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Manipur Univ


Dr. Avinash Kumar Chouhan

Designation: Assistant Professor

Specialization:

Contact:

Email: akchouhan31[AT]gmail.com/ avinash.kumar[AT]manipuruniv.ac.in

Ph.D. (Applied Geophysics)

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Dr. Avinash Kumar Chouhan

Email: akchouhan31[AT]gmail.com/ avinash.kumar[AT]manipuruniv.ac.in

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IfV0wlsAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Avinash-Chouhan-3

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/indiangeophysics/bio

Research Interests: Crustal and Lithospheric Modelling, Geodynamical study, Geothermal and Mineral exploration, Natural Hazard Vulnerability Assessment

Education

Degree

University/ Institute

Ph.D. (Applied Geophysics)

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad

M.Sc. (Applied Geophysics)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

B.Sc. (Physics Hons.)

Banaras Hindu University

Work Experience

Organisation

Position

Manipur University, Imphal, India

Assistant Professor

Planning and Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, India

Scientist

Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, India

Project Fellow

Essar Oil Limited, Durgapur, India

Deputy Manager

Scholastic Accolades

  • Recipient of Volkswagen Foundation Fellowship, Germany

  • All India Rank 48 in Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE)

  • Recipient of Merit Cum Mean Scholarship by IIT Bombay

  • All India Rank 17 in IIT Joint Admission for M.Sc. (JAM)

Memberships

  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports

  • Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad, India

  • International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Italy

  • International Association for Gondwana Research

  • Indian Society of Earthquake Sciences, India

Additional Relevant Training

  • Training Course: Application of Geographic Information System in Disaster Risk Management at North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Shillong, India [Funded by: National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India]

  • Summer School: Earth Surface Dynamics: Understanding Processes at the Earth's Vulnerable Skin at University of Potsdam, Germany [Funded by: Volkswagen Foundation, Germany]

  • Workshop: Geodynamics processes and Evolution of Geophysical fields, Tectonics and Climate at Organization: Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India [Funded by: Indian Academy of Science, India]

Editorial/ Reviewer

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio)

  • Reviewer: Scientific Reports, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Geosystems and Geoenvironment, Energy, Energy Conversion and Management: X, Energy Geoscience, Geocarto International, Acta Geophysica, Earth Science Informatics, Frontiers in Water, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Coastal Science, Earth Sciences, Journal of African Earth Science, Discover Geosciences, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences

Research Article

  1. Devi, K.N., Chouhan, A.K., Maibam, S., Kumari, P. 2026. Groundwater Potential using Remote Sensing and GIS for Sustainable Development of Imphal Valley, Manipur, NE India. Frontier in Water [IF: 2.8]

  2. Chouhan, A.K., 2026. Assessment of Earthquake Potential Zones in Bihar State, India, and Eastern Nepal using Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Results in Engineering. DOI:10.1016/j.rineng.2026.110065. [IF: 7.9]

  3. Chouhan, A.K., Kumar, P., Islam, M., Chopra, S.; 2026. Role of crustal structure in geodynamic evolution and seismogenesis in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Foreland Basin and Himalayan Collision Zone. Geodesy and Geodynamics. DOI:10.1016/j.geog.2026.01.011 [IF: 3.3]

  4. Chouhan, A.K., Harsh, A., Mishra, A.K., Kumar, V., Kumar, R.; 2024. Delineation of groundwater vulnerable zone for sustainable development in the southwestern part of Bihar, India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI:10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101240. [IF: 5.6]

  5. Chouhan, A.K., Kumar, R., Mishra, A.K.; 2024. Assessment of the geothermal potential zone of India utilizing GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis technique. Renewable Energy. DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2024.120552. [IF: 9.1]

  6. Chouhan, A.K., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K.; 2023. Upper crustal structure and evidence for pre-trappean sediments in the north Cambay rift, India deduced from analysis of gravity data. Journal of the Geological Society of India. DOI:10.1007/s12594-023-2384-z. [IF: 1.2]

  7. Chouhan, A.K., Chopra, S., Chaube, H., Singh, D., Mishra, A.K.; 2022. Integrated analysis of the gravity and the magnetic data to infer structural features and their role in prospective mineralization in and around the Ambaji-Deri-Danta-Chitrasani region, N-W India. Journal of Earth System Science. DOI:10.1007/s12040-022-01979-x. [IF: 1.5]

  8. Chouhan, A.K., Chopra, S., Singh, D.; 2021. Structural Interpretation Over the Epicentre Zone of 1819 Allah-Bund Earthquake, North-Western India in An Intraplate Setup Using Global Gravity Data. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing. DOI:10.1007/s12524-021-01422-6. [IF: 2.2]

  9. Omietimi, E.J., Chouhan, A.K., Lenhardt, N., Yang, R., Bumby, A.J.; 2021. Investigation of subsurface structural features over the south-western flank of the Anambra Basin, Nigeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences. doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104290. [IF: 2.2]

  10. Nagar, M., Gayatri, P.K., Nikam, R., Perugu, M., Chouhan, A.K., Chopra, S., Kumar, M.R.; 2021. Magnetotelluric evidence for trapped fluids beneath the seismogenic zone of the Mw6.0 Anjar earthquake, Kachchh intraplate region, northwest India. Tectonophysics. DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228969. [IF: 2.7]

  11. Chouhan, A.K.; 2020. Structural fabric over the seismically active Kachchh rift basin, India: Insight from world gravity model 2012. Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI:10.1007/s12665-020-09068-2. [IF: 2.8]

  12. Chouhan, A.K., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K.; 2020. New evidence for a thin crust and magmatic underplating beneath the Cambay rift basin, Western India through modelling of EIGEN-6C4 gravity data. Journal of Earth System Science. DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1335-y. [IF: 1.5]

  13. Chouhan, A.K., Singh, D. Pal, S.K., Choudhury, P.; 2020. Delineation of subsurface geological fractures in the Cambay rift and surrounding regions of NW India: an integrated approach using satellite derived EIGEN-6C4 gravity data. Geocarto International. DOI:10.1080/10106049.2020.1716395. [IF: 3.8]

  14. Gayatri, P.K., Choudhury, I., Nagar, M., Chouhan, A.K., Prizomwala, S., Perugu, M., Chopra, S.; 2018. Transient Electromagnetic Investigations in a Tectonic Domain of the Kachchh Intraplate Region, Western India: A Morphotectonic Study of the Kachchh Mainland Fault. Tectonics. DOI:10.1029/2017TC004884. [IF: 3.3]

  15. Narayan, S; Pal, S.K.; Kumar, U; Majumdar, T.M., Chouhan, A.K.; 2016. Delineation of structural features over a part of the Bay of Bengal using total and balanced horizontal derivative techniques. Geocarto International. DOI:10.1080/10106049.2016.1140823. [IF: 3.8]

Conference Proceeding

  1. Singh, L.I., Chouhan, A.K., Maibam, S., 2026. Geometry of Moho Depth beneath Northeastern Indian plate by Joint Inversion of Gravity and Seismological Data; presented at International Conference on Advances in Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering, Manipur Technical University, Imphal.

  2. Chouhan, A.K., Kumar, P., Chopra, S.; 2025. Is the Munger-Saharsa ridge the main culprit for the 1934 Bihar earthquake?; presented at Manipur Science Congress 2025, Imphal, Manipur, India.

  3. Prabhu, C.N., Mishra, A., Rao, N., Kumar, R., Chouhan, A.K., Kumar, V.; 2023. Atmospheric River: The Cause of Extreme Precipitation over Eastern India - 2019; presented at WRF MPAS Workshop, USA.

  4. Chouhan, A.K., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K.; 2020. Evidence of shallow lithosphere and crust in the western continental margin of India through modeling of gravity data; presented at European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria. doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-316.

  5. Chouhan, A.K., Singh, D., Chopra, S.; 2019. Utilization of EGM 2008 gravity data for crustal architectural study over the 1819 Allah-Bund earthquake; Second national conference and field workshop on recent studies on the geology of Kachchh basin, K.S.K.V. Kachchh University, Bhuj, India.

  6. Chouhan, A.K., Singh, D., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K.; 2018. Interpretation of magnetic data over north Cambay rift basin, NW India, using derivative techniques; Indian Geophysical Union 2018, Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal, India.

  7. Chouhan, A.K., Chaube, H., Nikam, R., Singh, D., Nagar, M., Kumar, G.P.; 2018. Integrated geophysical studies to delineate the structural features over the Ambaji mineralization zone, Gujarat, NW India; Association of Exploration Geophysicist 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  8. Chouhan, A.K., Singh, D., Chaube, H., Nikam, R., Nagar, M., Kumar, G.P.; 2018. Delineation of structural features over Ambaji mineralization zone, Gujarat, NW India using gravity and magnetic data; Emerging Trends in Geophysical Research for Make-in-India 2018, IIT-ISM, Dhanbad, India.

  9. Chouhan, A.K., Rao, S.V., Kumar, N., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K., Rastogi, B.K.; 2016. New insight of crustal structure of Cambay basin using 2.5D gravity modelling; Association of Exploration Geophysicist 2016, NGRI, Hyderabad, India.

  10. Chouhan, A.K., Rao, S.V., Kumar, N., Choudhury, P., Pal, S.K., Rastogi, B.K.; 2016. Crustal structure of the Bhuj epicentral region, Gujarat using gravity data; National Geo-Research Scholars Meet 2016, WIHG, Dehradun, India.