Prof. Gupta, Harsh Kumar

ASC Founder

ASC President 1996-2000

Born 1942.

Education:

• Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, B. Sc. (Hons), 1962, M.Sc. & AISM, 1963;

• Roorkee Univ., Roorkee, India, PhD, 1970.

Present Positions:

• Secretary, Dept. of Ocean Development, Government of India, New Delhi, February 2001 to date;

• Adjunct Prof., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA.

Earlier Positions:

• Director, Natl. Geophysical Research Inst., Hyderabad, India, 1992-2000.

• Advisor, Dept. of Science and Technology, India, 1990-1992;

• Vice-Chancellor, Cochin Univ., Cochin, India, 1987-1990;

• Director, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum, India, 1982-1987;

Awarded: Golden Jubilee "Outstanding Alumni" Award, Indian School of Mines, 1977; Krishnan Gold Medal, Indian Geophysical Union, 1978; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology, 1983; USSR Acad. of Sciences`s 100 Years in Geophysics memorial Medal, 1985; Natl. Mineral Award, 1991. Second Outstanding Performance Award, 11^th  Internatl. Kharazmi Festival, Iranian Research Organization foe Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1998. Award for Outstanding contribution in Physical Sciences, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 1999. Indian Geophysical Union Millennium Award, 1999.

Fellow, Natl. Acad. of Sciences, India, 1987. Fellow, Indian Natl. Science Acad., 1989.

Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences. Have held several senior positions in ICSU bodies, currently Bureau Member IUGG and EC Member IUGS.

Research Areas: Geophysics (Seismology), administration of educational and scientific institutions.

Address:

Dept. Ocean Development - Mahasagar Bhavan - Block 12,

CGO Complex-Lodhi Road

New Delhi 110 003 India.

Phone: (+91 11) 436-0874, 436-2548;

Fax: (+91 11) 436-2644;

E-mail: dodsec@dod.delhi.nic.in

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