Brief Curriculum Vitae of Dr.
Chadaram Sivaji, PhD
Dr. Chadaram Sivaji obtained his Bachelors Degree in Physics in 1984 from Andhra
University Visakhapatnam.
Dr. Sivaji chosen to study his M.Sc(Tech) Degree in Geophysics from Andhra
University during 1984 to 1987 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. During 1986-87,
Dr. Chadaram Sivaji was unanimously elected as President of Geophysical Society at
Andhra University.
Dr. Sivaji joined the Indian School of Mines Dhanbad in May 1988 and continued till
April 1991 to pursue his PhD Degree and awarded Doctorate degree by Indian School
of Mines, Dhanbad in 1992. During the doctoral research Dr. Sival carried out
significant research on performance of various geophysical techniques and estimated
the deep crustal discontinuities beneath the central India region from gravity field data.
From 1991 to 1997, Dr. Sivaji worked at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, and
performed several geophysical field surveys using resistivity, magneto-telluric and
geomagnetic methods for delineating deep geological structures in the Himalayan
collision zone. He also designed experiments to monitor electromagnetic precursors
to earthquakes in Delhi-Rohtak belt.
During 1999-2001, Dr. Sivaji was honoured by Government of Japan with prestigious
Science and Technology Agency of Japan (STA) Post Doctoral Fellowship at
Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Sivaji performed extensive research
on seismic wave propagation through random heterogeneous media using Laser
Doppler Vibrometer experiments and derived the empirical relationships between
waveform fluctuations and scale length of heterogeneity.
Dr. Sivaji was selected as Assistant Professor at Department of Earth Sciences, Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2003 through open recruitment process of IIT.
However, Dr. Sivaji had opted to serve the Government of India at Department of
Science and Technology.
Since 1998 onwards, Dr. Sivaji has been working at the Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India. Dr. Sivaji has contributed to the promotion of
research in earth sciences in India at various capacities as Member Secretary of Deep
Continental Studies Programme and Science of Shallow Sub-surface programmes
and launched new research programmes on multi-disciplinary aspects of earth
sciences and augmentation of S&T Infrastructure at Universities, WAR for water
programme, Special S&T packages to North east Region and Jammu Kashmir
regions.
During 2007-2008, Dr. Sivaji was honoured with Visiting Professor at Institute of
Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Japan
Through open recruitment process, Government of India selected D. Sivaji and
appointed him as Science Counsellor of India to Japan to foster and promote S&T
collaborations between India and Japan during July 2011 to July 2015. He has
organized several high level delegation from India to Japan including Prime Minister
Shri. Narendra Modi’s visit to the Kyoto University Japan to discuss with Prof. Shinya
Yamanaka, Nobel Laureate in Medicine for the year 2012.
The Science and Technology Diplomatic Circle in Japan elected Dr. Sivaji
unanimously as its Co-Chair for the period between 2011-2015.
Also held the Honorary Adviser to Indian Scientists Association in Japan during 2011-
2015.
Currently, Dr. Sivaji assumed charge as Senior Scientist and Director in Department
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India,
New Delhi and handling involved in bilateral S&T cooperation with Germany, Sweden,
Swizterland, Autria, China, Taiwan and Bangladesh etc.
Membership of learned societies
1. Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences 2014 onwards.
2. Fellow, Geological Society of India, Bangalore
3. Associate Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Akademy of Sciences, Hyderabad, 2005.
4. Member, Executive Council, Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad (2007-11)
5. Member Board of Studies in Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh during 2006-
2008.
6. Member, Executive Council, Mineralogical Society of India, Mysore
7. Member, Executive Council, Indian Society for Applied Geochemists, Hyderabad
8. Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan (2000-2001)
9. Member, Seismological Society of Japan (1999-2001)
10. Member, American Geophysical Union (1997-1998)
11. Student Member, Association of Exploration Geophysicist of India (1984-87)
Awards and Recognition
1. Awarded “Ambassador for Peace” by Universal Peace Federation on 15th July 2015.
2. Elected as Co-Chair, Science and Technology Diplomatic Circle in Japan in 2011-2015
3. Honorary Advisor to Indian Scientists Association in Japan in 2011-2015.
4. Selected through direct recruitment process of Government of India
and appointed as Counsellor Science and Technology at Embassy of India Tokyo for
three year from 2011-2015,
5. UGC visiting Professor, Department of Geophysics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
for two years 2009-2011.
6. Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, SRTM University,
Nanded, India (2010-2015)
7. Visiting Professor, Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University,
Hokkaido, Japan, during 1-12-2007 to 31-01-2008.
8. Visiting Scientist at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
(AIST), Tsukuba, Japan during 11-24 February 2007.
9. Selected as Assistant Professor in Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of
Technology, Powai, Mumbai 400 076 in March 2003 through direct recruitment
processes at IIT Bombay.
10. Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship of Science and Technology Agency of Japan for two
years from Feb 21, 1999-Feb 20, 2001.
Professional responsibilities/ assignments held at Work Place
1. Chairman, Selection Committee for promotion of Group A S&T Officers from Scientist-C
to Sci-D at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), held
31 March 2017 at NIELIT, New Delhi.
2. Member-Secretary, Governing Board, Indo-German Science and Technology Center,
New Delhi.
3. Member, Finance Committee, Indo-German Science and Technology Center, New
Delhi.
4. Member Secretary, Programme Advisory Committee on Chemical Science of
International Bilateral Cooperation Division, DST.
5. Nodal Officer at DST for Indo-German, Indo-Sweden, Indo-Switzerland, Indo-Norway,
Indo-Austria, Indo-China, Indo-Taiwan, Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Pakistan S&T
Bilateral cooperation programmes.
6. Represented DST as Co-Chair on Scientific Council Meeting of Indo-German S&T
Center held during 23-24th No 2015 at Bonn, Germany.
7. Judge, Inter School Debate Competition for North and South West Delhi districts held
on 14 and 15 th October 2015 in Delhi.
8. Member, Screening Committee of Departmental Promotion of Scientists at National
Technical Research Organization, New Delhi October 2015.
9. Member Secretary, Programme Advisory and Monitoring Committee on Sea water
Intrusion under WAR for Water programme.
10. Convener, Special S&T Package to augment the S & T Infrastructure in J & K region.
11. Convener, Sub-Committee on NE Special Package to augment the S & T
Infrastructure.
12. Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Water and ecosystems awareness
programme, NCSTC, DST
13. Member, International Travel Support scheme of DST.
14. Member, Technical Committee on UG College programme under Special S & T support
to NE region.
15. Member Editorial Committee, Deep Continental Studies- Newsletter published by
DST for two years(2001 onwards).
16. Member-Secretary of the Task Force setup by DST on “Initiating geophysical /
seismological investigations in Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea”
17. Member-Secretary, Project Advisory and Monitoring Committee on Deep Continental
Studies Programme of DST.
18. Member Secretary, Expert Committee on Shallow Subsurface Studies.
19. Convener, Project Monitoring Committee on National Facility on for Geochemical
research established at JNU, Delhi.
20. Convener, Management Advisory Committee on National Facility on for Geochronology
and Isotope Geology at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
21. Convener, Management Advisory Committee on National Facility on for Geochronology
and Isotope Geology at IIT, Roorkee, Roorkee.
22. Assistant Editor, Deep Continental Studies- Newsletter published by DST for two
years(1996-97).
23. Secretary, Publication Committee at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai during
1992-1997.
24. President, Geophysical Society, Department of Geophysics, Andhra University for the
year 1986-87.
