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डॉ. वंदना

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डॉ. वंदना

डॉ. वंदना

पदनाम : Scientist ‘C’

फ़ोन : 9045684316

ई-मेल : vandanaghangas[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

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  • Research Group

    Geophysics Group

  • Specialization

    Focused on seismic attenuation, source parameter analysis, ground motion prediction equations using strong motion data and radon time-series modelling in the Himalaya region.

  • Academic Qualification

    Year Education
    2011-2016 Ph.D. (Seismology), Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
    2008-2011 M.Tech. (Applied Geophysics), Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
    2005-2008 B.Sc., Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

  • Professional Experience

    Year Experience
    10 July 2023 - Present Scientist-C
    14 October, 2015 - 7 July, 2023 Project Scientist-B, National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
    12 October, 2011 - 12 October, 2015 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.

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  • List of Publications

    Full Length Articles
    • Vandana and Naresh Kumar (2025). Seismic risk potential of NW Himalaya: Inferences based on attenuation model, journal of Earth System Science, 134(2).

    • Vandana and Naresh Kumar (2025). Assimilation of seismic attenuation model of NW Himalaya and its surrounding region, Geosystem and Geoenvironment, 4(5):100378.

    • Vandana, Harendra K. Dadhich, Himanshu Mittal, O.P. Mishra (2024). Ground motion prediction equation for NW Himalaya and its surrounding region, Quaternary Science Advances, Volume 13, 100136, ISSN 2666-0334.

    • O. P. Mishra, Vandana, Vikas Kumar, Sasi Kiran Gera (2020). A new insight into seismic Attenuation characteristics of Northwest Himalaya and its surrounding region: Implications to structural heterogeneities and earthquake hazards, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 306, 106500.
    • Mamuni Sucheeta Ekka, Vandana, P.N. S. Roy, O.P Mishra (2019). Coda wave seismic structure beneath the Indian Ocean region and its implications to seismotectonics structural heterogeneity, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 188, 104104
    • Vandana and O. P. Mishra (2019). Source Characteristics of the NW Himalaya and its adjoining region: Geodynamical implications. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 294, 106277.
    • Vandana, Kumar A., Gupta S. C, O. P. Mishra, Arjun Kumar and Sandeep (2017). Source Parameters and High Frequency Characteristics of Local Events (0.5≤ML≤2.9) Around Bilaspur Region of the Himachal Himalaya Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174:1643-1658.

    • Sandeep, Joshi, A., Lal, Sohan, Kumar, Parveen, Sah, S. K., Vandana, Kamal (2017). Simulation of Strong Ground Motion of the 2009 Bhutan Earthquake Using Modified Semi-Empirical Technique, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 4343-4356, 174, 12.
    • Sandeep, A. Joshi, S.K. Sah, Parveen Kumar, Sohan Lal, Vandana, Kamal, R.S. Singh, (2017). Source model estimation of the 2005 Kyushu Earthquake, Japan using Modified Semi Empirical Technique, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 147, 240-253, ISSN 1367-9120.

    • Sandeep, Joshi, A., Kumari, P., Lal, S., Vandana, Kumar, Parveen, Kamal (2017). Emergence of the semi-empirical technique of strong ground motion simulation: A review, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 719-722, 89, 6.
    • Vandana, Gupta S. C. and Kumar A. (2016). Coda wave attenuation characteristics for the Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. Natural Hazard, 78(2), 1091-1110.
    • Vandana, Kumar A. and Gupta S. C. (2016). Attenuation characteristics of body waves for the Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173, 447-462.
    • Kumar A., Mittal H., Kumar R. and Ghangas V. (2014). High frequency cut-off of observed earthquake spectrum and source parameters of local earthquakes in Himachal Himalaya. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), ISSN (Online) 2319-7064.
    • Parshad R., Snehmani , Rani1 R., Ghangas V., Kumar A., Rana V., Joshi P., Shrivastva P. K. and Ganju A. (2014). Source Parameters of Local Earthquakes in Nubra Region, NW Himalaya. International Journal of Advanced Research, 2, 151-158.
    • Kumar A., Kumar A., Gupta S. C., Jindal A.K. and Ghangas V. (2013), Seismicity and source parameters of local earthquakes in Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. Journal of Arabian Geosciences DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-0929-y.
    • Sharma S., Kumar A. and Ghangas V. (2013), Seismicity in Jammu and Kashmir Region with Special Reference to Kishtwar. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 3, ISSN 2250-3153.
    • Kumar A., Rai S. S., Joshi A., Mittal H., Sachdeva R., Kumar R. and Ghangas V. (2013), The b-value and fractal dimension of local seismicity around Koyna Dam (India). Earthquake Science, ISSN 1674 to 4519.
    Confrences/Workshops
    • Vandana and Naresh Kumar (2024), Comparative Study of Seismic Wave Attenuation in the Garhwal and Kinnaur Himalayas, Northwest India, 61st Annual Convention of the IGU, December 3–5, 2024 at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.
    • Vandana, Naresh Kumar, O. P. Mishra (2023). Assimilation of seismic attenuation model of NW Himalaya region and its earthquake risk potential, Paper present in 6th World Congress on Disaster Management, 28th November-1st December, 2023, Dehradun, India.
    • Ghangas V, Mishra O (2018), Source characterisation of NW Himalaya and its surrounding region: Geodynamical implications, Abstract volume of the 33rd Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop 10-12 September 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 51-52.

    • Ghangas V., Gupta S. C. and Kumar A. (2014). Coda Q estimates of Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. 51st Annual Convention of Indian Geophysical Union on Earth Sciences and Society, India 19-21 November 2014, 157.
    • Vandana, Gupta S. C., Kumar A. and Sharma M. L. (2014). Attenuation characteristics of the Bilaspur region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. (Paper No. 181), 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Dec., 11-13.
    • Sharma M.L., Kumar A., Gupta S.C., Jindal A.K., Sen Arup, Jain Kr. S., Goswami Neetu and Vandana (2014). Earthquake source parameters and focal mechanism of local earthquakes around Tehri region (Paper No. A174), 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Dec., 11-13.
    • Participated in QIP workshop on Challenges in Seismic Site Characterization and Solutions Through Recent Developments organized by Earthquake Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee, India 10 Dec., 2014.
    • Singh S., Sumedha, Wadhawan M. and Vandana (2011), Estimation of coda Q using a non linear (Guass-Newton) regression. Conference on the 2001 Bhuj earthquake and advances in earthquake studies (AES-2011).
    Chapters
    • Vandana, Gupta, S.C., Kumar, A., Mittal, H. (2024). Coda Q Estimates of the Bilaspur Region of Himachal Lesser Himalaya. In: Kumar, R., Singh, R., Kanhaiya, S., Maurya, S.P. (eds) Recent Developments in Earthquake Seismology. Springer, Cham.

    • Vandana, Dadhich, H.K., Mittal, H., Mishra, O.P. (2023). Ground Motion Prediction Equation for NW Himalaya Region. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 4). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 332. Springer, Singapore. .

    • O. P. Mishra, H. S. Mandal, Priya Singh, Ravikant Mahato, Sasi Kiran Gera, Vikas Kumar, Vandana, Babita Sharma, Shashank Shekhar, Poorti Gusain, Sanjay K. Prajapati, Anurag Tiwari & Sireesha Jaladi (2023). Seismic Microzonation of Indian Cities and Strategy for Safer Design of Structures. In: Gahalaut, V.K., Rajeevan, M. (eds) Social and Economic Impact of Earth Sciences. Springer, Singapore.

    • Ravikant Mahto, Poorti Gusain, O.P. Mishra, Neloy Khare, Sweta Baidya Das, Vikas Kumar, Jagvir Singh, Vandana, Priya Singh, M. Ghatak,Shashank Shekhar, Anurag Tiwari, Sasi Kiran Gera (2021). Glacial mass change–induced earthquakes in the Himalayan region of South Asia and its bearing to understand Arctic glaciers dynamics: proxy of climate change, Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments.

    • O.P. Mishra, H.S. Mandal, Priya Singh, Ravikant Mahato, Sasi Kiran Gera, Vikas Kumar, Vandana, Babita Sharma, Shashank Shekhar, Poorti Gusain, Sanjay K. Prajapati, Anurag Tiwari (2021). Earthquake Risk Resilient Structures and Seismic Microzonation of Indian Cities: Strategy for safer design of structures, Economic and Social impacts of Earth Sciences by Springer.

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