Prof. Kalachand Sain

Kalachand Sain obtained his M.Sc. (Tech) in App. Geophysics from IIT-ISM, Dhanbad, and Ph.D. in ActiveSeismology from CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad in 1995. He visitedCambridge University (UK) and Rice University (USA) as a post-doctoral Fellow, and USGS (USA) as a VisitingScientist. He has been continuing his research and mentoring students as a JC Bose National Fellow at CSIR-NGRI. He is an honorary Outstanding Prof. at AcSIR, Ghaziabad and Advisor at DST Centre of Excellence forClimate Information – IIT Delhi. Earlier he held the highest position as Director of Dehradun-based DST-institute, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Govt. of India. He also held an additional charge asDirector of Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleo Sciences, Lucknow – another DST-institute for a small span till a newdirector joined. He was Chief Scientist and Head of Seismic Group at CSIR-NGRI.

Statement of Work: His expertise includes Machine Learning, seismic tomography, attributecharacterization, rock physics, and advanced processing of geoscientific data. His research covers climatechange; glaciers/glacial-lakes dynamics; geo-hazards due to earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, debris flow,flash floods; early warnings; seismotectonics, geodynamics, basin evolution; conventional hydrocarbons, non-conventional gas-hydrates & geothermal energy resources; sub-volcanic imaging. He visited 20 countries topresent his scientific outcome, completed 15 international collaborations, pursued joint studies with Indianorganizations, delivered over 125 plenary/invited talks (some are available in Websites/YouTube). Heorganised 15 International conferences, convened 27 sessions & chaired 42 sessions in international/nationalfora, conducted short courses on advanced topics/methodologies for industry professionals & organizations,completed projects worth of INR 62X107, procured INR 160X107 worth industry-standard data, resulting into230 SCI articles with 5749 total citations; 31 papers each having >50 citations; 117 i-10 index; 37 h-index; 5authored books; 7 edited volumes; 26 book-chapters; 114 Non-SCI Articles/Documents; 2 Patents & 2Copyrights; 16 Ph.Ds., and 70 Master-dissertations. He is the Subject Editor of PINSA (Earth Sciences), andserved as the Section Editor for the ‘Encyclopaedia of Solid Earth Geophysics’ (2011 and 2021) by Springer.

Recognition: He is a Fellow of all three Indian Science Academies: Indian National Science Academy (Delhi),Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore), National Academy of Science in India (Allahabad), as well as Fellowof Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Academy of Sciences (Hyderabad). He received National Merit Scholarshipfrom the Min. of Education (MoE), Raman Fellowship from CSIR, and BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST.He is honoured with Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT-ISM, AP Scientist Award, National Award ofExcellence in Geosciences by the Min. of Earth Sciences (MoES), National Mineral Award by the Min. of Mines,Young Scientist Award by CSIR, Krishnan Gold Medal and Decennial Award by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU).He is the Secretary General of Federation of Indian Geosciences Association; Chairman/Core Member ofNational Committees of DST, ANRF, CSIR, MoES, MoE, MoEFCC, NITI Aayog, Science Academies, ResearchCouncils, Governing Bodies, Advisory Boards of National Organizations and Universities.

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