Meet on Geophysics tomorrow

Hyderabad, Nov 7 (UNI) About 1,000 professionals engaged in exploration for earth resources from all over India and abroad will assemble for the Third International Seminar and Exhibition on Exploration Geophysics beginning here tomorrow.

The three-day meet is being organised by the Association of Exploration Geophysicists (AEG). The seminar is sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Commission Ltd and supported by many organisations engaged in geoscientific activities in India.

The seminar is of immense value to professional geoscientists, industrial planners, investors, engineering geologists and research scholars of Geosciences, Prof Y Sreedhar Murthy, Secretary of AEG, told the media here today.

AEG Vice President Ravi Bastia said the special theme of the seminar is ''Integration: Road to success for earth resources.'' The seminar and exhibition will be formally inaugurated by ONGC CMD R S Sharma. Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani will deliver the inaugural address.

Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar will release AEG Publications.

An exhibition is also being organised on the state-of-the-art practices in Geosciences.

Over 30 companies and national institutions engaged in Geoscientific activities have confirmed their participation.

Over 100 research papers will be presented at the four plenary sessions and 15 oral and poster sessions.

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