Janardan Ganpatrao Negi

Janardan Ganpatrao Negi
Born(1936-08-01)1 August 1936
Khidhgaon, khandwa District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Died9 November 2016(2016-11-09) (aged 80)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
  • MLB Govt. College of Excellence
  • Dan Singh Bisht Government College
  • IIT Kharagpur
Known forStudies on geoelectromagnetics and geomagnetism
Awards
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Janardan Ganpatrao Negi (1 August 1936 – 9 November 2016) was an Indian theoretical geophysicist and emeritus scientist at National Geophysical Research Institute.[1]

He is known for his studies on geoelectromagnetics and geomagnetism[2] and is an elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[3]

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 1980.[4]

  1. ^ "NGRI: Internal tremors". India Today. 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ "NASI fellows" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.