U. Aswathanarayana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian geologist
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Place of Birth: Vallur, Andhra Pradesh, India
About U. Aswathanarayana
- Uppugunduri Aswathanarayana (July 1, 1928 - March 6, 2016) was the Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India.
- He is counted among the doyens of geology in independent India and revered as a leading scientist from Andhra Pradesh.
- He studied and taught geology at Andhra University, India; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California; Oxford University, United Kingdom, University of Western Ontario, Canada; University of Sagar, India; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique.
- He has served as the Dean and Director of Centre for Advanced Study in Geology, University of Sagar, India; Head of Department of Geology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Director, State Mining Corporation, Tanzania and Adviser on Environment and Technology, Mozambique.
- He also served as Consultant to UNDP, World Bank, Louis Berger Inc., and SIDA, while in Mozambique.
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