Dr. Paramjit Singh Sehra - Sikhs The Supreme

Ph.D. (Science), F.R. Met. S. (U.K.) M.A.M.S. (U.S.A.), Formerly: Consultant, NASA/USA; Research Scientist, Academy of Athens, Greece and ICTP, Trieste, Italy; Professor of Meteorology, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya; Research Scientist, PRL SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad, India and a Project Scientist, 17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, under a joint IndoSoviet agreement, Dr. P.S. Sehra of the Indian Space Research Organization, participated in a Soviet Scientific Expedition to the South Pole in 1971-73 which led him to the distinction of being the FIRST Indian ever to spend a winter there, circumnavigate and explore the Antarctica continent. Mr. Sehra spent 18 months in the Antarctica and participated in the meteorological rocket sounding of the upper atmosphere at Molodezhnaya. He and his Russian counterparts launched 60 rockets into the atmosphere. For his commendable contribution made to 17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, he was awarded with the prestigious Soviet Antarctic Medal, Soviet Antarctic Ribbon and the Soviet Polar Watch.

His research work at Antarctica earned him fellowships to many international scientific societies such as the Royal Meteorological Society of the UK, the American Meteorological Society, and the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. Sehra became a globetrotting scientist and academician, The Mighty Sikhs / 138 working in institutions such as the World Meteorological Organization as WMO/UN Expert for conducting an advanced WMO class II, class I training programme at the Deptt. of Meteorological Services in Hararay.

In Sept. 2005, he was honoured with "Vijay Shree" by the International Friendship Society. The other Indian recipients of this award are, Mother Teresa, the former Vice President of India B.D. Jatti, film actor Dev Anand and Sunil Gavaskar

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