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Harsh Gupta, the Glossary

Harsh Kumar Gupta (born 1942) is an Indian earth scientist and seismologist, known for his pioneering work on estimation of reservoir-induced earthquakes.^[1]

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IIT Roorkee alumni
Indian seismologists
Presidents of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union

The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991.

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American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members).

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea (हिन्दी|Hindī: सिंधु सागर, baḥr al-ʿarab) is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia.

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Bathymetry

Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors (seabed topography), lake floors, or river floors.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.

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Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India.

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Convention on the Continental Shelf

The Convention on the Continental Shelf was an international treaty created to codify the rules of international law relating to continental shelves.

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Dakshin Gangotri

Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme.

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Department of Science and Technology (India)

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is a department within the Ministry of Science and Technology in India.

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Earth science

Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.

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Exclusive economic zone

An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.

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Geological Society of India

The Geological Society of India is based in Bangalore, India.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad is a public technical university located in Dhanbad, India.

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IIT Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

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Indian Antarctic Programme

The Indian Antarctic Programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional programme under the control of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.

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Indian National Science Academy

The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology.

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Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System

The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System was set up to provide warning to inhabitants of nations bordering the Indian Ocean of approaching tsunamis.

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International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

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International Council for Science

The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science.

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International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG; Union géodésique et géophysique internationale, UGGI) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the scientific study of Earth and its space environment using geophysical and geodetic techniques.

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Kavaratti

Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India.

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List of geophysicists

This is a list of geophysicists, people who made notable contributions to geophysics, whether or not geophysics was their primary field.

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List of University of Texas at Dallas people

The University of Texas at Dallas (also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD) is a public research university in the University of Texas System.

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Ministry of Earth Sciences

The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (IITM), the Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC) and the Ministry of Ocean Development.

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National Academy of Sciences, India

The National Academy of Sciences, India, established in 1930, is the oldest science academy in India.

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National Centre for Earth Science Studies

The National Centre for Earth Science Studies(NCESS) (Malayalam: ദേശിയ ഭൗമ ശാസ്ത്ര പഠന കേന്ദ്രം) is an autonomous research centre to promote scientific and technological research and development studies in the earth sciences.

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National Disaster Management Authority (India), abbreviated as NDMA, is an apex Body of Government of India, with a mandate to lay down policies for disaster management.

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National Geophysical Research Institute

The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) is a geoscientific research organization established in 1961 under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest Research and Development organization.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of India

The Indian honours system is the system of awards given to individuals for a variety of services to the Republic of India.

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Padma Shri

The Padma Shri (IAST: padma śrī), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

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Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off.

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Seismology

Seismology (from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (-logía) meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or other planetary bodies.

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physics.

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Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, commonly shortened to TVM or known by its former name Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas.

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Waldo E. Smith Award

The Waldo E. Smith Award, previously known as the Waldo E. Smith Medal, is given out by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "individuals who have played unique leadership roles in such diverse areas as scientific associations, education, legislation, research, public understanding of science, management, and philanthropy, and whose accomplishments have greatly strengthened and helped advance the geophysical sciences".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsh_Gupta

Harsh Gupta, the Glossary

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IIT Roorkee alumni

Indian seismologists

Presidents of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

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