Goa, 2 August 2022
Dr. Aninda Mazumdar, working as a Sr. Principal Scientist at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, has been honored with the National Award in Ocean Sciences for the year 2022.
Dr. Mazumdar has made a pioneering contribution to India’s gas hydrate exploration program. He has made fundamental contributions to discovering methane cold seep systems in Krishna-Godavari and Cauvery–Mannar basins. These discoveries have put the Krishna-Godavari and Mannar basins in the global cold seep map. He has also contributed commendably to understanding Fe-S-C biogeochemistry of modern and ancient marine sediments/ sedimentary rocks. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Ocean Sciences, the Ministry of Earth Sciences has honored Dr. A. Mazumdar with the National Award in Ocean Sciences for the year 2022. Dr. Mazumdar has over 50 publications in reputed journals.
For more information, kindly click on the link provided:
https://www.nio.org/profile/1192/dr-aninda-mazumdar
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