Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Annual Awards - 2011
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Dr.Bulusu Lakshmana Deekshatulu Dr. B.L.Deekshatulu has distinguished himself through his research and technological contributions in the field of Control systems, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing.He obtained B.Sc. (Engg. - Electrical) degree in 1958 from the Banaras Hindu University and M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc.), Bangalore. |
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Prof. R.N. Keshava Murthy Prof. R.N. Keshavamurty joined India Meteorological Department in 1959. In 1963, he was posted at the International Meteorological Centre (IMC) Mumbai, which functioned as a Special Division of the Institute of Tropical Meteorology (ITM) to work for the operational phase of the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) for the period 1963 to 1965. |
| Certificate of Merit for Young Scientists/ Engineers in Ocean Sciences | |||
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DR. JOHN KURIAN P Born on August 8th, 1970 Dr John Kurian obtained his post-graduation degree in Geophysics from Andhra University and doctorate from CUSAT, Kerala on “Gravity modelling of the crustal structure below the Bavali shear zone and adjacent major plutons of Northern Kerala”. |
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Shri CHODAVARAPU PATANJALI KUMAR Born on 23rd June 1978, Shri. Chodavarapu Patanjali Kumar graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electronics in 1998 and obtained Master of Science (Tech) in Geophysics in 2002 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He also received an eDiploma in Advanced Software Technology from CMC in 2000. |
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Shri R.SARAVANAN Born on 5th June 1968, Shri R.Saravanan, obtained his B.E (Civil and Structural Engineering) from Annamalai University and M.Tech (Ocean Technology and Management) from Indian Institute Of Technology-Madras. He joined NIOT in 2001 as a scientist and Estate Engineer, carried out various infrastructural development works at NIOT campus. He mainly contributed to the Island based Desalination and Offshore Structures projects. |
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| Certificate of Merit for Young Scientists/ Engineers in Atmospheric Sciences | |
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DR. JOHN P. GEORGE Dr. John P. George obtained M.Sc. in Meteorology and M.Tech. in Atmospheric Sciences from the Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1989 and 1991 respectively. He was awarded Ph. D degree for his thesis entitled “Impact of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases on radiative forcings and weather forecasting in the Indian region” from Delhi University in 2009. |
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Dr. C. GNANASEELAN Dr. C. Gnanaseelan, Scientist-E at IITM Pune, obtained his M.Sc from Madurai Kamaraj University in the year 1989, and M.Tech and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He joined IITM in January 1999. He has published more than 40 papers in national and international journals, presented more than 50 papers in conferences/workshops and delivered several invited talks in various universities, institutes and conferences. He has guided 6 Ph.D and 11 M.Tech students. |
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Dr. D.R. Pattanaik Born on 1st March 1970, Dr. D. R. Pattanaik obtained his graduation in Physics from Sambalpur University in the year 1989. He did M.Sc. and M. Phil degrees in Physics and subsequently obtained M.Tech. degree in Atmospheric Physics from Pune University in 1995. He obtained Ph.D. from University of Pune in 2001. |
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A.D. Tathe Born on 27th July 1971 in Pune, Mr. A. D. Tathe obtained his M.Phil. Degree in Physics from the Amravati University. He joined India Meteorological Department (IMD) as Meteorologist in 1998 and presently working as Scientist `D` in the e-Governance Division of India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. |
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Shri Ravi Kant Singh Born on 17th Jan 1974 in Kanpur district of U. P. Shri Ravi Kant Singh obtained his B. Tech Degree in Electronics from KNIT Sultanpur (Dr. R.M. L. University, Faizabad,UP), and P.G. Diploma in Seismology from International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Tshukuba–shi, Ibarakiken, JAPAN. |
| Best Employees Awards | |||
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Smt. Manjula Mehta Smt. Manjula Mehta is working as Asstt. Director (Official Language) in this Ministry since Nov. 2000. She carries out all the work related to implementing Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India in the Ministry. Her performance in preparing Hindi version of important documents like Budget, parliamentary questions, cabinet note, Annual Report etc. has been commendable. She has been instrumental in organizing various scientific Hindi seminars. She is also assisting in editing the scientific papers to be published in Hindi. |
Shri R.K. Sharma Shri Rabindra Kumar Sharma is working as Assistant Meteorologist Grade-I in National Weather Forecasting Centre (NWFC), of India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. The officer is mainly involved in general administration for smooth functioning of NWFC, Planning & Execution of various modernization schemes in NWFC. His significant contribution include in (i) establishment of NWFC through planning, coordination, liaison with various agencies and execution of tasks (ii) organization of various national/international meetings, workshops and seminars/symposia. |
Smt. J. Usha Smt. J. Usha is working as Assistant in the Establishment Section of the Ministry. In addition to normal Establishment work she is contributing towards pension cases of the Ministry and also O & M Reports, Returns and permissions under Conduct rules. She has been instrumental in conducting the promotion of scientists of the Ministry, attached & subordinate offices and Autonomous Institutes of the Ministry under the Modified Flexible Complementing Scheme. She has the extraordinary zeal of tackling unforeseen situations and volunteers to take additional responsibilities. |
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Shri K. Chitrabhanu Shri K. Chitrabhanu is working as Assistant in the Establishment Section of the Ministry. He helps in recruitment of various scientists in the Ministry and its attached offices and pay fixation of scientific cadre. He is also instrumental for the amendment of Recruitment Rules for technical posts in the Ministry as per the 6th Central Pay Commission. He is always willing to shoulder additional responsibilities any time. |
Smt. Swati Vijay Chandras Smt. Swati Vijay Chandras is working as Scientific Assistant at National Agromet Advisory Service Centre, Agrimet Division, IMD, Pune. She has contributed in operational agromet services at district, State and national level. She has taken active part in Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of IAAS held at various places in India, in Farmer Awareness Programmes, dissemination of Agromet Advisories through public/private partnership and for popularisation of agromet services in India. Also she is involved in other activities of the division including R & D activities towards generating agromet products. |
Shri T.P. Rangamaran Shri T.P. RANGAMARAN, is working in National Ocean Institute of Technology since 2003 and he is currently in-charge for the Finance and Accounts Divisions of NIOT, Chennai. He has been instrumental in shaping ISO Quality policy for finance and Accounts division of NIOT and its implementation and competitive and safe investment and management of Institute reserve funds as well as Forex related transactions resulting in considerable savings in Bank charges towards remittance of Forex for products and as well as good returns on institute reserves. |
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Ms. Anjana Patwal Ms. Anjana Patwal is working as Stenographer in the office of the Director, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF). She performes her work efficiently and has shown the capability to handle additional responsibilities on several occasions. She single handedly manages the office of the Director, NCMRWF. |
Shri E.A. Unnikrishnan Shri E.A. Unnikrishnan, is working as LDC, in Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi. The official has been entrusted with all types of work, including preparation of salary bills, other establishment matters of officers and staff of CMLRE, matters relating to court cases and implementation of Official Language in CMLRE; procurement and maintenance of stores. He has also received a commendation letter from Department of Official Language, Hindi Teaching Scheme, New Delhi for having secured 5th rank in All India Level exam of Hindi Praveen held in 2009. |
Shri Ramesh Chand Shri Ramesh Chand is working in the Protocol Section of the Ministry. He handles various activities like Getting Official Passport for the officers, Political Clearances, Visa Verbal Notes, VISAs and other required clearances from various offices, etc. His capacity and resourcefulness in handling normal as well as unforeseen situation is exceptional. He has also been instrumental for holding international meetings and seminars successfully. |
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Shri V. Aravindan Shri V Aravindan is working as Radio Mechanic in CDR Station, India Meteorological Department, Chennai He Possesses exemplary qualities like tireless initiative, quest for knowledge, sharp mind, willingness to accept additional and higher responsibilities, pleasant and helping nature, good character and friendly relation with colleagues. |
Shri S. Charles Satish Kumar Shri. S.Charles Satish Kumar is working as Technician Grade ‘A’ at National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai. His noteworthy skills include - 24x7 manning of Radio/operations room during various scientific cruises, correlating weather forecast for safe sea passage and alerting the ship accordingly on regular basis. He has efficiently handled logistic arrangements for various projects of NIOT and other Institutes under MoES. His involvement in managing the ship’s Operation, Maintenance, Manning and data base management is commendable. |
Shri P.N. Chopade Shri Prakash N Chopade is working as Drafts Man in India Meteorological Department. He has shown immense passion for programming and takes keen interest in the technical aspect of Weather Forecasting. He has developed various software programmes for the preparation of India Daily Weather Report, All India Weather Summary, Weekly Weather Forecast, Weather parameter Normals for 1971-2000 and Local Forecast Verification (All over IMD), Salary Programme for Admin Section and many other such programs which has increased accuracy and reduced the manpower requirement, excessive paper work and time. |
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Shri Braham Prakash Shri Braham Prakash is working the Ministry for the past three decades. He is highly committed, organized, reliable and hard working person. He is responsible for delivery of a number important and confidential files and papers to various divisions of the Ministry. He completes any work assigned to him with full dedications and efficiently. He attends the visitors with utmost hospitality and respect. |
Shri P. Saloman Raj Shri. P. Saloman Raj is working at National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai. He has efficiently handled logistic arrangements for men and material for successful establishment of Desalination projects at Kavarati, Minicoy & Barge Mounted Desalination plant at Chennai. He is also involved in arranging review meetings, SAC meetings and various NIOT exhibitions held at Delhi, Bangalore, Cochin and Chennai. |
Shri Nirmal Mondal Shri Nirmal Modal is working in India Meteorological Department and performing operational duty in Seismology section and maintaining all the equipments of seismology unit. He comes forward to look after all the self recording surface instruments as and when required. He has developed such type of technical and mechanical skills that he has repaired one old generator that gave running support of all instruments during power failure. He also repaired MK-4 instrument that was used during Oct-Dec 2010 FDB Cyclone project when there was shortage of GPS equipment. His technical and mechanical skills were also recognized by INS Utkrosh. |
Shri Ajay Singh Sh. Ajay Singh, is working in Sat Met Division, of India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. His contribution in day to day activities of INSAT-3D Meteorological Data Processing System (IMDPS) is outstanding. He is very sincere in discharging his assigned work and obedient throughout the year. His work during 38th meeting on Coordination Group of Meteorological Satellite (CGMS) hosted by IMD in November 2010 is commendable. He is always ready to take additional responsibilities. |
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DR. Bulusu Lakshmana Deekshatulu He was awarded Martin Foster Medal by I.I.Sc., for Best Ph.D. thesis. He joined IISc as Lecturer in 1964, became Professor in 1970, and continued in that position till 1976. Dr. Deekshatulu visited USSR during 1968 as a Government of India delegate for setting up School of Automation at I.I.Sc., Bangalore. Dr. Deekshatulu worked as Visiting Scientist at the IBM Watson Research Centre, York Town Heights, New York, and at the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan during 1971-72 on Digital Image Processing and Remote Sensing. He designed and fabricated for the first time in India, Grey scale and Color Drum Scanners for Computer Picture processing, which has subsequently won him and his group a NRDC Award. Dr. Deekshatulu joined the National Remote Sensing Agency Hyderabad as Head, Technical Division in April 1976 and became Director in January 1982, and retired as “Distinguished Scientist (Secretary grade) & Director NRSA” in October 1996. He has been responsible for the upbringing of the National Remote Sensing Agency in all its facets, and for executing National and State level projects in many disciplines of Remote Sensing applications. Dr.B.L.Deekshatulu was instrumental in the formation of Marine Satellite Information Service (MARSIS) program,in 1992, of Department of Ocean Development(presently Ministry of Earth Sciences) and Department of Space. Under his able leadership as Chairman Steering Committee of the Program (with Directors and Sr.Scientists from Ocean and Atmospheric Centres), developed methodology for retrieval of Sea Surface Temperature from NOAA-AVHRR data, which is a fundamental Oceanography parameter. This with other ocean parameters such as chlorophyll, ocean color, etc. have lead to an operational ocean remote sensing programme in the country executed at NRSA. SAC supported the required R& D, NIO with sea truth data, IITM and C-MMACS with further analysis and modeling. This programme was also instrumental to assimilate the SST into operational weather forecasting model at NCMRWF. One of the most important societal activity of this program is to generate Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) advisories to fishermen in the country (demonstrated the benefits of high technology Ocean remote Sensing to common man, i.e. fishermen). This was given high priority by Government of India as a social benefit program. After successful completion of 1st phase of the program, an international Workshop on "Application of Satellite Remote Sensing for Identifying and Forecasting Potential Fishing Zones in Developing Countries" was organized under his guidance at Hyderabad during 7 11 December 1993 and he spear headed this PFZ programme to the neighboring countries. The MARSIS program was continued in its 2nd phase for further improvement under the leadership of Prof.Deekshatulu, and with support from SAC mainly focusing on ocean microwave remote sensing programme for development of methodologies for retrieval of wave directional spectrum and utilization of wave spectral energy to the off-shore industry. After realizing benefits of the program, DOD institutionalized the program in 1997 and established the Centre for Indian National Centre for Ocean Services (INCOIS). As member(Eminent Scientist) of INCOIS Governing Council, contributed in the initial establishment and formulated various scientific programs like Sea State Forecasting, Indian Ocean Modeling, Implementation of Indian Argo program etc., of the Centre. As a member Governing council of the India Meteorology Department, he emphasized the need for modernization of observation systems and contributed its implementation. He contributed in Indian weather forecasting modeling studies as member advisory council of IITM and NCMWRF. As Steering committee Chairmen of DOD program, he established National Ocean Information System (NOIS) with partnership from various ocean & atmospheric centers in the country. Under his stewardship, for the first time ocean in-situ data was obtained and exchanged across the national oceanographic and atmospheric centers. He emphasized the need of such system in the studies of ocean-atmosphere coupled models and for operational ocean-atmospheric programme. As Chairman, Working Group-III, ISRO Geosphere Biosphere Program, guided actively the projects under Land-Ocean-Atmosphere interaction. With his background in both Remote Sensing applications and data processing technologies, he was bestowed with Chairman of Indian Geo-sphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) during 1994-1997. Under his able guidance ocean-atmospheric community was benefited in developing the in-situ observational programme, time series measurements of coastal bio-geochemical measurements, and in modeling. Results of these measurements and blending with in-situ and satellite data analysis was of immersive benefit to IGBP community. The entire programme involved several centres, conducting numerous workshops and discussion meetings. He has over 150 research publications to his credit. He has guided 18 Ph.D. Scholars and over 80 MTech. student dissertations. He visited 27 countries in the world. His current interests are Data Analysis, Digital Image Processing, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. He is Fellow of 15 Scientific and Engineering Academies: Also Fellow IEEE (USA), Fellow THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (ITALY), Distinguished Fellow IETE and Distinguished Fellow of Astronautical Society of India. He is a recipient of many awards such as the Bharat Ratna Sir M.VISVESWARAYA AWARD for “Outstanding Engineer” in 1984, NRDC Invention Awards in Jan. 1986 and in Aug. 1993, Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 1988, “PADAMSRI” medal in Jan. 1991 by President of India, BRAHM PRAKASH MEDAL for significant contributions to Engineering Technology, OM PRAKASH BHASIN AWARD for Science and Technology for 1995. Received “Sivananda Eminent Citizen Award” from Vice President of India in Dec. 1998, Boon Indrambarya GOLD MEDAL by Thailand Remote Sensing and GIS Assoc. in Nov. 1999 in Hong Kong for contributions to Remote Sensing, 2002 Aryabhatta Award by Astronautical Society of India for life time contributions to Remote Sensing, Distinguished Alumni Award from IISc, Bangalore in 2006, “Life time Contribution Award” from ACRS, Beijing in Oct 2009, “ASTHANA VIDWAN” award from Datta Peetham,Mysore in May 2010 and the CHEN Shupeng award for 2011. He was Chairman, National Committee on International Geosphere, Biosphere Programme (IGBP) during 1994-97, Chairman of Remote Sensing Applications Missions India 1987-96. Dr. Deekshatulu was a UN / FAO Consultant in Beijing during November, 1981. He was the Government representative in the UN/ESCAP/RSSP Directors’ meetings and Inter Governmental Consultative Committee meetings from 1985-95. He was a UN/ESCAP Senior Consultant during September-November, 1996. He was Director of Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP), Affiliated to the United Nations, IIRS Campus, Dehra Dun, India from November 1995 to April 2002. Dr. Deekshatulu was a Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Comp. & Infn. Sci, Univ. of Hyderabad, pursuing research and teaching in Image Processing, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. He is a great organization builder and a researcher. Currently, he is 1) the Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT Warangal, A.P. 2) Visiting Professor in JNTUKakinada. and 3) Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Hyderabad, an Institution under RBI(Govt. of India). In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Ocean Science & Technology , the Ministry of Earth Sciences honours Dr. B.L. Deekshatulu with National Award in Ocean Science and Technology for the year 2011. |
| Prof. R.N. Keshava Murthy
In the Invigorating scientific environment at the IMC, Prof. Keshavamurty was excited towards research on monsoon meteorology which has remained his passion since then. In 1968, he joined the ITM as a senior scientist in the Training Division, which was later converted into the Theoretical Studies Division. While working at the IMC, Prof. Keshavamurty, jointly with Mr. F.R. Miller, discovered a new synoptic scale system of the monsoon circulation since then known as the mid-tropospheric cyclone (MTC). He also authored several research papers on the phenomenology of monsoon. During his stay at ITM between 1968 to 1973, Prof. Keshavamurty worked on the dynamical aspects of monsoon such as the maintenance of the mean monsoon circulation, vertical motion around the large scale and synoptic scale transients of monsoon. Understanding the dynamics of monsoon droughts was another subject which attracted his attention. Besides, he applied the technique of power spectrum analysis to unlock quasi-periodicities on the synoptic and low-frequency scales of the monsoon circulation. For his work in this period, he earned Ph.D degree in 1973 under the guidance of Prof. R. Ananthakrishnan. From 1973 Prof. Keshavamurty worked at the Meteorological Office Pune, where he did research on the active – break cycle of the monsoon. After a short stay in IMD, Prof. Keshavamurty joined the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) as a Scientist in 1978. At PRL he headed a group established for research on Atmospheric Science. He guided several students for their Ph.D degrees. He and his group contributed significantly to several theoretical and modeling aspects of monsoon which included the dynamical instability of the monsoon flow on synoptic and low frequency scales. For a period of two years, he worked at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, USA. He applied the GFDL Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) to understand the role of sea surface temperature (SST) variability in modulating atmospheric circulation and the monsoon in particular. His AGCM numerical simulation experiments were among the first in this field, to bring out the influence of SST anomalies in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean on the inter-annual variability of the monsoon. Prof. Keshavamurty returned to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in 1992 as its Director and served in this position till his superannuation in 1996. In this position, he was able to establish a new Division of Climate Modelling in 1993 and effectively guided it in its years of infancy. In recognition of his various scientific contributions, Prof. Keshavamurty was conferred the Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai award, the B.N. Desai Award of the Indian Meteorological Society and the IITM Silver Jubilee Award. After his formal retirement, he has been involved in teaching Atmospheric Science at Bangalore University, Allahabad University, S.V. University, Tirupati and other Universities. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Science, India and the Indian Meteorological Society. He is also involved in advisory capacity of various scientific departments and organizations; and as a member of various committees, in particular the WMO/ICSU Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) (1987-1990) and the Governing Council of IITM for 3 terms. He has co-authored a book on Monsoon Meteorology, which was published by Allied Press in 1992. In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Atmospheric Science & Technology , the Ministry of Earth Sciences honours Prof. R.N. Keshava Murthy with National Award in Atmospheric Science and Technology for the year 2011. |
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DR. JOHN KURIAN P As the Principle Investigator for the project on the EEZ mapping. Dr. Kurian was instrumental in mapping and identification of many structural and geomorphological features in the Indian EEZ. This includes seamounts, knoll, abyssal hills, channel-levees etc. Which were mapped using state-of-the art Multibeam techniques and reported for the first time. He was also instrumental in developing a code using ‘Artificial Neural Networks’ which was tested successfully in predicting the bathymetry of Indian offshore regions. He took a lead role in undertaking many studies which could address important scientific issues related to the Indian peninsula. He initiated and executed action for creation of a comprehensive EEZ database which could serve as an ideal platform for the proper archival and retrieval of huge volume of data gathered under the EEZ programme. As a member of the core group of scientists constituted for implementation of the Indian continental shelf programme, he took a lead role in all facets of the programme since its inception to final submission. He was actively involved in planning of the programme, data acquisition, processing, analysis, and interpretation, map preparation etc. and took a lead role in preparation and finalization of various scientific and technical documents related to the final Indian submission under the provisions of Article 76 and Annexure-II. He has eight publications in peer-reviewed journals and had more than 15 abstracts in various conferences/ seminars etc. Three manuscripts are under review/ preparation. Dr. John Kurian P is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Ocean Science and Technology. |
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Shri. Chodavarapu Patanjali Kumar He joined INCOIS in 2006, he started working on the newly commissioned Interim Tsunami Warning Centre and worked on the design and development of DSS for tsunami early warning. He was assigned the critical task of setting up of the operational components for the seismic, sea-level & numerical modelling for tsunami warning system. The integrated components in the system work based on a database of pre-run open ocean propagation scenarios. This operational components and the scenario database paved way for the establishment of a full-fledged tsunami early warning system at INCOIS. For this system he made outstanding contributions in design and development of platform independent - laptop based DSS application that is used for 24 X 7 tsunami warning centre operations. He is also involved in conducting training programs for the operational staff at tsunami warning centre and for the officers of state and district disaster management agencies. In addition to his work at tsunami warning centre, Sri. Patanjali is also an ardent practitioner of Yoga. Shri Patanjali Kumar CH is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Ocean Science & Technology. |
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Shri R.Saravanan Shri R.Saravanan, Scientist-D, has made important contributions in setting up marine structures required for Desalination Projects. His significant contributions in the field of Ocean Science and Technology, by means of executing Island based Desalination project includes :
Shri R. Saravanan is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Ocean Science & Technology. |
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DR. JOHN P. GEORGE Dr. John P. George joined National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) as Senior Scientific Officer-Grade II in 1992, where he is presently working as Scientist-E. He has been working on different aspects of numerical weather prediction, particularly the radiative transfer process in the NWP models and data assimilation for the NWP models. He has also contributed to the improvement of the radiation transfer process in the global model. His contribution to the study of aerosols over Indian region with respect to its spatial and temporal distribution and its impact on the radiative transfer process of the forecast model is notable. He has actively participated in various national collaborative programmes. His sincere efforts in implementing the 4DVAR data assimilation system at NCMRWF is truly commendable. He has also contributed substantially to the assimilation of Indian Doppler Weather Radar data in the meso-scale forecast system. Dr. John P. George is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science & Technology. |
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Dr. C. GNANASEELAN He has undertaken several sponsored projects as principal investigator. He is currently leading a research group to work on ocean modelling, coupled ocean atmosphere process studies and data assimilation. Dr. Gnanaseelan has made outstanding contribution on understanding the Indian Ocean variability and its regional impact and demonstrated the existence of strong thermocline SST feed back mechanism in the tropical Indian Ocean using ARGO observations for the first time. He has also identified the up-westward propagation of Rossby waves and the co-propagation of barrier layer with the Rossby waves in the Indian Ocean. He has reported the equatorial biennial Rossby waves in the Indian Ocean and its role on the formation of Indian Ocean Dipole from observations and models. He studied the air sea coupled processes responsible for the Indian Ocean variability in intraseasonal to interannual time scale. He identified the oceanic processes associated with the summer monsoon ISO and MJO. He has also developed simple mixed layer ocean models to understand the upper ocean processes and to couple with atmospheric models. He demonstrated the need of a unified parameterization using different versions of FSU climate models. He is currently working on some of the challenging aspects of coupled model development and seasonal monsoon forecast. Dr.C. Gnanaseelan is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science & Technology. |
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Dr. D.R. Pattanaik He joined IMD in June 1998 as Meteorologist Gr. II and presently working as Scientist- D in the Numerical Weather Prediction Division, in India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. Dr. Pattanaik has made significant contributions in operationalization of met. sub-divisional level multi-model ensemble extended range forecast of monsoon in IMD in the form of two weekly deterministic forecasts and monthly probability forecasts of rainfall. He also made significant contribution in developing a hybrid dynamical-empirical model for the Indian monsoon forecast based on coupled model outputs. Dr. Pattanaik has been engaged in research work in the areas of : Monsoon variability, monsoon forecasting, extended range forecasting and extreme weather events (heavy rainfall, heat wave/cold wave, cyclones etc.). He has published 27 research papers in peer reviewed international/national journals. He has participated and made significant contribution in :-
Dr. D.R. Patnaik is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science & Technology. |
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Shri A.D.Tathe Shri A.D.Tathe has made significant contribution to the computerization of administrative services and centralised office automation by in-house development and implementation of e-Governance applications in IMD. The METNET initiative of change to the e-governance and centralized information sharing is widely acclaimed throughout India Meteorological Department. Being administrator and developer of this system, through the Intra-IMD Portal, he created a database of service records of employees and entire organisation of IMD for use in HR management. He has developed and implemented more than 30 e-Governance Projects for complete office automation and the benefit of the employees of IMD. Shri A.D. Tathe is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science & Technology. |
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Shri Ravi Kant Singh He joined India Meteorological Department (IMD) as Meteorologist Grade II in 1998 and presently working as Scientist –D in Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre, in India Meteorological Department New Delhi. He has been engaged in the field of seismology and allied research for past 9 years. Shri Singh has made significant contribution by implementation of project for establishment of VSAT based Seismic Telemetry Network in NE India consisting of 20 field stations and Central Receiving Station at New Delhi and CSO Shillong. Implementation of GIS facility by creating Geo-database and subsequent GIS Analysis (3D, Spatial, Geo Statistical) for generating multi-thematic maps for Seismic Microzonation of NCT Delhi on 1:50000 and 1:10000 scale. Shri Singh has 14 research publications in the peer reviewed national and international journals. Some of his important contributions includes :
Shri Ravi Kant Singh is awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science & Technology. |
