Dr. Charu Kamra
| Designation: Scientist - B |
| Email: charukamra007@gmail.com, charu_gp@isr.res.in |
| Phone: +91-79-66739046 |
Academics:
- M.Tech (Applied Geophysics), Kurukshetra University (2015).
- Ph.D. (Geophysics), Kurukshetra University (2022).
Positions:
- 2015–2022: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Seismological Research, DST, Govt. of Gujarat.
- 2022–Present: Scientist-B, Institute of Seismological Research, DST, Govt. of Gujarat.
Thrust Areas of Research:
- Source characterization
- Mechanisms of earthquakes
- Microtremor data processing
- Site characterization
- Waveform inversion
- Deterministic seismic hazard assessment
Awards and Honours:
- GATE qualified (2018)
Publications (SCI):
- Pallabee Choudhury, Sumer Chopra, Charu Kamra, Archana Das (2019). New Insight into recent earthquake activity in North Cambay basin, Western India. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 109(6), 2240–2251.
- P Mahesh P, A Sateesh, Charu Kamra, et al. (2020). Earthquake swarms in Palghar district, Maharashtra. Current Science, 118(5), 701–704.
- Varun Sharma, Monika Wadhawan, Charu Kamra, et al. (2020). A long duration non-volcanic earthquake sequence in the Palghar swarm. Tectonophysics, 779: 228376.
- Charu Kamra, Sumer Chopra, R.B.S Yadav, Vishwa Joshi (2020). Characterization of major fault systems in the Kachchh region. Seismological Research Letters, 91(6), 3496–3517.
- Charu Kamra, Sumer Chopra, R.B.S. Yadav (2021). Joint inversion for stress and fault orientations in the Saurashtra horst. Journal of Seismology, doi:10.1007/s10950-021-10016-1.
- Pallabee Choudhury, K S Roy, Charu Kamra, et al. (2022). Empirical relationships for ground acceleration in Gujarat and NE India. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 13, 364–389.
- Pallabee Choudhury, Charu Kamra, et al. (2022). The 2020 Bhachau earthquake in Kachchh intraplate zone. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, doi:10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100089.
- G. Srijayanthi, R S Chatterjee, Charu Kamra, et al. (2022). Earthquake swarms in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 8, 100118.
- Charu Kamra, Sumer Chopra, R.B.S. Yadav (2023). Tectonic stress analysis in NE India and Kachchh. Geophysical Journal International, 234, 453–478.
- Girish Ch Kothyari, Rakesh K Dumka, Charu Kamra, et al. (2023). Fault dynamics in south-central Saurashtra. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 9, 100155.
Projects Completed/Ongoing:
- Seismic microzonation of Amritsar, Meerut, Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Patna, and Dhanbad.
- Strong Motion Data Analysis for seven major dams of Gujarat (SMND).
- Seismic monitoring of Gujarat Seismic Network.