Dr. Kusham

Scientist , Geological and Planetary Sciences

Dr. Kusham

kushamsandhu.ngri@csir.res.in

Academic Identity
        

Specialization

Magnetotellurics, Seismology, Planetary Sciences

Research Area

Magnetotellurics and Planetary Sciences

Ongoing Research Projects

Probabilistic Ground Motion Modeling of Marsquakes (2024-2026) (Principal Investigator)

Honors & Awards

  • National Post Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2022), DST-SERB, Govt. of India 
  • International Travel Grant (2019), DST-SERB, Govt. of India, to attend 27th IUGG General Assembly, Canada
  • ONGC-IGU Best Poster Award- Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), 2012

Publications

  • Naganjaneyulu, K., Pradeep Naick, B., Kusham*, Pratap, A., Pooja Bhargavi, V., 2025. Unveiling the crustal structure beneath the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex, eastern India: Interpretation from the 3-D magnetotelluric study. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 366, 107406, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107406 .
  • Mukherjee, S., Kusham, Ravi, S., Shalivahan, Kumar, P., 2024. Characterizing Eastern Dharwar craton kimberlites in light of petrophysical, geochemical and petrological data. J Earth Syst Sci 134, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02447-4
  • Pratap A., Pradeep Naick B., Kusham, Rama Rao, P., Naganjaneyulu K., 2023. The elusive crustal resistive boundary beneath the Deccan Volcanic Province and the western Dharwar craton, India. Geological Acta 2, 1-14. DOI: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2023.21.2
  • Kusham, Pradeep Naick B., Pratap A., Naganjaneyulu K., 2021b. 2-D versus 3-D Magnetotelluric Data Interpretation: A case study from the Dharwar craton, India. Tectonophysics 816, 229028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229028 
  • Kusham, Pradeep Naick B., Pratap A., Naganjaneyulu K., 2021a. Magnetotelluric 3-D full tensor inversion in the Dharwar craton, India: Mapping of subduction polarity and kimberlitic melt. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 315, 106708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106708 
  • Kusham, Pratap A., Pradeep Naick B., Naganjaneyulu K., 2019. Crustal and lithospheric mantle conductivity structure in the Dharwar craton, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 176, 253–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.02.015 
  • Kusham*, Dinesh Kumar, 2019. The 2011 Sikkim earthquake (Mw 6.9) of the Himalaya: Estimates of earthquake source parameters and representability of attenuation characteristics. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 169, 237–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.08.013 
  • Kusham, Pratap A., Pradeep Naick B., Naganjaneyulu K., 2018. Lithospheric architecture in the Archaean Dharwar craton, India: A magnetotelluric model. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 163, 43–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.05.022 
  • Pratap A., Kusham, Pradeep Naick B., Naganjaneyulu K., 2018. A magnetotelluric study from over Dharwar cratonic nucleus into Billigiri Rangan charnockitic massif, India. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 280, 32–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.04.008 

Books

Research Scholars

Arghya Kusum Dey

Educational Qualification

Ph.D. (Geophysics), M.Tech. (Applied Geophysics), B.SC.

Proffessional Experience

  • Scientist, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, 2022-present
  • N-PDF, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, 2020-2022
  • Research Scholar, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, 2014-2020

 

Proffessional Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)