NameDr. Debi Prasanna Kanungo
Date of Birth16.06.1967
E-maildebi.kanungo@gmail.com, dpkanungo@cbri.res.in
Present DesignationChief Scientist & Professor (AcSIR)
DivisionGeotechnical Engineering and Geohazards (GEGH)

Educational Attainments

Degree / DiplomaMain SubjectUniversity/Institution with DistinctionCountryYear of Passing
B.Sc.GeologyUtkal University, OrissaIndia1987
M.Tech.Applied GeologyUniversity of RoorkeeIndia1990
Ph.D.Earth SciencesIIT RoorkeeIndia2006

Specialization

a) Main Area of SpecializationEngineering Geology, Landslide Disaster Mitigation
b) Sub-area of SpecializationEngineering geo-investigations, landslide hazard-vulnerability-risk assessment, landslide dynamics through instrumentation and monitoring, landslide modelling, landslide early warning, debris flow modelling and hazard assessment, UAV based landslide mapping & monitoring, and remote sensing & GIS applications, Soft Computing Applications, Slope Stability Analysis & Multi-hazard vulnerability and risk assessment.

Countries visited in connection with higher studies, research training, employment and other scientific assignments:

Country visitedPurposeFromTo
JapanCSIR Raman Research Fellow 2010-11 at RCL, DPRI, Kyoto University to carry out research on “Initiation and failure mechanism of rain-induced landslides”Jun-10Sept. 2010
JapanLandslide Susceptibility Assessment – An attempt towards standardizing the methodology in Indian scenarioAugust 24, 2010August 26, 2010
CroatiaInternational Conf. on Debris Flow 2012, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29-31 May 2012.May 29, 2012May 31, 2012
Slovenia (Europe)• Ground based wireless instrumentation and real time monitoring of Pakhi Landslide, Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand (India) • Slope mass assessment of road cut rock slopes along Karnprayag to Narainbagarh highway in Garhwal Himalayas, IndiaMay 29, 2017June 2, 2017
Sri LankaLandslide risk assessment and real time monitoring for minimizing the impact of rainfall induced landslides in Indian HimalayasDec. 13, 2017Dec. 15, 2017
London (UK)• Landslide characterization using electrical resistivity imaging. • Vulnerability & risk assessment of building infrastructures exposed to landslidesJuly 11, 2019July 13, 2019
RussiaRussian International Affairs Council (RIAC) has selected me as an International Reviewer to participate in the peer review of research projects submitted to the RSF competitionsOctober 12, 2017Continuing
Publications and Patents
 Publications in International and National Journals  :

  1. Joshi,  A., Kanungo,  D. P. and Panigrahi,  R. K. (2023) WSN-Based Smart Landslide Monitoring Device IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-12, 2023, Art no. 5501912, DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2023.3269746
  2. Malviya, D.K., Samanta, M., Dash, R.K., Falae, P.O. and Kanungo, D. P. (2023) Anthropogenically induced instability in road cut slopes along NH-39, Manipur, North-East Indian Himalaya: Assessment and Mitigation Measures Environment Development and Sustainability (2023), Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-02960-4
  3. Mittal, V., Samanta, M., Dash, R.K., Falae, P.O. and Kanungo, D. P. (2023) Subsurface Explorations and Investigation of Foundation Performance for Distress Assessment of a Building Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, 37(2): 04023011-1 to 17, DOI: 10.1061/JPCFEV.CFENG-4187
  4. Das, S., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. (2022) Rainfall-induced landslide (RFIL) disaster in Dima Hasao, Assam, Northeast India Landslides (August 2022), DOI: 10.1007/s10346-022-01962-z
  5. Das, S., Chandna, P., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. (2022) Slope stability assessment of the recent Birik Dara landslide occurred in Kalimpong region of Darjeeling Himalaya, India Current Science, August 2022, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v123/i7
  6. Das, S., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. (2022) A critical review on landslide susceptibility zonation: recent trends, techniques, and practices in Indian Himalaya Natural Hazards, DOI:10.1007/s11069-022-05554-x
  7. Peethambaran, B.,  Kanungo, D.P. and Anbalagan, R. Insights to Pre- and Post-Event Stability Analysis of Rainfall-Cum-Anthropogenically Induced Recent Laxmanpuri Landslide, Uttarakhand, India Environmental Earth Sciences, 81, 21 (2022), DOI:10.1007/s12665-021-10143-5
  8. Das, S., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. (2022) GIS-based landslide susceptibility zonation mapping using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method in parts of Kalimpong Region of Darjeeling Himalaya Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194, 234 (2022).https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09851-7
  9. Dash, R.K.,  Falae, P.O. and Kanungo, D.P (2021) Debris flow susceptibility zonation using statistical models in parts of Northwest Indian Himalayas–implementation, validation, and comparative evaluation Natural Hazards (2021) DOI:  10.1007/s11069-021-05128-3
  10. Dash, R.K., Kanungo, D.P. and Malet, J.-P. (2021) Runout modelling and hazard assessment of Tangni debris low in Garhwal Himalayas, India Environmental Earth Sciences(2021) 80:338 DOI: 10.1007/s12665-021-09637-z
  11. Song, Z., Liu, J., Bai, Y.,   Shi, X., Kanungo, D.P., Qi, C. & Bu, F. (2021) Investigation of Temperature Effect on Strength Properties of Polyurethane-Treated Sand ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(3):04020482 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT. 1943-5533.0003557
  12. Falae, P.O., Agrawal, E., Pain, A., Dash, R.K. & Kanungo, D.P. (2021) A data driven efficient framework for the probabilistic slope stability analysis of Pakhi landslide, Garhwal Himalaya Journal of Earth System Science (2021) 130:167  DOI: 10.1007/s12040-021-01641-y
  13. Falae, P.O.,   Dash, R.K.,  Kanungo, D.P. & Chauhan, P.K.S. (2021) Interpretation on water seepage and degree of weathering in a landslide based on pre‐ and post–monsoon electrical resistivity tomography Near Surface Geophysics, DOI: 10.1002/nsg.12142
  14. Falae, P.O.,  Dash, R.K., Samanta, M. & Kanungo, D.P. (2021) Geo‐Integrated Assessment of Landslide Zone around Gadora along NH 58 of Garhwal Himalayas, India Near Surface Geophysics, DOI: 10.1002/nsg.12151
  15. Qi, C.,  Bai, Y.,    Liu, J.,  Bu, F.,  Kanungo, D.P., Song, Z. & He, X. (2020) Desiccation Cracking Behavior of Polyurethane and Polyacrylamide Admixed Clayey Soils Polymers, 12(2398):18 DOI: 10.3390/ polym12102398
  16. Kanungo, D.P., Singh, R. & Dash, R.K. (2020) Field observations and lessons learnt from the 2018 landslide disasters in Idukki District, Kerala Current Science, 119(11):1797-1806DOI: 10.18520/cs/ v119/i11/1797-1806
  17. Peethambaran, B., Anbalagan, R., Kanungo, D.P., Goswami, A. and Shihabudheen, K.V. (2020) A comparative evaluation of supervised machine learning algorithms for township level landslide susceptibility zonation in parts of Indian Himalayas Catena, 195(2020):104751 DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104751
  18. Qi, C.,  Bai, Y.,    Liu, J.,   Song, Z.,  Kanungo, D.P., Bu, F., Wang, Q. & Zeng, Z. (2020) Improvement of Water Stability of Sand Admixed with Water-Soluble Organic Polymer International Journal of Polymer Science, 2020(1):1-16 DOI: 10.1155/2020/ 5705143
  19. Liu, J., Bai, Y.,  Song, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Wang, Y., Bu, F., Chen, J. and Shi, X. (2020) Stabilization of sand using different types of short fibers and organic polymer Construction & Building Materials,  253:119164, DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119164
  20. Singh, A., Pal, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (2020) An Integrated Approach for Landslide Susceptibility-Vulnerability-Risk Assessment of Building Infrastructures in Hilly Environment Development and Sustainability, DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00804-z
  21. Liu, J., Chen, Z., Zeng, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Bu, F., Bai, Y., Qi, C. and Qian, W. (2020) Influence of Polyurethane Polymer on the Strength and Mechanical Behavior of Sand-root Composite Fibers and Polymers, 21(4), 829-839, DOI: 10.1007/s12221-020-9331-z.
  22. Liu, J., Bu, F., Bai, Y., Chen, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Song, Z., Wang, Y., Qi, C. and Chen, J. (2020) Study on engineering properties of sand strengthened by mixed fibers and polyurethane organic polymer Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, DOI:10.1007/s10064-020-01751-9
  23. Sangeeta, Maheshwari, B.K. and Kanungo, D.P. (2019) GIS Based Pre- and Post-Earthquake Landslide Susceptibility Zonation with Reference to 1999 Chamoli Earthquake Journal of Earth System Science, 129:55, 1-20
  24. Wang, Y., Liu, J.,  Chen, J.,  Bu, F., Bai, Y.,  Kanungo, D.P.,  Song, Z., and Qi, C. (2020) Experimental Study on Compressibility and Rebound Characteristics of Sand Reinforced with Polymer and Fiber Journal of Natural Fibers, DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2020.1726251
  25. Falae, P.O., Kanungo, D.P., Chauhan, P.K.S. & Dash, R.K. (2019) Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) based subsurface characterisation of Pakhi Landslide, Garhwal Himalayas, India Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(14):430, 1-18
  26. Wu, L., Qian, W., Liu, J., Song, Z.,  Kanungo, D.P.,   Bai, Y. and  Bu, F. (2019) Sisal Fiber-Polymer–Treated Sand Mechanical Properties in Triaxial Test Environmental and Engineering Geoscience,  DOI:10.2113/EEG-2292
  27. Bai, Y., Liu, J., Song, Z., Chen, Z., Jiang, C., Lan, X., Shi, X., Bu, F. and Kanungo, D.P. (2019) Unconfined Compressive Properties of Composite Sand Stabilized with Organic Polymers and Natural Fibers Polymers, 11:1576, 1-17
  28. Liu, J., Song, Z., Lu, Y., Bai, Y., Qian, W., Kanungo, D.P., Chen, Z. and Wang, Y. (2019) Monitoring of vertical deformation response to water draining–recharging conditions using BOFDA based distributed optical fiber sensors. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(14):406, 1-11
  29. Liu, J., Wang, Y., Kanungo, D.P., Wei, J., Bai, Y., Li, D., Song, Z., Lu, Y. (2019) Study on the Brittleness Characteristics of Sand Reinforced with Polypropylene Fiber and Polyurethane Organic Polymer Fibers and Polymers, 20(3), 620-632, DOI 10.1007/s12221-019-8779-1
  30. Bu, F., Liu, J., Bai, Y., Kanungo, D.P., Song, Z., Kong, F. and Pan, C. (2019) Effects of the Preparation Conditions and Reinforcement Mechanism of Polyvinyl Acetate Soil Stabilizer Polymers, 11:506, 1-15
  31. Liu, J., Chen, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Song, Z., Bai, Y., Wang, Y., Li, D., Qian, W. (2019) Topsoil reinforcement of sandy slope for preventing erosion using water based polyurethane soil Engineering Geology, 252, 125-135, DOI:10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.03.003
  32. Singh, A., Kanungo, D.P. and Pal, S. (2019) Physical vulnerability assessment of buildings exposed to landslides in India. Natural Hazards, 96(2), 753-790, DOI:10.1007/s11069-018-03568-y.
  33. Song, Z., Liu, J., Bai, Y., Wei, J., Li, D., Wang, Q., Chen, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Qian, W. (2019) Laboratory and Field Experiments on the Effect of Vinyl Acetate Polymer-Reinforced Soil Applied Sciences, 2019, 9, DOI:10.3390/ app901208
  34. Wei, J., Kong, F., Liu, J., Chen, Z., Kanungo, D.P., Lan, X., Jiang, C., Shi, X. (2018) Effect of Sisal Fiber and Polyurethane Admixture on the Strength and Mechanical Behavior of Sand Polymers 2018, 10, 1121; doi:10.3390/polym10101121.1
  35. Wei, J., Song, Z., Bai, Y., Liu, J., Kanungo, D.P., Sun, S. (2018) Field Test and Numerical Simulation for Coordinated Deformation of New Subgrade and Old Embankment Adjacent to River Applied Sciences, 2018, 8, 2334; DOI:10.3390/app8122334
  36. Liu, J., Bai, Y., Song, Z., Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Wang, Q., Kanungo, D.P., Qian, W. (2018) Effect of Basalt Fiber on the Strength Properties of Polymer Reinforced Sand. Fibers and Polymers 2018, Vol.19, No.11, 2372-2387, DOI:10.1007/s12221-018-8507-2
  37. Liu, J., Bai, Y., Li, D., Wang, Q., Qian, W., Wang, Y., Kanungo, D.P., Wei, J. (2018) An Experimental Study on the Shear Behaviors of Polymer-Sand Composite Materials after Immersion Polymers 2018, 10, 924; DOI:10.3390/polym10080924
  38. Liu, J., Song, Z., Lu, Y., Wang, Q., Kong, F., Bu, F., Kanungo, D.P. and Sun S. (2018) Improvement Effect of Water-Based Organic Polymer on the Strength Properties of Fiber Glass Reinforced Sand. Polymers 2018, 10, 836; DOI:10.3390/ polym10080836
  39. Liu, J., Chen, Z., Song, Z., Bai, Y., Qian, W., Wei, J.  and Kanungo, D.P. (2018) Tensile Behavior of Polyurethane Organic Polymer and Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Sand. Polymers 2018, 10, 499; DOI:10.3390/polym10050499
  40. Liu, J., Bai, Y., Feng, Q., Song, Z., Wei, J., Sun, S., Kanungo, D.P. (2018) Strength Properties of Sand Reinforced with a Mixture of Organic Polymer Stabilizer and Polypropylene Fiber ASCE J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 2018, 30(12): 04018330: 1-11
  41. Liu, J., Bai, Y., Song, Z., Lu, Y., Qian, W., and Kanungo, D.P. (2018) Evaluation of Strength Properties of Sand Modified with Organic Polymers Polymers 2018, 10, 287; doi:10.3390/polym10030287
  42. Liu, J., Feng, Q., Wang, Y., Zhang, D., Wei, J.  and Kanungo, D.P. (2018) Experimental Study on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Organic Polymer Reinforced Sand. International Journal of Polymer Science, 2018 (3503415), 18 pages, DOI:10.1155/2018/3503415
  43.  Singh, A., Kanungo, D.P. and Pal, S. (2018) A modified approach for semi-quantitative estimation of physical vulnerability of buildings exposed to different landslide intensity scenarios Georisk, DOI:10.1080/17499518.2018.1501076
  44. Liu, J., Wei, J., Hu, H., Wu, J., Sun, S. & Kanungo, D.P. (2018) Research on the engineering geological conditions and stability evaluation of the B2 talus slide at the Jin’an Bridge hydropower station, China Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, 77(1), 105-125, DOI:10.1007/s10064-017-1005-8
  45. Mahdadi, F., Boumezbeur, A., Hadji, R., Kanungo, D.P. and Zahri, F. (2017) GIS-based landslide susceptibility assessment using statistical models: a case study from Souk Ahras province, N-E Algeria Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 11:476, DOI:10.1007/s12517-018-3770-5
  46.     Liu, J., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Feng, Q., Zhang, F., Qi, C., Wei, J. and Kanungo, D.P. (2017) Effect of Polyvinyl Acetate Stabilization on the Swelling-Shrinkage Properties of Expansive Soil. International International Journal of Polymer Science, Volume 2017, Article ID 8128020, DOI:10.1155/2017/8128020
  47.  Liu, J., Qi, X., Zhang, D., Feng, Q., Wang, Y. & Kanungo, D. P., 2017. Study on the Permeability Characteristics of Polyurethane SoilStabilizer Reinforced Sand. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, DOI:10.1155/2017/5240186
  48.    Liu, J., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Wei, J. & Kanungo, D.P., 2017 Application of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technique in Monitoring the Ground Deformation Journal of Sensors, DOI:10.1155/2017/6310197
  49. Qi Changqing, Wu Jimin, Liu Jin & Kanungo, D.P. (2016) Assessment of complex rock slope stability at Xiari, southwestern China Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, 75(2), 537-550.
  50. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. & Sharma, S., 2015. Landslide hazard assessment in the upper Alaknanda valley of Indian Himalayas. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 6, No. 4, 308–325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2013.847501.
  51. Kanungo, D.P., Sharma, S. & Pain, A., 2014. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Regression Tree (CART) Applications for the Indirect Estimation of Unsaturated Soil Shear Strength Parameters. Frontiers of Earth Sciences, 8(3), pp. 439-456.
  52. Kanungo, D.P. & Sharma, S., 2014. Rainfall thresholds for prediction of shallow landslides around Chamoli-Joshimath region, Garhwal Himalayas, India. Landslides, 11(4), pp. 629-638.
  53. Sun Shaorui ,Sun Hongyi , Wang Yajie,  Wei Jihong , Liu Jin & Kanungo, D.P., 2014. Effect of the combination characteristics of rock structural plane on the stability of a rock-mass slope. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, 73(4), pp. 987-995.
  54. Pain, A., Kanungo, D.P. & Sarkar, S., 2014. Rock Slope Stability Assessment using Finite Element based Modeling – Examples from the Indian Himalayas. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 9(3), pp. 215-230.
  55. Sun Shaorui, Xu Penglei, Wu Jimin, Wei Jihong, Fu Wengan, Liu Jin and Kanungo D.P., 2013. Strength parameter identification and application of soil–rock mixture for steep-walled talus slopes in southwestern China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, 73(1), pp.123-140.
  56. Kanungo, D.P., Pain, A. & Sharma, S., 2013. Stability assessment of a potential debris slide in Garhwal Himalayas, India. Indian Landslides, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 9-20.
  57. Kanungo, D.P., Pain, A. & Sharma, S., 2013. Finite Element Modeling Approach to Assess the Stability of Debris and Rock Slopes – A Case Study from the Indian Himalayas. Natural Hazards, 69(1), pp. 1-24.
  58. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P., Kumar, S., 2012. Rock mass classification and slope stability assessment of road cut slopes in Garhwal Himalayas, India. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 30 (4), 827-840.
  59. Kanungo, D.P., Sarkar, S., Sharma, S., 2011. Combining Neural Network with Fuzzy, Certainty Factor and Likelihood Ratio Concepts for Spatial Prediction of Landslides. Natural Hazards, Vol. 59 (3), pp. 1491-1512.
  60. Kanungo, D.P. and Sarkar, S., 2011. Use of multi-source data sets for land use/land cover classification in a hilly terrain for landslide study. Disaster & Development, Vol. 5 (1), pp.35-51.
  61. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P., Chauhan, P.K.S., 2011. Varunavat Landslide Disaster in Uttarkashi, Garhwal Himalaya, India. Quaterly Jour. Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. 44, 2011, pp.17-22.
  62. Sarkar, S., Kanungo D.P., 2010. Landslide Disaster on Berinag-Munsiyari Road, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand. Current Science, Vol.98, No.7, pp. 900-902.
  63. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S., Gupta, R.P., 2010. Landslide Susceptibility Zonation (LSZ) Mapping – A Review. Journal of South Asia Disaster Studies, Vol.2(1), 2009, pp. 81-105.
  64. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S., Gupta, R.P., 2009.  A Fuzzy Similarity Concept Based Rating Determination and Fuzzy Gamma Operator Based Thematic Maps Integration for Landslide Susceptibility Zonation. Georisk, Vol.3(1), pp.30-43.
  65. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Gupta, R.P., Sarkar, S. (2008) Landslide Risk Assessment Using Danger Pixel and Fuzzy Concepts In Darjeeling Himalayas Landslides, 5, 407-416
  66. Gupta, R.P., Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S. (2008) Approaches for comparative evaluation of raster GIS-based landslide susceptibility zonation maps International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 10, 330-341
  67. Sarkar, S.,Kanungo, D.P., Patra, A.K., Kumar, P. (2008) GIS based spatial data analysis for landslide susceptibility mapping Jour. Of Mountain Science, 5, 52-62
  68. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S., Gupta, R.P. (2006) A comparative study of conventional, ANN black box, fuzzy and combined neural and fuzzy weighting procedures for landslide susceptibility zonation in Darjeeling Himalayas Engineering Geology, 85, 347-366
  69. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P., Patra, A.K. (2005) Landslides in the Alaknanda Valley of Garhwal Himalaya, India Quaterly Jour. Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 39, 79-82
  70. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P., Chauhan, P.K.S. (2004) Landslide disaster of 24th September 2003 in Uttarkashi. Current Science, 87(2), 134-137
  71. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (2004) An integrated approach for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping using remote sensing and GIS Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 70(5), 617-625
  72. Bhatnagar, J.M., Sarkar, S., Sharma, K.N., Kanungo, D.P. and Chandra, D. (2004) Investigations on the Thermal Alterations in Ordinary Concrete ICI Journal: 2004, 17-21
  73. Kanungo, D.P. and Sarkar, S. (2003) Landslides and terrain parameters in Darjeeling Himalaya. Himalayan Geology, 24, 55-62
  74. Harijan, N., Sen, A.K., Sarkar, S., Das, J.D. and Kanungo, D.P. (2003) Geomorphotectonics around the Sung Valley Carbonatite Complex, Shillong Plateau, North East India: A Remote sensing and GIS approach Jour. of Geological Society of India, 62, 103-109
  75. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (2001) Landslide identification and mapping using remote sensing and GIS Journal GIS@ development, 5(10)
  76. Mehrotra, G.S., Sarkar, S.,Kanungo, D.P. and Mahadeviah, K. (1996) Terrain analysis and spatial assessment of landslide hazard in parts of Sikkim Himalaya. Jour. of Geological Society of India, 47, 491- 498
  77. Kanungo, D.P., Sarkar, S. and Mehrotra, G.S. (1995) Statistical analysis and tectonic interpretation of the remotely sensed lineament fabric data associated with the North Almora Thrust, Garhwal Himalaya, India. Jour. of the Ind. Soc. of Remote Sensing (Photonirvachak), 23(4), 201-210
  78. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. and Mehrotra, G.S. (1995) Landslide hazard zonation: A case study in Garhwal Himalaya, India Mountain Research and Development, 15(4), 301-309
  79. Mehrotra, G. S., Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (1994) A geological appraisal of landslides in East Sikkim Himalaya Himalayan Geology, 5(1), 35-43
  80. Mehrotra, G.S., Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (1993) Lithotectonic evaluation of landslide and mass movements in Garhwal Himalaya. Jour. of Ind. Soc. of Engineering Geology, XXII(3&4 )

 

Publications in International and National Conferences:

  1. Gupta, N., Kanungo, D.P. and Das, J., 2023. Co-seismic landslide susceptibility analysis for the Bhagirathi valley of Uttarakhand Himalayan region using machine learning algorithms based on Slope unit techniques EGU General Assembly 2023, DoI: 0.5194/egusphere-egu23-6937.
  2. Joshi, A., Kanungo, D.P. and Panigrahi, R.K., 2023. 2023 Development of landslide forecasting system using deep learning IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON), DoI: 10.1109/APSCON56343.2023.10101223
  3. Joshi, A., Kanungo, D.P. and Panigrahi, R.K. 2022  Fault Tolerant Edge for Landslide Early Warning System IEEE 19th India Council International Conference (INDICON), DoI: 10.1109/ INDICON56171.2022. 10040214.
  4. Singh, A., Kanungo, D.P. & Singh, P.K. (2021). Site-Specific Risk Assessment of Buildings Exposed to Rock Fall in India—a Case Study. 5th World Landslide Forum, Kyoto, Japan. In: F. Guzzetti et al. (eds.), Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-60227-7_55(6)
  5. Singh, A., Kanungo, D.P., Singh, P.K. (2021). Site-Specific Risk Assessment of Buildings Exposed to Rock Fall in India—a Case Study
  6. Joshi, Amrita And Grover, Jitender And Prasanna Kanungo, Debi And Kumar Panigrahi, Rajib, Real-time Landslide Monitoring, Detection and Early Warning System for Tangni Landslide (December 29, 2019). Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cyber Security & Privacy in Communication Networks (ICCS) 2019 | National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India.
  7. Joshi, A., Grover, J., Kanungo, D. P., & Panigrahi, R. K. (2019, December). Edge assisted reliable landslide early warning system. In 2019 IEEE 16th India Council International Conference (INDICON) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
  8. DP KANUNGO, RK DASH, RK CHOUDHARY (2019) Earth dam surveillance using wireless Instrumentation & real time monitoring
  9. OmowumiFalaea, P., Kanungoa, D. P., Chauhana, P. K. S., & Dasha, R. K. 2019. Landslide Investigation Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Non-invasive. Hazards, Vulnerabilities and Risks of Disasters, 208.
  10. Singh, A., Pal, S., & Kanungo, D. P. (2019). Site-specific vulnerability assessment of buildings exposed to rockfalls. In Renewable Energy and its Innovative Technologies: Proceedings of ICEMIT 2017, Volume 1 (pp. 1-11). Springer Singapore
  11. Falae, P. O., Kanungo, D. P., Chauhan, P. K. S., & Dash, R. K. (2019). Recent trends in application of electrical resistivity tomography for landslide study. In Renewable Energy and its Innovative Technologies: Proceedings of ICEMIT 2017, Volume 1 (pp. 195-204). Springer Singapore.
  12. Kanungo, D. P., Maletha, A. K., Singh, M., & Sharma, N. (2017). Ground based wireless instrumentation and real time monitoring of Pakhi Landslide, Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand (India). In Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume 3 Advances in Landslide Technology (pp. 293-300). Springer International Publishing.
  13. Lenka, S. K., Panda, S. D., Kanungo, D. P., & Anbalagan, R. (2017). Slope Mass Assessment of Road Cut Rock Slopes Along Karnprayag to Narainbagarh Highway in Garhwal Himalayas, India. In Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume 5 Landslides in Different Environments (pp. 407-413). Springer International Publishing.
  14. Singh, A., Pal, S., Kanungo, D.P., Pareek, N. (2017). An Overview of Recent Developments in Landslide Vulnerability Assessment-Presentation of a New Conceptual Framework. In: Mikos, M., Tiwari, B., Yin, Y., Sassa, K. (eds) Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides. WLF 2017. Springer, Cham
  15. Monteiro, N., Kanungo, D. P.2015, & Anbalagan, R. Landslides in parts of Chamoli District: An Engineering Geological and Dimensional Assessment
  16. Sarkar, S., Pain, A., Samanta, M., & Kanungo, D. P. (2015, October). Hill Slope Stability Based on Generalized Hoek-Brown Criterion–A Case Study from Sikkim Himalaya. In Int. Conf. on Engineering Geology in New Millennium, Delhi, India (pp. 1274-1281).
  17. Kanungo, D. P., Pain, A., Sarkar, S., Sharma, S., Jain, S. K., & Ahmad, Z. (2012). Field investigation and finite element modelling of progressive debris slide in the Indian Himalayas. WIT Trans Eng Sci, 73, 15-26.
  18. Mittal, A., Sharma, S., & Kanungo, D. P. (2012). A comparison of ANFIS and ANN for the prediction of peak ground acceleration in Indian Himalayan region. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2011) December 20-22, 2011: Volume 2 (pp. 485-495). Springer India.
  19. Sarkar, S., Ghosh, A., Kanungo, D. P., & Ahmad, Z. (2013). Slope stability assessment and monitoring of a vulnerable site on Rishikesh-Uttarkashi highway, India. Landslide Science and Practice: Volume 2: Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 67-71.
  20. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Chauhan, P. K. S., & Ahmad, Z. (2010). Stability assessment and suggestion for control measures of a potential landslide slope on NH 94, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India.
  21. Kanungo, D. P., Sarkar, S., Arora, M. K. and Gupta, R. P., 2008. Remote Sensing and GIS based Landslide Hazard Zonation and Risk Assessment – An Indian Example. First World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM 2008), 21-24 Oct. 2008, Hyderabad, India.
  22. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Jain, S.K., Kumar, D., Ahmad, Z., and Patra, A. 2008. Landslide investigation at Phata village on Rudraprayag-Kedarnath road, Uttaranchal – A case study. 6th International Conference in Geotechnical Engineering, 11-16 Aug. 2008 Arlington, VA.
  23. Kanungo, D. P., Arora, M. K., Sarkar, S. and Gupta, R. P., 2006. Remote sensing and GIS based landslide risk assessment using a linguistic rule based fuzzy approach. SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Conference, 13-17 Nov. 2006, Goa, India.
  24. Sarkar, S, Kanungo, D.P., Patra, A.K. and Kumar P., 2006. GIS Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping– A Case Study in Indian Himalaya. Proc. Interpraevent Int. Symp. On Disaster Mitigation of Debris Flows, Slope Failures and landslides, 25-29 Sept., 2006, Niigata, Japan, pp. 617-624.
  25. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S., Gupta, R.P., 2006.  Fuzzy Gamma Operator for Integration of Thematic Maps. Indo-Australian Conference on Information Technology in Civil Engineering (IAC-ITCE), 20-21 Feb., 2006, Roorkee, India.
  26. Kanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Gupta, R.P., Sarkar, S., 2005.  GIS based Landslide Hazard Zonation using Neuro-fuzzy Weighting. Proc. 2nd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-05), 20-22 Dec., 2005, Pune, India, pp.1222-1237
  27. Sarkar, S and Kanungo, D.P., 2005. Landslide disasters and hazard zonation mapping in Himalaya. International Conf. on Mitigation, Monitoring and Prediction of Water Related Disasters, 12 – 15 Jan,2005, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.
  28. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Bhattacharya, A., & Kumar, K. V.2002. Influence Of Terrain Factors On Landslide Occurrence–A Case Study From Garhwal Himalaya.
  29. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 1999. Slope Mass Rating – A tool for predicting slope instability by. South-Asian countries Conf. on Challenges to Architects and Civil Engineers during twenty-first century, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  30. Mehrotra, G.S. and Kanungo, D.P., 1998. Landslide Hazards and road construction in hill areas. Int. Conf. On Disaster Management (ICODIM), Guwahati, Assam, April 1998.
  31. Mehrotra, G.S., Kanungo, D.P. and Mahadeviah, K., 1996. Landslide hazard assessment – A need for environmental management of Himalaya Seventh Int. Symp. on Landslides, Trondheim, Norway, June 1996. In: Landslide Glissements de terrain : Kaare Senneset (edited), Balkema, Rotterdam.
  32. Mehrotra, G.S., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. and Haragopal, M., 1995. Slope stability assessment using slope mass rating technique. Proc. of 35th US Rock Mechanics Symp., Reno, U.S.A., In Rock Mechanics: Daemen & Schultz (edited), Balkema, Rotterdam.
  33. Mehrotra, G.S., Dharmaraju, R. and Kanungo, D.P., 1994. Landslide hazard zonation – A tool for environmental development and protection of hilly region. Proc. 1st Int. Conf. On Protection and development of Mountain Environment, Ponte di legro, Italy, June 1994.
  34. Kanungo, D. P., Mahadevaiah, K., & Mehrotra, G. S. (1993). Studies on slopes, landslides and mass movements in parts of Garhawal Himalaya, India. In International conference and field workshop on landslides (pp. 35-41).
  35. Falae, P. O., Dash, R. K., & Kanungo, D. P. (2019, November). Geo-Electrical Characterization of Tangni Landslide, Garhwal Himalayas, India. In 1st Indian Near Surface Geophysics Conference & Exhibition (Vol. 2019, No. 1, pp. 1-9). EAGE Publications BV.
  36. Chauhan, P. K. S., & Kanungo, D. P. (2019, November). Foundation delineation of Solani Aqueduct using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT). In 1st Indian Near Surface Geophysics Conference & Exhibition (Vol. 2019, No. 1, pp. 1-6). EAGE Publications BV.
  37. Maheshwari, B. K., & Kanungo, D. P. (2018). Dynamic Analysis of Slope Displacements by Sliding Block Method using Finite Elements. In Proceedings of 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering.
  38. Kakarla, P., Sharma, S., Kanungo, D.P., Pain A. and Anbalagan, R., 2013. Artificial Neural Network approach based indirect estimation of shear strength parameters of soil. In Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December (pp. 22-24).
  39. Arora, M. K., Chuhan, S., Sharma, M., & Kanungo, D. P. (2012). LaSaRiZ: A Software for Landslide Susceptibility Zonation and Risk Assessment using Neural Network and Fuzzy Set Approaches.
  40. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., & Sharma, S. (2015). Landslide hazard assessment in the upper Alaknanda valley of Indian Himalayas. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 6(4), 308-325.
  41. Dash, R. K., Kanungo, D. P., & Malet, J. P. (2021). Runout modelling and hazard assessment of Tangni debris flow in Garhwal Himalayas, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80, 1-19.
  42. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Chauhan, P. K. S., & Ahmad, Z. (2010). Stability assessment and suggestion for control measures of a potential landslide slope on NH 94, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India.
  43. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Jain, S. K., Kumar, D., Kalura, A. S., & Kumar, S. (2009, December). Slope instability and risk assessment of an unstable slope at Agrakhal, Uttarakhand. In Proceedings of the India geotechnical conference, Guntur, India (pp. 783-786).
  44. Kanungo, D. P., Sarkar, S., & Sharma, S. (2011). Combining neural network with fuzzy, certainty factor and likelihood ratio concepts for spatial prediction of landslides. Natural hazards, 59, 1491-1512.
  45. Kanungo, D., & Sarkar, S. (2009). Multi-source land use land cover classification in a hilly terrain for landslide study. New Delhi
  46. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. and Ghosh, A., 2008. An engineering geological approach for slope instability assessment. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2008 on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering”, 17-19 Dec. 2008, Bangalore, India.
  47. Gupta, R.P. and Kanungo, D.P., 2008. Keynote Lecture on Remote Sensing – GIS Applications in Landslide Studies. CBRI Diamond Jubilee Conf. on Landslide Management – Present Scenario and Future Directions, 10-12 Feb. 2008, Roorkee, India.
  48. Sarkar, S and Kanungo, D.P., 2008. Landslide hazard mapping – A few techniques. CBRI Diamond Jubilee Conf. on Landslide Management – Present Scenario and Future Directions, 10-12 Feb. 2008, Roorkee, India
  49. Kanungo, D. P., Arora, M. K., Sarkar, S. and Gupta, R. P., 2008. Landslide Susceptibility Zonation: An application of fuzzy similarity and fuzzy gamma concepts. CBRI Diamond Jubilee Year Conf. on Challenges and Applications of Mathematical Modelling Techniques in Building Science and Technology (CAM2TBST), 7-8 Feb. 2008, Roorkee, India, pp. 350-359.
  50. Kanungo, D. P., Arora, M. K., Sarkar, S. and Gupta, R. P., 2006. A Fuzzy concept based Landslide Risk Assessment in Darjeeling Himalayas. 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13 SEE-06), 18-20 Dec. 2006, Roorkee, India.
  51. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Dinesh, Jain, S.K., Kumar, D., Ahmad, Z., and Patra, A. 2006. Seismic stability analysis of Phata landslide. 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13 SEE-06), 18-20 Dec. 2006, Roorkee, India
  52. Sarkar, S and Kanungo, D.P., 2006. Role of remote sensing and GIS in landslide susceptibility studies. First India Disaster Management Congress, NIDM, New Delhi, 29-30 Nov., 2006.
  53. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D. P., Dinesh, Jain, S.K., Kumar, D., Ahmad, Z., and Patra, A. 2006. Phata landslide – Geotechnical and geological study. First India Disaster Management Congress, NIDM, New Delhi, 29-30 Nov., 2006.
  54. Sarkar, S, Kanungo, D.P. and Patra, A.K., 2004. Assessment of ground water potential in hilly terrains. ISRS  Annual Conf., Jaipur.
  55. Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P., Singh, A, Dinesh, Jain, A.K. and Kumar, D., 2003.Geotechnical study for design of rock anchors in a hard rock terrain. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee.
  56. Sarkar, S., Kanungo, D.P. and Jethi, A.K., 2001. Landslide hazard and risk in Uttaranchal. All India Seminar on Infrastructure development in Uttaranchal problems & prospects, Institution of Engineers, Roorkee.
  57. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 2000. Landslide hazard and risk – A systematic approach. Proc. of Silver Jubilee National Seminar on Geodynamics and Environment Management of Himalaya (GEM-H), Srinagar (Garhwal).
  58. Mehrotra, G.S., Mahadeviah, K. and Kanungo, D.P., 1993. Landslide hazard zonation – A guide for future planning and development of Himalaya. Abstract volume of 9th convention and national seminar of Indian Geological Congress, Tanjavur, Oct. 1993.
  59. Anbalagan, R., Kanungo, D.P. and Singh, B., 1992. A geotechnical appraisal of the foundation of Lakhwar Dam, Garhwal Himalaya, U.P. Proc. of workshop on Investigations and Treatment for dam foundations, Dehradun, July 1992.
  • Scientific Books / Book Chapters:

BIS code

  1. “SITE SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF LANDSLIDES – GUIDELINES: PART 1 GENERAL” – IS 17163:2020

National Atlas

  1. “Landslide Vulnerability Atlas of Rishikesh-Kedarnath National Highway, Uttarakhand”. Published by Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Technology Bhawan, New Delhi, 2019.
  2. National Atlas on “Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping along Shillong-Silchar-Aizawl Highway Corridor in Northeastern region of India”. Published by IIRS, ISRO, Dept. of Space, Dehradun, 2008.
  3. National Atlas on “Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping in the Himalayas of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh States using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques”. Published by NRSA, Dept. of Space, Hyderabad, 2001.

Book (One of the Contributors)

  1. “National Landslide Risk Management Strategy” – Published by National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi during September, 2019.

Book Chapters

  1. Das, S., Chaudhary, S., Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 2023. Fuzzy-Based Meta-Heuristic and Bi-Variate Geo-Statistical Modelling for Spatial Prediction of Landslides. In: Advances in Scalable and Intelligent Geospatial Analytics, pp. 305-327, March 2023, DoI: 10.1201/9781003270928-22.
  2. Dash, R.K., Samanta, M. and Kanungo, D.P., 2023. Debris Flow Hazard in India: Current Status, Research Trends, and Emerging Challenges. In Book: P. Thambidurai and T. N. Singh (eds.), Landslides: Detection, Prediction and Monitoring, Technological Developments, pp. 1-21, March 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland, DoI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23859-8_10.
  3. Singh Aditi, Pal, Shilpa and Kanungo, D.P., 2019. Site specific vulnerability assessment of buildings exposed to rockfalls. In: J. Chattopadhyay, R. Singh & O. Prakash (eds): Renewable Energy and its Innovative Technologies. Springer Publisher, Singapore, pp. 1-12, ISBN: 978-981-13-2115-3, https://doi.org/978-981-13-2116-0
  4. Falae, P.O., Kanungo, D.P., Chauhan, P.K.S. and Dash, R.K., 2019. Recent trends in electrical resistivity tomography for landslide study. In: J. Chattopadhyay, R. Singh & O. Prakash (eds): Renewable Energy and its Innovative Technologies. Springer Publisher, Singapore, pp. 195-204, ISBN: 978-981-13-2115-3, https://doi.org/978-981-13-2116-0.
  5. Kanungo D.P., 2019. Ground based real time monitoring system using wireless instrumentation for landslide prediction. In: N. Singh,V. Vishal and S. P. Pradhan (eds): Landslides: Theory, Practice and Modelling (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Vol. 50). Springer Publisher, Switzerland, pp.105-120, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77377-3.
  6. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 2017. GIS Application in Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of Indian Himalayas. In: H. Yamagishi and N.P. Bhandary (eds.): GIS Landslide, Springer Japan KK 2017, pp. 211-219, DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-54391-6_12.
  7. Kanungo, D.P., Maletha, A.K., Singh, Manali & Sharma, Neelu, 2017. Ground based wireless instrumentation and real time monitoring of Pakhi Landslide, Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand (India). In: MatjažMikoš, ŽeljkoArbanas, Yueping Yin, KyojiSassa (eds): Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides, Vol. 3: Advances in Landslide Technology, Springer Publisher, ISBN 978-3-319-53486-2, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9, pp. 293-300.
  8. Lenka, S.K., Panda, S.D., Kanungo, D.P.& Anbalagan, R., 2017. Slope mass assessment of road cut rock slopes along Karnprayag to Narainbagarh highway in Garhwal Himalayas, India. In: MatjažMikoš, ŽeljkoArbanas, Yueping Yin, KyojiSassa (eds): Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides, Vol. 5: Landslides in Different Environment, Springer Publisher, ISBN 978-3-319-53486-2, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9, pp. 407-413.
  9. Singh, Aditi, Pal, Shilpa, Kanungo, D.P.& Pareek, N., 2017. Landslide risk and vulnerability assessment – An overview of recent developments. In: MatjažMikoš, ŽeljkoArbanas, Yueping Yin, KyojiSassa (eds): Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides, Vol. 2: Advances in Landslide Science, Springer Publisher, ISBN 978-3-319-53486-2, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9, pp. 795-802.
  10. Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 2000. Landslide hazard zonation and risk assessment. In: P.S. Roy et al. (eds.): Natural disasters and their mitigation: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Perspectives, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India.
  11. Mehrotra, G.S., Sarkar, S. and Kanungo, D.P., 1997. Landslide hazard zonation in Garhwal and Sikkim Himalaya – A case study. In: D.K. Agrawal (ed.): Perspectives of Mountain Risk Engineering in the Himalayan region, Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital, India.
  12. S. Mehrotra, D.P. Kanungo, K. Mahadeviah: Landslide hazard assessment – A need for environmental management of Himalaya. Landslide Glissements de terrain, Edited by Kaare Senneset, 01/1996; Balkema, Rotterdam.
  13. S. Mehrotra, S. Sarkar, D.P. Kanungo, M. Haragopal: Slope stability assessment using slope mass rating technique. Rock Mechanics, Edited by Daemen & Schultz, 01/1995; Balkema, Rotterdam.
  14. P. Kanungo, K. Mahadeviah, G.S. Mehrotra: Studies on slopes, landslides and mass movements in parts of Garhwal Himalaya, India. Landslides, Edited by Stanislav Novosad, Peter Wagner, 01/1993; Balkema, Rotterdam.

Edited Conference Proceedings

  1. National Conference on “Landslide Hazard-Consequences and Challenges”, Sept. 2011, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, India.
  2. Proc. CBRI Diamond Jubilee Conference on “Landslide Management – Present Scenario and Future Directions”, Feb. 2008, Roorkee, India
  • Tech. Reports:
  1. “Evaluation of Rock Slope Parameters for Instability Assessment” Submitted to CBRI, Roorkee
  2. “Landslide Susceptibility Mapping & Geotechnical Studies for Risk Analysis along Guptkashi-Gaurikund Road, Uttaranchal” Submitted to Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  3. “Landslide hazard zonation mapping along Shillong-Silchar road” Submitted to IIRS, Dehradun
  4. “Development of Landslide Database” Submitted to CBRI, Roorkee
  5. “Feasibility study of geology and past seismicity for Manglad microhydel project, HP” Submitted to Bhoruka Power Corp Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
  6. “Identification of cronic slip zones in parts of Uttaranchal” Submitted to PWD, Uttaranchal
  7. “Landslide Hazard Zonation in parts of Sikkim” Submitted to Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  8. “Microzonation of slope instability in parts of Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya” Submitted to Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  9. “Geological stability of tower locations along Baira-Siul-Pong and Chamera-Moga transmission lines” Submitted to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., New Delhi
  10. “Geological study for checking stability of rocks – Construction of 400KV Nathpa-Jhakri-Abdullapur and Nathpa-Jhakri-Nalagarh transmission lines” Submiited to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., Chandigarh
  11. “Fire resistance of structures in pre and post fire investigations” Submitted to Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  12. “Map preparation for landslide hazard zonation in Rishikesh-Rudraprayag area, Garhwal Himalaya” Submitted to NRSA, Department of Space, Hyderabad
  13. “Landslide risk assessment in Darjeeling Himalaya using remote sensing & GIS” Submitted to Ministry of Environment & Forest, New Delhi
  14. “Ground water prospecting of parts of Himachal Pradesh” Submitted to National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Hyderabad.

Patents filed / granted: 

  1. The patient titled “An Intelligent Rainfall Intensity Measurement System and Method” was filed in India on Friday 1,2023, with the patient number 202311006646.Currently, it is awaiting approval.The inventors listed for this patent are Amrita Joshi, Dr. R. K. Panigrahi & Dr. D. P.  Kanungo.
  2. The patient titled “Smart Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Device Enabling Continuous Monitoring of Remote Location and Method thereof” was filed in India on March 30, 2023, with the patent number 202311023711. Currently, it is awaiting approval.The inventors listed for this patent are Amrita Joshi, Dr. R. K. Panigrahi & Dr. D. P.  Kanungo.
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  • Processes Developed: NIL
  • Process Under Utilization: NIL

Awards and Distinctions (including fellowships of the learned societies):.

Name of AwardAwarded byAwarded forYear
Raman Research FellowshipCSIR, IndiaCarrying out research on “Initiation and failure mechanism of rain-induced landslides” at Research Centre on Landslides, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan2010-2011
Certificate of MeritCSIR, IndiaCsir Leadership Development for middle to senior level leaders2008
Diamond Jubilee Best Research Paper AwardCSIR-CBRIKanungo, D.P.& Sharma, S., 2014. Rainfall thresholds for prediction of shallow landslides around Chamoli-Joshimath region, Garhwal Himalayas, India. Landslides, Vol. 11(4), pp. 629-638.2014-2015
CLASSIC PAPER in Environmental & Geological EngineeringGoogle ScholarKanungo, D.P., Arora, M.K., Sarkar, S., Gupta, R.P., 2006. A comparative study of conventional, ANN black box, fuzzy and combined neural and fuzzy weighting procedures for landslide susceptibility zonation in Darjeeling Himalayas. Engineering Geology, Vol.85, pp.347-3662017
Diamond Jubilee Best Research Paper AwardCSIR-CBRISingh, A., Pal, S. and Kanungo, D.P. (2020). An Integrated Approach for Landslide Susceptibility-Vulnerability-Risk Assessment of Building Infrastructures in Hilly Regions of India. Environment Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00804-z.2021
Expert Team LeaderNational RecognitionSafe Demolition of Supertech Twin Towers in Noida28th August, 2021
Expert Team LeaderUttarakhand State RecognitionSafe Demolition/Dismantling of Hotels and Residential Buildings in Joshimath Landslide AreaJanuary, 2023
A.S.Arya-IITR Disaster Prevention AwardIIT RorrkeeResearch and Contribution towards the Landslide Mitigation2022
Professional Experience:
21 years of professional experience in areas of:

  • Landslide Database
  • Landslide Susceptibility Zonation and Risk Assessment in different parts of Himalayas.
  • Landslide modeling using finite element analysis
  • Remote sensing and GIS applications for landslide hazard studies
  • Engineering geological investigation, instrumentation and monitoring of site specific landslides
  • Assessment of cause of distress in ancient temples, heritage buildings and buildings on unstable hill slopes
  • Geological Investigations for fly ash and red mud pond sites
  • Engineering geological investigations for power transmission towers and TV tower foundations
  • Feasibility Assessment of micro-hydel power projects
  • Remote sensing, field data and GIS based ground water prospecting
Any other:
  • On-going Projects
  1. Evaluation of rock slope parameters for instability assessment (In-House R&D)
  2. Vulnerability assessment of buildings and structures due to natural disaster in hilly region (CSIR Network Project)
  3. Assessment and monitoring of distress and remedial measures for ancient temples in Uttarakhand (Sponsored)
  4. Investigation for distress at Rastrapati Niwas and rehabilitation measures, Shimla (Sponsored)
  5. Investigation, characterization and slope stability analysis of landslide on Chamoli-Joshimath road (Sponsored)
  6. Augmentation of Storage capacity of red mud pond at Renukut (Sponsored)
  7. Investigation and design of embakment for red mud storage at Renukut (Sponsored)
  • Current Research Interest
  1. Landslide Modeling
  2. Failure mechanism of rain-induced landslides through instrumentation and monitoring
  3. Site specific landslide risk assessment