| Dr.George
Joseph, former director of Ahemdabad based Space
Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organization,
was warded the first Bhaskara award
instituted by Indian Society for Remote Sensing (SRS)
on January19 ,1999.
The
award instituted to recognise the outstanding work
done by a scientist in a field of remote sensing has
been started from this year and will be given annually.
The
award given to Dr Joseph in recognition of his
pioneering work in developing sensors for Indian
Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites, carries a citation and
a cash prize of Rs 50,000.
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