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September 07, 2008


National Mineral Awards 2006 announced

It is reported that National Mineral Awards 2006 presentation ceremony was held recently with Mr Ram Ola union minister of mines conferred the awards.

22 eminent geoscientists, engineers and technologists received National Mineral Award for the year 2006 and Dr SM Naqvi senior geoscientist of NGRI received the prestigious National Mineral Award for Excellence 2006. The list of awardees along with their field of specialization is as follows

AwardeesField of specializationOrganization
Mr Suresh ChanderMineral DiscoveryGSI
Dr Soney Kurien PMineral ExplorationGSI
Mr Radha Nand SinghMineral ExplorationGSI
Mr Shashi RanjanMineral ExplorationGSI
Mr Radhika Ranjan SaranMineral ExplorationGSI
Dr Ashutosh MondalCoal DiscoveryGSI
Dr Manas RoychowdhryCoal DiscoveryGSI
Dr Anjan Rai ChoudhuriCoal DiscoveryGSI
Mr Naresh Prasad PatelCoal DiscoveryGSI
Mr Subhasis KabirajCoal DiscoveryGSI
Dr Shakeel AhmedGroundwater ExplorationNGRI
Mr Ramendra GuptaMining TechnologyUCIL
Mr Akhilesh JoshiMining TechnologyHZL
Dr Ran Vijay Kumar SinghMining TechnologyCMRI
Dr Swarna PrabhakarMineral BeneficiationNML
Dr Guntamadugu Bhaskar RajuMineral BeneficiationNML
Dr Talari Ramakrishnaiah ChettyGeodynamicsNGRI
Dr Anil KumarGeochronologyNGRI
Dr TN SinghEngineering GeologyIIT Mumbai
Dr Hari Venkata Ram BabuAirborne Geophysics NGRI
Dr Ram Krishna TiwariOceanographyNGRI
Dr Bishwajit ChakrabortySoftware for Marine GeologyNIO

Mr Ola appreciated the role played by geoscientists in national development. He emphasized upon a more proactive role in the wake of New Mineral Policy that has been recently approved by the union cabinet.

Mr BK Handique union minister of state of mines spelt the need for developing technology for the utilization of low grade ore deposits while protecting the environment and taking care of the safety of people engaged in the mineral and mining industry.

National Mineral Awards instituted by union ministry of mines in the year 1966 are presented every year for outstanding contribution in the fields of mineral discovery & explorations, fundamental and applied geosciences and mining & allied disciplines. Besides, a National Mineral Award for Excellence is also conferred on an eminent earth scientist for his lifetime achievement.