Banakar, V.k.
Researcher
Chemical process
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
India
Biography
He had completed 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 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.
Publications
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Interhemispheric controls on deep ocean circulation and carbon chemistry during the last two glacial cycles 
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Quaternary climate modulation of Pb isotopes in the deep Indian Ocean linked to the Himalayan chemical weathering 
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Controls on ferromanganese crust composition and reconnaissance resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean 
