astronomy

S. K. Satheesh

S. K. Satheesh is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand S. K. Satheesh rather than just read about it. In short: Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh (born 1970) is an Indian meteorologist and a professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He holds the chair of the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, a centre under the umbrella of the IISc for researches on climate variability, climate change and their impact on the environment.

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Reference excerpt

Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh (born 1970) is an Indian meteorologist and a professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He holds the chair of the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, a centre under the umbrella of the IISc for researches on climate variability, climate change and their impact on the environment. He is known for his studies on atmospheric aerosols and is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. Indian Academy of Sciences Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Sciences, India as well as The World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 2009. He received the TWAS Prize of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011. In 2018, he received the Infosys Prize (in Physical Sciences category), one of the highest monetary awards in India that recognize excellence in science and research, for his work in the field of climate change.

Biography

S. K. Satheesh, born on 1 May 1970 in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the south Indian state of Kerala to Sreedharan Nair and Krishnakumari Amma, did his graduate studies in science at the University of Kerala during 1987-90 and completed his master's degree from the same university in 1990. Enrolling at Kerala University, he did his doctoral studies at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and after securing a PhD in 1997, he moved to the US for his post-doctoral work which was done at the Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4) of Scripps Institution of Oceanography during 1998–2000. On his return to India, he joined the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS) of the Indian Institute of Science as an assistant professor and has been serving IISc since then. During this period, he held the post of an associate professor from 2006 till he became a professor in 2011. He is the incumbent chairman of Divecha Center For Climate Change, a research wing of IISc for climate-related studies. He also served as a visiting scientist at the University of Bern and is an adjunct professor at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal. Satheesh is married to Deepshikha singh and the couple has one son, Satdeep Satheesh. The family lives in Bengaluru, India. His brother-in-law, Jaivir singh is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and is currently a physics teacher at the Allen career institute.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with S. K. Satheesh

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what S. K. Satheesh claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to S. K. Satheesh before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about S. K. Satheesh ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of S. K. Satheesh

In research: S. K. Satheesh appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses S. K. Satheesh in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: S. K. Satheesh is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1970 births, 20th-century Indian earth scientists, 21st-century Indian geologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for S. K. Satheesh outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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