Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray (born 16 July 1970) is an Indian geochemist, geochronologist and a professor at the

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. He is known for his studies on the

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of the Indian subcontinent and his studies have been documented in several peer-reviewed articles; ResearchGate and

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, online repositories of scientific articles, have listed 53 and 59 of them respectively. He has authored a book, ''Vindhyan Geology: Status and Perspectives'', published in 2006 by the Indian Academy of Sciences and has also contributed chapters to books published by others. He served as director of

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,(NCESS) situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala(India) from September 2020 to September 2023. Ray, born on 16 July 1970, in the Indian state of

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, is a recipient of several honors including Best PhD Thesis Award of the Physical Research Laboratory, Young Associateship of the

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, Young Scientist Medal of the

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, Krishnan Medal of the

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, National Geoscience Award of the Ministry of Mines and Physical Research Laboratory Research Award. The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

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, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to the Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 2015.

Selected bibliography

Books and chapters

* * *Jyotiranjan S. Ray; M. Radhakrishna (28 February 2020). ''The Andaman Islands and Adjoining Offshore: Geology, Tectonics and Palaeoclimate.'' Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-39843-9

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* * Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences 1970 births Indian scientific authors 21st-century Indian geologists Geochronology Scientists from Odisha Living people Indian geochemists {{India-scientist-stub