National Disaster Management Authority 
Prof. Harsh K. Gupta
Member, NDMA
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Dr. Gupta took B. Sc. (Hons); M. Sc. and AISM in Geophysics from Indian School of Mines and Ph. D. from Roorkee University, availed two one year UNESCO Fellowships in Seismology at the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo. He was Secretary to the Govt. of India (Department of Ocean Development); Director- National Geophysical Research Institute; Vice Chancellor-Cochin University of Science and Technology; Director- Center of Earth Science Studies and Project Director-(UNDP), Kerala Mineral Development and Exploration Project; Adjunct Professor- University of Texas at Dallas, USA. He leaded the 3rd Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, set up the India’s Permanent Base in a record time of one Antarctic summer.
Dr. Gupta has studied several aspects of earthquakes. He found common characteristics of artificial water reservoir triggered earthquakes and developed criteria to discriminate them from normal earthquakes. He Chaired the Steering Committee of the Global Seismic Hazard Program (1992- 1999), an UN initiative where some 500 seismologists worked globally to develop the Global Seismic Hazard Map. Post devastating Sumatra- Andaman earthquake -2004, he planned setting up of the Indian Tsunami Warning System. The project was completed within the stipulated time and is working satisfactorily since 2007. It is assessed to be the best Tsunami
Warning System in the world. He has published about 200 research papers, written 4 pioneering books (all published by Elsevier). His first book ‘Dams and Earthquakes’ has been translated into Russian and Chinese languages. He has compiled and edited the ‘Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics’. This 1500+ pages, 2 volume treatise is published by Springer (http://refworks.springer.com/geophysics).
Dr. Gupta, an internationally recognized personality in the field of Earthquake and Tsunami, is currently holding key positions as President- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (www.iugg.org); President- Asia Oceania Geo-Sciences Society (www.asiaoceania.org); Member- Scientific and Technical Committee of UNISDR; Member-Committee on Scientific Planning and Review of ICSU (www.icsu.org) and Chair ICSU’s Committee on Hazards for the Asia and the Pacific Region; Member- Executive Committee of International Continental Drilling Program, and ILP Bureau Member for Life etc. He is a Fellow of the leading Indian Science Academies; TWAS and the American Geophysical Union.
Among several recognitions received by him include Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize; USSR Academy of Sciences ‘100 years of International Geophysics’ Memorial Medal; CSIR Technology Prize for Business Development and Technology Marketing; Outstanding Performance Award by the 11th International Kharazami Festival of Iranian Research Organization; Brunn Memorial Lecture, 22nd Assembly of International Oceanographic Commission, Paris; National Mineral Award of Excellence; Padma Shri; Waldo. E. Smith Medal Award of American Geophysical Union; National Ocean Award of Science and Technology etc.
| Contact Details | Tel. No:- +91-11-– 26701738 Fax. No:- +91-11 – 26701769 |
| Address | Prof. Harsh K. Gupta Member, National Disaster Management Authority NDMA Bhawan, A-1, Safdarjung Enlave, New Delhi - 110029, INDIA |
| Email ID | harshndma@gmail.com |
