Faculty Profile

Education Summary

Employment History

Awards and achievements

• Received Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources, Govt. of India for M Tech program at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 2010 to 2012.
• Received Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources, Govt. of India for Doctoral program at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 2015 to 2020.

Journals

• Harinarayan, N.H., and Kumar, A., (2018). Determination of NEHRP Site Class of Seismic Recording Stations in the Northwest Himalayas and Its Adjoining Area Using HVSR Method. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175(1), 89-107. DOI 10.1007/s00024-017-1696-6
• Harinarayan, N. H., and Kumar, A., (2018) Seismic Site Classification of Recording Stations in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand, from Multiple Approaches. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 36(3), 1431-1446. DOI 10.1007/s10706-017-0399-1 3.
• Harinarayan, N.H., and Kumar, A., (2019) Estimation of source and site characteristics in the North-West Himalaya and its adjoining area using generalized inversion method. Annals of Geophysics, 62, 5. DOI 10.4401/ag-7922
• Harinarayan, N.H., and Kumar, A., (2020) Estimation of path attenuation and site characteristics in the north-west Himalaya and its adjoining area within India Territory using generalized inversion method. Annals of Geophysics. 63,6. DOI 10.4401/ag-8225 5.
• Harinarayan, N.H., and Kumar, A., (2020) Ground motion prediction equation for north India, applicable for different site classes. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 139. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106425
• Kumar, A., Harinarayan, N.H., Verma, V., Anand, S., Borah, U., and Bania, M. (2018). Seismic Site Classification and Empirical Correlation between Standard Penetration Test N Value and Shear Wave Velocity for Guwahati Based on Thorough Subsoil Investigation Data. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 175, 2721–2738. DOI 10.1007/s00024-018-1858-1 7.
• Kumar, A., Harinarayan, N. H., and Baro, O. (2017). Nonlinear soil response to ground motions during different earthquakes in Nepal, to arrive at surface response spectra. Natural Hazards, 87(1), 13-33. DOI 10.1007/s11069-017-2751-4 8.
• Kumar, A., Olympa Baro, and Harinarayan, N.H. (2015) Obtaining the surface PGA from site response based on globally recorded ground motion and matching with the codal values. Natural Hazards, 81(1), 543-572. DOI 10.1007/s11069-015-2095-x 9.
• Kumar, A., Harinarayan, N.H., and Olympa, Baro. (2015) High amplification factor for low amplitude ground motions: Assessment for Delhi. Disaster Advances. 8 (12), 1-11

Conferences

• Kumar, A., Harinarayan, N. H., and Baro, O. (2017, January) Effects of earthquake motion and overburden thickness on strain behavior of clay and sandy soils. In Proceedings of 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (pp. 9-13).
• Harinarayan, N.H., and Kumar, A. (2017) Site Classification of the Strong Motion Stations of Uttarakhand, India, Based on the Model Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio. In Geotechnical Frontiers, ASCE Special Publication (pp. 141-149).
• Harinarayan, N. H., and Kumar, A. (2017) Site Classification of the Strong Motion Stations of Uttarakhand, India, based on Generalized Inversion and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio Methods. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guwahati.
• Harinarayan, N. H., Mondol, JK., and Kumar, A. (2019) Establishing seismic site class for four recording stations in Uttarakhand based on generalized inversion and 1-D equivalent linear site-specific response analysis. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Surat.
• Mondol, JK., Harinarayan, N. H., and Kumar, A. (2020, September) Correlation between soil amplification and recorded ground motions for typical locations in Uttarakhand. In Proceedings of 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering.
• Harinarayan, N. H., and Kumar, A. (2020) Establishing seismic site class for 5 recording stations in Delhi based on theoretical horizontal to vertical spectral ratio. Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

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