Institute of Seismological Research

Earthquake research centre in Gandhinagar, India

Institute of Seismological ResearchEstablished| 2003

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Director-General| Sumer Chopra
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Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Coordinates| 23°09′34.085″N 72°40′4.606″E﻿ / ﻿23.15946806°N 72.66794611°E﻿ / 23.15946806; 72.66794611
Website| isr.gujarat.gov.in

Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) is a earthquake engineering and research center in Gandhinagar, India. In the aftermath of 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the institute was established by the Department of Science and Technology of Government of Gujarat in 2003.[1]

## History

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In 2003, Dr. J. G. Negi formulated the framework for Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) and established the centre with the funding from Asian Development Bank.[2] He resigned in 2004 due to differences arising between him and the state government.[3] Later, Prof. Naveenchandra N. Srivastava was deputed by Gujarat government to lead the institute.[4] Formal research activities were commenced in 2006.[citation needed]

ISR is the nodal agency in the western state of Gujarat to deploy and maintain a sub-network of 22 broadband seismograph stations and 40 strong-motion accelerographs.[5] The sub-network is the part of the larger network called Indian National Strong-Motion Instrumentation Network, operated by Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.[5]

## See also

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* National Centre for Seismology

## References

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1. ^ Patel, Shirish; Revi, Aromar (26 July 2012). Recovering from Earthquakes: Response, Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-51808-9.
2. ^ Mutter, John C. (11 August 2015). The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-7941-6.
3. ^ "Gujarat's babus have 'trader's mentality' | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. ^ N, Srivastava, Naveenchandra (25 May 2018). Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-5225-5040-2.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ^ a b Sharma, M. L.; Shrikhande, Manish; Wason, H. R. (22 June 2018). Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology: Contributions in Honour of Jai Krishna. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76855-7.

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