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Geomorphology and Environmental Geology Division
   Ongoing Research Projects
  • Climo-tectonic studies in the Lahul-Spiti-Ladakh region with special emphasis on Quaternary environmental change (funded by WIHG).
    R.K. Mazari, M. P. Sah and A.K.L. Asthana
  • Glaciological and hydrological studies of Chorabari and Dokriani glaciers: An integrated approach (funded by WIHG).
    R.K. Chaujar, S.K. Bartarya, and P.S. Negi
  • Mass balance studies of Dokriani and Chorabari glacier, Garhwal Himalaya (funded by WIHG).
    D.P.Dobhal
  • Engineering geological characteristics and study of mass movements in relation to neotectonic activity and change in Uttaranchal and Himachal Himalaya climate (funded by WIHG).
    G. Philip, M.P. Sah, Vikram Gupta, N Suresh S.S. Bhakuni,and Khayingshing Luirei
  • Study of active faults and neotectonic activity in parts of Himachal and Uttaranchal Himalaya between Himalayan Frontal Thrust and the Main Central Thrust (funded by WIHG).
    G. Philip, S. S. Bhakuni, N. Suresh, Khayingshing Luirei
  • Study of and Palaeo-mass movement as evidenced by Palaeo-blockade sites in relation to climate change and neotectonic activity mass in the Satluj valley, H.P., as well as to decipher Engineering geological characteristics of rock mass in the Satluj valley, H.P and Alaknanda valleys, Uttarakhand (funded by WIHG).
    M.P. Sah and Vikram Gupta
  • Active Faults and neotectonic activity (with reference to Seismic Hazards) in parts of Outer, Lesser and Higher Himalaya between Satluj and Yamuna-Tons rivers, in Eastern Himachal Pradesh. (AFNAH-II) Sponsored by DST, Government of India
    N.S. Virdi and G. Philip
  • Study of Major Active Faults in the Central Seismic Gap of the Frontal Himalaya for Earthquake Hazard Mapping. India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme (Sponsored jointly by DST, New Delhi and JSPS, Japan) at Active Fault Research Centre, Geological Survey of Japan.
    G. Philip and N. Suresh
  • Crustal Deformation, Strain Accumulation and Geohazard Study in the Himalayan Region using SAR Interferometric Techniques (funded by WIHG).
    Swapnamita Choudhury
  • Earthquake precursor research using satellite thermal infrared data (ILTP, funded by DST)
    K. Saraf (IIT Roorkee), B.R. Arora, Swapnamita Choudhury, J.D. Das (IIT Roorkee), Kamal (IIT Roorkee)
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