MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

26.04.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY

 

 

Registered Office :

33, General Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehradun – 248001

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1968

 

 

Legal Form :

Research Institute

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is an autonomous research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an autonomous research institute of the department of science and technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

 

It is a well established institute having satisfactory track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Payments are reported to be usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The institute can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – April 1, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2009)

Current Rating

(01.04.2010)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

33, General Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehradun – 248001, India

Tel. No.:

91-135-2525430

Fax No.:

91-135-2625212

E-Mail :

himgeol@wihg.res.in

kaushikrb@wihg.res.in

Website :

www.himgeology.com

www.wihg.res.in

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

List of Scientists

Designation

Prof. B.R.Arora

Director

Dr. A.K. Dubey 

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Trilochan Singh

Scientist 'F'

Dr. R.K.Mazari 

Scientist 'F'

Dr.  R.J. Azmi 

Scientist 'F'

Dr. J.T.Gergan 

Scientist 'F'

Dr. N.S. Gururajan 

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Devendra Pal 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. R.S. Rawat 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. V.C. Tiwari 

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  M.S. Rathi 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. K.S. Bist 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. D.K. Misra 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. B.K. Choudhary

Scientist 'E'

Dr. R.K. Chaujar

Scientist 'E'

Dr. V.M. Choubey 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. N.R. Phadtare 

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  P.P. Khanna

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Rohtash Kumar 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Keser Singh 

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  (Mrs.) Meera Tiwari 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. S.K. Ghosh 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. M.P. Sah 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. N.K. Saini 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. S.K. Paul 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. T.N. Jowhar 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. K.K. Purohit

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Kishor Kumar 

Scientist 'E'

Dr. N.Siva  Siddaiah

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  Rajesh Sharma

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  George Philip

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Rafikul Islam 

Scientist 'E'

Dr.  D. Rameshwar Rao

Scientist 'E'

Dr. B.N. Tiwari  

Scientist 'E'

Dr. S.K.Bartarya

Scientist 'E'

Dr. P.K.Mukharjee    

Scientist 'D'

Dr. S.J.Sangode   

Scientist 'D'

Dr. Sushil Kumar 

Scientist 'D'

Dr. P. Banerjee

Scientist 'C' 

Dr. S.K.Parcha  

Scientist 'D'

Dr. H.K.Sachan  

Scientist 'D'

Sh. B.S.Rawat

Scientist 'C'

Dr. A.K. Mahajan

Scientist 'c'

Dr. D.P Dobhal

Scientist 'C' 

Dr. Vikram Gupta

Scientist 'C' 

Dr.  S.S. Bhakuni

Scientist 'C' 

Dr. Suresh N.

Scientist 'C' 

Dr. Jayant Kumar Tripathi

Scientist 'C'

Dr. Pradeep Srivastava

Scientist 'C'

Dr.  Ajay Paul

Scientist 'C'

Dr. A.K. Mundepi

Scientist 'B' 

Sh. V. Sriram

Scientist 'B' 

Dr. B.P. Sharma

Scientist 'B' 

Dr.  P.S. Negi

Scientist 'B'

Dr. A.K.L. Asthana 

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Kapesa Lokho

Scientist 'B'

Dr. A.Krihsnakanta Singh

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Jayangondaperumal

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Khaying Shing Luirei

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Renoj J. Thayyen

Scientist 'B'

Sh. Rajesh S.

Scientist 'B'

Sh. Gautam Rawat

Scientist 'B'

 

 

Padmashri Prof. Anil Prakash Joshi

Chairman, “HESCO”

 

 

List of  Scientists (Retired)

 

Dr. N.S. Virdi 

Director

Dr. V.C.Thakur

Director

Dr. K.K.Sharma

Scientist `G'

Dr. Hakim Rai

Scientist `F'

Dr. K.P.Juyal 

Scientist `D'

Dr. A.C.Nanda

Scientist 'G'

Dr. T.N. Bagati 

Scientist 'F'

Mr. Rambir Kaushik

Editorial Assistant

 

SCIENTIFIC STAFF

 

Prof. Anil K. Gupta

Director

Dr.A.K.Dubey

Scientist 'G'

Dr. V.C.Tiwari

Scientist 'F'

Dr. B.K.Choudhary

Scientist 'F'

Dr. V.M.Choubey

Scientist 'F'

Dr. P.P.Khanna

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Rohtash Kumar

Scientist 'F'

Dr. (Mrs.) Meera Tiwari

Scientist 'F'

Dr. S.K.Ghosh

Scientist 'F'

Dr. N.R.Phadtare

Scientist 'F'

Dr. D.K.Misra

Scientist 'F'

Dr. N.K.Saini

Scientist 'F'

Dr. K.K.Purohit

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Kishor Kumar

Scientist 'F'

Dr. N.Siva Siddaiah

Scientist 'F'

Dr. M.P.Sah

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Rajesh Sharma

Scientist 'F'

Dr. G.Philip

Scientist 'F'

Dr. Rafikul Islam

Scientist 'F'

Dr. D.Rameshwar Rao

Scientist 'F'

Dr. B.N.Tiwari

Scientist 'F'

Dr. R.S. Rawat

Scientist 'E'

Dr. R.K.Chaujar

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Keser Singh

Scientist 'E'

Dr. S.K.Paul

Scientist 'E'

Dr. T.N.Jowhar

Scientist 'E'

Dr. S.K.Bartarya

Scientist 'E'

Dr. P.K.Mukherjee

Scientist 'E'

Dr.S.K.Parcha

Scientist 'E'

Dr.H.K.Sachan

Scientist 'E'

Dr. Sushil Kumar

Scientist 'D'

Dr.A.K.Mahajan

Scientist 'D'

Dr.D.P.Dobhal

Scientist 'D'

Dr. Vikram Gupta

Scientist 'D'

Shri B.S. Rawat

Scientist 'C' (on deputation)

Dr. S.S. Bhakuni

Scientist 'C'

Dr. Suresh N.

Scientist 'C'

Dr. Pradeep Srivastava

Scientist 'C'

Dr. Ajay Paul

Scientist 'C'

Dr. A.K.Mundepi

Scientist 'C'

Shri. V.Sriram

Scientist 'C'

Dr. P.S. Negi

Scientist 'C'

Dr.A.K.L Asthana

Scientist 'C'

Dr. Kapesa Lokho

Scientist 'C'

Dr. A.K.Singh

Scientist 'C'

Dr.R.Jayangondaperumal

Scientist 'C'

Dr.B.P.Sharma

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Khaying Singh Luirei

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Rajesh S.

Scientist 'B'

Shri Gautam Rawat

Scientist 'B'

Dr. B.K. Mukherjee

Scientist 'B'

Shri Naresh Kumar

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Narendra Kumar Meena

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Dilip Kumar Yadav

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Swapnamita Vaideswaran

Scientist 'B'

Shri Param Kirti Rao Gautam

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Devajit Hazarika

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Santosh Kumar Rai

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Satyajeet Singh Thakur

Scientist 'B'

Dr. Kaushik Sen

Scientist 'B'

Dr. V.C. Thakur

Emeritus Scientist

Dr. N.S. Virdi

Emeritus Scientist

Dr. B.R. Arora

Emeritus Scientist

 

 

GOVERNING BODY

 

Dr. T. Ramasami

Chairman

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110016, India

Shri K.P. Pandian

Member

Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser,  of Science and Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110016, Delhi, India

Dr. N.C. Mehrotra

Member

Director, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,
53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Dr. V.P. Dimri

Member

Director, National Geophysical Research Institute,
Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dr. S. Krishnaswami

Member

Emeritus Scientist, Physical Research Laboratory,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat, India

Prof. M.P. Singh

Member

Dean, Faculty of Science and Head, Geology Department, Lucknow University,Lucknow 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. G.S. Roonwal

Member

C-520, SFS, Sheikh Sarai I, New Delhi 110 017, Delhi, India

Prof. M.P. Singh

Member

Dean, Faculty of Science and Head, Geology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. G.S. Roonwal

Member

C-520, SFS, Sheikh Sarai I, New Delhi 110 017, Delhi, India

Dr. M. Ramakrishnan

Member

Flat No.8, Mani Pallavam 29, Balakrishna Road Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, Tamilnadu, India

Director, WIHG

Member Secretary

Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,
Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri Dinesh Chandra

Non-Member Assistant Secretary

Registrar, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Dehradun 248 001, India

 

 

RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

Dr. M. Ramakrishnan

Chairman

Flat No.8, Mani Pallavam,
29, Balakrishna Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, Tamilnadu, India

Prof. L.S. Chamyal

Member

Geology Department, M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat, India

Prof. Abhijit Bhattacharya

Member

Department of Earth Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India

Dr. S. Sinha Roy

Member

(Ex-Sr. Deputy D.G., GSI), Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Statue Circle, Jaipur 302 001, Rajasthan, India

Prof. G.V. R. Prasad

Member

Geology Department, Jammu University, Jammu 180 004, Jammu and Kashmir,

Dr. Rasik Ravindra

Member

Director,
Antarctic Research Institute, Goa - 403 804, India

Shri V.K. Raina

Member

(Ex- Deputy, D.G., GSI), 258, Sector 17, Panchkula 134 109, Haryana, India

Dr. R.K. Chadha

Member

Scientist 'F', National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dr. M. Prithviraj

Member

Scientist 'F'/Director, Earth System Science Division, Dept. of Science and Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110016, Delhi, India

Director, WIHG

Member

Director,
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Dr. A.K. Dubey

Member Secretary

Scientist 'G',  Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,
Dehra Dun 248 001, India

FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Prof. M.P. Singh

Chairman

Dean, Faculty of Science and  Head Geology Department,  Lucknow Univesity, Lucknow 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Joint Secretary and Financial
Adviser or his authorized nominee

Member

Department of Science and Technology,  Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,  New Delhi 110016, Delhi, India

Director, WIHG

Member

Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri Dinesh Chandra

Member

Registrar,
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri Harish Chandra

Member Secretary

Finance and Accounts Officer, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

 

 

Building Committee

 

Director, WIHG

Chairman

Director,
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,  Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser
or his outhorized representative

Member

Dept. of Science and Technology,  Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,  New Delhi 110016, Delhi, India

Dr. A.K. Dubey

Member

Scientist 'G', Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,
Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri Rajesh Agarwal

Member

Chief Engineer (Civil), Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Shed No. 32, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri C.R. Srivastava

Member

Executive Engineer, Indian Institute of Petroleum,
Mokhampur, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

Shri Shashi Kant Tyagi

Member

Supdt. Engineer', Dehradun Central Cirecle,
CPWD Nirman Bhavan, 20 Subhash Road,
Dehra Dun
248 001, India

Shri Dinesh Chandra

Member Secretary

Registrar, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun 248 001, India

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Chandra Bhan Goel and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

21/2, Pleasant Valley Rajpur Road, Rajpur P.O. Dehradun-248009, India

Tel. No.:

91-135-2724622/2735974

E-Mail :

chandrabhangoel@yahoo.co.in

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

Corpus / Capital Fund

 

319.875

301.859

Reserves & Surplus

 

--

--

Earmarked / Endowment Fund

 

0.937

0.567

Secured Loans and Borrowings

 

--

--

Unsecured Loans and Borrowings

 

--

--

Deferred Credit Liabilities

 

--

--

Current Liabilities and Provisions

 

0.919

0.658

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

321.731

303.084

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets [Net Block]

 

272.232

254.490

Investment from Earmakted/ Ensowment Funds

 

0.023

0.021

Investment – Others

 

--

--

Current Assets, Loans and Advances Miscellaneous Expenditure

 

49.476

48.573

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

321.731

303.084

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

 

INCOME

 

 

 

 

Income from sales/services grants/subsidies

 

--

--

 

Fees/ subscription

 

105.840

65.400

 

Income from investments

 

0.014

0.063

 

(income on invest from earnmarked/endowment-fund)

 

0.207

0.208

 

Income from royalty, publication etc.

 

0.049

0.053

 

Interest earned

 

3.444

1.810

 

Other income

 

1.795

1.822

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENDITURE

 

 

 

 

Establishment expenses

 

68.037

56.740

 

Other research and administrative expenses

 

23.636

19.636

 

Expenditure on grant. subsidies etc

 

--

--

 

Interest/Bank Charges

 

0.014

0.020

 

Deprecation account

 

43.051

42.033

 

Increase/Decrease in stock of finished goods WIP and stock of Publication

 

0.038

0.046

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

134.776

118.445

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surplus (Deficit) being excess of income over expenditure

 

(23.427)

(49.089)

 

Transfer to special reserve (specify each)

 

--

--

 

Transfer to/from general reserve

 

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE BEING SURPLUS (DEFICIT)

 

(23.427_

(49.089)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

Rs. In Millions

Particulars

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

RECEIPTS

 

 

Opening Balance

13.528

12.062

Grants – in – aids

146.100

116.400

Grants – in – aids (ear marked)

0.840

1.881

Loan and advances

37.967

24.855

Loan and advances (ear marked)

0.060

0.782

Fees subscription

0.014

0.063

Income from investments

0.207

0.208

Income from royalty, publication etc

0.049

0.053

Interest earned on loan to staff

3.444

1.810

Other income

1.795

1.608

Investment (L/C Margin Money)

19.350

38.100

 

 

 

 

223.354

197.822

PAYMENTS

 

 

Establishment expenses

68.037

56.740

Other administrative expenses

23.636

19.636

Interest/Bank charges

0.014

0.020

Loans and advances

37.188

33.954

Loans and advances (ear marked)

0.062

0.775

Investment (L/C Margin Money)

27.500

19.350

Fixed assets

59.610

50.743

Ear marked fund expenses

0.400

2.957

Grant – in – aid (ear marked) refund

0.069

0.119

Closing balance

6.838

13.528

 

 

 

 

224.354

197.822

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

AS PER WEBSITE DETAILS

 

HISTORY

 

Established in June, 1968 as a small nucleus in the Botany Department, Delhi University, the Institute was shifted to Dehradun during April, 1976.


Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun is an autonomous research institute of the Department of the Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

 
Initially named as the Institute of Himalayan Geology, it was renamed as the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in memory of its founder, the late Prof. D. N. Wadia (F.R.S. and National Professor), in appreciation to his contributions to the geology of the Himalayas. During the last quarter century the Institute has grown into a centre of excellence in Himalayan Geology and is recognised as a National Laboratory of international repute with well equipped laboratories and other infrastructural facilities for undertaking advanced level of research in the country.

Thrust Areas of Research

In the early years of the Institute, the major thrust of the research activity was directed towards remote areas with difficult mountainous terrain and hard working conditions, as well as where the geological framework and geological knowledge were lacking. In the beginning the Arunachal Himalaya, Higher Himalaya of Kumaun and Lahaul-Spiti and Indus-suture of Ladakh and Karakoram were taken as priority areas for geological research. Now the thrust of the research has been focused on some specialized areas of national as well as international relevance in both the western and eastern Himalayas.


With the continuous growth of analytical and field observational facilites as well as in-house expertise for undertaking intergrated geoscientific research, the major scientific programmes being pursued under the present 11th Five Year Plan are aimed to address special scientific themes in the form of Mission Mode Projects (MMP). The present MMPs are:

  • Himtransects
  • Climate-tectonic Interactions
  • Biostratigraphy and Biodiversity-Environmental Linkage
  • Sustaining Natural Resources
  • Realtime Geology for Society: coping with Natural Hazards

 

 

THE FOUNDER

 

Prof. D.N. Wadia

 

Professor Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia was born on 23.10.1883 at Surat. He came from a respectable family of ship-builders for the East India Company who had settled in and around Surat Gujarat, India.

Dara, as he was affectionately called by the family, was sent to Surat for his early education. He spent these years under strict care and discipline of his maternal grandmother. He first studied in private Gujarat School and then joined the J.J. English School.


At the age of 12, Dara joined the Baroda High School. He was profoundly influence by his eldest brother the late M.N. Wadia, a reputed educationist of Baroda State, and under his personal care developed and abiding love of nature, devotion to knowledge and a zeal for learning.

 

In 1905 Prof. Wadia obtained his Bachelor's degree in arts and science with Natural Science, Zoology and Botany as his subjects from the Baroda College. His interest in geology, so far a less taught subject in India, was kindled by the college Principal Professor Adarjee M. Masani. He offered geology as one of the subjects for his Bachelor's degree even though Baroda College at that time did not have sufficient facilities for imparting education in geology. He graduated with credit mostly through self study and personal scholarship. Wadia later on also served as a lecture for sometime in the Baroda College.


Wadia was appointed a lecturer in the Prince of Wales College, Jammu in 1906. Jammu provided an ideal environment for his geological pursuits and recognizing his merit and capabilities he was entrusted the task of organizing the Department of Geology from its very inception.


He continued to teach in the College till 192, when he accepted the post of Assistant Superintendent with the Geological Survey of India. During his tenure at Jammu, Prof. Wadia devoted many years for study of greater part of his holidays from 1907 to 1920 towards geological field work and during these he collected plenty of material and evidence to frame some new ideas regarding the Himalaya. In 1919 he published his Geology of India (Macmillan, London).

 
Wadia's appointed as Assistant Superintendent in the Geological Survey of India at a relatively advanced age of 38, provided him with the ample chances for carrying out geological researches on the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Northwestern Himalaya. With intense and detailed work in NW Punjab, Wazirstan, Hazara and Kashmir, he was not only able to interpret the structure of this complex region, but also influence the geological thinking in the country as a whole.


He was with the Geological Survey till 1938. During his tenure with the Survey, he spent his study leave in 1926-1927 at the British Museum, working on vertebrate fossils, collected from Potwar and Kashmir. He also visited geological institutions in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia and attended a course in Apline geology at the University of Geneva. His paper on the Syntaxis of the Northwestern Himalayas, the acute arcuate knee bend of the entire Himalayan belt around a pivotal point of Nanga Parbat brought him both National and International fame. In 1937, at the request of the International Geological Congress, Moscow he contributed his famous paper on the Tectonic Relations of the Himalayas with the North Indian Foreland.


Wadia retired from the Geological Survey of India in 1938, when he was offered the post of Government Mineralogist in Ceylon (now in Sri Lanka). He spent nearly six years intensively studying the Geology of this Island, considered by him as graceful pendant of the Indian peninsula.


Dr. Wadia was appointed Geological Adviser to the Government of India in 1944.In this capacity he initiated and formulated a mineral policy for the country.


Atomic Energy Commission of the Government of India to explore domestic resources of radioactive raw materials established its Atomic Minerals Division in 1949 and Dr. Wadia became its First Director. He continued to head this Unit until his death on 15.06.1969.


Wadia's love and devotion to the study of the Himalaya was unlimited. It was because of his initiative and efforts that the Institute of Himalayan Geology was establish in 1968. The Institute was renamed as the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in his memory. He was also responsible for getting established the National Geophysical Research Institute at Hyderabad and the National Institute of Oceanography in Panaji, Goa.


He received the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society in 1934 and the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1943.


He had subsequently been President of the National Institute of Sciences of India (now called the Indian National Science Academy ) during 1945-46, Mining Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (1950), the Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Geological Society of India, Indian Society of Engineering Geology, Geographer's Association of Indian and Honorary Correspondent of the Geological Society of America.

During this period he also headed the Research Advisory Committees of many Scientific Institutions including the CSIR. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1957 a distinction not conferred on any other Indian geologist so far. The crowning honour of his career came in Professor in Geology. He presided over the XXII International Geological Congress held in New Delhi in December, 1964.


The Government of India honoured him with the award of Padma Bhushan. Dr. Wadia authored nearly one hundred original research papers, monographs on various topics and the Records and Memories of the Geological Survey of India.

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

 

Prof. Anil K. Gupta has served IIT, Kharagpur as a faculty since 1987. He was Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics of the same Institute during 2006-2009. Prof. Gupta's current research interests include paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian Ocean, centennial and millennial scale changes in the Indian monsoon, Himalayan uplift and evolution of the Indian monsoon, and role of gas hydrate in climate variability. He is the recipient of National Mineral Award 2000, TWAS Prize 2010 and is the fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and National Academy of Sciences, India. He is also the life fellow of the Indian Geophysical Union and fellow of the Geological Society of India.


Prof. Gupta has rigorously published in journals of high repute including Nature, Science, Nature Geoscience, Geology, Geophysical Research Letters and Paleoceanography, etc

           

"Himalayan Geology", a biannual (January and July) SCI journal of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, publishes original contributions on all aspects of geology of the Himalaya. The papers present new findings, related scientific data and good synthesis on geology, geophysics, or climate (including monsoon) with dominant emphasis on the Alpine-Himalayan Mountain Belt and adjoining terrains. However, manuscripts on processes related to mountain building activities in any orogen are welcome for consideration of publication.

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

General : Typescripts, enquiries and all correspondence should be addressed to : The Chief Editor, Himalayan Geology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33-Gen. Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehra Dun-248 001, India. Only those papers should be submitted which have not been sent for publication elsewhere. Papers will be the copyright of WIHG.

 

Papers : The papers should present new data and findings and good synthesis on geology and geophysics with dominant emphasis on the Alpine-Himalaya Mountain Belt and adjoining terrains, and processes related to mountain building activities. The average length of the paper including references and text figures should not exceed 20 pages.

 

Three complete copies of the manuscripts should be submitted by Registered Post. Typescripts must be accurate and in their final format. Papers must be submitted in accordance with the style of Himalayan Geology.

Typescripts should be double spaced and on one side of the paper only. A margin of 2.5 cm should be left on each side. A-4 size paper is preferred. Text, figures and tables should be succinct and halftone plates kept to minimum.

 

References : the author is responsible for ensuring that the references are correct. Format as follows :

CRAWFORD, J., 1981. Gondwanaland and the growth of India. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 12, 205-221.

DATTA, A.K., 1983. Geological evolution and hydrocarbon prospects of Rajasthan basin, In : BHANDARI, L.L. et al. (eds), Petroliferous basins of India : Petroleum Asia Journal, Himachal Times Press, Dehra Dun, 6, 93-100.

 

Illustration : Send only photocopies retaining the originals until the Chief Editor asks for them. The TOP should be indicated. Drawings should be on colourless tracing paper to the type area of journal i.e. 24.5 cm x 18 cm. Good, clear contrast black and white prints should be sent. Large folding figures, and maps will be accepted only after consultation with the Chief Editor. If return of original illustrations after publication is
required, this should be requested at the time they are submitted. The originals of photographs to be published should be sent when the manuscript is first submitted.

 

Tables : Tables will normally be type-set and should go across single or double column width of a page. Too many blanks between columns should be avoided.

 

Off-prints : Fifty free copies will be supplied to the first author of the article.

 

Discussion on papers : 100 words discussion on papers which have already appeared in the journal are accepted. Three copies should be submitted with the reference to the article discussed.

 

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

THRUST AREA

 

GEODYNAMICS    AND     CRUSTAL     EVOLUTION

1.1 SUB PROJECT

Crustal Evolution in the Trans-Himalayan region of Tso-Morari, Indus and Shyok Suture Zones. 
(S.K. Paul, H.K. Sachan, D.R. Rao)

 

1.2 SUB PROJECT

Mineralization and metallogeny in space and time in context of diagenesis, magmatism, metamorphism and tectonism: special emphasis on the role of complex fluids in the genesis and evolution of host rocks and ores.
(R.S. Rawat, T.N. Jowhar, Rajesh Sharma and D. R. Rao)

 

1.3. SUB PROJECT

Study of frontal and oblique ramps in the Western Himalaya.

(A.K. Dubey, Keser Singh,  and R.J. Perumal)

 

2. BASIN    EVOLUTION

2.1 .  SUB PROJECT

Evaluation of Bio-event stratigraphy in the Cambro-Ordovician succession of Zanskar-Spiti Himalaya and buildup of reproducible Palaeontological database for the Lower Paleozoic successions of Tethyan Himalayan regions.
(S.K. Parcha)

 

2.2. SUB PROJECT :

Biostratigraphy evaluation of selected PC/C (Precambrian / Cambrian) and P/T (Permian / Triassic) boundary sections of NW Himalaya

(R.J. Azmi)

 

2.3. SUBPROJECT :

The Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic microbial  carbonate sedimentation and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Bhagirathi valley, Uttaranchal Lesser Himalaya.

(V.C. Tewari)

 

2.4. SUBPROJECT :

Late Proterozoic – Early Cambrian Palaeobiology of Lesser Himalayan sequence of Himachal – Uttaranchal Himalaya with reference to evolution of life and its global  relevance.

(Meera Tiwari)

 

2.5.   SUB PROJECT

Geochemical and sedimentological studies of Proterozoic clastic successions of Lesser Himalaya.

(S.K. Ghosh and R. Islam)

2.6. SUB PROJECT

Evolution of the Himalayan Foreland Basin

(Rohtash  Kumar, S.K. Ghosh, B.N. Tiwari, Kishor Kumar, N. Siva Siddaiah, R. Islam and S.J. Sangode)

 

2.7.   SUB PROJECT :

Standard reference sections for the Siwalik Group and migration of the faunas with reference to the other Cenozoic horizons such as Dharamsala and Ladakh molasses groups.

(A.C. Nanda)

 

3. NATURAL   HAZARDS

3.1. SUB PROJECT

Geomorphological studies in the Kullu valley, Himachal Pradesh, with special reference to mass movement and environmental management.

(M.P. Sah and R.K. Mazari)

 

3.2. SUB PROJECT

Mass movements and their relationship with the MCT Zone, Uttaranchal Himalaya.

(K.S. Bist and B.S. Rawat)

 

3.3. SUB PROJECT

Mapping of Active Faults using Remote-Sensing Techniques.

(G. Philip)

 

3.4. SUB PROJECT

Monitoring and Analysis of Seismicity in NW Himalaya.

(Kamal, Sushil Kumar, V. Sriram, A.K. Mundepi, Ravinder Singh, H.C. Pandey, R.M. Sharma and S.K. Chabak)

 

3.5. SUB PROJECT

Site Response Studies in Major Populaton Centers in NW Himalaya.

(Kamal and A.K. Mundepi)

 

3.6.  SUB PROJECT:

Seismicity, seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment of NW Himalaya.

(V. Sriram)

 

3.7.  SUB PROJECT:

Local earthquake tomography for crustal and upper mantle structure of NW Himalaya.

(Sushil Kumar)

 

3.8. SUB PROJECT

Seismic microzonation study of Dehra Dun City.

(A.K. Mahahjan and S.K. Chabak)

 

3.9. SUB PROJECT:

Kinematics of the India-Asia convergence process as manifest in NW Himalaya from GPS measurement.

(P.Banerjee)

 

3.10. SUB PROJECT:

Geological controls on radon emanation and its role in environmental pollution assessment and earthquake studies.
(V.M. Choubey and S.K. Bartarya)

 

3.11. SUB PROJECT:

Geological, geomorphological and geotechnical investigation of Pawari and Nathpa slide zone and upgradation of

existing landslide inventory of Satluj valley Himanchal Pradesh.

(Vikram Gupta and M.P. Sah)

 

4. GLACIOLOGY   AND    NATURAL RESOURCES

4.1 SUB PROJECT:

Geohydrological investigations and water quality assessment in headward region of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya with emphasis on identification of hill aquifers.

(S.K. Bartarya and P.P. Khanna)

 

4.2 SUB PROJECT:

Glaciological studies of Dokriani Glacier and Chorabari Glacier, Garhwal Himalaya.

(J.T. Gergan, R.K. Chaujar, D.P. Dobhal, P.S. Negi and Renoj J. Thayyen)

 

4.3 SUB PROJECT:

Geochemical investigations of active stream sediments and preparation of reference rock standards from Himalayan orogenic belt

(M.S. Rathi, P.P. Khanna, N.K. Saini, K.K. Purohit and P.K. Mukherjee)

 

5. PALAEOCLIMATE    AND    ENVIRONMENT

5.1 SUB PROJECT:

Late Quaternary vegetation history and climate changes with respects to SW Monsoon in Garhwal Himalaya.
(N.R. Phadtare)

 

5.2 SUB PROJECT:

Geo-Database for Uttaranchal: an information system for environmental management and monitoring of Himalayan Geo-Resources.

(D. Pal,  B.P. Sharma and A.K.L. Asthana)

 

6. NORTHEAST   HIMALAYA

6.1 SUB PROJECT:

Kinematic history of the thrust sheets and metamorphic evolution of the crystallines of Western Arunachal Pradesh.
(N.S. Gururajan and B.K. Choudhuri)

 

6.2 SUB PROJECT:

Lithotectonic terranes and Neo-tectonic features between the valleys of Kameng and Siang rivers, Arunachal Pradesh
(D.K. Misra and Trilochan Singh)

 

6.3 SUB PROJECT:

The terminal Proterozoic-Lower Paleozoic sedimentation, Palaeobiological and carbon isotopic events in the NE

Lesser Himalaya.

(V.C. Tewari)

 

6.4 SUB PROJECT:

Geochemical characterization and petrogenetic studies of Abor volcanics in Arunachal Himalaya
(A. Krishnakanta Singh)

 

6.5 SUB PROJECT:

Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Paleogene sediments of East and West Siang districts, Arunachal Pradesh.
(Kapesa Lokho)

 

6.6 SUB PROJECT:

Neotectonic investigation of a part of Arunachal Himalaya between MBT and HFF in East and West Siang

Districts, Arunachal Pradesh.

(S. S. Bhakuni and Khayingshing Luirei)

 

 

PROFILE:

WIHG, established in 1968, is an autonomous research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Previously named as the Institute of Himalayan Geology, it was renamed as the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in memory of its founder- late Prof. D.N. Wadia. In the last 40 years the Institute, while continuously striving to unravel the geological truth related to building of the majestic Himalaya, has grown into a centre of excellence and is internationally recognised as an Institute dedicated to research in Himalayan geology with well equipped laboratories and other infrastructural facilities for undertaking advance level of research in the country. The Institute at present has on its roll 64 scientists, several research students along with administration and supporting technical staff.

 
WIHG carries out basic research in Himalayan Geology and related fields which includes geodynamic evolution, mountain building processes, geoenvironment, seismotectonics and natural resources. The multi-disciplinary research activities are conducted through time-bound project modes in the following missions:

  • Himtransects
  • Climate-tectonic Interactions
  • Biostratigraphy and Biodiversity-Environmental Linkage
  • Sustaining Natural Resources
  • Realtime Geology for Society: coping with Natural Hazards


The Institute is also operating following field research stations in the remote areas of Himalaya:

  • Naddi-Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh (Seismic Observatory Array)
  • Dokriani Glacier, Uttarakhand (Glacier Station)
  • Ghuttu, Kopardhar, Uttarakhand (Multi Parametric Geophysical Observatory)

 

 

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Director

Email    :           director[AT]wihg.res.in

Dr. A.K. Dubey

Tel        :           91-135-2525132

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Email    :           registrar[AT]wihg.res.in

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Tel        :           91-135-2525303

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