Uma Charan Mohanty
Uma Charan Mohanty (born 1948) is an Indian
meteorologist and an emeritus professor at the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences of the
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. He is the president of Odisha Bigyan Academy and is known for his researches on the Indian summer monsoon. Besides being an elected fellow of the
Indian Geophysical Union, he is also an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz.
Indian National Science Academy,
Indian Academy of Sciences, and the
National Academy of Sciences, India. The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 1993.
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