Vikas Kumar

Seismologist professional with 16+ years of experience in earthquake source mechanism characterization and relocation methods. Proven track record of contributing to various government projects. Seeking to leverage expertise in a new institute or firm setting.

• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Probability of Occurrence of moderate earthquake in North East India, R.B.S Yadav, B.K Rastogi, M.C Das, Vikas Kumar, 2011, Natural Hazard, Springer, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-010-9557-y
• Modeling of strong ground motions for 1991 Uttarkashi, 1999 Chamoli earthquakes and a hypothetical great earthquake in Garhwal-Kumaun Himalaya, Sumer Chopra, Vikas Kumar, Anup K Sutar, Pankaj Kumar, 2012, Natural Hazard, Springer, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0289-z
• Simulation of strong ground motion for 1905 Kangra earthquake and a possible megathrust earthquake (Mw 8.5) in western Himalaya (India) using Empirical Green Function technique, Babita Sharma, Sumer Chopra, Vikas Kumar, 2016, Natural Hazard, Springer, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1979-0
• Estimation of Source Parameters and Scaling Relations for Moderate Size Earthquakes in North-West Himalaya, Vikas Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Sumer Chopra, 2016, Journal Asian Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.023
• Characteristic ground motions of the 25th April 2015 Nepal earthquake (Mw 7.9) and its implications for the structural design codes for the border areas of India to Nepal, Babita Sharma, Prasanta Chingtham, Varun Sharma, Vikas Kumar, H.S. Mandal, O.P. Mishra, 2016, Journal Asian Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.021
• A study of characteristics of ground motion response spectra from earthquakes recorded in NE Himalayan region: an active plate boundary, Babita Sharma, Sumer Chopra, P. Chingtham, Vikas Kumar, 2016, Natural Hazard, Springer, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2543-2
• Seismological, geodetic, Macroseismic and historical context of the 2016 Mw 6.7 Tamenglong (Manipur) India earthquake, V.K. Gahalaut, Stacey S. Martin, D. Srinagesh, S.L. Kapil, G. Suresh, Saurav Saikia, Vikas Kumar, Harendra Dadhich, Aqeel Patel, Sanjay K. Prajapati, H.P. Shukla, J.L. Gautam, P.R. Baidya, Saroj Mandal, Ashish Jain, 2016, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.09.017
• Site classification of Indian strong motion network using response spectra ratios, Sumer Chopra, Vikas Kumar, Pallabee Chaudhary, R.B.S. Yadav, 2018, Journal of Seismology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-017-9714-9
• Source Parameters and Scaling Relations for Moderate Size Earthquakes in North–East India Region, Vikas Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Sumer Chopra, 2019, Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-018-1972-0
• A new insight into seismic attenuation characteristics of Northwest Himalaya and its surrounding region: Implications to structural heterogeneities and earthquake hazards, O.P. Mishra, Vandana, Vikas Kumar, Sasi Kiran Gera, 2020, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106500
• Estimation of near surface attenuation parameter kappa (κ) in Northwest and Northeast Himalaya region, Vikas Kumar, Sumer Chopra, Pallabee Choudhury, Dinesh Kumar, 2020, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106237