Institute of Seismological Research

INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT
(Adjacent to Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Raisan, Gandhinagar – 382009)
Mob: Director General - 9978407515, Sr. Scientist - 9978407514, Admi. Officer - 9978407513, Email: dg-isr@gujarat.gov.in

The Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) has been established by the Science and Technology Department, Government of Gujarat in 2003 and is registered as a Society.

ISR campus is at Raisan, Gandhinagar in a sprawling and picturesque area on the banks of Sabarmati river. Aims and objectives include assigning optimum seismic factors for buildings in different regions and long-term assessment of earthquake potential. The ISR is the only institute in India fully dedicated to seismological research and is planned to be developed into a premier International institute in few years time.

Staff and Research Programs: At present 21 scientists are working and many more are being recruited. A number of major research projects have been initiated.

Earthquake Monitoring Program:
A network of 22 permanent seismological observatories is established with state of art digital broadband seismographs. The seismic data from these observatories are downloaded at Gandhinagar via VSAT. The seismic activity is monitored round the clock. The details of any regional earthquake are reported within few minutes. In addition to this a network of 40 Strong Motion Accelerographs (SMA) is also established to record strong ground motions.

GPS Monitoring for Crustal Deformation:
The ISR has initiated a major program for the study of crustal deformation by establishing GPS stations across all geological faults in Gujarat.

Microzonation Program:
ISR is carrying out Microzonation of Gandhinagar and few areas of Kachchh. It is seen from the study done so far in and around Gandhinagar that the soil in the area has strong bearing capacity. There is no site amplification for the frequency range of 1-6 Hz which means that one to ten storey buildings in and around Gandhinagar can be constructed by norms already in place.

ISR is establishing three Multiparametric Geophysical observatories in Kuchchh for the earthquake prediction research.

Geophysical Data Centre:
ISR is establishing a Geophysical data centre for the first time in India. It will have different Geophysical data sets, information about current earthquakes, catalogues of earthquakes in different states and GIS based intelligent earthquake hazard maps.

Contact:
Director General
Institute of Seismological Research
Adjacent to Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Raisan, Gandhinagar – 382009

Tel: 079-66739011 (Director General)
079-66739022 (Sumer Chopda)
079-66739003 (Admi. Officer)
Fax: 66739015
Email: dg-isr@gujarat.gov.in, dgisrgad@gmail.com

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