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Dr. Rajeeb Lochan Mishra

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Dr. Rajeeb Lochan Mishra

Dr. Rajeeb Lochan Mishra

Designation : Scientist ‘B’

Phone : 7906810995

E-mail : rajeeblochanmishra[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

  • Google Scholar Page

  • Research Group

    Structure and Tectonics

  • Specialization

    Active Fault Mapping & Paleoseismology, Earthquake Geology & Tectonics, Himalayan Geodynamics, Structural Geology

  • Academic Qualification

    Ph.D.

  • Professional Experience

    Joined in the position of "Scientist B" since 10/05/2022

  • Services

    • Academic guidance to Bachelors' and Masters' degree students

    • Scientific research

    • Consultancy-related services

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    • University Gold Medal from Hon'ble Governor of Odisha for securing the First Rank in Sambalpur University in M.Sc. Applied Geology batch 2010-2012. Year of award: 2012

    • Cash prize of Rs. 60,000 by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Dehradun, for securing the first position consistently for two years in M.Sc. Applied Geology batch 2010-2012 in Sambalpur University. Year of award: 2012

    • 'INSPIRE Fellowship’ by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for securing the First Rank in the University in M.Sc. Applied Geology. Year of award: March 2013

    • ‘Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Foundation Day Best Research Paper Award 2016-2017’ by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, for the paper entitled "Paleoseismic evidence of a giant medieval earthquake in the eastern Himalaya" by Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, I. Singh, A. Pandey, P.S. Rao, H.K. Sahoo, & R. Jayangondaperumal, published in journal Geophysical Research Letters. Year of award: 2017

    • ‘CSIR Research Associate Fellowship 2017-2018’ by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Human Resource Development Group, Govt. of India to pursue Post Doctoral Research at IIT Bombay. Date of award: 01/05/2018

    • National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) 2018 (Number: PDF/2018/000186) by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, for a research project entitled “Understanding the paleo earthquake characteristics and Quaternary landform evolution along the eastern Himalayan front, India: An appraisal of the earthquake recurrence and seismic hazard in the region”. Year of Award: 2019

    • International Travel Support (ITS) of Rs. 1,79,911/- (Rupees One Lakh Seventy Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven) by the Science & Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, towards to and fro air fares, visa fees and registration fees to present a paper in the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019 at San Francisco (USA) through SERB File Number: ITS/2019/005741, Year of Award: 2019

  • Countries Visited

    United States of America

  • National/International (outside WIHG) Collaboration

    • Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Khordha (Odisha)

    • University of Delhi (New Delhi)

    • CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar (Odisha)

    • CSIR – North East Institute Of Science And Technology, Jorhat (Assam)

    • North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Umiam (Meghalaya)

    • Graphic Era University, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

    • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

    • Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

    • Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar (Gujarat)

    • Inter University Accelerator Center (New Delhi) (11) Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

    • Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh (Assam)

    • Rajiv Gandhi University, Papum Pare (Arunachal Pradesh) (14) Mizoram University, Aizawl (Mizoram)

    • Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

  • List of Publications

    Research papers in peer-reviewed/referred journals:
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, I. Singh, A. Pandey, P.S. Rao, H.K. Sahoo, and R. Jayangondaperumal. Paleoseismic evidence of a giant medieval earthquake in the eastern Himalaya. Geophysical Research Letters, 2016, vol. 43 (11), pp. 5707–5715, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068739 (2020 Impact Factor: 4.72). UGC approved journal number – 27726, ISSN – 1944-8007. Citations since 29th June 2016 as per Google Scholar : 30
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, R. Jayangondaperumal, and Hrushikesh Sahoo. Active tectonics of Dikrong valley, Northeast Himalaya, India: Insight into the differential uplift and fold propagation from river profile analysis. Himalayan Geology, 2016, volume 37, issue 2, pp. 84-95. (2020/21 Impact Factor: 1.293). UGC approved journal number – 18080, ISSN – 09718966. Citations since 29th June 2016 as per Google Scholar : 4
    • Watinaro Imsong, Falguni Bhattacharya, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, and Sarat Phukan. Geomorphic evidence of late Quaternary displacement of the Karakoram Fault in Nubra and Shyok valleys, Ladakh Himalaya. Current Science, 2017, volume 112, issue 11, pp. 2295-2305, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v112/i11/2295-2305 (2020 Impact Factor: 1.102). UGC approved journal number – 14405, ISSN – 00113891. Citations since 10th June 2017 as per Google Scholar: 5
    • R. S. Priyanka, R. Jayangondaperumal, A. Pandey, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, I. Singh, R. Bhushan, P. Srivastava, S. Ramachandran, C. Shah, S. Kedia, A. K. Sharma, and G. R. Bhat. Primary surface rupture of the 1950 Tibet-Assam great earthquake along the eastern Himalayan front, India. Nature Scientific Reports, 2017, volume 7:5433, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05644-y (2020 Impact Factor: 4.379). UGC approved journal number – 35611, ISSN – 20452322. Citations since 14th July 2017 as per Google Scholar: 19
    • Arjun Pandey, Ishwar Singh, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Priyanka Singh Rao, Hari Bahadur Srivastava, and R. Jayangondaperumal. Active tectonics in the Assam Seismic Gap between the meizoseismal zone of A.D. 1934 and 1950 earthquakes along eastern Himalayan front, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 2018, volume 127:66, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-018-0967-7 (2020 Impact Factor: 1.371). UGC approved journal number – 7157, ISSN – 2347- 4327 (Print) 0973-774X (Online). Citations as per Google Scholar: 3
    • R. Jayangondaperumal, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Rao Singh Priyanka, Rajeev Kumar Yadav, Durga Prasanna Mohanty, Arjun Pandey, Ishwar Singh, Aravind Anil, and Sandipta Dash. Active Tectonics of Himalaya, Rift Basins in Central India and those Related to Crustal Deformation at Different Time Scales. Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad., 2020, volume 86 (1), pp. 445-458, DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2020/49805. Citations as per Google Scholar: 2
    • Ishwar Singh, Arjun Pandey, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Rao Singh Priyanka, Atul Brice, R. Jayangondaperumal, and Vaibhav Srivastava. Evidence of the 1950 Great Assam Earthquake Surface Break Along the Mishmi Thrust at Namche Barwa Himalayan Syntaxis. Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, volume 48 (11), DOI:
    • Anil Aravind, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Shraddha Jagtap, R. Jayangondaperumal, V.C. Thakur, C.C. Pant, V. Joevivek. Detachment folding, growth mechanism and seismic potential in the Jammu Sub-Himalaya. Journal of Structural Geology, volume 155, 104514. DOI: .
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Satyabrata Sahoo, Chittaranjan Dash, Tapas Kumar Biswal. Preliminary observations on a paleo-fluviatile deposition and uplift-driven migration of the Mahanadi River in the Gondwana basin of Odisha, eastern India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2022) 15: 808.
    • Ishwar Singh, R. Jayangondaperumal, Arjun Pandey, Rao Singh Priyanka, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, P. Morthekai, Shraddha Jagtap, Pradeep Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar, Sundeep Chopra. Late Quaternary deformation, strain partitioning, and fold-thrust belt widening in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, India. Tectonophysics (2024), 871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230193, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.9.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra. An appraisal of geoheritage potential: From the Delhi-Aravalli fold- and the Himalayan fold-thrust belts to the coastal plains of India. Geoheritage (2024), vol. 16, art. No. 50, p. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-024-00962-w, 2022 Impact Factor: 2.9.
    • Atul Brice, R. Jayangondaperumal, Rao Singh Priyanka, Arjun Pandey, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Ishwar Singh, Madhusudan Sati, Pankaj Kumar, Sandipta Prasad Dash. Paleoseismological evidence for segmentation of the Main Himalayan Thrust in the Darjeeling‑Sikkim Himalaya. Scientific Reports (2024), 14:14537.
    Book Chapter:
    • Somnath Khaoash, Patitapaban Mishra, P. C. Mishra, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra. Insight into the exploitation of sand from the Mahanadi River system and its implication on the environment. In ‘Vistas In Geological Research’, Utkal University Special Publication in Geology (volume 16), February 2018, pp. 43-48 (ISBN: 81-900907-0-4). Citations as per Google Scholar: 1
    Conference papers presented or published as primary author, or published in co-authorship:
    • Linto Alappat, A. Nair, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, S. Jagtap, S. Pal, N. Suresh, & R. Jayangondaperumal. Late Quaternary deformation at Bharwain Anticline along the Himalayan Frontal Foreland Fold, NW Himalaya, India. In 4th Asia Pacific Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating Conference 2015, The University of Adelaide, Australia, Conference Dates: 22-28 November 2015, Official link to the abstract volume:
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, I. Singh, A. Pandey, P.S. Rao, & R. Jayangondaperumal. Evidence of A.D. 1255 earthquake at Panijhora tea garden, Sikkim Himalaya along the north eastern Himalayan Front, India. In 30th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet (HKT) 2015 workshop volume (p. 260), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 6-8 October, 2015. Official link to abstract volume:
    • P.S. Rao, A. Pandey, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, G.R. Bhat, H. Baruah, P. Srivastava, & R. Jayangondaperumal. Primary surface faulting of the AD 1697 and AD 1950 great earthquakes along the Main Frontal Thrust, Arunachal Pradesh, NE Himalaya. In 30th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet (HKT) 2015 workshop volume (p. 261), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 6-8 October, 2015. Official link to abstract volume:
    • A. Pandey, I. Singh, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, P.S. Rao, G. R. Bhat, P. Srivastava, R. Jayangondaperumal, & H. Baruah. Preliminary paleoseismic investigations along the Mishmi Thrust at Roing, Arunachal Pradesh, NE Himalaya, India. In 30th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet (HKT) 2015 workshop volume (p. 171), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 6-8 October, 2015. Official link to abstract volume:
    • Watinaro Imsong, Falguni Bhattacharya, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, & Sarat Phukan. Late Quaternary displacement of the Karakoram Fault: evidence from Nubra and Shyok valleys, Ladakh Himalaya. In 30th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet (HKT) 2015 workshop volume (p. 90), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 6-8 October, 2015. Official link to abstract volume:
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, I. Singh, A. Pandey, P.S. Rao, H.K. Sahoo, & R. Jayangondaperumal. Establishing the rupture extent of A.D. 1255 giant medieval earthquake through Paleoseismological investigations and Bayesian Statistical Modeling. In Seismological Research Letters (SRL), 87 (2B), March/April 2016, pp. 565, Proceedings of the Seismological Society of America (SSA) Annual Meeting 2016 at Reno, Nevada, USA. ISSN: 08950695, E-ISSN: 19382057, UGC Journal No.: 35702. Conference Dates: 20-22 April, 2016.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, R. Jayangondaperumal, & Hrushikesh Sahoo. Analysis of river profiles across the frontal fold-thrust belt in the Dikrong river valley, Arunachal Himalaya, northeast India: Implication for fold propagation. In National Geo-Research Scholars Meet-2016 abstract volume, pp. 54, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 1-4 June, 2016.
    • Arjun Pandey, Ishwar Singh, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, & R. Jayangondaperumal. Reckoning long-term deformation rate between the Saralbhanga and Kameng river valleys, Assam Himalaya, India. In the National Geo-Research Scholars Meet-2016 abstract volume, pp. 54, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 1-4 June, 2016.
    • Ishwar Singh, Arjun Pandey, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, P. S. Rao, R. Jayangondaperumal, & Pradeep Srivastava. Recent deformation activity along the Main Boundary Thrust in the western flank of eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Arunachal Himalaya, India. In the National Geo-Research Scholars Meet-2016 abstract volume, pp. 55, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 1-4 June, 2016.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, R. Jayangondaperumal, Arjun Pandey, Ishwar Singh, Pradeep Srivastava. Holocene fault slip rates along the frontal thrust of the eastern Himalaya, India: Evidence for the decrease of geological convergence across the eastern Himalaya. In the National Geo-Research Scholars Meet-2017 abstract volume, pp. 81, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Conference Dates: 2-5 May, 2017.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Arjun Pandey, Pradeep Srivastava, R. Jayangondaperumal. Geochronological constraint on the landform evolution in the eastern Himalaya, India: Evidence for eastward decrease in the Himalayan convergence. In the Geochronology Workshop abstract volume, pp. 44, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. Conference Dates: 16-17 November, 2017.
    • Somnath Khaoash, Patitapaban Mishra, P. C. Mishra, Rajeeb Lochan Mishra. Insight into the exploitation of sand from the Mahanadi River system and its implication on the environment. In the ‘Frontiers in Earth Science Researches’ abstract souvenir, pp. 33, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India. Conference Date: 11 February, 2018.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra. Present status of Paleoseismology and active fault research in the Himalaya. In the ‘Frontiers in Earth Science Researches’ abstract souvenir, pp. 46, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Conference Dates: 11 February, 2018.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra. Status of active fault research in the Himalaya. In National Seminar on “Litho-, Hydro-, Bio- and Atmosphere in the service of mankind”, Sundargarh Govt. College, Odisha. Conference Date: 8-9 September, 2018.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, Arjun Pandey, R. Jayangondaperumal. Consistency of decreasing geological convergence with the geodetic measurements in the eastern Himalaya, India. In the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2019, San Francisco, California, USA. Conference Dates: 9-13 December, 2019.
    • Rajeeb Lochan Mishra, R. Jayangondaperumal. New estimates of minimum geological convergence for the eastern Himalaya, India. In the EGU General Assembly 2020 (Sharing Geoscience Online) through live-chat on Thursday May 7th 2020.

  • Additional Information

    • Research project: Mapping of potential active faults, and paleoseismological investigation between the Dhanshiri and Kameng Rivers along the Himalayan frontal belt in the western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Awarding agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India. Role: Principal Investigator

    • Responsibility as a co-scientist-in-charge of the TL/OSL and FT thermochronology laboratories of the Wadia institute of Himalayan Geology

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