Ministry of Earth Sciences
Awards
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.
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| 46 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Smt. Jaya R. | 
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Smt. Jaya.R, joined erstwhile CESS in the year 2000. She has been working in the Personnel and General Administration section (P&GA) section till 2018. ... Read More |
| 47 | Anna Mani award for woman scientist | Dr Vandana Prasad | 
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Dr Vandana Prasad is the Director, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Her research interests are Evolutionary biology, high resolution biostratigraphy, paleoenvironment and relative sea level change during late Cretaceous-early Palaeogene and Quaternary palaeoclimatic studies. Read More |
| 48 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Ms. Kiran Jaswal | 
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Ms. Kiran Jaswal is working as Meteorologist-A in the Budget & Planning section of IMD, New Delhi. She is involved in tasks related to formulation and processing of Central sector schemes of IMD comprising of technical ... Read More |
| 49 | Best Employees , Multi Tasking Staff | Shri Tolu D. Velip | 
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Shri Tolu D. Velip joined the erstwhile Antarctic Study Centre (presently the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, NCAOR) in 1997 as a helper and has been working at NCAOR since then, in various Sections... Read More |
| 50 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Shri Sandeep Saharia | 
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Sh. Sandeep Saharia is working as Assistant Section Officer (ASO) at NCMRWF.... Read More |
| 51 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Smt. Vatchala Kuppuraman | 
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Smt. Vatchala Kuppuraman, joined NIOT in the year 2000. She has been working in the Finance section, Stores section and presently she is working as Senior Executive ... Read More |
| 52 | National Award for Woman Scientist | Dr Lidita D S Khandeparker | 
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Dr. Lidita D. S. Khandeparker works in the field of Biological Oceanography. Her area of interest is subject to Aquatic microbial ecology, Marine biofilms and ... Read More |
| 53 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Shri Jeyakumar | 
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Shri Jeyakumar presently working in INCOIS has taken a lead role in setting-up a network of real-time automatic ocean observation systems.... Read More |
| 54 | Best Employees , Group C Employee | Shri Ajay Shakti | 
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अजय शक्ति, मैकेनिक ग्रेड I , वर्ष 1998 को मौसम केंद्र लखनऊ में मैकेनिक ग्रेड II पद पर कार्यग्रहण किया | वर्ष 2008 में मैकेनिक ग्रेड I के पद पर पदोन्नत हुए ... Read More |
| 55 | Best Employees , Group B Employee | Shri Ganesh M. Chandvale | 
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Shri Ganesh M. Chandvale Joined NCAOR on 21.10.1999. His duties include Research Vessel Management & Maintenance, Implementation of scientific cruises.... Read More |
| 56 | National Award for Woman Scientist | Dr. Kusala Rajendran | 
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Prof. Kusala Rajendran’s career in earth sciences spans over 3 decades and is mostly devoted to understanding earthquake processes. She has completed her ... Read More |
| 57 | Best Employees , Group C Employee | Smt. Yashaswini Kamesh Bhonde | 
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Smt. Yashaswini Kamesh Bhonde joined the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune.... Read More |
| 58 | Best Employees , Group C Employee | Sh. Kulbir Singh | 
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Sh. Kulbir Singh is working as Mechanical Assistant at National Centre for Seismology (NCS), New Delhi. ... Read More |
| 59 | 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 |
| 60 | 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 |
