KRISHNAN MEDAL
The Indian Geophysical Union had instituted KRISHNAN MEDAL to be awarded each year to an outstanding geophysicist/geologist whose age does not exceed 40 years (on 1st January of the year) and for his outstanding work in specific branches of geophysics/geology and related geosciences. Nominations each year are called from the members of the Executive Council, past recipients of the medal and past Presidents for the award of KRISHNAN MEDAL and constitute an Expert Committee to make the selection for each year. The medallist is presented the award at the annual meeting. Nominations, along with the bio-data, accompanied by 4 copies of the reprints of 3 important publications of the candidates should be sent to the Secretary, Indian Geophysical Union, by 31st July, of the year. From 1993 Gold Medal is awarded to the recipient.
PAST RECIPIENTS
1964
Dr.Manik Talwani
1965
Dr.D.Lal
1966
Dr.H.M.Iyer
1967
Dr.S.Balakrishna
1968
Dr.A.Jayaraman
1969
Dr.Supriya Roy
1970
Dr.C.Radhakrishna Murthy
1971
Dr.D.N.Avasthi
1972
Prof.D.Gupta Sarma
1973
Dr.K.V.Raghava Rao
1974
Dr.J.G.Negi
1975
Dr.R.K.Verma
1976
Dr.K.L.Kaila
1977
Dr.M.B.Ramachandran Nair
1978
Dr.H.K.Gupta
1979
Prof.V.K.Gaur
1980
Dr.S.K.Verma
1981
Dr.S.Krishnaswamy
1982
Dr.K.Gopalan
1983
Dr.I.V.Radhakrishna Murthy
1984
Prof.B.H.Briz Kishore
1985
Dr.S.K.Tandon
1986
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1987
Dr.R.K.Tiwari
1988
Dr.A.K.Singhvi
1989
Dr.S.Dasgupta
1990
1991
Dr.S.S.Rai
1992
1993
Dr.Kusala Rajendran
1994
Dr.Rajiv Nigam
1995
Dr. Anil Kumar
1996
Dr. K.S.Krishna, Dr. K.Sain
1997
Dr. P.Divakar Naidu
1998
Dr. Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay
1999
Dr. A.K.Chaubey
2000
Dr. M.Radhakrishna, Dr. Y.V.B.Sarma
2001
Dr. P.Sengupta
2002
Dr.Daya Sagar
2003
2004
Dr. U Kulshrestha, Dr. Ajay Manglik
2005
Dr. V. Chakravarthi
2006
Dr. V.K. Gahalaut, Dr. Niloy Khare
2007
Dr. N.V. Chalapathi Rao, Dr. Laxmidhar Behera
2008
Dr. V.M. Tiwari, Dr. Abhayaram Bansal
2009
Dr. J.S.Ray
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DECENNIAL AWARD (Instituted in 1975)
The Indian Geophysical Union annually awards Decennial Award to be given to a scientist, an outstanding senior geophysicist who has established a school of geophysics in India with indigeneous resources and talent. From 1993 the recipient is presented with a Gold Medal.
PAST RECIPIENTS1975Dr. Hari Narain1976Dr. A.Roy1977Sri L.N.Kailasam1978Sri M.B.R.Rao1979Sri B.S.Negi1980Dr. P.V.Shanker Narayan1981Prof. V.L.S.Bhimasankaram1982Dr. V.S.Venkatasubrahmanian1983Prof. Jagdeo Singh1984Prof. V.Bhaskara Rao1985Dr. T.M.Mahadevan1986Sri D.Gupta Sarma1987Prof. Rama1988Sri G.Varadarajan1989Dr. G.S.Murty1990Prof. K.N.Khattri1991Prof. B.S.R.Rao1992Prof. R.K.Verma1993Sri A.G.B.Reddy1994Dr. K.L.Kaila1995Sri D.N.Avasthi1996Sri Kuldeep Chandra1997Dr. B.M.Reddy1998Dr. H.K.Gupta1999-- --2000Prof. G.S.Lakhina2001Dr. S.M.Naqvi2002Prof. I.V.Radhakrishna Murthy2003Dr. D.C.Mishra2004Dr. P.R. Reddy, Dr. R.N. Singh2005Prof. K.V. Subba Rao, Sri Kharak Singh2006Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi2007Dr. B. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. H.V. Ram Babu2008Dr. R.K. Chadha 2009 Dr. G.Parthasarathy, Dr. R.K. Tiwari,
Dr. Hari Narain
Dr. A.Roy
Sri L.N.Kailasam
Sri M.B.R.Rao
Sri B.S.Negi
Dr. P.V.Shanker Narayan
Prof. V.L.S.Bhimasankaram
Dr. V.S.Venkatasubrahmanian
Prof. Jagdeo Singh
Prof. V.Bhaskara Rao
Dr. T.M.Mahadevan
Sri D.Gupta Sarma
Prof. Rama
Sri G.Varadarajan
Dr. G.S.Murty
Prof. K.N.Khattri
Prof. B.S.R.Rao
Prof. R.K.Verma
Sri A.G.B.Reddy
Dr. K.L.Kaila
Sri D.N.Avasthi
Sri Kuldeep Chandra
Dr. B.M.Reddy
Dr. H.K.Gupta
Prof. G.S.Lakhina
Dr. S.M.Naqvi
Prof. I.V.Radhakrishna Murthy
Dr. D.C.Mishra
Dr. P.R. Reddy, Dr. R.N. Singh
Prof. K.V. Subba Rao, Sri Kharak Singh
Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi
Dr. B. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. H.V. Ram Babu
Dr. R.K. Chadha
Dr. G.Parthasarathy, Dr. R.K. Tiwari,
SILVER JUBILEE AWARD
Col.S.P.Wahi
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