Sponsored Projects and Research Collaborations

SPONSORED PROJECTS:

9. Royal Society International Collaboration Award: Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF)
Project Title: ‘Increasing Resilience to Eartquakes in North India’
Principal Investigators: James Jackson (Univ. of Cambridge) and Supriyo Mitra.
Other Collaborators (Co-Investigators): Keith Priestely, Alex Copley (Univ. of Cambridge) and Sunil K. Wanchoo (SMVDU).
Sponsor: Royal Society, U.K.

8. NERC International Oppurtunities Funding (IOF)
Project Title: Earthquake Without Frontiers
Principal Investigators: James Jackson, Keith Priestley, Alex Copley (Univ. of Cambridge).
Indian Collaborators (Co-Investigators): Supriyo Mitra, Kajaljyoti Borah (IISERK) and Sunil K. Wanchoo (SMVDU).
Sponsor: Natural Environment Research Council, U.K.

7. DiFD Emergency Grant
Project Title: Respose to the Mw 7.9 Earthquake of April 25 2015 in Nepal.
Principal Investigators: Keith Priestley, James Jackson, Jean-Philippe Avouac (Univ. of Cambridge).
Overseas Collaborators (Co-Investigators): Supriyo Mitra and Lok Bijay Adhikari (DMG, Nepal).
Sponsor: Natural Environment Research Council, U.K.

6. UKIERI Thematic Parthnership between IISER Kolkata and University of Cambridge:
Project Title: Earthquake Hazard Evaluation in Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya and Western Indo-Gangetic Plains.
Principal Investigators: Keith Priestley (Univ. of Cambridge) and Sunil K. Wanchoo (SMVDU)
Partners (Co-Investigators): Supriyo Mitra and Alex Copley (Univ. of Cambridge).
Sponsor: UGC-UK-India Education and Research Initiative, Thematic Partnership.

5. NERC-IAA Knowledge Exchange Awards
Project Title: Seismic structure, active faulting and ground motion evaluation in NW India.
Principal Investigator: Keith Priestley (Univ. of Cambridge).
Co-Principal Investigators: Supriyo Mitra, Alex Copley (Univ. of Cambridge) and Sunil K. Wanchoo (SMVDU).
Sponsor: Natural Environment Research Council, U.K.

4. UKIERI Thematic Parthnership between IISER Kolkata and University of Cambridge:
Project Title: Seismic Velocity Structure of the northwestern and northeastern Himalaya and its implications for earthquake hazard assessment.
Principal Investigators: Supriyo Mitra (IISERK) and Keith Priestley (Univ. of Cambridge).
Sponsor: UK-India Education and Research Initiative, Thematic Partnership, British Council.

3. Project Title: The exhumation factor in the genesis of inverted metamorphic sequences - an evaluation from structure, metamorphism, fluid inlcusion and earthquakes.
Principal Investigator: Saibal Gupta
Co-Principal-Investigators: M. K. Panigrahi, Supriyo Mitra
Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology (Deep Continental Studies program).

2. Project Title: 3-Dimensional imaging of the lithosphere and active deformation across Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya and a comparison with NW-Himalaya.
Principal Investigator: Supriyo Mitra.
Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. S.S. Rai (NGRI) and Dr. V. Joshi (GBPIHED).
Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology (Deep Continental Studies program).

1. Project Title: Investigation of the Deep Seismic Structure in the foreland of the Indo-Himalayan Collision Zone.
Principal Investigator: Supriyo Mitra.
Sponsor: Institute Scheme for Innovative Research and Development, IIT Kharagpur.

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:

1. Coordinator from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata side on the Memorandum of Understanding (2018 onwards) signed between IISER Kolkata, University of Cambridge and SMVD University for studies of The Earthquake Hazard in the Himalaya and adjoining Himalayan Foreland Basin.

2. Joint Coordinator from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur side on the Memorandum of Understanding (2005-2010) signed between IIT Kharagpur and Cambridge University for Investigation of the Deep Seismic Structure of the Indo-Himalayan Collision Zone in Eastern India.

3. Indian collaborator of the NERC funded Consortium 2004-2005 Indian Ocean earthquakes - Subduction Zone segmentation and controls on earthquake rupture.

4. Indian participant of the Indo-Russian collaborative project funded by ILTP division of DST on Lithospheric structure and anisotropy of the Indian shield and Himalaya. (lead by Indo Russian Center for Earthquake Research, IMD)