Loss to the nation,Prof Madhav Kulkarni passed away

Prof. Madhav N Kulkarni, a legend in GPS and Geodesy studies in India and Abroad passed away on 5th May 2007, at Kolhapur while he was on field trip.

Prof. Madhav N. Kulkarni was faculty of Geodesy & Remote Sensing Division of Department of Civil Engineering, I. I. T. Bombay, after taking voluntary retirement as Lt. Colonel from Army Engineers. An alumnus of I.I.T. Kharagpur, Dr. Kulkarni was commissioned in Corps of Engineers in 1977, and served in Survey of India for 20 years, on permanent secondment from Army. He carried out and supervised extensive geodetic survey operations from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, for diverse applications. He did his Masters and Ph.D. in Space Geodesy at The Ohio State University, USA, in a NASA-funded project, on study leave, and received two international awards. His areas of specialization include Space Geodesy, Satellite-based Surveying & Mapping techniques, and Global Positioning System. Dr. Kulkarni is also an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, and is a member of the national GPS expert group set up by DST. He has been conducting short courses on GPS, is involved in GPS related research projects, and has over 50 research papers to his credit.