Borra Madhava Reddy
Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
B Madhava Reddy received his BSc (Physics) in 1954 obtaining first rank from the Madras University; MSc (Applied Physics) in 1958 and DSc (Atmospheric Sciences) in 1963 both from the Andhra University. He did postdoctoral research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre (1964-67), and worked in various capacities at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi (1967-95) from where he retired as Head of the Radio Science Division. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences of Japan, and also at the Kyoto and Nagoya universities. He also worked as CSIR Emeritus Scientist (1995-2000) and INSA (Honorary) Scientist (2000- ), both at NGRI, Hyderabad.
Research Interest
Atmospheric Sciences and Radio Communications