Banakar, V.k
Scientist
Ocean Engineering
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
India
Biography
Academic Record: Ph.D. Marine Geology (Karnatak University, Dharwad), 1989 M.Sc. Applied Geology (Karnataka University, India), 1980 B.Sc. Geology, Chemistry, Physics (Karnataka University, India), 1977 Career Record: Scientist G (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2008 - till date Scientist F (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2003 - 2008 Scientist E-II (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1998 - 2003 Scientist E-I (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1993 - 1998 Scientist C (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1988 - 1993 Scientist B (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1983 -1988 Trainee Scientist (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1982 -1983
Research Interest
Deep-sea ferromanganese deposits for finding their resource potential and for paleoceanographic reconstructions utilizing geochemistry/isotope chemistry as tools. Quaternary climate reconstruction utilizing foraminiferal elemental- and isotope-chemistry. Leading a major multiagency R & D project to explore cobalt-platinum enriched seamount ferromanganese crusts in the Indian Ocean.
