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AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Liquefaction, Ground Response, Earthquake Early Warning

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SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

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 PATENT(S)

 

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EDITORSHIP

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BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Kumar A and Baro O (2019) Indirect Estimation of Local Soil Response in Light of Past as well as Recent Earthquakes in the Shillong Plateau. In: Adimoolam B., Banerjee S. (eds) Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0562-7_8

2. Baro O and Kumar A (2021) A Review on the Seismic Vulnerability of Oil and Gas Pipelines in Guwahati City. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 138. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6564-3_26 

3. Handique K, Baro O and Jha S (2021) Education in times of Corona: the Psycological Impact of the Covid-19 Epidemic on College Students in Assam. In: Kalita DJ., Adam AR. (eds) Impact of Covid -19 on Economy, Business, Education and Social Life. Kripa Drishti Publications, Pune. ISBN:978-81-948755-9-8

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SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

1. Introduction to Geo Sciences
2. Geotechnical Engineering
3. Seismic Microzonation
4. Elements of Earthquake Engineering
5. Environmental Science and Engineering

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MEMBER

1. American Society of Civil Engineers
2. Indian Geotechnical Society (Life member)
3. Indian Society of Earthquake Technology  (Life member)

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

1. A S Arya Young Earthquake Engineer Award 2021
2. Best Poster Presentation award at 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (ICRAGEE 2021) organized by the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Civil Engineering Department, IISC Bengaluru,
3. International Travel Support (ITS) from the Department of Science and Technology (India) (2018)
4. MHRD scholarship for PhD from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 2014
5. Best design award by Civil Simplified 2014
6. Best paper presentation award at Geo Congress organized by IIT Guwahati, AEC and IGS Guwahati Chapter 2014
7. MHRD scholarship for M.tech from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 2012
8. Merit scholarship by Govt. of Assam 2007
9. Anundoram Borooah Award by Government Of Assam, India (2005)

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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

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JOURNALS

1. Baro O, Kumar A (2015) A review on the tectonic setting and seismic activity of the Shillong plateau in the light of past studies. Disaster Advances, 8(7), pp 34-45
2. Kumar A, Harinarayan N H, Baro O (2015) High Amplification factor for Low Amplitude Ground Motion: Assessment for Delhi. Disaster Advances 8(12), pp 1-11
3. Kumar A, Baro O, Harinarayan N H (2016) Obtaining the surface PGA from site response analyses based on globally recorded ground motions and matching with the codal values. Natural Hazards 10.1007/s11069-015-2095-x
4. Kumar A, Harinarayan N H, Baro O (2017) Nonlinear soil response to ground motions during different earthquakes in Nepal, to arrive at surface response spectra. Natural Hazards 10.1007/s11069-017-2751-4
5. Baro O, Kumar A (2017) Seismic source characterization for the Shillong plateau in northeast India. Journal of Seismology 10.1007/s10950-017-9664-2
6. Baro O, Kumar A, Ismail-Zadeh A (2018) Seismic hazard assessment of the Shillong Plateau, India. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 10.1080/19475705.2018.1494043
7. Kumar A, Borah N, Naik S P, Baro O (2018) Detailed Review on Methodologies Available to Find Preinstrumental Missing Earthquakes of the Present Catalogue with the Relevance to Seismicity Assessment of the Northeast India. Indian Geotechnical Journal, vol 49(3), 2018, pp 352-366, doi: 10.1007/s40098-018-0336-0

8. Baro O, Kumar A, Kumar A (2019) Suitability of Widely Followed Earthquake Early Warning Systems to Seismically Active Regions of India, by Considering Destructive Intensity as a Parameter. Geosciences Research dx.doi.org/10.22606/gr.2019.41001

9. Baro O, Kumar A Ismail-Zadeh A (2020) Seismic hazard assessment of the Shillong Plateau using a Probabilistic Approach. Geomatics, natural hazards and risk, vol 11(1), pp 2210-2238, https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2020.1833989

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 CONFERENCES

1. Kumar A, Harinarayan N H, Baro O (2017) Effects of earthquake motion and overburden thickness on strain behaviour of clay and sandy soils. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile
2. Kumar A, Haldar S , Baro O (2018) Approximation of Equivalent Linear Ground Response Analysis at Low Strain by Strain Dependent Linear Ground Response Analysis for Typical Site at Delhi, India. 5th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Austin, Texas, USA
3. Baro O, Kumar A (2018) Effect of the Size of Shillong Plateau on Relative Weightage of Selected Attenuation Relations for Seismic Hazard Analysis. 5th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Austin, Texas, USA
4. Kumar J P, Paswan A, Awasthi S, Baro O, Mal R (2021) Towards an early warning system in Guwahati city for landslides triggered by rainfall and earthquake. 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (ICRAGEE 2021), 12-15 July 2021.
5. Kumar A, Baro O, Meena NL (2014) Estimation of surface PGA and determination of target values for no liquefaction at Guwahati city. Golden Jubilee Conference of the IGS Bangalore Chapter, Geo-Innovations, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
6. Baro O, Kumar A (2014) A New Attribute for Earthquake Early Warning. 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
7. Baro O, Kumar A (2014) Parameter Identification and empirical correlation for regional Earthquake Early Warning and its validation. Northeast Geo-Congress on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Guwahati, India
8. Baro O, Kumar A (2015) An insight into the Shillong plateau seismicity: a review. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, Pune, Maharashtra, India
9. Kumar A, Baro O (2016) In-direct estimation of local soil response in the light of past as well as recent earthquakes in the Shillong plateau. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Chennai, India
10. Baro O, Kumar A (2017) Estimation of probable financial loss occur due to future earthquakes in the Shillong Plateau. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guwahati, Assam, India
11. Baro O, Kumar A (2019) A Review on the Seismic Vulnerability of Oil and Gas Pipelines in Guwahati City. Indian Geotechnical Conference, 19-21 December 2019, Surat, India
12. Kumar J P, Paswan A, Awasthi S, Baro O, Mal R (2021) Towards an early warning system in Guwahati city for landslides triggered by rainfall and earthquake. 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (ICRAGEE 2021), 12-15 July 2021.
13. Sarmah Y, Goswami MP, Deka N,Bora DB , Gogoi R K, Mandal N and Baro O (2022) Conceptualisation of sustainable low cost earthquake resistant bamboo reinforced mud brick house in North-East India, RAiSE2022

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