Vk Gaur

Biography

Vinod Gaur studied Geophysics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and at Imperial College, London (UK) where he discovered the hitherto unsuspected 'host rock effect' in geo-electromagnetics for which he was awarded PhD from the University of London in 1959. His academic career began, immediately thereafter, as a Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory, UK. In 1966, he joined the University of Roorkee as Professor where he initiated a modern academic programme in geophysics, incorporating signal analysis, inverse theory and computational geophysics. These were subsequently propagated by the UGC to other universities by sponsoring short- term intensive courses that were organized by Gaur at Roorkee. In 1983, he moved to Hyderabad as Director of the National Geophysical Research Institute and set about restructuring the Institute's research programmes with scientific rigour, guided by hypothesis formulation and experiment design.

Research Interest

Earth and Planetary Sciences