NCAOR Staff - Dr. Thamban Meloth

Academic Record

1999 : Ph.D. in Marine Sciences (Goa University); Work conducted at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa & University of Bremen, Germany.

1993 : M.Sc. in Marine Geology, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) - Topper

Awards

• 2024 :  Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
• 2023 :  Member, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP)
• 2020 :  Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India
• 2013 :  National Geoscience Award, Ministry of Mines, Government of India.
• 2008 :  NIPR Visiting Scientist Award, by the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan.
• 2006 :  Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contributions by Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
• 2003 :  Prof. Naganna Gold Medal by the Mineralogical Society of India.
• 2001 :  START Young Scientist Award by International Geosphere Biosphere Programme.
• 2001 :  JSPS Fellowship, by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan.
• 2001 :  Young Scientist Award, by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA).
• 1999 :  PAGES / START Fellowship by PAGES (IGBP), Switzerland.
• 1997 :  Young Sedimentologist Award by Indian Association of Sedimentologists (IAS).
• 1997 :  DAAD Fellowship by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany.

Professional Record

• 2022 :  DIRECTOR, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa
• 2021 :  Scientist-G, ESSO-National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa
• 2002 :  Scientist-C, ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa
• 2002 :  Scientist-B, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
• 2001 :  JSPS Post Doctoral Fellow, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, JAPAN
• 2000 :  Lecturer, Government College of Kasaragod, University of Kannur, Kerala
• 1997 :  DAAD Fellow, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• 1993 :  Research Fellow (CSIR-NET), National Institute of Oceanography, Goa