Vasant R. Gowariker
Indian Scientist (1933-2015)
Vasant Ranchhod Gowariker (25 March 1933 – 2 January 2015) was an Indian scientist. He was a director in the Indian Space Research Organization and also the scientific advisor to the Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1993. Gowariker made valuable contributions to the fields of space research, weather and population. He was well known for his monsoon forecast model as he was the first scientist to develop an indigenous weather forecasting model that predicted the monsoon correctly.
Early life
Gowariker was born in Poona, British India on 25 March 1933 in Maharashtrian family. After his schooling and graduation from Kolhapur district in Western Maharashtra, he embarked on his scientific odyssey to England in the early 1950s. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering, supervised by F. H. Garner. His collaboration resulted in the Garner-Gowariker theory, which was a novel analysis of heat and mass transfer between solids and fluid.
Career
He had worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation.
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