Hariharaiyer Mahadeva Iyer

Background

Iyer, Hariharaiyer Mahadeva was born on June 21, 1931 in Attingal, India. Son of Srinivasa Harihara and Parvathy Iyer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kerala University, Trivandrum, India, 1951, Master of Science, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College, London, 1959.

Career

Registered geophysicist, California Scientist, Indian Naval Laboratory, Cochin, Kerala, India, 1953-1956. Postdoctoral fellow University of California-San Diego, 1960-1961. Gassiot fellow in seismology British Meteorological Office, Bracknell, Surrey, England, 1961-1963.

Science officer BhabhaAtomic Research Centre, Bombay, India, 1963-1967.

Geophysicist United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, since 1967, assistant branch chief for programs, 1992-1994. United States-India exchange scientist National Science Foundation, 1978.

Consultant United Nations Devel Program, Pune, India, 1981, Regional Government Azores, since 1983. Presenter lectures to workshops, symposia, conferences, since 1953.

Participant advisory panel Sandia Magma Research, 1979, 80.

Member Department Energy Induced Seismicity Review Panel, 1979. Member Department Energy Consortium on Active andPassive Seismic Methods for Geothermal Exploration, 1977. Member review pannel Department Energy Geosciences Research Program, 1993.

Seismology expert Department Sciences and Technology Government India, 1994.

Achievements

• Hariharaiyer Mahadeva Iyer has been listed as a noteworthy geophysicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Indo American Council for International Exch. Scholars, National Geophysical Research Institute, India, 1985-1986. Fellow Association Exploration Geophysicists, Indian Geophysical Union (foreign fellow).

Member American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society American, International Association Seismology and Physics of the Earth"s Interior (commission on microseisms).

Connections

Married Krishnaveni, October 20, 1972. Children: Swarna Parvathy, Anuradha.

Father:

Srinivasa Harihara

Mother:

Parvathy Iyer

Spouse:

Krishnaveni

child:

Swarna Parvathy Iyer

child:

Anuradha Iyer