Background
Pandalai, Hari Shankar was born on February 11, 1957 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Son of K. Ramachandran and Lila Pandalai.
Pandalai, Hari Shankar was born on February 11, 1957 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Son of K. Ramachandran and Lila Pandalai.
Bachelor of Science with Honors in Applied Geology, Indian School Mines, Dhanbad. Master of Science in Applied Geology, Indian School Mines. Master of Technology in Mineral Exploration, Indian School Mines.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Indian School Mines. Doctor of Fine Arts, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris.
Officer trainee Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd., Nagpur, India, 1979. Junior geologist Geological Survey of Indian, Jaipur, 1980. Lecturer Indian School Mines, Dhanbad, 1981—1988.
Assistant professor Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1988—1994, associate professor, 1994—1998, professor department earth science, since 1998, head department earth science, since 2003.
Fellow: Geological Society India. Member: International Association for Mathematics Geology (assistant editor Journal Mathematics Geology since 2005).
Married Parameswari Chandran Pandalai, May 27, 1973. Children: Krishnan, Lakshmi.