Last Updated: 16 Oct, 2023 | Views: 731
Age: 82
Profession: Scientist
Other Profession(s): Physicist
Famous For: Deputy Director General Of The Indian Meteorological Department
Higher Education: B.Sc Hons in Physics & Chemistry
About (Profile/Biography)
Anna Mani was an Indian physicist and meteorologist. She was born on August 23, 1918 in Peermade, Kerala, to a Syrian Christian family. One of her last jobs was being the Deputy Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department. After that, she visited Raman Research Institute as a professor. She was also known for being an adventurer. Loving bird watching and hiking. Specifically in the fields of solar radiation, ozone, and wind energy. Anna published a number of papers on meteorological instruments. Even with all that she accomplished, Anna never got married.
Career:
In 1939: She acquired a B.Sc Honors degree from the Pachaiyappas College in Chennai (then Madras), specializing in physics and chemistry.
In 1940: Anna Mani was awarded a scholarship to study at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
In 1945, she studied physics at Imperial College, London, but specialized in meteorological instruments.
In 1948: Her meteorological instrumentation research was published after returning to India.
In 1957 and 1958: She established a network of solar radiation measurement stations.
In 1975: Anna Mani worked as a consultant for the World Meteorological Organization in Egypt.
In 1976: Anna Mani retired from the Indian Meteorological Department as deputy director general.
Tribute:
On her 100th birthday, the World Meteorological Organization published her biography and an interview with her.
As part of her 104th birthday celebration, Google honored Mani with a Google Doodle.
Unknown facts:
Anna Mani died on 16 August 2001 in Thiruvananthapuram, a week before her 83rd birthday.
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