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Science Minister Jitendra Singh invites Germany to utilise India’s expertise in tsunami warning

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India on Monday proposed further enhancing cooperation with Germany in the field of science and technology, with a focus on research on ‘atypical tsunami’ generated by under-sea landslides with a focus on the Makran sub-duction zone.

Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh, during his talks with his German counterpart Steffi Lemke, also invited Germany to utilise India’s expertise in the field of early warning systems for tsunami and related hazards.

Singh told Lemme that India has been recognised as one of the Tsunami Service Providers (TSP) under United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC) and invited Germany to make utilization of this opportunity.

Singh proposed to develop bilateral cooperation in areas of – Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments, Early detection of tsunamis including ‘atypical tsunami’ generated by the under-sea landslides triggered by earthquakes, Geodynamic modelling of Earth’s sub-surface for sub-marine landslides and crustal deformation monitoring using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data.

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Hazards Tsunami
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