Education:

Area of Specialization & Interest:

My focused research areas are global and observational seismology, which encompass solid earth research, investigation of structure in the depth range of the lowermost mantle to crust, mantle dynamics through seismic anisotropy, high-resolution imaging of Earth’s discontinuities, development of new software/codes and AI/ML to explore the Earth’s interior, and deciphering their bearing on the evolution, tectonics, and geodynamics of distinct geological terrains, models to explain geoid anomalies.

• Seismic Structure of the lowermost mantle (D’’ layer) and mid-to-upper mantle
• Imaging of Seismic Anisotropy (Upper and Lowermost Mantle Dynamics and Defor-mation)
• Structure, Deformation and Evolution of the Crust and Lithosphere
• Receiver Functions
• Ambient Noise and Surface Wave Tomography
• Forward and Inversion Modelling
• Development of software/codes/programs to decipher the sub-surface structure and anisotropy
• AI/ML in Seismology

Professional Career:

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

1. DST-International Travel Support (ITS), MoES travel grant for EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.
2. MoES travel grant for AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, USA.
3. Certificate & Memento, Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica: 39th (2019-20) and 41st (2021-22) - Established the permanent seismological observatory at Larsemann Hills, Antarctica.
4. Actively involved as a seismology expert in the IOGL cruise for the deployment and recovery of 17 Ocean Bottom Seismometers in the region of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low.
5. Best Paper Award (Earth & Planetary Sciences), 31st Kerala Science Congress 2019, Kol-lam, India.
6. MoES travel grant for AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C., USA.
7. MoES travel grant for IAG-IASPEI Conference 2017, Kobe, Japan.
8. Figure published on the cover page of the prestigious journal of the American Geophysical Union “Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems”. (Rao et al., 2017, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2017).
9. Qualified UPSC’s Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination, 2014.
10. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) qualified in, 2012, 2013 and 2015.
11. University Topper & 1st Rank Certificate in M.Sc. Geophysics (2011).
12. Prof. Jagdeo Singh Memorial Grant, IGU, India (2010).
13. First Rank and Merit Certificate, B.Sc. (2006-2009).

Membership in Professional Bodies:

• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• Life Member, Ocean Society of India (OCI)
• Member, Indian Geophysical Union (IGU)
• Member, Association of Exploration Geophysicists (AEG)
• Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) (2009-2011)
• Member, Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG) (2009-2011)

ORCID:

• 0000-0003-0864-9472

Vidwanid:

• 547481

Other Professional Activities (Professional Training/Committees/Editorial Services):

• Co-Scientist, Working group on applications based on AI/ML/DL tools, constituted by MoES, Govt. of India.
• Member, Brainstorming Workshop on “Goals for Earth Science Activities of ESSO-NCESS in the Coming Decade (2024-2034).
• Member, Organizing committee, International Conference on Antarctic Research (ICAR - 2020), Antarctica.
• Convener, Organizing committee, Curtain Raiser Program of India International Science Fes-tival (IISF-2019), ESSO-NCESS, Trivandrum.
• Member, Organizing committee, Session on landslide hazards in India, NCESS, Trivandrum.
• Member, Organizing committee, Brain Storming Session of 36th IGC: A Unique Opportunity for Advancement in Geosciences, ESSO-NCESS, Trivandrum.