U. Aswathanarayana
U. Aswathanarayana | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, Geochemist, Professor, Former Honorary director, Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India |
| Partner | Vijayalakshmi |
| Awards | Excellence in Geophysical Education Award, AGU (2005), AGU International Award (2007) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
| Doctoral advisor | Calamur Mahadevan |
| Other advisors | Arthur Holmes J. Tuzo Wilson Louis H. Ahrens Clair Patterson Stephen Moorbath |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Geology |
| Institutions | Andhra University California Institute of Technology |
Uppugunduri Aswathanarayana (1 July 1928 - 6 March 2016) was the Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India. He is counted among the doyens of geology in independent India and revered as a leading scientist from Andhra Pradesh.
He studied and taught geology at Andhra University; California Institute of Technology; Oxford University; University of Western Ontario; University of Sagar; University of Dar es Salaam, and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. He has served as the Dean and Director of Centre for Advanced Study in Geology, University of Sagar, India; Head of Department of Geology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Director, State Mining Corporation, Tanzania and Adviser on Environment and Technology, Mozambique. He also served as Consultant to UNDP, World Bank, Louis Berger Inc., and SIDA, while in Mozambique.