PANAJI
During the Annual Board of Directors meeting of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research held at Portland, Oregon from Oct 10-13, Dr Rajiv Nigam (former Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India), was selected as 2022 recipient of JA Cushman Award for Excellence in Foraminiferal Research. This award, the highest honour of the Cushman Foundation, recognizes Dr Nigam's outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of foraminifera research. The award will be presented at the Cushman Reception at the 2022 Geological Society of America meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, from October 9-12 next year.Dr Nigam is the first Indian citizen to be selected for this lifetime achievement award based on his outstanding research work on foraminifera (microfossil). Dr Nigam had received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Geology from Lucknow University, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of philosophy and Doctor of Science degree in Geology from the Aligarh Muslim University and NORAD Diploma in marine Micropaleontology from Oslo University.
