Presenter

Dr. Balakrishnan Nair Thayannur Mullachery is a Senior Scientist and Group Head at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. He did a Ph.D. degree in Marine Science and his research interests include Wave modeling, Operational Oceanography, Ocean Services and Real-time Ocean observation systems. He published more than 75 papers in international and national SCI journals of high impact factor, in addition to many technical reports and popular articles. He is the Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences (FTASc). He is a reviewer for many national and international journals. He is also a recognized research guide in many Indian universities and guided students for attaining their Ph.D. degrees. He has been instrumental in establishing real-time operational ocean observing systems and developing an ocean forecast system for India and some of the Indian Ocean rim countries. He is a recipient of the prestigious NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AWARD (NGA) 2014, which was conferred by the Honorable President of India his Excellency Shri. Pranab Mukherjee in 2016.