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Employee Name Patanjali Kumar Chodavarapu
Designation Scientist-F
Group Name OMARS
E-mail patanjali@incois.gov.in
Office Phone no 04023886067
Educational Details Master of Science in Geophysics (Technology), 2002
(Specialisation in Seismics)(Andhra University, Vishakapatnam)

Information Technology - eDiploma in Advanced Software Technology (e-DAST), Certifications, 2001,
CMC LTD, License SR2/00/11082

Bachelor of Science in Electronics, 1998
(Specialisation in 8085/8086 Architecture)(Andhra University)

CSIR-SRF Fellowship(SRF,2005)
Research Interests Broadband Seismology & Geodesy (Operational)
Geophysical 'Integrated' Inversions to characterise Tsunamigenic - 'Typical' & 'Atypical' Sources
Tsunami Modelling & Sea Level Observations
Open Ocean Propagation Scenario DataBases (OOPSDB)for Operational Tsunami Forecast
Neural Networks for optimising OOPSDB
'Realtime' Tsunami Modeling with USM & VSM Source Models
Decision Support Systems (DSS) & Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Tsunami Early Warning
Cloud based - Computing & Infrastructure for Disaster Management
Career Details Scientist - E , INCOIS, Hyderabad Jan,2019 - till date

Scientist - D , INCOIS, Hyderabad 2014 - Dec, 2018
Scientist - C , INCOIS, Hyderabad 2010 - 2014
Scientist - B , INCOIS, Hyderabad 2007 - 2010
Project Scientist - B , INCOIS, Hyderabad 2006 - 2007

Senior Research Fellow - CSIR, NGRI, Hyderabad 2005 - 2006
Project Assistant Seismics, NGRI, Hyderabad 2003 - 2005
Publications Publications in reviewed Journals (Selected):
  1. Patanjali Kumar, Ch., Ajaya Kumar, B., Devi, EU.,Mahendra, RS., Sunanda, MV.,Pradeep Kumar, M.,Padmanabham, J., Dipankar, S and Srinivasa Kumar, T �The admissible tsunamigenic source region of 24 September 2013 land-based earthquake application of backward ray tracing technique�, Current Science, 108 (9), 2015. pp. 1712-1716. www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/09/1712.pdf.

  2. Ch.Patanjali Kumar, P. Lakshmi Narashima Murty, B. Ajay Kumar, J. Padmanabham, E. Uma Devi, M.V. Sunanda, P. Sai Bharadwaj, R.S. Mahendra and T. Srinivas Kumar �The tsunami impact on Indian ocean coasts by the strike-slip earthquakes� (POSTER),International Symposium on the Indian Ocean Dynamic of Indain Ocean: Perspective and Reterospective, Nov30, 2014.

  3. Greenslade, D.J.M., Annunziato, A., Babeyko, A.Y., Burbidge, D.R., Ellguth, E., Horspool, N., Srinivasa Kumar, T., Kumar, Ch.Patanjali., Moore, C.W., Rakowsky, N., Riedlinger, T., Ruangrassamee, A., Srivihok, P., Titov, V.V., �"An assessment of the diversity in scenario-based tsunami forecasts for the Indian Ocean"�, Continental Shelf Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.06.001

  4. Patanjali Kumar, Ch., Raghavendra S. M., Mahendra, R. S., Ajay Kumar, B., Mohanty, P. C., Srinivasa Kumar, T. and Nayak, S�Decision support system and Standard Operating Procedure for Tsunami Early Warning Centre�,Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG IV/1,WG VIII/1 and WG IV/3 on 'Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Real-time Services with special emphasis on Disaster Management', November 25-27, 2009, Hyderabad, India

  5. Ch Patanjali Kumar, Sarma, C.S.P, Shekar, M and Chadha,R.K, �Attenuation characteristics of local earthquake Coda waves in the south Indian Peninsular shield�, Natural Hazards, 2007, Volume 40(3), pp: 527-536.


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Other Information Significant Contributions
  1. Development of Decision Support System (DSS) for 24 X 7 operations at Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) based on Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

  2. Tsunami Modelling, Valdation Studies & Development of Open Ocean Propagation Scenario DataBase (OOPS DB) for Indian Ocean using TUNAMI (Tohoku University⿿s Numerical Analysis Model) in Spherical Coordinates

  3. Conceptualised and implemented Application of Basic Fundamental Geophysical Equations for Calculations and Generation of OOPS DB (ABC of OOPSDB) for operational Tsunami Forecast; Optimization of the operational OOPSDB using Multi Layer Perceptron and Back Propagation (NN) algorithms

  4. Implementation of Real-time Tsunami Modeling with CUDA - GPU parallelization for Far-Filed Tsunamis using TUNAMI-FF in spherical coordinates

  5. Implementation of Regional Tsunami Service Provider (RTSP) services for the Indian Ocean under framework of ICG-IOTWMS, IOC, UNESCO

Most Outstanding Techincal Reports
  1. VK Gahalaut, JK Catherine, R Gireesh, Ch Patanjali Kumar, M Narsaiah, M Roy and R K Chadha (2005-2006), GPS measurements of post seismic deformation in the Andaman-Nicobar region following the giant 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, NGRI Technical report to Department of Science & Technology

  2. M Shekar, Ch Patanjali Kumar, B Ajay Kumar, CSP Sarma, DS Nagesh and RK Chadha (2005-2006), Earthquake hazards assessment, Seismicity, Site response and Ambient noise correlation & Surface wave dispersion studies for velocity structure of South Indian Peninsular shield, NGRI Technical report to DST

  3. M Shekar, Ch Patanjali Kumar, B Ajay Kumar, CSP Sarma, DS Nagesh and RK Chadha (2004-2005), Seismogenesis of Earthquakes in the Indian Peninsular Shield and Subduction Processes in the Burmesearc Region, NGRI Technical report to DST

Presented in Conferences
  • Patanjali Kumar, Ch., Raghavendra S. M., Mahendra, R. S., Ajay Kumar, B., Mohanty, P. C., Srinivasa Kumar, T. and Nayak, S. 2009. Decision support system and Standard Operating Procedure for Tsunami Early Warning Centre. Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG IV/1,WG VIII/1 and WG IV/3 on 'Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Real-time Services with special emphasis on Disaster Management',�November 25-27, 2009, Hyderabad, India.

  • Srinivasa Kumar T., Patanjali Kumar, Ch., Nayak S. 2010, �Performance of the Indian Tsunami Early Warning System�, ISPRS Archives, Volume XXXVIII, Part 8, Kyoto Japan.

  • T. Srinivasa Kumar, Ch. Patanjali Kumar, B. Ajay Kumar, Shailesh Nayak, Srinivasu Mulukutla, Vittal TS. 2009, Geospatial Technology Solution for Indian Tsunami Early Warning System, Proceedings of the Map World Forum, 2009.

  • C.S.P.Sarma, R.K.Chadha and Ch. Patanjali Kumar. 2006, Site response studies at broadband observatories in the Indian shield, Symposium on earthquake and tsunami disaster preparedness and mitigation, Asian Seismological Commission VI General Assembly, 7-10 November, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

  • D. S. Nagesh, �R.K.Chadha, D.V.Ramana, C.S.P.Sarma, M.Shekar and Ch. Patanjali Kumar. 2006, Site response studies in Bangalore, India, Symposium on earthquake and tsunami disaster preparedness and mitigation, Asian Seismological Commission VI General Assembly, 7-10 November

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