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BALARAM VYSETTI

Dr. V. Balaram Former Emeritus Scientist, Chief Scientist & Head, Geochemistry Division CSIR - National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad- 500 007, India Member, RAB - Wadia Institu…

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Dr. V. Balaram (DOB 1st June 1951) received M.Sc. (1974) and Ph.D. degrees (1979) in Chemistry from the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He is a Former Emeritus Scientist and Chief Scientist & Head, Geochemistry Division, CSIR - National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad- 500 007, India. At present, he is a Project Consulting Scientist at, Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC), New Delhi. His research areas include trace element geochemistry, marine geochemistry, mineral exploration, spectroscopy, and environmental chemistry. He is an expert of ICP-mass spectroscopy (quadrupole, magnetic sector & time-of-flight) and its applications in different areas of earth and environmental sciences. In fact, he introduced ICP-MS as well as MP-AES to the Indian earth and environmental scientists’ community in 1987 and 2013 respectively with several publications in international reputed journals. He has over 315 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, with ~ 5500 citations (h-index 38 & i10-index 118), about 20 book chapters, and guided 5 Ph.D. students, a few postdoctoral, and hundreds of PG students from different universities across the country. He is the recipient of several prestigious national and international awards such as the "National Geoscience Award" from the Government of India, New Delhi (2000), "The S. Narayanaswamy Award" from the Geological Society of India, Bangalore (2010); "Eminent Mass Spectroscopist Award" from Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS), BARC, Mumbai (2006); "Mantripragada Gold Medal” from Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (ISAG), Hyderabad (2006) and 3 Lifetime Achievement Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology from ISAS-Kerala (2015), Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP (2016), and ISMAS, BARC, Mumbai (2019); “Dr. C. V. Raman Memorial Award” for science popularization and communications from the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (2019), Honorary Fellow of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Academies of Sciences. His name is featured in Stanford University's list of top 2% scientists in the world in both 2020 and 2021. He was also the Leader of the Regional Committee, Central Working Group for India for the “International Geochemical Mapping Program” (IGCP 360) during 1994-97. He has popularized science by delivering ~ 660 lectures in >250 academic institutions across India and abroad (> 35 countries in all 6 continents) which include the world’s premier academic institutes such as Oxford University & Cambridge University, UK; Australian National University, Canberra; University of Pretoria, South Africa; Iowa State University & National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US; University of Toronto & University of Windsor, Canada, and University of Campinas, Campinas & Nuclear Energy Research Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the last >30 years. He was a consulting scientist for making educational TV programs for Indian TV- “UGC-Country-wide Class Room” (EFL University, Hyderabad), and delivered a number of popular science talks on radio and TV, and now online to different academic institutions in India and US. He is also a Mentor in 67 DST INSPIRE Science Camps all over India during the last 13 years.

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  • Dr. V. Balaram Former Emeritus Scientist, Chief Scientist & Head, Geochemistry Division CSIR - National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad- 500 007, India Member, RAB - Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun Project Consul…

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