B. E. Vijayam | |
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Born | [3] | 20 November 1933
Died | 30 January 2019 Secunderabad, Telangana, India | (aged 85)
Resting place | 17°28′26.1″N 78°42′05.5″E / 17.473917°N 78.701528°E |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Bunyan Edmund Vijayam[3] |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | B. Sc. (Andhra),[3] M. Sc. (Andhra),[3] Ph. D. (Osmania),[8] Postdoctoral researcher (Northwestern)[8] |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Teaching and research in applied Geology |
Awards | Prof. Bal Dattatreya Tilak Endowment Lecture (1995), Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sedimentology |
Institutions | |
Patrons | Fulbright Program[3] |
Thesis |
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Doctoral advisor | Prof. S. Balakrishna[5] |
Other academic advisors | Prof. C. Mahadevan,[6] Prof. U. Aswathanarayana |
Website | http://bevijayam.com/ |
Bunyan Edmund Vijayam (1933[3]–2019) was an Indian geologist with major contribution to the field of Geology. A 1958–1959 Technical Report of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research heralded the news that new developments had taken place in scientific matters led by a team of researchers at the Andhra University,[9]
A new technique for the ion-exchange separation of uranium from thorium and rare earths has been developed. A simple chromatographic method for the estimation of thorium (present in very small quantities) has been evolved. This utilizes thenoyl trifluoroacetone (TTA) in benzene as solvent-C. Mahadevan, U. Aswathanarayana, V. V. S. S. Tilak, B. E. Vijayam and D. Purushottam, Department of Geology, Andhra University.....[9]
Even as a student of geology at Andhra University, Waltair, Vijayam and his fellow researchers were already carrying out research in the field.[10] During 1954–1958, Vijayam had carried out research on geology in parts of Kurnool district.[10] Vijayam's research articles began appearing in geological and other inter-disciplinary scientific journals for more than three decades and continue to be referred by the present generation[11] of Geologists.
Vijayam stood witness[12] to Christ[13] and inspired many. During the Fifth National Convention of the Christian Businessmen's Committee in 1987[13] held in Hyderabad, he spoke on the theme You shall be witnesses unto me and shared dais with Archbishop Samineni Arulappa,[13] Member of parliament, Lok Sabha Marjorie Godfrey and Policeman G. Alfred,[13] IPS. Vijayam also led honorary initiatives towards Christian missions by equipping[14] the Laity not only with knowledge of the Gospel, but also a means of livelihood was recognised by Theologians, comprising the Missiologist, Roger Hedlund,[15] SB, and Bishop Ezra Sargunam,[16] ECI. During the 2000s, the Christian artist P. Solomon Raj, AELC made an Empirical research highlighting the new and indigenous missions,[17] and Vijayam's effort falls in such line of indigenous missions to equip the grassroot Evangelists, which even the Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar, CSI appreciated such initiatives.[17]
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