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Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, also known as Ramesh Mashelkar. FREng, FIChemE (born on 1st January, 1943) is an Indian chemical engineer and a former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India.

Awards

  • Padma Vibhushan
  • Padma Bhushan
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
  • G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research
  • FREng

Fields

  • Chemical Engineering

Known for

  • Intellectual Property Rights; R&D; Innovation

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Ganapathi Thanikaimoni

Ganapathi Thanikaimoni (1 January 1938 – 5 September 1986), often referred to as Thani was an Indian palynologist.

Known for

  • Contributions to the science of palynology

Scientific career

Thani took a position of scientist in the newly founded (1960) Palynology Laboratory of the French Institute of Pondicherry (French: Institut Français de Pondichéry) under the direction of Dr. Prof. Guinet. In a few years Thani’s scientific and administrative abilities were recognized by his promotion to the directorship of the laboratory.

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Biman Bagchi

Biman Bagchi (born in 1954) is an Indian biophysical chemist, theoretical chemist and an Amrut Mody Professor at the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian Institute of Science. He is known for his studies on statistical mechanics; particularly in the study of phase transition and nucleation, solvation dynamics, mode-coupling theory of electrolyte transport, dynamics of biological macromolecules (proteins, DNA etc.), protein folding, enzyme kinetics, supercooled liquids and protein hydration layer.

Known for

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Solvation Dynamics
  • Biological Water
  • Mode Coupling Theory

Awards

  • 1986 INSA Medal for Young Scientists
  • 1990 INSA A. K. Bose Memorial Medal
  • 1991 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
  • 1997 G. D. Birla Award
  • 1998 TWAS Prize
  • 2002 Indian Institute of Science Alumni Excellence Award
  • 2003 Goyal Prize in Chemistry

Fields

  • Biophysical Chemistry
  • Theoretical Chemistry
  • Statistical Mechanics

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INTRODUCTION – PLANET EARTH

Planet Earth is our home. It is also home to millions of different plants and animals. Like the human race, the planet Earth has a history – only many millions of years longer.

 

 

 

 

The Utah desert in the United States. Deserts cover a fifth of the Earth’s surface.

 

 

 

 

Have you ever wondered what makes the light and dark of the day and night? Or what causes leaves to fall from trees, the sun to rise, or the tides to change? Find out how the movement of our planet around the Sun causes different patterns for life on Earth, and how the Earth’s climate has evolved throughout the planet’s history.

 

 

 

 

The Earth’s oceans are home to many different species of wildlife.

PLANET EARTH

 

When you look out to sea, the horizon (or skyline) seems curved. This is because our planet is shaped like a ball; it measures about 13,000 km across. The land and water that you see are only a small part of the Earth’s surface. Seen from space, Earth is almost perfectly round and appears to have a smooth surface. The highest mountain is 9 km high, and the deepest ocean is about 11 km deep. These distances are very small compared to the size of the Earth.

 

The Earth is one of many planets in our solar system. But it is the only planet which has the right conditions for human life. Other planets are too cold or too hot for us to live there, or their atmospheres are too poisonous.

Our planet Earth is made up of the atmosphere the land and the oceans.