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G. Philip

Scientist G & Group Head
Geomorphology & Environmental Geology
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
India

Biography

He is a Sceintist in the department of Geomorphology & Environmental Geology at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India.

Research Interest

Remote Sensing, Active Tectonics

Publications

  • Achievements Membership of Professional Societies Academic Visits Projects Publications Scholarships/Awards/Honours University Merit Scholarship, Awarded by University of Roorkee (Now IIT-Roorkee (1983). Junior Research Fellowship, Awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (1984). Senior Research Fellowship, Awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (1986). Research Associateship, Awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (1989). JSPS Fellowship, Japan, 2002 Indian National Remote Sensing Award (for the year 2002). 1. Fellow and Life Member of the Geological Society of India (F-1707 & LM-877). 2. Life member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (L-0663). 3. Life member of Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG-L-180). 4. Life member of Indian Society of Hydrologists (LM-0585). 5. Life Member of Indian Geological Congress (LM-421). USA: Oregon State University,Corvallis, USA. (Exchange visit under Indo-US Collaborative Research Project) Nepal: ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Several exchange visits under Collaborative research programmes) Japan: Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan. (Under JSPS Fellowship and several exchange visits under Collaborative reserach programmes) Inventory Himalayan Glaciers using remote Sensing Techniques. Indian Space Research Organisation and Dept. of Science & Technology (Govt. of India), New Delhi: 1996. Earthquake hazards in the Himalayan foot hills of NW India. Indo-US Collaborative Project: 1999. Effect of climatic variations on Himalayan glaciers and glacier melt run off. Indian Space Research Organisation (Govt. of India), Bangalore: 2001. Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques along Rishikesh-Uttarkashi Route Indian Space Research Organisation (Govt. of India), Bangalore: 2001. Mountain Terrain Resource Information System (MOTIS) for Silk Route Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. National Remote Sensing Agency (Govt. of India), Hyderabad: 2003. Inventory of Glaciers and Glacial Lakes and the Identification of Potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) Affected by Global Warming in the Mountains of Uttaranchal Himalaya. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal: 2005. Active Faults and neotectonic activity (with reference to seismic hazard) in parts of the Frontal Himalaya and the piedmont zone between Ravi andYamunaRivers(AFNAH-I) Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi: 2007. Active faults and neotectonic activity (with reference to seismic hazards) in parts of Outer, Lesser and Higher Himalaya between Satluj and Yamuna-Tons rivers, in eastern Himachal Pradesh. (AFNAH-II). Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi, 2012 Geodynamics and seismicity investigations in the NW Himalaya: Sponsored research project between WIHG and ISRO-IIRS (2014- ongoing). Detection and monitoring of major active faults in the selected segments of Himalaya for seismic hazard vulnerability assessment. Sponsored research project between WIHG and ISRO-SAC (2017- ongoing). G. Philip, R.P. Gupta and RM. Manickavasagam, 1988. Studies of some geoenvironmental aspects of Singrauli belt (M.P and U.P). Geoscience Journal, Vol. IX (2), 205-214. G. Philip, R.P. Gupta and A. Bhattacharya, 1989. Channel migration studies in the middle Ganga basin, India- using remote sensing data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 10(6), 1141-1149. G. Philip, R.P.Gupta and A. Bhattacharya, 1991. Landsat Image enhancement for mapping fluvial paleofeatures in parts of middle Ganga basin, Bihar, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol.37, 63-74. G. Philip and B.B.S. Singhal, 1992. Importance of geomorphology for hydrogeological study in hard rock terrain; an example from Bihar plateau through remote sensing. Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 19(4) 177-182. G. Philip and R.P.Gupta, 1993. Channel pattern transformation of the Burhi-Gandak River, Bihar India- A study based on multi-data sets. Journal of Geocarto International, Vol. 8, 47-51. G. Philip, 1994. Geomorphic evolution of a part of middle Ganga plain, bihar- A case study using remote sensing data. Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing Vol. 22 (4), 237-244. . G. Philip, 1996. Landsat Thematic Mapper data analysis for Quaternary tectonics in parts of Doon valley, NW Himalaya, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.17 (1), 143-153. R.K.Mazari, S.K.Bartarya, T.N.Bagati, N.S.Virdi, G.Philip and R.Mohindra, 1996. Phenomenal river bed uplift in Gaj Rao, Dehradun- A case of slump induced movements in middle Siwalik sediments. Journal of Himalayan Geology Vol. 17, 171-181. G. Philip, 1997. Active tectonics in the Doon Valley. Journal of Himalayan Geology, Vol. 6(2), 55-61. G. Philip and K.V. Ravindran, 1998. Glacial mapping using Landsat TM data: A case study in parts of Gangotri glacier NW Himalaya. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 26, 29-34. V.C. Thakur, Sushil Kumar and G. Philip,1998. May 22, 1997 Jabalpur earthquake: Reactivation of east-west trending Jabalpur fault in the Narmada Son lineament zone. Journal of Himalayan Geology, Vol. 19(1), 119-126. G. Philip and M. P. Sah, 1999. Geomorphic signatures for active tectonics in the Trans-Yamuna segment of the western Doon valley, NW Himalaya. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 1(1), 54-63. K.V. Ravindran and G. Philip, 1999. 29March 1999 Chamoli earthquake: A preliminary report on earthquake-induced landslides using IRS-1C/1D data. Current Science, Vol.77 (1), 21-25. Anil V. Kulkarni, G. Philip, V.C.Thakur, R.K.sood, S.S.Randhawa and Ram Chandra, 1999. Glacial inventory of part of the Satluj basin using remote sensing technique. Journal of Himalayan Geology, Vol.20 (2), 45-52. G. Philip, K.V. Ravindranand V.C. Thakur, 2000. Mapping of ophiolites: a study in the Indus – Suture Zone of north-western Himalaya, using IRS - 1C/1D data. Current Science,Vol. 78(8), 1014-1019. G. Philip and R. K. Mazari, 2000. Shrinking lake Basins in the proximity of The Indus-suture zone of north-western Himalaya: A case study of Tso Kar and Startsapuk Tso, using IRS - 1C data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.21(16), 2973-2984. . T.Nakata, T.Yoshioka, H.Sato, T.Imaizumi, J.N. Malik, G.Philip, A.K.Mahajan and R.V. Karanth, 2001. Extensive surface deformation around Budharmora associated with the January 26, 2001 Republic Day (Bhuj) earthquake of India. Active fault Research, No.20, 127-136. J. N. Malik, T. Nakata, H. Sato, T.Imaizumi, T.Yoshioka, G.Philip, A.K.Mahajan and R.V. Karanth, 2001. 26 January 2001, the Republic day (Bhuj) earthquake of Kachchh and active faults, Gujarat, Western India. Active fault Research, No.20, 112 -126. M. S. Chauhan, G. Rajagopalan, M. P. Sah, G. Philip and N.S. Virdi, 2001. Pollen analytical study of late-Holocene sediments from Trans-Yamuna segment of western Doon valley of Northwest Himalaya. The Paleobotanist, 50, 403-410. K.V. Ravindran and G. Philip, (2002). Mapping of 29 March 1999 Chamoli earthquake induced landslides using IRS-1C/1D data. Journal of Himalayan Geology: Vol. 23 (1&2), 69-76. N.S. Virdi, R.K., Mazari, and G. Philip, 2003. Environmental geomorphology and active fault tectonics of Paonta Sahib-Sataun-Renuka area, Distt. Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. Bulletin Indian Geologists’ Association, Vol.35 (2), 91-106. G. Philip and R. K. Mazari, 2003. Remote sensing applications in glaciers: a review and case study of Himalayan glaciers. Geoinformatics for Tropical Ecosystem (Ed. P.S. Roy) pp585-608. G. Philip, K. V. Ravindran and John Mathew, 2003. Mapping the Nidar Ophiolite Complex of the Indus Suture Zone, Trans-Northwestern Himalaya, using IRS - 1C/1D data. International Journal of Remote Sensing: Vol.24 (24), 4979-4994. J.N. Malik, T Nakata, G. Philip, and N.S Virdi, 2003. Preliminary observations from a trench near Chandigarh, NW Himalaya and their bearing on active faulting. Current Science, Vol. 85 (12), 1793-1798. G. Philip and M.P. Sah, 2004. Mapping repeated surges and retread of glaciers using IRS-1C/1D Data: A case study of Shaune Garang glacier, northwestern Himalaya. International Journal for Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Vol.6(2), 127-141. S.K Bartarya, and G. Philip, 2004. Identification of aquifers for groundwater exploration in Hilly Terrain of Uttaranchal, Lesser Himalaya. Himalayan Geology Vol. 25(2), 129-138. G. Philip and John Mathew, 2005. Climato-Tectonic impression on Trans-Himalayan lakes: A case study of Kyun Tso basin of Indus-Suture Zone in NW Himalaya using remote sensing techniques. Current Science Vol. 89 (11), 1941-1946 G. Philip, M.P. Sah and N.S. Virdi, 2006. Morpho-structural signatures of active tectonics in parts of Kangra Valley, NW Himalaya, India. Himalayan Geology Vol. 27(1), 15-30. G. Philip and N.S. Virdi, 2006. Co-existing compressional and extensional regimes along the Himalayan Front vis-à-vis active faults near Singhauli, Haryana, India. Current Science Vol. 90 (9), 1267-1271 N.S. Virdi, G. Philip and S. Bhattacharya, 2006. Neotectonic activity in Markanda and Bata River basins, Himachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya: A morphotectonic approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing Vol. 27 (10), 2093-2099. N. S. Virdi and G. Philip, 2006. Neotectonic activity and its control on drainage changes in the northwestern Frontal Himalaya between the rivers Satluj and Yamuna. Journal Himalayan Geology, Vol. 27(2), 129-143. G. Philip and N. S. Virdi, 2007. Active faults and neotectonic activity in the Pinjaur Dun, northwestern Frontal Himalaya, India. Current Science Vol. 92(4), 532-542. G. Philip, 2007. Remote sensing data analysis for mapping active faults in northwestern part of Kangra Valley, NW Himalaya, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing Vol. 28 (21), 4745-4761. J. N. Malik, T Nakata, G Philip, N Suresh, and N. S.Virdi, 2008. Active fault and paleoseismic investigation: evidence of a historic earthquake along Chandigarh Fault in the Frontal Himalayan zone, NW India. Journal Himalayan Geology, Vol. 29(2), 109-117. G. Philip, N. S. Virdi and N. Suresh, 2009. Morphotectonic Evolution of Parduni Basin: An IntradunPiggybackBasinin WesternDoonValley, NW Outer Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol: 74, No: 2, , 89-199 G. Philip, N. Suresh, S.S. Bhakuni and V. Gupta, 2010. Paleoseismic investigation along Nalagarh Thrust: evidence of Late Pleistocene earthquake in Pinjaur Dun, northwestern sub Himalaya, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 40, 1056-1067 G. Philip, 2011. Application of satellite remote sensing techniques in tectonic geomorphology and active faults: selected illustrations from the northwestern Frontal Himalaya, India. Edited and Peer Reviewed Volume on “Geoinformatics in Applied Geomorphology” , 141-162, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group G. Philip, S.S. Bhakuni, N. Suresh, 2012. Late Pleistocene and Holocene large magnitude earthquakes along Himalayan Frontal Thrust in the Central Seismic Gap in NW Himalaya, Kala Amb, India, Tectonophysics 580 (2012) 162–177 G. Philip, N. Suresh and S. S. Bhakuni, 2014. Active tectonics in the northwestern outer Himalaya: evidence of large-magnitude palaeoearthquakes in Pinjaur Dun and the Frontal Himalaya. Current Science, Special section on Himalaya Vol. 106 (2), 211-222 G. Philip, s. S. Bhakuni, n. Suresh, n. S. Virdi, 2014. Late Pleistocene faulting along the Growing Janauri Anticline and Seismic Potential in the North-western Frontal Himalaya, India. Himalayan Geology, 35 (2), 89-96. Bhakuni, S. S., Philip, G., Suresh, N. 2016. Structural analysis of Nalagarh lobe, NW Himalaya: implication of thrusting across tectonic edge of NW limb of Nahan salient, Himachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rundsch) DOI 10.1007/s00531-016-1385-1 G. Philip, R.P.Gupta and A. Bhattacharya, 1991. Landsat Image enhancement for mapping fluvial paleofeatures in parts of middle Ganga basin, Bihar, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol.37, 63-74.

  • G. Philip, R.P. Gupta and A. Bhattacharya, 1989. Channel migration studies in the middle Ganga basin, India- using remote sensing data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 10(6), 1141-1149.

  • G. Philip, R.P. Gupta and RM. Manickavasagam, 1988. Studies of some geoenvironmental aspects of Singrauli belt (M.P and U.P). Geoscience Journal, Vol. IX (2), 205-214.

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