUTCH REGION, WESTERN MARGIN OF INDIA

NGRI-2008-EXP-656

DGH

5

CLP-288-28 (THN)

GEOTHERMAL - PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE GEOTHERMAL FIELDS OF SUTLUJ - SPITI & BEAS-PARBATI VALLEYS IN H.P., BADRINATH - TAPOVAN IN UTTARANCHAL AND SURAJKUND AREA, DISTRICT HAZARIBAGH, JHARKHAND

NGRI-2008-EXP-637

MNES

6

SSP-404-28 (THN)

AERIAL IMAGERY

ANALYSIS OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY DATA OVER NARMADA - CAMBAY / DECCAN SYNECLISE REGION -CENTRAL INDIA

NGRI-2004-EXP-637

DGH

7

GAP-284-28(THN)

SILIGURI-GANGTOK PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURIC INVESTIGATIONS ALONG SILIGURI-GANGTOK-LACHUNG PROFILE IN SIKKIM-HIMALAYAS, INDIA

NGRI-2006-EXP-574

DST

8

SSP-295-28 (THN)

WAPCOS PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURICS AND GEOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS IN LOHARINAG –PALA HYDRO POWER PROJECT, UTTARACHAL

NGRI-2006-EXP-525

WAPCOS 

9

SSP-293-28 (THN)

OIL INDIA LIMITED PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEY IN THE MANABHUM AREA, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

NGRI-2005-EXP-480

OIL INDIA LTD

10

SSP-295-28 (THN)

WAPCOS PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURIC AND GEOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS IN TAPOVAN-VISHNUGAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT, UTTARANCHAL

NGRI-2004-EXP-430

WAPCOS 

11

GAP-2104-28(THN)

NARMADA -CAMBAY PROJECT

EXPLORATION OF SUB-TRAPPEAN MESOZOIC BASINS IN THE WESTERN PART OF NARMADA-TAPTI REGION OF DECCAN SYNECLISE

NGRI-2003-EXP-404

OIDB

12

GAP-190-28(THN) 

PUGA PROJECT 

  MAGNETOTELLURICS STUDIES IN PUGA GEOTHERMAL REGION, LADAKH DISTRICT , JAMMU AND KASHMIR , INDIA 

NGRI-2003-EXP-370 

MNES

13

GAP-1382-28(THN) 

SOUTH INDIAN PROJECT 

  MODELING THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN GRANULITE BELT OF THE INDIAN SHIELD USING COINCIDENT SEISMIC REFLECTION/REFRACTION, GRAVITY, MAGNETIC, MAGNETOTELLURIC, and DEEP RESISTIVITY, ECOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN GEOTRANSECT. 

NGRI-2002-Exp-326. 

DST

14

GAP-5903-28(THN)

KUTCH PROJECT

INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION KUTCH , INDIA 

NGRI-2000-EXP-296

ONGC/OIDB 

15

GAP-167-28(THN)

TATAPANI PROJECT

MAGNETOTELLURIC INVESTIGATIONS IN TATTAPANI GEOTHERMAL REGION, SURGUJA DISTRICT, M.P. INDIA

NGRI-2000-EXP-282

MNES
16

GAP-118-28(THN) 

DECCAN TRAP PROJECT 

MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDY OF CRUSTAL GEOELECTRIC STRUCTURE IN WESTERN INDIA IN RELATION TO SEISMOTECTONICS OF DECCAN TRAP REGION 

ESS/CA/A8-06/94 

DST

MAJOR RESEACH ON-GOING PROJECTS

 Sno 

Project Code 

Project Name

Title of the Project

Sponsoring Agency

1

MLP-6104-28 (THN) 

IN HOUSE LAB PROJECT 

MAGNETOTELLURICS – APPLICATION TO RESOURCE EXPLORATION AND STUDIES OF CRUST/LITHOSPHERE AND IMPROVEMENT OF TECHNIQUES OF DATA ACQUISITION AND INTERPRETATION 

NGRI

2

SIP-0012-28 (YJB/THN)

Supra Institutional Project

EVALUATION OF THE INDIAN LITHOSPHERE: FOCUS ON MAJOR EARTH PROCESSES, RESOURCES AND GEOENVIRONMENT

CSIR
3

GAP-603-28 (NPR)

KOYNA PROJECT 

M ONITORING OF MAGNETOTELLURIC SIGNALS TO STUDY THE PRECURSORY PHENOMENA FOR THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN KOYNA REGION, WESTERN INDIA.

 DST

(* THN: T.HARINARAYANA)

Highlights of the new projects

* The project related to introducing the “MARINE MAGNETOTELLURIC TECHNIQUE” first of its kind in India . This is has been carried out during Oct./Nov. 2007 in Gulf of Kutch region.

* Continuous monitoring of magnetotelluric signals in Koyna region and transmission of the data and operation of the instrument remotely at Hyderabad has been introduced again first time in India using cell phone sim cards for internet transfer of data. This way the set up become unmanned operation.

 INTERNATIONAL  COLLABORATION /PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN/COMPLETED

  1. International collaboration with Prof. V.Spichak, Geomagnetic Research Centre (GEMRC), Troitsk, Moscow on the application of aritificial neural network to assess geothermal potential, construction of 3D models of central India and also on Tsunami alarm system. (P.I: T.Harinarayana)
  2. Indo-Bulgarian project is developed and field investigations in Bulgaria have been completed to assess the geothermal potential of Bulgaria (P.I: T.Harinarayana)
  3. Indo-US collaborative research project completed with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Sandiego, USA on marine magnetotellurics in Gulf of Kutch region, Gujarat, India (P.I: T.Harinarayana)
  4. Indo-French collaborative project is being discussed with Prof.J.Zlotnicki, France and Prof.Y.Sasai of Japan for monitoring the volcanoes in Andaman-Nicobar island chain as a part of EMSEV activitiy.

DOCTORAL THESIS ADVISER

Ph.D Awarded
Ms.S.Kareemunnisa Begum, 2003 (Awarded)
Mr.K.Naganjaneyulu, 2003 (Awarded)
Mr.K.K. Abdul Azeez, 2006 (Awarded)
Ms. K.Sudha Rani, 2009 (Awarded)
Mr. G. Dhanunjaya Naidu, 2010(Awarded)
Mr. D.N. Murthy, 2012(Awarded)

In Progress

Ms. M.Shireesha
Mr. Mahesh Narayanan

MASTER’S THESIS ADVISER/TRAINING PROVIDED

Ms.Yeluru Prasanta Malati
Mr. Raja Singh Panawar
Ms.Kundeti Sudha Rani
Ms. R.Yerrayyamma
Ms. R.R.Vidhya Lakshmi
Ms. M.V.Kameshwari
Ms. Sheela Ramani Voleti
Mr. D.Ramesh & Mr. S.Naresh Kumar
Mr. Brijesh Kumar Singh & Meenu S
Mr. K. Santosh, Ms. Y. Sita Sravanthi
Mr. P.Bala Krishna & Ms. B.Soumya
Mr. Manish Kumar Singh
Mr. Shashwat Shubma
Mr. Abhisek Mishra
Mr. Kapil Mohan
Mr. M.S.B.Prasad
Mr. Vikas Kumar
Mr. Hemant Umbrani
Mr. Sandeep Parmar
Mr. Ganpat Parmar
Mr. E. Nageshwar Rao
Mr. N. Kotnees
Mr. Someswara Rao
Mr. K. Aswani Kumar
Mr. M.Nageshwar Rao
Mr. P.Shyam Sundaer Rao
Ms. R.V. Sowvarni
Ms. E. Swetha
Ms. Y. Sireesha
Mr. D. Srinivasa Rao
Mr. Deepak Prakash
Mr. Yogandre Singh
Mr. Raj Kumar
Mr. Thirru vaai mozhi
Mr. Dhirendra Nath yadav
Mr. Geetartha Dutta

Patents Granted / Applied for:

  1. A Simple and effective method for correction of distorted Magnetotelluric data. No. 0543NF2002, Dr.T.Harinarayana annd Dr. Chakravarthy, India, 11-12-2002.
  2. A Method tailored for the pattern recognition of Magnetotelluric data for delineation of buried sediments using Artificial Neural Network System developed in Java programming environment contains graphical user interface(windows) and the problem solving paradigm No. 0209NF206, Sri Y.N.T Seshagiri Rao and Dr.T.Harinarayana, India, 28-08-2006
  3. A new method of processing magnetotelluric data using six impedance tensor elements No. GAD - 19/03/ April 2010, Dr.T.Harinarayana and M. Shireesha , India, 20-04-2010.


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(Information updated on 10, June. 2019).