Mandagere Bharadwaj Ramachandra Rao (5 August 1906 – 4 September 1992) was an Indian geophysicist, writer and one of the founding leaders of the
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC).
It was Rao who was reported to have identified ''Patiala House'' as the headquarters of the organization.
Born in the
Mysore state of
British India
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, (present-day
Karnataka
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state), on 5 August 1906, he secured his post graduate degree (MSc) from the
University of Mysore before joining the
Geological Survey of India (GSI).
Later, when the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was formed in 1956, he joined the organization along with a number of geoscientists from GSI where he served for a number of years.
Rao published several scientific articles
and a number of books on geophysics.
He was an elected fellow of the
Indian Academy of Sciences.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science.
He died on 4 September 1992, at the age of 86.
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Oil and Natural Gas Commission
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Geological Survey of India
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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
1906 births
1992 deaths
University of Mysore alumni
Indian geophysicists
Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Indian technology writers
20th-century Indian earth scientists
Scientists from Karnataka
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