Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna | |
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| Born | 30 April 1918 Bangalore, British India |
| Died | 26 January 2012 Bangalore, India |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Precambrian Geology, Economic Geology and Groundwater Hydrology |
Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna (or B P Radhakrishna, also popularly known as BPR; 1918–2012), was one of the leading geologists of India. He was often referred to as 'The Doyen of Indian geology'.[1] He was a resident of Bangalore and regularly wrote the editorial in the Journal of the Geological Society of India[2] published by the Geological Society of India.