Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, Dr.Jagadeesan Loganathan and Dr. V.V.S.S. Sarma have been rewarded for exemplary works in their respective field fields by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, of NIO Goa, receives Dr.Anna Mani National Award for Woman Scientist for the year 2020
For Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, Principal Scientist, This award recognizes her outstanding contributions in the field of aquatic microbial ecology, marine biofilms and their relevance in the oceans. The award carries an amount of Rs. 1, 00,000 and a citation.
Dr. Lidita has made important contributions to understand the significance of microbes in the realms of diversity, food web dynamics, bio-communication, spread of pathogenic bacteria and functioning of the tropical monsoon influenced marine environment. Her studies have indicated that bacteria, which form a major component of biofilms of the intertidal habitats play a significant role in the recruitment of marine invertebrates especially the sessile and sedentary forms. Her studies characterized microbial communities from geographically close habitats and elucidated that the population structure is significantly influenced by localized interactions.
Dr.JagadeesanLoganathan receives the “CSIR Young Scientist Award” for the Year 2020 in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences.
His area of expertise is Biological oceanography and Marine Biology with specialization in Plankton ecology and their dynamics with respect to the ecosystem functioning. His work is broadly classified into the following two aspects:Plankton with respect to the ecosystem functioning and marine biological/ experimental studies.
Dr. V.V.S.S. Sarma receives the “National Award in the field of Ocean Science and Technology” for the year 2020
Dr Sarma is rewarded in recognition to his outstanding contributions in the field of Ocean Science, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) honours him with this award.
