Acknowledgement
I am thankful to Prof. Archana Bhattacharyya, Chairperson, INSA IUGG-IGU
National Committee, India, for entrusting the responsibility of
preparing this chapter on IASPEI Activities in India to me for the INSA
National Report. I approached several Institutes and individuals engaged
in seismological research in India seeking inputs for this chapter. The
response has been overwhelming. I gratefully acknowledge the inputs
received from the following researchers: Prof. Harsh Gupta, NASI Senior
Scientist, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, Dr. Prakash Kumar, Director, CSIR-NGRI,
Hyderabad, Dr. M. Ravi Kumar (CSIR-NGRI), Dr. Prantik Mandal
(CSIR-NGRI), Dr. Sandeep Gupta (CSIR-NGRI), Dr. G. Pavankumar
(CSIR-NGRI), Dr. K Sain, Director, WIHG, Dehradun, Dr. Naresh Kumar
(WIHG), Dr. D. Hazarika (WIHG), Prof. A.P. Dimri, Director, IIG, Mumbai,
Dr. Sridevi Jade, Head, CSIR-4PI, Bengaluru, Dr. Sumer Chopra,
Officiating Director General, ISR, Gandhinagar, Dr. Saurabh Baruah
(CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat), Prof. Sagarika Mukhopadhyay (IIT-Roorkee), Prof.
Dinesh Kumar (Kurukshetra University), Dr. Chandrani Singh
(IIT-Kharagpur), and Dr. Arun Singh (IIT-Kharagpur). I gratefully
acknowledge Prof. Harsh Gupta, Dr. M. Ravi Kumar, and Dr. Sandeep Gupta
for reviewing this chapter and providing their valuable suggestions. The
chapter has been compiled under the project MLP6404-28(AM) of CSIR-NGRI.