V P Dimri named 36th Int'l Geological Congress president

V P Dimri, a Chair professor at the city-based University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been appointed as the President of the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2020 by the Central Government.
"Vijay Prasad Dimri, currently the Homi J Bhabha Chair Professor at Centre for Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the UoH, has been appointed as the President of the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2020 by the Cabinet Committee of the Government of India," a UoH release said today.
The 36th IGC provides a platform for the global scientific community to discuss various thematic issues of planet Earth, like dynamics and evolution, resources for future generations, natural hazards, environment degradation and climate change, it said.

About 8,000 -10,000 scientists across the world are expected to participate in this global event.
Prior to joining as a Chair Professor at UoH, Dimri served as a Director National Geophysical Research Institute (2001-2010), Distinguished Scientist of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2010-2013), and INSA Senior Scientist for three years (2013- 2016), the release added.