Dr. Tarun Naskar

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras

Specialization: Nondestructive Testing, Wavefield Modeling, Signal Processing, Inversion

About Me

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras, with a research focus on nondestructive testing of soils, wavefield modeling, signal processing, and inversion techniques.

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Education

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Teaching

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications (19)

  1. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2026). Effective-Mode Analysis of Elastic Waves. Géotechnique, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.25.00075.
  2. Adari S.V., and Naskar T. (2025). Hankel function-based radon transform for high resolution dispersion imaging. Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1190/geo-2024-0559.
  3. Mukherjee S., Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2025). Modified S-transform based high-resolution dispersion imaging method for multi-channel surface wave data. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 192, 109284.
  4. Das P., and Naskar T. (2025). Efficient analytical partial derivatives of modal phase velocity with respect to layer parameters. Geophysical Journal International, 240(3), 2091–2110.
  5. Adari S.V., Naskar T., and Brady C. (2024). A Simplified Frequency Domain Beamforming Approach for Active and Passive Surface Wave Surveys. Geophysics, 90(2).
  6. Naskar T., Bhaumik M., Mukherjee S., and Adari S.V. (2024). Spectral whitening based seismic data preprocessing technique. Computers & Geosciences, 105784.
  7. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2024). Active Sourced Wavefield Modeling for Layered Half-Space. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 150(11), 04024111.
  8. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2024). Computation of Surface Wave's Dominating Mode for Stratified Media. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 1–16.
  9. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2024). Higher-order thin layer method as an efficient forward model. Computers & Geosciences, 186, 105570.
  10. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2023). Higher-order thin layer method (HTLM) based wavefield modeling approach. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 173, 108125.
  11. Naskar T. (2023). Effectiveness of stacking in filtering noise from surface wave data. International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, 15(1), 55–69.
  12. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2023). Dispersive staggered grid finite difference modelling of Rayleigh waves. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 165, 107698.
  13. Naskar T., and Kumar J. (2022). MATLAB codes for generating dispersion images. Geophysics, 87(3), 1–37.
  14. Naskar T., and Kumar J. (2019). A Faster Scheme to Generate Multimodal Dispersion Plots. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 177, 280–287.
  15. Kumar J., and Naskar T. (2017). Resolving phase wrapping. Geophysics, 82(3), 127–136.
  16. Kumar J., and Naskar T. (2017). Modified Kausel-Roësset stiffness matrix approach. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 92, 176–182.
  17. Naskar T., and Kumar J. (2017). Predominant modes for Rayleigh wave propagation. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 14(5), 1032–1041.
  18. Kumar J., and Naskar T. (2015). Effects of site stiffness. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 77, 71–82.
  19. Kumar J., and Naskar T. (2012). Vertical uplift capacity of anchors. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 49(3), 367–373.

Conference & Book Chapter Publications (9)

  1. Gregory E. et al. (2026). Exploring shallow-water DAS. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.
  2. Anil A. et al. (2025). Monitoring ground vibration during blast demolition. GeoVadis, 387–392.
  3. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2024). Semi-analytical Wavefield Modelling for Pavement. ICTG, 145–153.
  4. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2023). Novel Approach to Model Surface Wave Propagation. Geo-Congress, 268–277.
  5. Alina A. et al. (2022). Prediction of Behaviour of Adjacent Building. Indian Geotechnical Conference, 241–253.
  6. Das P., Naskar T., and Adari S.V. (2022). Active Multi-channel MASW. Indian Geotechnical Conference, 357–365.
  7. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2022). Sensitivity of Trapped Stiff Layer. Indian Geotechnical Conference, 335–347.
  8. Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2022). Fast Staggered Grid FD Modelling. Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, 757–769.
  9. Mukherjee S., Bhaumik M., and Naskar T. (2022). S-transform based processing. SEG/AAPG International Meeting.

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Contact

Email: tarunnaskar@civil.iitm.ac.in

Office Phone: +91 44 2257 4322

Office: BSB 118, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India