Dasika Durga Prasada Rao
Dasika Durga Prasada Rao | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 Hyderabad State, India |
| Occupation | Geocientist |
| Awards | Padma Shri Bhaskara Award |
Dasika Durga Prasada Rao is an Indian geoscientist and the former director of the National Remote Sensing Agency.[1] Born in 1939 to a family of Guntur-Vijayawada region.[1] He is a 1998 Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.[2] Rao was honored by the Government of India, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[3] Two years later, he received the Bhaskara Award from the Indian Society of Remote Sensing in 2003.[4]
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References
- ^ a b "NASI". NASI. 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "NASI Fellows" (PDF). NASI. 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ "ISRS". ISRS. 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.