Sankar Kumar Nath

Sankar Kumar Nath
Born (1960-01-03) January 3, 1960 (age 64)
West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forGeotomographical studies
Awards
  • 1999 MoM National Mineral Award
  • 2002 S. S. Bhatnagar Prize
  • 2003 IIFS Bharat Jyoti Award
  • 2004 SGAT Award of Excellence
  • 2004 UGC Homi J. Bhabha National Award
  • 2005 Dr. J. Coggin Brown Memorial Gold Medal
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisor
  • Niren N. Biswas

Sankar Kumar Nath (born 1960) is an Indian geophysicist, seismologist and a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.[1] He is known for his geotomographical studies [2] and is an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering,[3] Indian Geophysical Union[4] and the National Academy of Sciences, India,[5] 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 2002.[6][note 1]

  1. ^ "Prof Sankar Kumar Nath on Vidwan". Vidwan. 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "INAE fellows". Indian National Academy of Engineering. 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.
  4. ^ "IGU fellows" (PDF). Indian Geophysical Union. 2016.
  5. ^ "NASI fellows" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  6. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.


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