Dr. ParveenKumar ,Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India
Dr. Parveen Kumar 🌍 is a distinguished Earth scientist with a Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee (2014). He has extensive research experience, currently serving as Scientist-‘D’ at WIHG, Dehradun. Previously, he held positions as Scientist-‘C’ and Scientist-‘B’ at WIHG. Dr. Kumar is also an honorary Assistant Professor at AcSIR, India. His expertise in geophysics is recognized globally, having conducted significant research funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, India. He has been awarded the SERB International Research Experience Award and an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grant. Dr. Kumar has visited the USA and Germany for scholarly exchanges. 🌐📚
Publication Profile
Education 🎓
Dr. Parveen Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2014), an M.Tech. in Applied Geophysics from Kurukshetra University (2009), and a Bachelor’s degree from Govt. P.G. College, Karnal (2006), affiliated to KUK.
Professional Experience 💼
Dr. Kumar is currently a Scientist-‘D’ at WIHG, Dehradun (2023-present). He has previously served as Scientist-‘C’ (2018-2022) and Scientist-‘B’ (2015-2018) at WIHG.
Teaching Experience 📚
Since 2020, Dr. Kumar has been an honorary Assistant Professor at the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India, teaching Ph.D. scholars and supervising dissertations and trainees.
Research Focus 🔍
Dr. Parveen Kumar’s research primarily focuses on seismology and geophysics 🌍. He has conducted detailed studies on attenuation characteristics, seismic hazard assessment, and strong ground motion simulation. His work involves the inversion of strong-motion data to understand shear wave attenuation in the Himalayas and modeling seismic events using semi-empirical techniques. Dr. Kumar’s research also includes assessing coseismic landslide hazards and investigating the spatial variability of attenuation in the Himalayan region. His contributions significantly enhance the understanding of seismic risks and earthquake preparedness, particularly in the Kumaon and Garhwal regions of India. 📊🗺️
Publication Top Notes
- Coseismic landslide hazard assessment for the future scenario earthquakes in the Kumaun Himalaya, India 📄 S Kumar, V Gupta, P Kumar, YP Sundriyal – Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 80, 5219-5235 – Cited by: 28 – Year: 2021
- Determination of Q β(f) in Different Parts of Kumaon Himalaya from the Inversion of Spectral Acceleration Data 📄 A Joshi, P Kumar, M Mohanty, AR Bansal, VP Dimri, RK Chadha – Pure and applied geophysics 169, 1821-1845 – Cited by: 23 – Year: 2012
- Modeling of strong motion generation area of the Uttarkashi earthquake using modified semiempirical approach 📄 Sandeep, A Joshi, Kamal, P Kumar, P Kumari – Natural Hazards 73, 2041-2066 – Cited by: 22 – Year: 2014
- Estimation and applicability of attenuation characteristics for source parameters and scaling relations in the Garhwal Kumaun Himalaya region, India 📄 R Singh, A Paul, A Kumar, P Kumar, YP Sundriyal – Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 159, 42-59 – Cited by: 19 – Year: 2018
- Coda wave attenuation characteristics for Kumaon and Garhwal Himalaya, India 📄 A Kumar, A Sinvhal, A Joshi, D Kumar, Sandeep, P Kumar – Natural Hazards 75 (2), 1057-1074 – Cited by: 17 – Year: 2015
- Effect of frequency dependent radiation pattern in simulation of high frequency ground motion of Tohoku earthquake using modified semi empirical method 📄 JA Sandeep, KP Kamal, A Kumar – Nat Hazards 73, 1499-1521 – Cited by: 17 – Year: 2014
- Modeling of strong motion generation areas of the Niigata, Japan, earthquake of 2007 using modified semi-empirical technique 📄 Sandeep, A Joshi, P Kumar, A Kumar, P Dhibar – Natural Hazards 77 (2), 933-957 – Cited by: 16 – Year: 2015
- Modelling of strong motion generation areas for a great earthquake in central seismic gap region of Himalayas using the modified semi-empirical approach 📄 Sandeep, A Joshi, SK Sah, P Kumar, S Lal, Kamal – Journal of Earth System Science 128, 1-12 – Cited by: 15 – Year: 2019
- Variable anelastic attenuation and site effect in estimating source parameters of various major earthquakes including Mw 7.8 Nepal and Mw 7.5 Hindu kush earthquake by using far … 📄 N Kumar, P Kumar, V Chauhan, D Hazarika – International Journal of Earth Sciences 106, 2371-2386 – Cited by: 15 – Year: 2017
- Spatial variability studies of attenuation characteristics of Qα and Qβ in Kumaon and Garhwal region of NW Himalaya 📄 Monika, P Kumar, Sandeep, S Kumar, A Joshi, S Devi – Natural Hazards 103, 1219-1237 – Cited by: 12 – Year: 2020