Shailesh Nayak
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Shailesh Nayak (born 21 August 1953) is an Indian scientist and is currently Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies and Distinguished Scientist in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. He was the Chair of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) and Secretary to the Government of India for Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Indian government, between August 2008 – 2015. He was also the Chairman of Earth Commission in India. He served as the interim chairman of ISRO between 31 December 2014 and 11 January 2015.[1]
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Born | (1953-08-21) 21 August 1953 (age 70) Billimora, Navsari, Gujarat |
Nationality | Indian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oceanography, Geology and Remote sensing |
Institutions | Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India |
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Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation | |
In office 1 January 2015 – 12 January 2015 | |
Preceded by | K. Radhakrishnan |
Succeeded by | A. S. Kiran Kumar |
He has also served as director of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India,[2] an autonomous institution under ESSO (May 2006 to July 2008). At ESSO-INCOIS, he set up a state-of-the-art Early Warning System for Tsunami and Storm Surges in the Indian Ocean. He was responsible for the conceptualization and development of Marine GIS. He made outstanding contributions in improving advisory services related to potential fishing zones, ocean state forecast, and Indian Argo project.
He has been providing leadership for the programs related to science of climate change,[3] weather services, polar science, ocean science and modeling, ocean survey, resources, and technology. He chaired an expert group and helped to establish a national GIS in the country.