Course Name: Natural Hazards

Course abstract

The course introduces students to natural disasters and their phenomenon, ground deformations, land-level changes, event recurrence intervals, associated environmental and depositional changes, sedimentation patterns, and all the related hazards. Some of the well-known natural disasters are earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, storms, and cyclones etc. which cause different types of natural hazards in the associated environment and landscape. This course will emphasize their mechanism, origin, and impacts in the associated regions such as mainland, hilly terrain, floodplain/alluvial plain, and coastal regions etc., and also focus on the approaches for mitigating and minimizing hazards along with related hazard assessment.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Javed N. Malik

Prof. Javed N. Malik has finished his Ph. D in 1998 from M. S. University Baroda, Vadodara. Gujarat (Geology), did Post-Doctrate (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) from (1999-2001) Hiroshima University, JAPAN. He Joined IIT Kanpur in 2001.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Feb-2021
 Exam Date : 21-Mar-2021

Enrolled

2142

Registered

883

Certificate Eligible

797

Certified Category Count

Gold

36

Silver

247

Elite

382

Successfully completed

132

Participation

66

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments. Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
    Note:
    We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Natural Hazards - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

UJJAWAL KUMAR MAURYA 97%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

VENUS 96%

SHIVAM KUMAR RAI 96%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SWATHY S 95%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

VIVEK VIKASH 94%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ANKIT GOND 94%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ADITYA KUMAR PANDEY 94%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SHUBHAM GANGAJALI 94%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

SHIVANGI SHRIVASTAVA 93%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

R B ANANTH 93%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KARTHIK M 93%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KUBER SINGH 93%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SHIVANGI BHARADWAJ 93%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

GARIMA GUPTA 93%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ROHINI LITORIYA 92%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SHREYA KUNDU 92%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

NAVEEN 91%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

DIL MUHAMMAD 91%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SURYAKANT DALAI 91%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

RUPALI GUPTA 91%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

AKHILESH SHEKHAR 91%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

PRIYA SHARMA 91%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SHIVANI SHARMA 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ASHUTOSH SINGH TOMAR 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ANIMESH GORAI 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

AISHWARYA DIVYAM 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

JEYKUMAR R 90%

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BIT CAMPUS, ANNA UNIVERSITY

DILEEP KUMAR YADAV 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ARPIT KATARE 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DR PRABHA JOSHI 90%

ANJUMAN-I-ISLAMS KALSEKAR TECHNICAL CAMPUS, NEW PANVEL

SHASHANK TRIPATHI 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

PRASHANT SINGH CHOUHAN 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ABINASH OJHA 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

PRATEEK JENA 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

MANAS BILGAIYA 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SOMYA PATEL 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SIMRAN SHARMA 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SURYAPRIYA S 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

MAHESHA N 88%

NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ABHISHEK TIWARI 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SHUBHAM KUMAR 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

HIMANSHI BHARGAVA 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SOUMYA SHRIVASTAVA 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MANSI SINHA 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SATYA PRASANNA NATH 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ANAMITRA BANERJEE 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KETAN KUMAR GUPTA 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

UTKARSH CHOUKSAY 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2142

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 883

Assignment Statistics



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Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.