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'''Institute of Seismological Research''' (ISR) is an [[Earthquake engineering|earthquake engineering and research]] center in [[Gandhinagar]], [[India]]. In the aftermath of [[Gujarat earthquake|2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the institute was established by the Department of Science and Technology of [[Government of Gujarat]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Patel|first1=Shirish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cALgCgAAQBAJ&dq=Institute+of+Seismological+Research+Gandhinagar&pg=PA234|title=Recovering from Earthquakes: Response, Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India|last2=Revi|first2=Aromar|date=2012-07-26|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-51808-9|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
In 2003, Dr. J. G. Negi formulated the framework for ''Institute of Seismological Research (ISR)'' and established the centre with the funding from [[Asian Development Bank]]''.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mutter|first=John C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GY5BgAAQBAJ&dq=Institute+of+Seismological+Research+Gandhinagar&pg=PA80|title=The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer|date=2015-08-11|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-4668-7941-6|language=en}}</ref> He resigned in 2004 due to differences arising between him and the state government.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=7 Oct 2004|title=Gujarat's babus have 'trader's mentality' {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarats-babus-have-traders-mentality/articleshow/876209.cms|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Later, Prof. Naveenchandra N. Srivastava was deputed by [[Gujarat government]] to lead the institute''.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=N|first=Srivastava, Naveenchandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWJaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Institute+of+Seismological+Research+Gandhinagar&pg=PA295|title=Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems|date=2018-05-25|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-5225-5040-2|language=en}}</ref> Formal research activities were commenced in 2006.{{fact|date=January 2023}}<br />
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ISR is the nodal agency in the western state of [[Gujarat]] to deploy and maintain a sub-network of 22 broadband seismograph stations and 40 strong-motion accelerographs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=M. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7BhDwAAQBAJ&dq=Institute+of+Seismological+Research+Gandhinagar&pg=PA44|title=Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology: Contributions in Honour of Jai Krishna|last2=Shrikhande|first2=Manish|last3=Wason|first3=H. R.|date=2018-06-22|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-76855-7|language=en}}</ref> The sub-network is the part of the larger network called ''Indian National Strong-Motion Instrumentation Network,'' operated by Department of Earthquake Engineering, [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[National Centre for Seismology]]<br />
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