Introduction

Indian subcontinent has experienced several earthquakes. The main reason for this is its tectonic setup. An outline of tectonics of India shows that there are three major regions of varied history of development and ages. They are peninsular shield, Himalayan mountain belt \& Indo-Burmese range and Sindhu-Ganga-Brahmaputra alluvial plain. Though in last 4 decades many fundamental changes took place in global tectonic process and its understanding, the data is still evolving and the new models for understanting tectonic processes are being introduced. At this stage of rapid developments in computer science and computational techniques, it is not over-ambitious to set a road map for a new multi-disciplinary approach by integrating geo-physical, geological, geo-technical, geo-thermal and geo-chemical areas for understanding seismotectonics process. Currently, geo-physical, geological and geotechnical areas are being integrated with data engineering and visualization for understanding inter-plate and intra-plate movements.

Some ongoing projects in this area are:

Stress field due to interaction of two or three plates

Understanding causative mechanism of intra-plate earthquakes

Evaluation of seismicity of a given area

Probabilistic estimation of earthquake hazard