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Abhay SD Rajput

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

ORCID iD 0000-0002-4356-6915
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Abhay SD Rajput specializes in Science Communication and has about 15 years experience of communicating science through different media including print, electronic (radio and TV), digital and social media. He is actively engaged in research on different aspects of science communication and is keen on capacity-building activities in science communication. Rajput is presently working as a Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune (an autonomous institute of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India). With an M.Sc. in Science Communication, Rajput has earned his PhD in Science Communication from BITS PILANI, Pilani. He is a recipient of the Rajat Jayanti Science Communication Award 2008 (NCSTC, DST, GoI, New Delhi) and the S. Ramaseshan Science Writing Fellowship 2008 of Current Science (Current Science Association/Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore). He has worked with the Radio Kashmir Jammu (All India Radio) as a science broadcaster, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as a media research associate in a World Bank funded project. He has published his work and views in peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature, Bulleting of American Met. Society (BAMS), Weather, Current Science, Scientometrics, AJSTID, Indian Journal of Science Communication, and Science Communicator. He has also published popular science stories in different magazines/newspapers including Science Reporter, Indian Express, Free Press, Daily Excelsior, India Science Wire, Vipnet News, etc. Rajput has authored "Handbook of Science Journalism."

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Scientist
    2010 - Present

Education

  • Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya M.Sc. (Science Communication)
    2004 - 2006
  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani PhD (Science Communication)

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