Subhrangsu Kanta Acharyya (born 27 November 1940) is an Indian geologist and a former director general of the
Geological Survey of India.
He is known for his geological studies of the Himalayas and the Indo-Burmese belt which assisted the later-day hydrocarbon and mineral explorations in the region.
Born in
Mymensingh
Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...
of the present-day Bangladesh, he has served as a professor at
Jadavpur University.
S. K. Acharyya has authored one book, ''Coal and Lignite Resources of India: An Overview''
co-edited another, ''Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Circum-Pacific Events and their Global Correlation''
and has published several peer-reviewed articles.
It was under his supervision, the ''Geological map of India''
and the ''Seismotectonic Atlas of India and its Environs'' were prepared.
He is an elected fellow of the
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology,
and the
National Academy of Sciences, India
The National Academy of Sciences, India, established in 1930, is the oldest science academy in India. It is located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Meghnad Saha was the founder president.
Fellows
*Suddhasatwa Basu
* Sudha Bhattacharya
* Ch ...
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The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...
, 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 1984.
See also
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Gondwana
Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages ...
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Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences
1940 births
Indian technology writers
20th-century Indian earth scientists
20th-century Indian geologists
Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India
Academic staff of Jadavpur University
Living people
People from Mymensingh District
Bangladeshi scientists
Scientists from West Bengal
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