NAGARAJU KANNA Assistant Professor

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  • Department of Earth Sciences
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • nagarajugeo@gmail.com

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 Ph.D. Crust and Upper mantle structure of western Himalaya through waveform modelling Osmania University 2017
2 M.Sc (Tech) Geophysics Andhra University 2008
3 B.Sc Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science Acharya Nagarjuna University 2004

Area of Specializaion

Seismology, plate tectonics, Earth's seismic structure

Awards / Prizes Conferred

S.No Name / Title of the Award Type Name of the Agency conferred the Award Year of the Award Amount for Cash Award
1 Senior Research Associateship (Scientist Pool Scheme) NATIONAL Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India 2021 -
2 National Post-Doctoral Fellowship NATIONAL SERB 2021 NA
3 AEG's best thesis award NATIONAL Association of Exploration Geophysicists 2018 --
4 Research Associateship NATIONAL Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India 2018 -
5 National Fellowship for PWDs NATIONAL Govt. of India 2014 -

Teaching Experience

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1 Assistant Professor Department of Earth Sciences Pondicherry University

Research Experience

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1 Research Associate (CSIR) SEISMOLOGICAL IMAGING GROUP CSIR-NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SEISMOLOGY
2 Senior Research Associate (CSIR) SEISMOLOGICAL IMAGING GROUP CSIR-NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SEISMOLOGY

Industry Experience

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Imaging of seismic discontinuities of the upper mantle in the western Himalaya through Receiver Function analysis Nagaraju Kanna, K.S. Prakasam, Sandeep Gupta, K. Sivaram, Sudesh Kumar, B. Somashish and B.N.V. Prasad Journal Indian Geophysical Union 20(6), 536-543 2016 -

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

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1 Seismic characteristics of the underthrusting Indian lithosphere beneath the eastern Kumaun Himalaya using regional earthquake waveform analysis Srirama Madhusudhan, Sandeep Gupta, Nagaraju Kanna, Sudesh Kumar, Krishnavajjhala Sivaram Journal of Asian Earth Sciences V.237, 105356 2022 3.374
2 3-D seismic velocity structure of the Kumaun-Garhwal (Central) Himalaya: Insight into the Main Himalayan Thrust and earthquake occurrence Sandeep Gupta, Mahesh,P., Nagaraju Kanna,Sivaram, K., and Paul,A. Geophysical Journal International 229(1),138-149 2022 2.934
3 Seismic imaging of the Main Himalayan Thrust in the NW Himalaya and Ladakh-Karakoram using receiver function modelling Nagaraju Kanna and Sandeep Gupta Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 311, 106642 2021 2.261
4 Crustal seismic structure beneath the Garhwal Himalaya using regional and teleseismic waveform modelling Nagaraju Kanna and Sandeep Gupta Geophysical Journal International 222, 2040-2052 2020 2.934
5 Crustal structure across the Deccan Volcanic Province and Eastern Dharwar Sudesh Kumar, SandeepGupta, Nagaraju Kanna,K. Sivaram Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 306, 106543 2020 2.261
6 Crustal thickness and composition variation along the Western Ghats of India through teleseismic receiver function analysis Sandeep Gupta,Nagaraju Kanna, Sudesh Kumar and K. Sivaram Journal Geological Society of India 92, 523-528 2018 1.459
7 Micro-Seismicity and Seismotectonic study in Western Himalaya–Ladakh-Karakoram,using local broadband seismic data Nagaraju Kanna,Sandeep Gupta and K.S.Prakasam Tectonophyscis 726,100-109 2018 3.933
8 Volcanic passive continental margin beneath the Maitri station in central DML, East Antarctica: constrains from the crustal shear velocity structure t Sandeep G., Nagaraju Kanna, and Akilan Polar Research 36:1,1332947 2017 1.500
9 Seismic character of Moho beneath the NW Himalaya and Ladakh inferred from local earthquake travel time data Nagaraju Kanna, K.S.Prakasam, and Sandeep Gupta Pure and Applied Geophysics 174, 835-847 2017 2.335
10 Attenuation Characteristics of High Frequency Seismic Waves in Southern India Sivaram K, Utpal Saikia, Nagaraju Kanna, Dinesh Kumar Pure and Applied Geophysics 174, 2523-2545 2017 2.335
11 Estimation of strong ground motion in Southern Peninsular India by Empirical Green’s Function Method Sivaram K, Maheshreddy, Raghukanth, Utpal S.,and Nagaraju Kanna Current Science 112(11), 2273-2283 2017 1.102
12 Sediment thickness beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Sivalik Himalaya inferred from Receiver Function Modelling Kajaljyoti Boarh,Nagaraju Kanna, S.S.Rai, K.S. Prakasam Journal of Asian Earth Science 99, 41-56 2015 3.449

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Details of Conference Publication Page Nos. Year
1 The crustal seismic structure beneath the Garhwal Himalaya using regional and teleseismic waveforms modelling Nagaraju Kanna AGU Fallmeeting -- 2019
2 Crust and upper Mantle structure of the western Himalaya through waveform modelling Nagaraju Kanna, K.S. Prakasam and Sandeep Gupta 2nd National Geo-Research Scholar Meet --- 2017

Books

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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1 2023 M.SC 4 Department of Earth Sciences

Research Guidance - Ph.D

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Faculty Development Programme Attended (Orientation, Refresher, other Short Term Course during the year)

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1 Advanced Research Methodology Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University Of Delhi online Two weeks 21-07-2023 04-08-2023 2023
2 Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) UGC_HRDC, Pondicherry University Online 30 day 18-08-2022 16-09-2022 2022

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