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Arabinda Mitra
was appointed in December 2004 as
the first Executive Director of Indo-US Science
and Technology Forum. Dr. Mitra who has a rich
mix of scientific and administrative experience,
by training is an Earth Science Systems
scientist, with a PhD from the University of
Cambridge, UK. His scientific foray spans from
working in the Himalayan ranges while serving in
the Department of Atomic Energy; to the bottom
of the oceans - as a graduate student working on
the mid oceanic ridge systems in the
Universities of Delhi and Cambridge; and then
onto the remotest southern continent of
Antarctica - as a project scientist in the
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean
Research, Goa. His administrative experience
entails a wide exposure to international S &
T cooperation while handling the Indian
Antarctic program in the Department of Ocean
Development and later the US desk in the
International Division of the Indian Department
of Science and Technology.
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