Dr. Chadaram Sivaji Scientist-E Science and Engineering Research Council
Education	1 Ph. D. in Geophysics (1992) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. 2 MSc(Tech) in Geophysics (1987) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. 3 BSc(Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry) 1984 from Andhra University.
Awards & Recognitions	1. Visiting Professor at the Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, from 01-12-2007 to 31-01-2008 for two months. 2 AIST Visiting Scientist at Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba from 11-02-2007 to 25-02-2007. 3 Post Doctoral Fellow of Science and Technology Agency of Japan for two years from Feb 21, 1999-Feb 20, 2001. 4 Fellow, Geological Society of India, Bangalore 5 Associate Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Akademy of Sciences, Hyderabad 6 Member Executive Council, Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad 7 Member, Executive Council, Mineralogical Society of India, Mysore. 8 Member, Board of Studies in Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,
Research Specialization	Involved in Interpretation of gravity, deep resistivity and magnetovariational data for mapping and delineating the geological structures. Seismic wave propagation through heterogeneous media and analysis and interpretation of seismological data. Several research papers in National and International journals of repute have been published.
Science Promotion	Involved in implementation of various Earth Science related programmes of DST such as Seismology, Microzonation, Deep Continental Studies, Science of Shallow Subsurface, National facilities in earth sciences etc., for promoting basic research. This resulted in several vision documents, special volumes pertaining to the subject area.
Current Responsibilities
Implementation of special S & T package to North East Region under FIST programme; Earth Sciences component of FIST and the ongoing activities of Deep Continental Studies and Science of Shallow Subsurface programmes.