Dr. K Madhusudhana Rao
| Designation : Scientist-E |
| Phone Number : +91-79-66739033 |
| Email : madhuspl@yahoo.com, kmrao@isr.res.in |
Academics:
- M.Sc.(Tech) (Applied Geophysics), Osmania University, Hyderabad (1995).
- Ph.D (Geophysics), Osmania University, Hyderabad (2014).
Positions:
- 1997-2005 - Senior Scientific Assistant (Geophysics) in Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited, Govt. of Gujarat Undertaking.
- 2005-2010 – Scientist-B, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat.
- 2010-2011 – Scientist-C, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat.
- 2011-2019 – Scientist-D, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat.
- 2019- – Scientist-E, Institute of Seismological Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat.
Thrust areas of research:
- Understanding the causes of earthquakes through studying deep structure using shear wave splitting, tomography, and receiver function analysis.
- Short term Earthquake Precursors by studying multi parametric geophysical observations and ionosphere precursors using space based observations.
Awards and Honours :
- All India 105 rank in the GATE-95.
- Awarded ‘Order of Merit’ by Indian Society of Earthquake Science on outstanding contribution to earthquake science in 2015.
- Recipient of National e-Governance GOLD Award during 2013-14.
- Recipient of ‘Outstanding performance’ being given by DG-ISR in 2014.
Publications (SCI)
- Sumer Chopra, Dinesh Kumar and K.M. Rao, “Attenuation of P and S waves in the Kachchh Region”, J.Ind.Geophys.Union, Vol 12, No.1, PP 11-22, January 2008
- Sumer Chopra, K. Madhusudhan Rao, B. Sairam, Santosh Kumar, A.K. Gupta, Hardik Patel, M.S. Gadhavi and B.K.Rastogi, “Earthquake Swarm Activities after Rains in Peninsular India and a Case Study from Jamnagar“, Jour.Geol.Soc.India, Vol.72, August 2008
- Sumer Chopra, R.B.S.Yadav, Hardik Patel, Santosh Kumar, K. M. Rao and B.K.Rastogi, “The Gujarat(India) Seismic Network”, Seismological Research Letters, Volume 79, Number 6, November/December 2008
- Sumer Chopra, K.M.Rao and B.K.Rastogi, “Thickness of Sediments in Kachchh Region, Gujarat, Western India Using Sp Converted Phases”, Pure and Applied Geophysics (Pageoph), 09 Dec, 2009, DOI 10.1007/s00024-009-0023-
- K Madhusudhan Rao, M Ravi Kumar, A Singh, and BK Rastogi, “Two distinct shear wave splitting directions in the northwestern Deccan Volcanic Province”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, October 2013, 118, 5487–5499, doi:10.1002/
- Simha, C.P., G. Pavan Kumar, P. Mahesh, A. Navneeth, K.M. Rao, B.K. Rastogi, V.N. Sridhar and A.K. Shukla (2013). Ionospheric disturbances with the time of Occurrence, magnitude and location of the earthquakes (M6.5) near the Indian sub-continent, Natural Hazards, vol. 70 (1), 935- 940, DOI 10.1007/s11069-013-0816-6
- K.Madhusudhanarao, M. Ravikumar and B.K.Rastogi, “Seismic evidences for Underplating and Uplifted Crust beneath the Northwestern Deccan Volcanic Province, India”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, April 2015, 121, 1-21, doi:10.1002/2015JB010239
- C. Prasanna Simha , Annam Navaneeth, K. M. Rao, B. K. Rastogi, G. Pavan Kumar, P. Mahesh, V. N. Sridhar, A. K. Shukla, Spatial and temporal variations of total electron content (TEC) and outgoing long wave radiation (OLR) during the period of greater earthquakes near the Indian subcontinent, Natural Hazards, October 2015, 1-10, DOI 10.1007/s11069-015-2058-2
- Shivam Joshi, C.P.Simha, K.M.Rao and M.S.B.S.Prasad, "Total Geomagnetic field changes in association with two earthquakes in Kachchh, Gujarat, India". Jour.of Indian Geophysical Union, May 2017
- Sushanta Ku Sahoo, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, Jerin P. Shaji, K. S. Murali Krishna and G. Udaya Lakshmi (2018) Influence of meteorological parameters on the soil radon (Rn222) emanation in Kutch, Gujarat, India, Environ Monit Assess, 190: 111, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6434-0
- Sushanta Ku Sahoo, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, Chiranjib Barman, G. Udaya Lakshmi, (2020) Identification of earthquake precursors in soil radon-222 data of Kutch, Gujarat, India using empirical mode decomposition based Hilbert Huang Transform, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 222, 106353, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106353
- Sushanta Ku Sahoo, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, G. Udaya Lakshmi, (2020), Singular spectrum analysis on soil radon time series (222Rn) in Kachchh, Gujarat, India: detection of periodic oscillations and earthquake precursors, Arabian Journal of Geosciences 13:973, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05946-y
- Bulusu, Jayashree., Simha, C., Arora, Kusumita., Rao, K.M. (2020). Statistical characteristics of low latitude Pc4s: Influence of Solar wind and IMF parameters. Advances in Space Research. 65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.01.001
- C. Prasanna Simha, Venkatanathan Natarajan, and Katlamudi Madhusudhana Rao, (2020) Pre-earthquake Atmospheric and Ionospheric Anomalies before Taiwan Earthquakes (M 6.1 and M 6.4) on February (4th and 6th), 2018, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (Springer, ISSN 0016-7932), Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 644–660, https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793220050151
- Shivam Joshi and Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, (2020) Influence of Solar wind parameters on equatorial magnetic observatories during intense geomagnetic storms of the year 2015, Journal of Scientific Research, ISSN 2070-0237 eISSN 2070-0245, Vol 12 No 3, 64-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v12i3.42798
- Swati; Birbal Singh; Devbrat Pundhir; Ashwini K. Sinha; K. Madhusudan Rao; Anirban Guha; Yashuhide Hobara, (2020) Ultra-low frequency (ULF) magnetic field emissions associated with some major earthquakes occurred in Indian Subcontinent, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2020.105469
- Pallabee Choudhury, Charu Kamra, Santosh Kumar, Ketan Singha Roy, K. Madhusudhana Rao, Sumer Chopra, M. Ravi Kumar, (2022) Occurrence of small to moderate magnitude earthquakes in Kachchh intraplate zone: A special emphasis to the 2020 Bhachau earthquake, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, Volume 7, 100089, ISSN 2590-0560, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100089.
- Shivam Joshi* and Madhusudhana Rao Katlamudi (2021), “Ultra-low frequency geomagnetic variations before Dholavira earthquake (M 5.1) on 20th June 2012 in Kachchh region, Gujarat, India, Geotectonics (Springer) DOI: 10.1134/S0016852121040142.
- Sahoo S.K., Katlamudi M., Udaya Lakshmi G., (2021). Observation of ULF electromagnetic emissions before the M 7.8 New Zealand earthquake of November 13, 2016. Geodynamics & Tectonophysics 12 (4), 891–901. doi:10.5800/GT-2021-12-4-0561
- Jayashree Bulusu, Vyacheslav Pilipenko, Kusumita Arora, C Prasanna Simha, K.M.Rao (2022). Patterns of geomagnetic Pc1 pulsations in different solar cycles in the near-equatorial region from the Indian subcontinent. J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 105963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105963.
- Pedapudi, Chandra Sekhar, Madhusudhana Rao Katlamudi, and Severine Rosat. "Observation of free oscillations after the 2010 Chile and 2011 Japan earthquakes by superconducting gravimeter in Kutch, Gujarat, India." Geodesy and Geodynamics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geog.2022.10.002
- C Prasanna Simha, Venkatanathan Natarajan, Rakesh Dumka and Katlamudi Madhusudhana Rao, (2023). Spatial and temporal behaviour of Ionospheric VTEC and Atmospheric parameters before New Zealand earthquake on 13th November 2016 (M 7.8), J. Applied Geophysics. 212, 104989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.104989
- Simha C, P., Katlamudi, M. R., & Bulusu, J. (2023). Low latitude Pi2 pulsations at Desalpar, Gujarat, India: A statistical analysis of the influences of magnetic storms/substorms, seasons, and solar cycles. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 252, 106145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2023.106145
- Sahoo, Sushanta Kumar, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, and Bala Chandar P. (2023) "Spatial distribution and radiological risk assessment of soil radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) in Gandhinagar city, Gujarat, India." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2023): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09012-1
- C.P. Simha, Katlamudi Madhusudhana Rao, (2024) Anomalous ULF Geomagnetic Anomalies Associated with the June 14, 2020, Earthquake (M= 5.3) in Kachchh, Gujarat, India, J. Geotectonics. DOI: 10.1134/S001685212470016X
- C. P. Simha , K.M. Rao, *, R. K. Dumka, (2024) Observation of Atmospheric and Ionospheric Anomalies before the Nepal Earthquakes on 25 th April and 12 th May 2015, . J. Geotectonics. DOI: 10.1134/S0016852124700158
- Sushanta Kumar Sahoo, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, Chandra Sekhar Pedapudi, (2024) Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of soil radon in the Kachchh Region of Gujarat, India: A case study of earthquake precursors, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 637, 129582, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2024.129582
- Sahoo, S.K., Chandar, P.B. & Katlamudi, M. (2024) Assessment of contamination level of radon (222Rn) in drinking water around Tulsishyam geothermal area and Savarkundla fault in Saurashtra, India. Environ Geochem Health 46, 382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-02173-2
- Sushanta Kumar Sahoo, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, Chandra Sekhar Pedapudi, (2025) Multifractal and Monofractal characteristics of ULF magnetic fields in Kachchh region, Gujarat, India: Prospects for earthquake precursor detection, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 269, 106478, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2025.106478
- Rema Vaishali, Madhusudhanarao Katlamudi, Ashok Maripireddi, (2025), Seismic evidence of magmatic underplating in the epicentral zone of 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Kachchh region, Gujarat, Western India: P-receiver function perspective, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s11069-025-07339-4
Projects Completed/Ongoing
- DST/MoES, Govt. of India sponsored project entitled “Seismological Research and Applications in Gujarat.”
- ISRO, Government of India sponsored project titled “Establishment of CALVAL site at Desalpar, Kachchh, Gujarat”
- DST, Govt. of Gujarat sponsored project entitled “Multi Parametric Geophysical and Geochemical Observations in Kachchh”
- DST, Govt. of Gujarat sponsored project entitled “Deep Seismic Sounding Profiling in Kachchh to decipher the structure”
- DST, Govt. of Gujarat sponsored project entitled “Seismic Array in Western India in Kachchh to decipher the structure and Anisotropy”
- DST, Govt. of Gujarat sponsored project entitled “A Study on Electromagnetic Earthquake Precursors using Long Term High Precision Geomagnetic Measurements (EM-SEIS)”
Ph.D. Guidance:
- Awarded: 3
- Pursuing: 4