Kutch (Bhuj) Earthquake 26 January, 2001

J.R. Kayal, former Deputy Director General (Geophysics), Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, is Emeritus Scientist (CSIR), Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Adjunct Professor, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and guest faculty at the Tezpur University, Assam, and UNESCO training courses in South Asia.  He did his M.Sc. Applied Geophysics in 1969 from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and PhD from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand on a Commonwealth Scholarship (1979-83).  He has been awarded National Mineral Award (1994) by Govt. of India and awarded Fellow by several scientific societies in India and abroad.  He is a visiting scientist/professor to several national and international universities/institutes, and leads several national and international projects in earthquake seismology.