Geoscience & Technology Division
North East Institute of Science & Technology(Council of Scientiﬁc & Industrial Research)
Jorhat, Assam, India
WebinarSeriesLIVEnd2 International Virtual Workshop on Global Seismology & Tectonics
20-30th September 2021

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North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, Assam, aconstituent establishment of Council of Scientiﬁc and Industrial Research (CSIR), New
Delhi, has been engaged in multidisciplinary R&D work relevant to the country ingeneral and North East of India (NE India) in particular. The Geoscience & Technology
Division (GSTD) of CSIR-NEIST has been involved in monitoring the seismicity of NE
India since 1982. Seismic hazard and vulnerability assessment of the populated cities
and urban areas in NE India and propagating seismic hazard awareness have beensome of the major programs of the division, apart from conducting
geotechnical/geophysical consultancy services.

Registration Starts: 22nd July 2021
Registration Closes: 20th August 2021
Acceptance: 15th Sept. 2021
Inauguration: 20th Sept. 2021
Time: 09:30 am IST, +5:30 hrs GMT
Registration Fee: Nil (Free)

Aim of the Virtual Workshop:.

Due to several physical communication constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the practice ofdisseminating knowledge and ideas through webinar, a live interactive event where attendees join via their desktop or mobile device
over the internet, have signiﬁcantly proliferated. While research activities, including research exchange and collaborations, during
this unprecedented situation have decelerated, it is imperative to boost the morale of the students and researchers by providing
opportunities to interact with eminent personalities of their research interest. In accordance with this, the Geoscience & TechnologyDivision (GSTD) of CSIR-NEIST Jorhat would like to conduct the 2nd INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP on "Global Seismology& Tectonics" series targeting the geosciences students and community, during 20-30 September, 2021.
The lecture sessions aim to impart important information on emergent and impending topics of Seismology and Tectonics,
involving case studies from seismically active zones of the world. The eminent keynote speakers of the workshop represent diverse
geosciences forums and institutes or institutional departments across the world, including the United States Geological Survey,
Global Earthquake Model, Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR), National Center for Seismology, Geological Survey of India, Wadia
Institute of Himalayan Geology, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, CSIR – North East Institute of Science andTechnology, University of Bristol, University of Malta, Australian National University, Tohoku University, King Abdullah University,
University of Ljubljana, Boston College, Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati and National Institute of Technology, Agartala,
India.
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Targeted Discipline

Physics

Geophysics

Seismology
Civil
Engineering

Geology

Geography

Earthquake
Engineering

EnvironmentalScience

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Targeted Group
Graduate/Post Grad.
StudentsPh.D.
Scholars

ScientistsAcademicianResearchers

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nd2International Virtual Workshop on Global Seismology & Tectonics

20-30th September 2021

Webinar Schedule
Inauguration

th20 September, 2021 @ 9:30 am IST (+5:30 GMT)

SPEAKERS

Day # 1

Andrew J. Michael, USGS, USA
Collapsing Calderas and Aftershocks: WhenWe Need to Include Clustering in SeismicHazards Assessments?

Attenuation Characteristics and Seismicity
Analysis for Himalayan Region

20th September @ 10:00 am IST
19th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
20th September @ 06:30 am CEST

20th September @ 07:00 pm IST
20th September @ 06:30 am PDT
20th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

B. L. N. Kennett, ANU, Australia

Day # 2

Characterising Earth Structure from Seismic
Data
21st September @ 10:00 am IST
21st September @ 02:00 pm ACST
20th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
21st September @ 06:30 am CEST

Alan Kafka, Boston College, USA

Day # 3Reflections on My Past Two Decades ofTeaching “Geoscience and Public Policy”,
an Undergraduate Science Course for NonScience Major
22nd September @ 09:30 am IST
22nd September @ 12:00 am EDT
21st September @ 09:00 pm PDT
22nd September @ 06:00 am CEST

Dapeng Zhao, Tohoku University, Japan

Day # 4

Seismic Anisotropy Tomography: New insight
into Seismotectonics, Volcanism andGeodynamics
23rd September @ 10:00 am IST
23rd September @ 01:30 pm JST
22nd September @ 09:30 pm PDT
22nd September @ 06:30 am CEST

O. P. Mishra, Director, NCS (MoES), IndiaDay # 5

T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT-G, India

David J. Wald, USGS, USA
An Overview of UGSC near-real time
Earthquake information products
21st September @ 07:00 pm IST
21st September @ 07:30 am MDT
21st September @ 06:30 am PDT
21st September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Daniela Kühn, NORSAR, Norway
Probabilistic Moment Tensor Inversion:
Examples from Europe
22nd September @ 07:00 pm IST
22nd September @ 06:30 am PDT
22nd September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Kendra Johnson, GEM Foundation, Italy
Introduction to Probabilistic Seismic
Hazard Analysis (PSHA)
23rd September @ 07:00 pm IST
23rd September @ 06:30 am PDT
23rd September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Kendra Johnson & Shreyasvi Chandrasekhar
GEM Foundation, Italy

Seismic Microzonation: An efficient tool forearthquake risk resilient Structures

Building a Probabilistic Seismic Hazard
Analysis (PSHA) input model

24th September @ 10:00 am IST
23rd September @ 09:30 pm PDT
24th September @ 06:30 am CEST

24th September @ 07:00 pm IST
24th September @ 06:30 am PDT
24th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

ACST: Australian Central Standard Time, CEST: Central European Summer Time, EDT: Eastern Daylight Time, IST: Indian Standard Time, JST: Japan Standard Time, MDT: Mountain Daylight Time, PDT: Paciﬁc Daylight Time

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Webinar Schedule
SPEAKERS
Sebastiano D'Amico, Univ. of Malta, Malta

Day # 6

Seismotectonics of the central Mediterraneanarea
25th September @ 10:00 am IST
24th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
25th September @ 06:30 am CEST

Day # 7J. R. Kayal, GSI, India

Day # 8Jure Žalohar, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia

26th September @ 10:00 am IST
25th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
26th September @ 06:30 am CEST

26th September @ 07:00 pm IST
26th September @ 06:30 am PDT
26th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

27th September @ 10:00 am IST
26th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
27th September @ 06:30 am CEST

Sima Ghosh, NIT-Agartala, India

Day # 925th September @ 07:00 pm IST
25th September @ 06:30 am PDT
25th September @ 03:30 pm CESTThe Omega-Theory and the timedependent earthquake forecasting

Lithospheric Structure of Himalayan
Collision Zone

Recent Seismicity and Probability
Assessment of Earthquake Occurrence inNorth East and Himalayan Region
28th September @ 10:00 am IST
27th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
28th September @ 06:30 am CEST

Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG, India

Day # 10

Kinematics of Shillong Plateau & Eastern
Himalaya Region-the sites of Great
earthquakes

Recent Large and felt Earthquakes inNortheast India: Seismotectonics andPrecursor Appraisal

V. M. Tiwari, Director, CSIR-NGRI, India

State-of-the-art Seismic Techniques for
Advanced Modeling and Interpretation:
Solution to some Geoscientific Challengesth29 September @ 10:00 am IST
28th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
29th September @ 06:30 am CEST

Sarah E. Minson, USGS, USA

Day # 11

Saurabh Baruah, CSIR-NEIST, India

Md. F. Abdelwahed, KAU, Saudi Arabia
SGRAPH system for seismic waveform
analysis and source parameters
estimation: Review and case study
27th September @ 07:00 pm IST
27th September @ 05:30 pm (Dubai)
27th September @ 06:30 am PDT
27th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Marco Pagani, GEM Foundation, Italy
Introduction to the OpenQuake Engine
28th September @ 07:00 pm IST
28th September @ 06:30 am PDT
28th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Jo Gottsmann, University of Bristol, UK
New insights on the inner workings ofvolcanoes
29th September @ 07:00 pm IST
29th September @ 06:30 am PDT
29th September @ 03:30 pm CEST

Justin Rubinstein, USGS, USA

Shaking is Almost Always a Surprise: The
Earthquakes That Produce Significant
Ground Motion

Earthquakes in the Heartland: How Energy
Production Causes Earthquakes in
Unexpected Places

30th September @ 10:00 am IST
29th September @ 09:30 pm PDT
30th September @ 06:30 am CEST

30th September @ 07:30 pm IST
30th September @ 07:00 am PDT
30th September @ 04:00 pm CEST

ACST: Australian Central Standard Time, CEST: Central European Summer Time, EDT: Eastern Daylight Time, IST: Indian Standard Time, JST: Japan Standard Time, MDT: Mountain Daylight Time, PDT: Paciﬁc Daylight Time

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Advisory Board

Organizing Committee
Chief Patron

PatronInternational Advisor

Shekhar C. Mande
DG, CSIR
Govt. of India

G. Narahari Sastry
Director, CSIR-NEIST
Govt. of India

Andrew J. MichaelUnited State Geological Survey
USASession Advisor

Session Chairman

Session Co-ChairmanDapeng Zhao
Tohoku University
Japan

J. R. Kayal
Former Dy. Director General
GSI, India

Saurabh Baruah
Chief-Scientist
CSIR-NEIST, India

Advisory Members

Jatin Kalita
CSIR-NEIST

J. L. Khongsai
CSIR-NEIST

Rama Shankar Sharma
CSIR-NEIST

Convener
Santanu Baruah
Senior Scientist
CSIR-NEIST

Co-Conveners

M. K. Phukan
CSIR-NEIST

Sebastiano D’Amico
University of Malta, Malta

Bijit Kr. Choudhury
CSIR-NEISTnd2

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Editorial Members

Chinmoy Rajkonwar
CSIR-NEIST

Timangshu Chetia
CSIR-NEIST

Goutam K. Boruah
CSIR-NEIST

Avik Paul
NIT-Agartala

Technical Committee

Khirod Buragohain
CSIR-NEIST

Sausthov M. Bhattacharyya
CSIR-NEIST

Debabrata Das
CSIR-NEIST

Chandan Dey
CSIR-NEIST

Quiz Committee

Antara Sharma
CSIR-NEIST

Prachurjya Borthakur
CSIR-NEIST

Mrigendra N. Barman
CSIR-NEIST

Sachin Kumar
CSIR-NEIST

Certicate Committee

Anwesha Dutta Hazarika
CSIR-NEIST

Nabajyoti Molia
CSIR-NEIST

Manish Gupta
CSIR-NEIST

K. V. R. H. Prasad
CSIR-NEIST

Ashim Gogoi
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Organizing Committee
Associate Members
Víctor Corchete
University of Almeria, Spain

S. Ibotombi Singh

Tarun Ch. Bora

Manipur University, Manipur

VC, Krishnaguru Adhyatmik Visvavidyalaya

T. M. Al-Hussaini

Arun Kumar

Amarendra Rajput

BUET, Bangladesh

Manipur University, Manipur

Royal Global University, Assam

Mehdi Zaré

Glen T. Thong

M. Faruque Hussain

IIEES, IranNagaland University, Nagaland

Assam University, Assam

Haggag Hamed Mohamed

Shiva Kumar

Sajal Kanti Deb

NRIAG, Egypt

Mizoram University, Mizoram

IIT-Guwahati, Assam

A. A. Eluyemi

Devesh WaliaJayanta Pathak

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

NEHU, Meghalaya

Assam Engg. College, Assam

Wiwit Suryanto

Sukumar Baishya

Sarat Phukan

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh

Gauhati University

Nur Anisah Mohamed

Y. V. Krishnaiah

Bikash Gogoi

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Tripura University, Tripura

Gauhati University

Sujit Dasgupta

Anil K. Misra

T. K. Goswami

Dy. DG, GSI (Retd.), India

Sikkim University, Sikkim

Dibrugarh University, Assam

Shashi Prakash Sharma

Sima Ghosh

S. K. Lahiri

NIT-Agartala, Tripura

Dibrugarh University, Assam

Sagarika Mukhopadhyay

Gopal Sharma

Sanjib Ghimire

IIT-Roorkee

NESAC, Meghalaya

KKHSOU, Assam

IIT-Kharagpur

S. K. Pal

Saitluanga

Bibhuti Gogoi

IIT-ISM, Dhanbad

Pachhunga Univ. College, Mizoram

Cotton University, Assam

Paresh Nath Singha Roy

Hari Prasad Jaishi

Rajib Biswas

IIT-Kharagpur

USTM, Meghalaya

Tezpur University, Assam

V. K. Gahlaut

Samarjeet Borah
SMIT, Sikkim

Bodoland University, Assam

CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad

Sujit Deka

Imtiyaz A. Parvez

Upamanyu Das

Arindom Phukan

CSIR-4PI-Bangalore

RGU, Arunachal Pradesh

Madhabdev University, AssamR. B. S. Yadav

Swapnil Hazarika

Gajendra Nath Sarma

Kurukhetra University, Haryana

Sibsagar College, Sivasagar

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Organizing Committee
Associate Members
Devajit Hazarika

Chandraditya Gogoi

Arup Bharali

WIHG, Dehradun

Gargaon College, Sivasagar

Bhattadev University, Assam

Susheel Kumar

R. L. Goswamee

Arjun Sil

IIG-Navi Mumbai

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

NIT-Silchar, AssamNava K. Hazarika

Ratul Saikia

Ranjan Sarmah

IIG-Shillong

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

ARGUCOM, AssamSowrav Saikia

S. P. Saikia

Hasin A. AhmedNCS, MoES

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

Assam Women's University, Assam

Nandita Dutta

Archana M. DasSamrat Dey

ASDMA, Govt of Assam

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

Assam Don Bosco University, Assam

Kalyan Dey

Jiban J. Mahanta

Swati Baruah

Bodoland University, Assam

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

Kaziranga University, Assam

Anjalu Ramchiary

Sangeeta Sharma

Madhuryya Deka

Bodoland University, Assam

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

Kaziranga University, Assam

Nurul Amin

Debasis D. Mohanty

Santanu Kalita

J. B. College, Jorhat

CSIR-NEIST, JorhatMSSU, Assam

Jonali Medhi

Atanu Dutta

Bubul Bharali

Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati

Jorhat Engg. College, Assam

PUC, Mizoram

GUIDELINES
The virtual workshop, in the form of a series of lectures, will be held only via Microsoft Teams, an internet
based visual communication platform.
¬ The participants are requested to download and install Microsof t (MS) Teams sof tware(https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app) in their desktop or
mobile devices.
¬ The participants are expected to mute their microphones and turn off their cameras during lectures by thespeakers. They can be turned on only if direct interaction during Q&A session is desired.
¬ E-certicate shall be provided to registered participants upon request, if they have attended at least 80% of
the virtual workshop.
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