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India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n geology award given annually by Indian Geophysical Union

Indian Geophysical Union

The Indian Geophysical Union is the Government of India's scientific body responsible for all activities related with Earth Science System such as such as seismology, magnetism, meteorology, geodesy, volcanology, oceanography, hydrology and tectonophysics and to encourage the study of and research...

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The Indian Geophysical Union

Indian Geophysical Union

The Indian Geophysical Union is the Government of India's scientific body responsible for all activities related with Earth Science System such as such as seismology, magnetism, meteorology, geodesy, volcanology, oceanography, hydrology and tectonophysics and to encourage the study of and research...

had instituted KRISHNAN MEDAL to be awarded each year to an outstanding geophysicist/geologist whose age does not exceed 40 years (on 1 January of the year) and for his outstanding work in specific branches of geophysics/geology and related geosciences.

Nomination

Nominations each year are called from the members of the Executive Council, past recipients of the medal and past Presidents for the award of KRISHNAN MEDAL and constitute an Expert Committee to make the selection for each year. The medallist is presented the award at the annual meeting. Nominations, along with the bio-data, accompanied by 4 copies of the reprints of 3 important publications of the candidates should be sent to the Secretary, Indian Geophysical Union, by 31 July, of the year. From 1993 Gold Medal is awarded to the recipient.