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Kumarendra Mallick

Indian geophysicist and poet

IIT Kharagpur

Known forStudies on the analysis of geoelectromagnetic dataAwards

1986 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Scientific careerFields

Geophysics

Institutions

National Geophysical Research Institute
University of Naples
University of Karlsruhe
IIT Mumbai

Kumarendra Mallick (born 1941) is an Indian geophysicist, poet and a former emeritus scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad,^[1]^[2] A former assistant professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, he served as a director-grade scientist at NGRI. He is the author of three books on geophysics, a poem anthology, Letter to an Imaginary Pen-Friend^[3]^[4] and several articles.^[5]

Biography and career

Mallick, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has served as a visiting professor at University of Naples and as a visiting scientist at University of Karlsruhe.^[6] He is reported to have done extensive research on the analysis of geoelectromagnetic data and contributed to the development of interpretational aids.^[7] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 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 1986.^[8]^{[note 1]}

Notes

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References

^ "Dr. Kumarendra Mallick on Boloji". Boloji. 2016.
^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Mallick on Asian Signature". Asian Signature. 2016.
^ Kumarendra Mallick (2009). Letter to an Imaginary Pen Friend and Other Poems. India: Sampark. ISBN 978-81-7768-031-7.
^ Viney Kirpal (2004). You Moved My Life: Tributes to Teachers. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-1-932705-41-6.
^ "Letter to an Imaginary Pen Friend - Book Review". Boloji. 2016.
^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.