P. N. Vinayachandran

P. N. Vinayachandran
Born	April 19, 1964 Meladoor, Thrissur, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Teaching/Education, Research, Decision Making & Policy, Oceanographer
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Science Cochin University of Science and Technology
Doctoral advisor	Sulochana Gadgil
Doctoral students	Jaison Kurian
Known for	Ocean Modeling Indian Ocean Dynamics, thermodynamics and salinity effects Physical – Biological Interactions in the Ocean
Notable awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (2008)

P. N. Vinayachandran is a senior scientist and Associate Professor of Oceanography at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He is the recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2008.

Biography

Vinayachandran is born in Meladoor, Thrissur in April 19, 1964 and did his B.Sc in Physics from Christ College, Irinjalakuda and M.Sc in Oceanography from Indian Institute of Science. He received his Doctorate Degree in Oceanography in 1996 from Indian Institute of Science. He has published more than 40 papers, in refereed international journals.

Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences

K. Naha (1972) • M.K. Bose & K.S. Valdiya (1976) • S.K. Ghosh & K.K. Kaila (1977) • H.N. Siddiquie & B.L.K. Somayajulu (1978) • V.K. Gaur (1979) • J.G. Negi & B.K. Sahu (1980) • K. Gopalan (1982) • H.K. Gupta & S.M. Naqvi (1983) • S.K. Acharyya & S. Krishnaswami (1984) • R.N. Singh (1985) • A.K. Gupta & K. Mallick (1986) • P.S. Moharir (1987) • S.K. Tandon (1988) • P.C. Pandey (1989) • Sudipta Sengupta & Niwas Sri & Jhillu Singh Yadav (1991) • S.R. Shetye (1992) • U.C. Mohanty (1993) • J.N. Goswami (1994) • B.N. Goswami (1995) • S.W.A. Naqvi & S.S. Rai (1996) • Rengaswamy Ramesh (1998) • G.S. Bhat & S.K. Nath (2002) • Gufran-ullah Beig & Pulak Sengupta (2006) • Anil Bhardwaj (2007) • P N Vinayachandran (2008) • S.K. Sateesh (2009) • Shankar Doraiswamy (2011) •

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