Institute of Seismological Research

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Institute of Seismological Research
Established2003
Director-GeneralDr. Sumer Chopra
Location
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Coordinates23°09′34.085″N 72°40′4.606″E / 23.15946806°N 72.66794611°E / 23.15946806; 72.66794611Coordinates: 23°09′34.085″N 72°40′4.606″E / 23.15946806°N 72.66794611°E / 23.15946806; 72.66794611
Websiteisr.gujarat.gov.in

Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) is a earthquake engineering and research center in Gandhinagar, India. In the aftermath of 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the institute was established by the Department of Science and Technology of Government of Gujarat in 2003.[1]

History[]

In 2003, Dr. J. G. Negi formulated the framework for Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) and established the centre with the funding from Asian Development Bank.[2] He resigned in 2004 due to differences arising between him and the state government.[3] Later, Prof. Naveenchandra N. Srivastava was deputed by Gujarat government to lead the institute.[4] Formal research activities were commenced in 2006.

ISR is the nodal agency in the western state of Gujarat to deploy and maintain a sub-network of 22 broadband seismograph stations and 40 strong-motion accelerographs.[5] The sub-network is the part of the larger network called Indian National Strong-Motion Instrumentation Network, operated by Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ Patel, Shirish; Revi, Aromar (2012-07-26). Recovering from Earthquakes: Response, Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-51808-9.
  2. ^ Mutter, John C. (2015-08-11). The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-7941-6.
  3. ^ Oct 7, TNN /; 2004; Ist, 02:13. "Gujarat's babus have 'trader's mentality' | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ N, Srivastava, Naveenchandra (2018-05-25). Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-5225-5040-2.
  5. ^ a b Sharma, M. L.; Shrikhande, Manish; Wason, H. R. (2018-06-22). Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology: Contributions in Honour of Jai Krishna. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76855-7.
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