The founder Director of the Thiruvananthapuram-based Liquid Propulsions Systems Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation and former Secretary of the Department of Ocean Development, A.E. Muthunayagam, has won the National Award for Ocean Science and Technology. Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, presented the award at the foundation day celebration of the one-year old Ministry of Earth Sciences here on Friday.Mr. Chidambaram also presented the National Award for Atmospheric Sciences and Technology to the former Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, D.R. Sikka. Dr. Sikka is world renowned for his contributions towards monsoon meteorology, development of numerical weather prediction models and understanding tropical cyclones and droughts.
(The Hindu, 28th July 2007)
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