Aditi Pant
Aditi Pant | |
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Born | |
Known for | Oceanography |
Awards | SERC Award Antarctica Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oceanography |
Institutions | National Institute of Oceanography, India University of Pune Botany Department |
Aditi Pant (born 5 July 1943
Early life and education
Aditi Pant was born in a
Pant then went on to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology in Marine Algae at Westfield College London University. Her thesis dealt with the subject matter of the physiology of marine algae. She went on to earn a SERC award and a stipend for her investigations.[7]
Career
Due to financial constraints, her advanced education abroad was not easy to obtain, so it was a joyous event when she got a US Government grant to the University of Hawaiʻi. Her proposition depended on photosynthesis in tiny fish networks as she was first presented to this marine structure in the book "The Open Sea". As she approached the finish of her work for the Ph.D., she had her sights on two or three labs where she would have wanted to work, however, meanwhile she met Professor N K Panikkar, a senior researcher with CSIR, who was the author Director of the National Institute of Oceanography, (NIO) Goa. At NIO between 1973–76, they were bound by the exigencies of our circumstance to beachfront investigations and probably secured the entire west bank of India from Veraval to Kanyakumari and the Gulf of Mannar. The NIO had a 10-year program in the Antarctic Ocean for studies on topics such as; The natural way of life, material science, and various other sciences. By 1990, she had moved out of NIO, following 17 years there, to the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune and went through the following 15 years examining enzymology of salt-tolerant and salt-loving organisms engaged in the food chain. After completing her studies, Pant decided not to pursue a tenure or postdoctoral research position. Instead, she returned to India to join the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa, after being inspired by the founder of the institute, N. K. Panikkar.[7]
In 1990, after 17 years of working with the NIO, Pant moved to Pune to work at the National Chemical Laboratory. Here, she studied the enzymology of salt-tolerant and salt-loving microbes involved in the food chain.[7]
She was also Professor Emeritus for the University of Pune Botany Department from 2003 to 2007.[8]
Antarctic Expedition
Between December 1983 and March 1984, Pant embarked on an expedition to one of the most untouched regions on earth, Antarctica. This was the third in a series of expeditions spearheaded by then Prime Minister
Patents and awards
Pant is the owner of five patents and has over 67 publications in international journals.[8] She was honored with the Antarctica Award by the Government of India for her contributions to the Indian Antarctic programme. She shared the honor with colleagues Sudipta Sengupta, Jaya Naithani, and Kanwal Vilku.[4][5][14] She was a recipient of the SERC award and stipends for her investigations in her field of research.[7]
She is a member of the Maharashtra Society for the Cultivation of Science, General Body of Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, Biofuel Committee, Department of Biotechnology, CGO Complex, New Delhi. She is also a fellow member of Maharashtra Academy of Science.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pant, Aditi. "An Oceanographer's Life" (PDF). ias. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Aditi Pant (Director)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2016.
- ^ a b "The Antarctic Oceanographer Interview". Offbeat, unusual, unconventional & interesting career interviews. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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