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Dr. Sowrav Saikia

Designation: Project Scientist C
Email: ssowrav@gujarat.gov.in, sowrav@isr.res.in
Phone: +91-79-66739019

Academics:

  • M.Sc. (Mathematics), Tezpur University (2006).
  • M.Tech. (Computational Seismology), Tezpur University (2009).
  • Ph.D. (Applied Geophysics), IIT-ISM Dhanbad (2017).

Positions:

  • 2009–2010: Post Graduate Trainee, CMMACS, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore (now CSIR 4th Paradigm Institute).
  • 2010–2015: Research Associate, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, New Delhi.
  • 2015–2018: Research Associate, National Center for Seismology (MoES), New Delhi.
  • 2018–2022: Project Scientist-C, National Center for Seismology (MoES), New Delhi.
  • 2022–Present: Project Scientist-C, Institute of Seismological Research, DST, Govt. of Gujarat.

Thrust Areas of Research:

  • Modelling of Earth’s structure, seismic anisotropy study.

Publications (SCI):

  • Santanu Baruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2014). The September 2011 Sikkim Himalaya earthquake Mw 6.9: is it a plane of detachment earthquake? Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7(1), 248–263.
  • Sumer Chopra, Tao-Ming Chang, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2014). Crustal structure of the Gujarat region, India... Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 96, 237–254.
  • Santanu Baruah, Saurabh Baruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2015). State of tectonic stress in Shillong Plateau... Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 95, 36–49.
  • Sowrav Saikia, Sumer Chopra, Santanu Baruah, et al. (2016). Crustal imaging of the Northwest Himalaya... Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7, 1265–1286.
  • V. K. Gahalaut, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2016). Seismological, geodetic, macroseismic... 2016 Mw 6.7 Tamenglong earthquake, Tectonophysics, 688, 36–48.
  • Sowrav Saikia, Sumer Chopra, Santanu Baruah, et al. (2017). Shallow sedimentary structure of the Brahmaputra valley... Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174, 229–247.
  • Antara Sharma, Santanu Baruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2017). Crustal seismic anisotropy beneath Shillong plateau... Tectonophysics, 717, 425–432.
  • Santanu Baruah, Sebastiano D’Amico, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2018). Fault plane solutions and stress drop... Annals of Geophysica, 61(1).
  • Sowrav Saikia, Santanu Baruah, Sumer Chopra, et al. (2018). Crustal structure of southwestern NE India... Journal of Seismology, 22, 229–249.
  • Sowrav Saikia, Santanu Baruah, Sumer Chopra, et al. (2019). Indo-Burmese subduction region appraisal... Journal of Geodynamics, 127, 16–30.
  • Bibhuti Gogoi, Gaurav Hazarika, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2021). Magnetite ocelli in Shillong Plateau... Geochemical Journal, 55(6), 341–353.
  • Chandan Dey, Santanu Baruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2021). Earthquake awareness in NE India... Annals of Geophysics, 64(3), SE330-SE330.
  • Santanu Baruah, Antara Sharma, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2021). Crustal anisotropy and stress field correlation... Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12(1), 2070–2086.
  • Bubul Bharali, Raghupratim Rakshit, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2021). The 2020 Mw 5.5 Mizoram earthquake... Natural Hazards, 109(3), 2381–2398.
  • Raghupratim Rakshit, Devojit Bezbaruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2022). Locked crustal faults in Indo-Burmese Ranges... Geofizika, 39(1), 163–178.
  • Sowrav Saikia, Monika Wadhawan, Santanu Baruah, et al. (2022). Seismic anisotropy in Eastern Himalaya... Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 226, 105085.
  • Sowrav Saikia, Sumer Chopra, Bibhuti Gogoi, et al. (2022). Moho topography and Poisson's ratio variation... Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2022.103134.
  • Chandan Dey, Santanu Baruah, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2022). Mw 6.1 Kopili Fault earthquake in Assam... Pure and Applied Geophysics, 179(6), 2167–2182.
  • Baldev R Arora, Sanjay K Prajapati, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2024). Crustal structure of NE India by receiver functions... International Journal of Earth Sciences, 1–23.
  • Santanu Baruah, Chandan Dey, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2024). June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake Mw 6.8... Himalayan Geology, 45(2), 252–259.
  • Santanu Baruah, Shankho Niyogi, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2024). Baghjan oil-well seismic monitoring... Scientific Reports, 14(1), 24108.
  • Bibhuti Gogoi, Ashima Saikia, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2025). Geochemical study of siderite in Eastern Himalaya... International Journal of Earth Sciences, 1–17.
  • Himanta Borgohain, Sowrav Saikia, Sumer Chopra, et al. (2025). Mw 6.1 Dhekiajuli earthquake intensity distribution... Himalayan Geology, 46(2), (in press).
  • G. M. Bhat, Shiv Jyoti Pandey, Sowrav Saikia, et al. (2025). Crustal thickness in Jammu-Kashmir via receiver functions... Journal of Geological Society of India, (in press).