Curriculum 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

S.No From To Name 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 Advisor to VC
5 2018 Till date BSAR-CIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Director

HONORS AND AWARDS


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS

National

International


EDITORIAL BOARD ASSIGNMENTS


CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/ ORGANISATION


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 Sri Lankan High commission office
2 17-12-2015 21-12-2015 Tel Aviv, 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 26-7-2014 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, Cairo, 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 University, and to attend the 19th EM induction Workshop
11 23-8-2008 28-8-2008 Reykjavik, Iceland To discuss the possibilities 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, San Diego 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 08-10-2006 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 1-6-1997 14-6-1997 Braunschweig, 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


MAJOR RESEARCH 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 MARGINETOTELLURIC 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 RESEARCH ON-GOING PROJECTS

S. No 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 MONITORING OF MAGNETOTELLURIC SIGNALS TO STUDY THE PRECURSORY PHENOMENA FOR THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN KOYNA REGION, WESTERN INDIA. DST

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