M. B. Ramachandra Rao

Born| (1906-08-05)5 August 1906

British India

Died| 4 September 1992(1992-09-04) (aged 86)
Occupation| Geophysicist
Known for| Writings on geophysics
Awards| Padma Bhushan

Mandagere Bharadwaj Ramachandra Rao (5 August 1906 – 4 September 1992) was an Indian geophysicist, writer and one of the founding leaders of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC).[1] It was Rao who was reported to have identified Patiala House as the headquarters of the organization.[2] Born in the Mysore state of British India, (present-day Karnataka state), on 5 August 1906, he secured his post graduate degree (MSc) from the University of Mysore before joining the Geological Survey of India (GSI).[3] Later, when the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was formed in 1956, he joined the organization along with a number of geoscientists from GSI where he served for a number of years.[4]

Rao published several scientific articles[5] and a number of books on geophysics.[6][7] He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science.[8] He died on 4 September 1992, at the age of 86.[3]

## See also

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* Oil and Natural Gas Commission
* Geological Survey of India

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## References

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1. ^ "ONGC'S PHENOMENAL JOURNEY TOWARDS DIAMOND JUBILEE". Pioneer. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
2. ^ "ONCE AGAIN, IT'S TIME FOR DOUBLE CELEBRATION AT ONGC". Pioneer. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
3. ^ a b c "Fellow Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
4. ^ "History". ONGC. 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
5. ^ "Ramachandra Rao, M. B. on GSI". Geological Survey of India. 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
6. ^ V. L. S. Bhimasankaram; C. P. Gupta; Mandagere Bharadwaj Ramachandra Rao (1980). Proceedings of the Seminar on Exploration Geophysics in India, February 1977, Hyderabad: C.P. Gupta ... [et Al.]. Association of Exploration Geophysicists.
7. ^ A Compilation of Papers on the Assam Earthquake of August 15, 1950. 1953.
8. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

## External links

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* "Virtual International Authority File". Viaf.org. 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
* "On WorldCat". WorldCat. 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
* M.B. Ramachandra Rao volume. 1977.
* John J. Clague; Douglas Stead (23 August 2012). Landslides: Types, Mechanisms and Modeling. Cambridge University Press. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-139-56039-9.

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1970|

* Ramkinkar Baij
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* Buddhadeb Bosu
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* Lala Hansraj Gupta
* Ratan Lal Joshi
* Gurram Jashuva
* Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar
* Kumari Kamala
* P. K. Kelkar
* M. S. Krishnan
* Syed Abdul Latif
* Bhagwantrao Mandloi
* Mahesh Prasad Mehray
* Sombhu Mitra
* Vivekananda Mukhopadhyaya
* Krishnaswami Ramiah
* Anant alias Annasaheb Sahasrabuddhe
* Surrendar Saini
* Viswanatha Satyanarayana
* Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
* N. M. Wagle
* Prem Nath Wahi
* Yashpal

1971|

* N. Ramaswami Ayyar
* Suraj Bhan
* Gokulbhai Bhatt
* Jaishankar Bhojak
* Kandathil Mammen Cherian
* Ramrao Deshmukh
* Satish Dhawan
* Abasaheb Garware
* Gangubai Hangal
* Musiri Subramania Iyer
* Palghat Mani Iyer
* Mungtu Ram Jaipuria
* Veni Shankar Jha
* Jainendra Kumar
* Raj Kapoor
* Dhananjay Keer
* Amir Khan
* Nisar Hussain Khan
* Guru Kunchu Kurup
* R. K. Laxman
* Shantilal Jamnadas Mehta
* Ved Rattan Mohan
* Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya
* Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
* Manibhai J. Patel
* D. K. Pattammal
* Krishnarao Phulambrikar
* Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai
* Vulimiri Ramalingaswami
* Suresh Chandra Roy
* Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme
* Pichu Sambamoorthi
* Bhagwati Charan Verma
* Parmeshwari Lal Verma

1972|

* Jagjit Singh Aurora
* Madhavrao Bagal
* Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
* Gulestan Rustom Billimoria
* Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
* Ram Narayan Chakravarti
* Yashodhara Dasappa
* Hari Chand Dewan
* Minoo Merwan Engineer
* Inderjit Singh Gill
* Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani
* L. A. Krishna Iyer
* Sourendra Nath Kohli
* Jai Krishna
* Nilakanta Krishnan
* Ashwini Kumar
* Pran Nath Luthra
* N. G. Krishna Murti
* T. A. Pai
* Vinayakrao Patwardhan
* Dattatraya Yeshwant Phadke
* Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare
* Tapishwar Narain Raina
* Bharat Ram
* Mohinder Singh Randhawa
* Adya Rangacharya
* M. B. Ramachandra Rao
* A. S. Rao
* Sujoy Bhushan Roy
* Khusro Faramurz Rustamji
* Shantilal C. Sheth
* Baldev Singh
* Khem Karan Singh
* Sartaj Singh
* Sagat Singh
* Birendranath Sircar
* Papanasam Sivan
* Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
* M. S. Swaminathan
* K. Swaminathan
* Bal Dattatreya Tilak
* Syed Husain Zaheer

1973|

* Om P. Bahl
* Chembai
* Harindranath Chattopadhyay
* Banarsidas Chaturvedi
* M. A. Muthiah Chettiar
* M. F. Husain
* Pothan Joseph
* N. R. Malkani
* Vinoo Mankad
* R. M. Muzumdar
* Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
* Pitambar Pant
* Vennelakanti Raghavayya
* Raja Ramanna
* K. Sukumaran

1974|

* Alice Boner
* Camille Bulcke
* Ram Kumar Caroli
* Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
* D. V. Gundappa
* V. S. Huzurbazar
* Chintamoni Kar
* Mogubai Kurdikar
* Jayant Pandurang Naik
* Habib Rahman
* B. N. Reddy
* John Richardson
* Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
* Sukhlal Sanghvi
* Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia
* Jaideva Singh
* Khushwant Singh
* Arunachala Sreenivasan
* Raman Viswanathan

1975|

* Begum Akhtar
* Dilbagh Singh Athwal
* Asima Chatterjee
* Madhav Sadashiv Gore
* Pratul Chandra Gupta
* P. K. Iyengar
* Darab Jehangir Jussawala
* Pancheti Koteswaram
* Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
* Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
* Kirpal Singh Narang
* Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha
* Ratan Shastri

1976|

* Malcolm Adiseshiah
* Harivansh Rai Bachchan
* Nabakanta Barua
* Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi
* Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej
* Zehra Ali Yavar Jung
* Mallikarjun Mansur
* Yash Pal
* Bhogilal Pandya
* Udupi Ramachandra Rao
* Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi
* Devulapalli Krishnasastri
* C. Sivaramamurti
* E. C. George Sudarshan

1977|

* Gopinath Aman
* Prithvi Singh Azad
* Harish-Chandra
* Kumar Gandharva
* Phulrenu Guha
* Jagmohan
* Kailas Nath Kaul
* Yusuf Husain
* K. S. Narayanaswamy
* Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi
* Perugu Siva Reddy
* Annapurna Devi
* Yudhvir Singh
* M. N. Srinivas
* Thenpattinam Ponnusamy Meenakshi Sundaran

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