Ministry of Earth Sciences
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In recognition to the outstanding research contributions in the various disciplines under the Earth System Science, MoES honours the researchers/academicians in the country by bestowing them with the following awards at the national level: Lifetime achievement award, National Awards (Ocean Science and Technology, Geoscience and Technology, Atmospheric Science and Technology), National Award for Women Scientist, Young Researcher Awards, in addition to Certificate of Merit for the Best Employees of MoES institutions. These awards are given away on the occasion of MoES Foundation Day 27 July, every year.
| S No | Year of Awards | Name of award | Awardee details | ||
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| 61 | 2018 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Smt. Jansi Rajaraman | 
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Smt. Jansi Rajaraman, Section Officer is working in Integrated Finance Division of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). She joined IFD in July, 2013... Read More |
| 62 | 2021 | Young Researcher Awards | Dr Waliur Rahaman | 
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Dr Waliur Rahaman is a Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa and Dr. Kandula V Subrahmanyam, Space Physics Laboratory, ISRO. Dr. Waliur Rahaman research interests are Isotope geochemistry, Antarctic climate variability based o chemical and isotope records from ice core and Weathering and erosion study in the Himalaya. Dr. Kandula V Subrahmanyam research interests are Remote Sensing of Clouds and its microphysical properties, Cyclones and Extreme Events, Role of clouds in driving the mesoscale/general circulation. Read More |
| 63 | 2021 | Certificate of Merit | Dr Supriyo Chakraborty | 
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He is a Scientist-F Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. His research interests are in Paleoclimatology and Paleo-ocenography. Read More |
| 64 | 2020 | Young Researcher/Achiever | Dr Indra Sekhar Sen | 
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Dr. Indra Sen is one of those rare Earth Scientist who apply long-lived radioisotopes to connect Earth’s atmosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere—the ... Read More |
| 65 | 2021 | Certificate of Merit | Dr O P Sreejith | 
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He is a Scientist-E, Climate Monitoring & Prediction Group, India Meteorological Department, Pune. His research interests are Indian Monsoon and its variability. Read More |
| 66 | 2016 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Smt. Poonam Chauhan | 
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Smt. Poonam Chauhan is presently working in NCS.... Read More |
| 67 | 2019 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Sh. Srimanta Haldar | 
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Shri Srimanta Halder joined India Meteorological Department on 25.03.2013 in his current post of Scientific Assistant after completing his Masters in Engineering (IT) having his specialization in Information Communication Engineering... Read More |
| 68 | 2017 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Ms. Rakhi Kumari | 
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Ms. Rakhi Kumari is Scientific Assistant at INCOIS, Hyderabad. She has played a major role in generating and disseminating Ocean State Forecast (OSF) information to a wide user community, over the last decade. ... Read More |
| 69 | 2015 | Best Employees , Group C Employee | Shri Junaid Ahmed H | 
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Shri Junaid Ahmed H , is working as Technician-B in NIOT, Chennai and currently working in Stores and Purchase section... Read More |
| 70 | 2018 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Shri Sunil M. Hendre | 
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Shri Sunil M. Hendre is the Manager at IITM, Pune. He handles all the financial matters of the institute. He has actively participated in the preparation of EFC documents for 11th and 12th Five Year Plans, and the current 3 & 7 years plans.... Read More |
| 71 | 2014 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Ms. Kaushambi Prashad | 
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Ms. Kaushambi Prashad is joine the National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) in 2000 as an Executive Assistant (Finance).... Read More |
| 72 | 2017 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Shri Praveen Kumar Jain | 
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Sh. Praveen Kumar Jain is working in PC-II division of Ministry of Earth Sciences. ... Read More |
| 73 | 2018 | Best Employees , Group C Employee | Smt. G. V. Ahalya | 
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Smt. G. V. Ahalya joined NIOT in the year 1999 and was working in the Establishment section and presently is Executive (Stores) in Stores & Purchase ... Read More |
| 74 | 2018 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Smt. Geeta Gulati | 
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Smt. Geeta Gulati is working as Sr. Finance officer in NCMRWF. Her main duty is to accord financial concurrence in r/o proposals for... Read More |
| 75 | 2020 | Certificate of Merit Ocean, Polar and Geoscience | Dr Abhisek Chatterjee | 
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Dr. Abhisek Chatterjee played an instrumental role in setting up the High-resolution Operational Ocean Forecast and reanalysis System (HOOFS). His Read More |
