D.

Shashidhar

DR. D. SHASHIDHAR
CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, INDIA
http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=pCLC-rcAAAAJ
NGRI RESEARCH GROUP:
Seismology Division
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION:

Seismology
EDUCATION:
2012
2003

Ph.D. Seismology, Osmania University, India

M.Sc. [Tech.] Geophysics, Centre of Exploration Geophysics, Osmania University, India
Secured 1st Rank
B.Sc. (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), Giriraj Government Degree College, Osmania University
Intermediate (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), Board of Intermediate Education, AP, India

1999
1996

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
07/2003

Project Fellow in the Seismology group of NGRI

04/2006

Analysis and interpretation of seismic data, both analog and digital seismograms,
computing of earthquake hypocentral and source parameters
Seismological field planning, seismic station installation, data acquisition, processing and
analysis of the Koyna seismological network
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow

08/2008
08/2011

Setting up of real time (V-SAT) seismic network at Koyna, western India

Near real time/real time data analysis for precursory studies and for reliable short term
forecasts of M~4 earthquakes at Koyna region based on the phenomenon called
nucleation
Joined as a Junior Scientist in the Seismology group of NGRI
Promoted to Scientist

Whole waveform inversion studies had been carried out for the moderate earthquakes
using the local broad-band data recorded at Koyna seismic network
Precise determination of focal depths of moderate earthquakes for the first time for the
Koyna-Warna region using the waveform modeling technique
Waveform inversion studies for estimation of moment tensor solutions for moderate
earthquakes in a reservoir triggered seismic environment like Koyna
Vital role and participated in setting up a unique borehole seismic network at Koyna, India
Online monitoring of Borehole seismic network
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PH.D. ADVISOR:
Dr. Nemalikanti Purnachandra Rao, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS:

Borehole seismograms analysis for fault orientation/delineation

Determination of precise earthquake locations
Whole waveform inversion of local earthquake data for source characteristics
Joint modeling of source mechanism and velocity structure for estimation of seismogenic
depths using Monte Carlo approach
Earthquake relocation techniques like JHD and HYPODD for delineation of seismicity
trends
Stress inversion using earthquake fault slip data

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

2016
1. Rao, N.P., and Shashidhar, D.,. Periodic variations of stress field in the KoynaWarna reservoie triggered seismic zone inferred from the focal mechanism studies,
Tectonophysics (Accepted on 23rd April 2016)
2. D. Shashidhar, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, C. Mahato, K. Mallika, N.P. Rao and H.K.
Gupta. 2016. Borehole seismic network at Koyna, India, Seismological Research
Letters, 87 (3), 661-667.

2015
3. H.K. Gupta, N. Purnachandra Rao, Sukanta Roy, Kusumita Arora, V.M. Tiwari,
Prasanta.K. Patro, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, K. Mallika, Vyasulu V.
Akkiraju, D. Goswami, D. Vyas, G. Ravi, K.N.S.S.S. Srinivas, M. Srihari, S.
Mishra, , C.P. Dubey, Ch.V. Raju, Ujjal Borah, K. Chinna Reddy, Narendra Babu,
Sunil Rohilla, Upasana Dhar, Mrinal Sen, Y.J. Bhaskar Rao, B.K. Bansal, Shailesh
Nayak. 2014. Investigations related to scientific deep drilling to study reservoir
triggered earthquakes at Koyna, India. International Journal of Earth Sciences,
2015, 104 (6), 1511-1522. DOI 10.1007/s00531-014-1128-0.
4. S. Rohilla, N.P. Rao, P. Gerstoft, D. Shashidhar and H.V.S. Satyanarayana. 2015,
Shear wave velocity structure of the Koyna-Warna region in western India using
Ambient Noise correlation and Surface Wave Dispersion, Bulletin Seismological
Society of America, 105(1), 1-7, doi: 10.1785/0120140091.

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2014
5. D. Shashidhar, K. Mallika, N.P. Rao, H.K. Gupta and H.V.S. Satyanarayana. 2014.
Detection of quarry blasts in the Koyna-Warna region, western India. Open Journal
of Earthquake Research, 3, 162-169, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojer.2014.34016
6. H.K. Gupta, S. Nayak, W. Ellsworth, Y.J.B. Rao, S. Rajan, B.K. Bansal, P.C. Rao,
S. Roy, K. Arora, R. Mohan, V.M. Tiwari, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, B.P.K. Patro, D.
Shashidhar, K. Mallika. 2014. Probing Reservoir Triggered Earthquakes at Koyna,
India through scientific deep drilling. Scientific Drilling, 18, 5-9, doi:10.5194/sd-185-2014.

2013
7. D. Shashidhar, N.P. Rao, D. Srinagesh, H.K. Gupta, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, G.
Suresh and A. Satish. 2013. The 14 April 2012 Koyna Earthquake of Mw 4.8:
Insights into Active Tectonics of the Koyna Region, Journal of Seismology, 17,
1345-1353. DOI: 10.1007/s10950-013-9396-x.
8. Yadav, A, D. Shashidhar, K. Mallika, N.P. Rao, S. Rohilla, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D.
Srinagesh and H.K. Gupta. 2012, Source parameters of earthquakes in the Reservoir
Triggered Seismic (RTS) zone of Koyna-Warna, western India, Natural Hazards, DOI
10.1007/s11069-013-0745-4 (available online since June 2013).

9. Mallika, K., H.K. Gupta, D. Shashidhar, N.P. Rao, and A. Yadav, S. Rohilla, H.V.S.
Satyanarayana and D. Srinagesh 2013, Temporal variation of b-value associated with M~4
earthquakes in the reservoir triggered seismic environment of the Koyna-Warna region,
western India, Journal of Seismology, 17, 189-195. DOI 10.1007/s10950-012-9318-3.

2012
10. D. Shashidhar, 2012, Seismicity and tectonics of the Koyna-Warna region, western India,
from modeling of local broad-band waveform data. Ph.D. Thesis, Osmania University,
India.

11. Gupta, H.K, N.P. Rao, D. Shashidhar, K Mallika, and S. Roy, 2012, Deep Scientific
Drilling to Study Reservoir Triggered Earthquakes at Koyna, India, DCS-DST News,
Department of Science and Technology,22, 2-7. India.

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2011
12. Gupta, H.K., S. Nayak, Y.J.B. Rao, R.K. Chadha, B.K. Bansal, D. Srinagesh, N.P. Rao, S.
Roy, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, and K. Mallika, 2011, Deep Scientific Drilling
to Study Reservoir-Triggered Earthquakes in Koyna, Western India, Scientific Drilling, 12,
53-54.

13. Shashidhar, D., N.P. Rao, and H.K. Gupta, 2011, Waveform inversion of broad-band dataof
local earthquakes in the Koyna-Warna region, western India, Geophysical Journal
International, 185,292-304.

14. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, K. Mallika, N.P. Rao, D. Srinagesh, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, S.
Saha, R.T.B. Naik, 2011, Short term earthquake forecasts at Koyna, Journal of the
Geological Society of India, 77, 5-11.

2010
15. Shashidhar, D., N. Kumar, K. Mallika, and H.K. Gupta, 2010, Characteristics of seismicity
patterns prior to the M ~ 5 earthquakes in the Koyna Region, Western India - application of
the RTL algorithm, Episodes, 33, 2, 83 90.

2009
16. Naik, R.T.B., D. Srinagesh, R.V. Raghavan, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, 2009,
Seismic signal enhancement through statistical (Wiener) approach, Multimedia, Signal
Processing and Communication Technologies, 5-9.

2008
17. Gupta, H.K., N. P. Rao , D. Shashidhar and K. Mallika, 2008, The Disastrous M 7.9
Sichuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 72, 1-6.

2007
18. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, M. Periera, N. P. Rao, D. Srinagesh, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, S.
Saha, R.T. B. Naik and V.P. Dimri, 2007, Short term forecast for an M~4 earthquake at
Koyna, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 70, 1091.

19. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, M. Periera, P. Mandal, N. P. Rao, M. Kousalya, H.V.S.

Satyanarayana and V.P. Dimri, 2007, Earthquake forecast appears feasible at Koyna, India.
Current Science, 93, 6, 843-848.

20. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, M. Periera, N. P. Rao, M. Kousalya, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, S.

Saha, R.T. B. Naik and V.P. Dimri, 2007, A new zone of seismic activity at Koyna, India.
Journal of the Geological Society of India, 69, 1136-1137.
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2006
21. Rao, B.M., P. Gnaneshwar, R. Narsaiah, D. Shashidhar and B.V.S. Murthy, 2006, Magnetic
delineation of Lithology and structures in a part of Hyderabad granitic terrain, Proc. A.P.
Akademi of Sciences, Hyderabad, 10, 1, 77-84.

22. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, M. Periera, P. Mandal and V.P. Dimri, 2006, Prediction of an
M~4 earthquake in the Koyna region comes true!, Journal of the Geological Society of
India, 68, 149-150.

2005
23. Gupta, H.K., P. Mandal, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, B. Sairam, M. Shekar, A.
Singh, E. Umadevi, M. Kousalya, N. P. Rao, and V.P. Dimri, 2005, Response on the article
Earthquake at Koyna, Current Science, 89, 11, 1785-1787.

24. Gupta, H.K., P. Mandal, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, B. Sairam, M. Shekar, A.

Singh, E. Umadevi, M. Kousalya, N. P. Rao, and V.P. Dimri, 2005, An earthquake of M ~ 5
may occur at Koyna, Current Science, 89, 5, 747-748.

25. Satyanarayana, H.V.S., D. Shashidhar, T. S. Rao, and M. Kousalya, 2005, An M 5.2

earthquake occurs in Koyna region after 4 years, Current Science, 89, 4, 612-613.

26. Raju, P.S., R.V. Raghavan, E. Umadevi, D. Shashidhar, A.N.S. Sarma, D. Gurunath,
H.V.S. Satyanarayana, T.S. Rao, R.T.B. Naik, N.P. Rao, Md. Kamuruddin, U.G. Shankar,
N.K. Gagoi, B.C. Baruah, M. Kousalya, M. Sekhar, V.P. Dimri, 2005, A note on the 26
December 2004 great Sumatra earthquake, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 65,
249-251.

2002
27. Rao, B.M., D. Shashidhar, R. Narsaiah, and B.V.S. Murthy, 2002, Geological significance
of magnetic signatures over the granitic region in Osmania University campus, Hyderabad,
India. Journal of the Indian academy of Geosciences, 45, 39-44.

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PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES:

1. D. Shashidhar, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, C. Mahato, K. Mallika, N.P. Rao and H.K. Gupta
(2015). A unique borehole seismic network for accurate location of micro-earthquakes
towards precise delineation of faults in Koyna-Warna region, western India 2 5 November,
2015, 52nd Annual Convention of IGU, Session: Earthquakes, Geo-Hazards and Deep
Structure, NCAOR, Goa, India.
2. D. Shashidhar, N.P. Rao, H.V.S. Satyanarayana, K. Mallika, S. Rohilla, C. Mahato and
H.K. Gupta (2015). Seismological investigations related to scientific drilling at Koyna,
India. 22 June-2 July, 2015, 26th General Assembly of IUGG S01c #IUGG-0510, Prague,
Czech Republic.
3. Satyanarayana, H.V.S., N.P. Rao, D. Shashidhar, K. Mallika, H.K. Gupta, D. Srinagesh,
C.R.Mahato, K. Sridhar, A.N.S. Sarma, U.G. Sankar, and D.N. Rao (2015). A unique
borehole seismic network to study the continued seismicity in Koyna-Warna region, western
India. 22 June-2 July, 2015, 26th General Assembly of IUGG S01c #IUGG-0509, Prague,
Czech Republic.
4. Shashidhar, D., N.P. Rao, and H.K. Gupta, Stress Inversion using Focal Mechanisms of
Local Earthquakes in the Koyna-Warna Region, Western India, Indo-US workshop on intraplate seismicity, 15-18 January 2012, Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), Gujarat,
India.
5. Gupta, H.K., D. Shashidhar, N.P. Rao, Complex seismic activity at Koyna, India, 7th
Annual meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 5-9 July 2010 at HICC,
Hyderabad, India.
6. Shashidhar, D., N.P. Rao, and H.K. Gupta, Delineation of seismogenic depths in the
reservoir triggered seismic zone of Koyna-Warna region, Western India, First World Young
Earth Scientists Congress-2009, 25-28 October 2009 at Beijing, China.
7. Shashidhar, D., N.P. Rao, and H.K. Gupta, Local moment tensor inversion using broadband waveform data of Warna earthquakes, western India, National Seminar on Significant
milestones in the Growth of Geophysics during the 50 years period 1958-2008, 25 -26 June
2008 at NGRI, Hyderabad, India.
8. Shashidhar, D., T. S. Rao, M. Kousalya and H.V.S. Satyanarayana, Estimation of source
parameters in the Koyna- Warna region, India, 41st Annual and conventional meeting of
Indian Geophysical Union (I.G.U.), 2931 December 2004 at NGRI, Hyderabad, India.