Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy (MN Qureshy) (4 January 1933 – 2005) was a prominent

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. His main field of study was

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. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and earned his Dsc degree in

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. During the early 1970s, MN Qureshy designed and coordinated the first indigenous aerial geophysical survey of the Western Ghats and Chitradurga Copper District in

. He also initiated the national regional gravity mapping programme which culminated in publication of first comprehensive gravity maps of India. From 1983 to 1989, he served as the Advisor to the

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. During this time he helped establish some key Indian scientific organisations such as the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC),

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and the National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ( NCMRWF),

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. He also initiated the Natural Resources Data Management System ( NRDMS) to better serve national needs related to exploitation of natural resources. In 1989, Dr. Qureshy planned and established the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned ( NAM) and other Developing Countries.

Publications

1. MN Qureshy's research is synthesized in a book entitled ''Geophysical Framework of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan''.
2. M. N QURESHY, N. KRISHNA BRAHMAM, S. C GARDE and B. K MATHUR, ''Gravity Anomalies and the Godavari Rift, India'';
3. M. N. Qureshy and Waris E. K. Warsi, ''A Bouguer anomaly map of India and its relation to broad tectonic elements of the sub-continent''
4. M. N QURESHY, ''Relation of gravity to elevation and rejuvenation of blocks in India'' 5.QURESHY, M.N. and IQBALLUDIN (1992) A review of geophysical constraints in modelling of the Gondwana crust in India. Tcctonophysics, v.2 12, pp. 14 1 - 1 5 1.

References

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