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Disaster management For earthquake in India India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, with more than 60% of the land being prone to tremors of Richter Intensity 7.0 and greater, that can cause structural damage. Earthquakes continue to cause large-scale human fatalities, most of which are due to collapse of man-made structures. Recent earthquakes have revealed the under-preparedness of the country in facing its impacts. Since short- or mid-term prediction of earthquakes is difficult, seismic safety of built environments that will ensure that structures do not collapse, forms an important cornerstone of earthquake disaster mitigation efforts. •Earthquake engineering IIT at Bombay

IIT Bombay supports extensive research, development and outreach activities in the area of earthquake engineering. The Institute has several faculty members who collectively, cover all major areas in earthquake engineering including: • Structural Earthquake Engineering • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering • Seismology/Geology • Remote Sensing

Some major research facilities setup through dedicated efforts by the faculty include: large and small shake tables, actuators for pseudodynamic tests, structure condition assessment systems, GPS equipment and an advanced Geotechnical centrifuge with proposed uniaxial earthquake simulator.

Well recognised both nationally and internationally, these R&D activities have resulted in a number of patent applications. The research in diverse aspects of earthquake engineering has allowed the application of expertise in a number of situations. They are: • Development of National Codes and Standards together with Bureau of Indian Standards • Assistance to the government in developing policies and regulations • Intensive professional and continuing education programmes for college teachers and the industry • Core participation in the National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE) launched by the Ministry of Human Resources Development • Training of government officers and UN volunteers to carry out rapid seismic vulnerability assessment buildings in earthquake-prone cities of India • International collaborations with China, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Uzbekistan in urban risk management efforts • Active collaboration in earthquake engineering with several German universities and Institutes