On April 12, 2017, President Pranab Mukherjee conferred National Geoscience Awards 2016 on 27 bright Geo-scientists of India. The awards were conferred at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
- The National Geoscience Awards 2016 comprises one Young Scientist Award and 16 individual/team awards in 11 fields of geosciences.
- Other dignitaries who attended the award ceremony: Mr. Piyush Goyal – Minister of
State (Independent Charge) of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Arun Kumar – Secretary Mines, Mr. M. Raju – Director General Geological Survey of India and Prof. Ashutosh Sharma – Secretary Department of Science & Technology.
State (Independent Charge) of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Arun Kumar – Secretary Mines, Mr. M. Raju – Director General Geological Survey of India and Prof. Ashutosh Sharma – Secretary Department of Science & Technology.Winner of National Geoscience Awards 2016
- Young Scientist Award – 2016: Dr. Abhishek Saha, NIO, Goa
- Section – I: Mineral Discovery & Exploration
| Field | Awardees | Type of Award |
| Mineral Discovery & Exploration (excluding fossil fuels) of economic and / or strategic importance and application of innovative techniques) (2 Awards) | Shri Chittaranjan Dash, GSI Shri Dinesh Kumar Thawait, GSI Shri Rohan Das, GSI Shri Shamiuddin Ahmad, GSI | Team Award |
| Coal, Lignite and Coal Bed Methane Discovery & Exploration of Economic and / or strategic importance and application of innovative techniques (1 Award) | Shri Amit Soni, GSI Ms. Manju S., GSI Shri Kailash Chandra Sahoo, GSI Shri Sayan Kahali, GSI | Team Award |
| Groundwater Exploration (including project development, hydrogeological studies and management of groundwater resources) (1 Award) | Dr. Pradeep Kumar Naik, CGWB, Chandigarh | Individual Award |
Section –II: Mining, Mineral Beneficiation And Sustainable Mineral Development
| Field | Awardees | Type of Award |
| Mining Technology (including development and application of new methods and technologies, research & development, conservation of mineral resources, systematic mine planning, mine safety, mine fires, mine hazards, mine reclamation & rehabilitation) (2 Awards) | Shri Laxman Singh Shekhawat, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur Dr. Santosh Kumar Ray, CSIR- Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad | Individual Award Individual Award |
| Sustainable Mineral Development (including mine closure, project development, institutional development and capacity building) (1 Award) | Dr. Ebhin Reginald Masto, CSIR- Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad | Individual Award |
Section – III: Basic Geosciences
| Field | Awardees | Type of Award |
| Basic Geo-sciences (including Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, Paleontology, Geomorphology, Economic Geology, Geodynamics, Petrology and Geochemistry including Mineralogy, Geochronology and Isotope Geology (2 Awards) | Dr. Santanu Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Individual Award |
Section – IV: Applied Geosciences
| Field | Awardees | Type of Award |
| Applied Geology: Engineering Geology, Geo-thermal Energy, Seismotectonics, Geo-statistics, Photo-geology and Remote Sensing andf Geo-Information System(including spatial data management applications and data integration) (2 Awards) | Dr. Atul Nanda, Engineers India Ltd. Dr. Ranjit Rath, Engineers India Ltd. Shri Saikat Pal, Engineers India Ltd. Shri Gopi Kannan, Engineers India Ltd. Prof. Supriyo Mitra, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata | Team Individual Award Individual Award |
| Geophysics / Applied Geophysics: New Technologies in geophysical exploration, application of geophysical methods, geo-magnetism, geophysical survey techniques and instrumentation (2 Awards) | Dr. N. Purnachandra Rao, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Dr. Anand Kumar Chaturvedi, AMDER, Hyderabad Shri Markandeyulu Amulothu, AMDER, Hyderabad Dr. Veldi Ramesh Babu, AMDER, Hyderabad Shri Shailesh Tripathi, AMDER, Hyderabad | Individual Award Team Award |
| Geo-Environmental Studies relating to mining, urban, industrial, coastal and desert management, paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, medical geology, climate change and studies related to their impact on ecosystem(1 Award) | Dr. Aradhi Keshava Krishna, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad | Individual Award |
| Disaster Management including scientific studies related to natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods and tsunamis (1 Award) | Prof. Javed Husain N. Malik, IIT, Kanpur | Individual Award |
| Ocean Development: Oceanography and Marine Geology (1 Award) | Dr. Pratima Mohan Kessarkar, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa | Individual Award |
About National Geoscience Awards:
- The National Geoscience Awards were instituted by the Ministry of Mines in year 1966.
- These awards are given to honor extraordinary contribution of individual and teams of scientists in various fields of geosciences.
- Earlier, these awards were called National Mineral Awards
- Till 2014, eleven awards of excellence, four young scientist awards and seven hundred thirty four awards have been conferred under National Geoscience Award.
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