Some Brilliant Accomplishments and Achievements of Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra - The First Ever Indian to Winter over the South Pole and Circumnavigate and Explore the Antarctic Continent; and Former WMO/UN Expert NASA/USA Consultant:

Name: Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra
Date and Place of Birth: 10th March 1947 at village and post office Bhana, via Dasuya -144205, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, which is his permanent Home Address.
Father's Name: Shri Mohinder Singh Sehra, Postmaster (Retired), Phones 01886-260212, 01883-323886, Mobile 9463644861.
Mother's Name: Late Shrimati Satwinder Kaur, Former Panch & Sarpanch of our Bhana Village Panchayat for more than two decades.
Grandfather's Name: Late Shri Bir Singh Sehra, small scale farmer, who trained and motivated him a lot with strong moral values.
Wiie's Name: Dr. (Mrs.) Bhupinder Sehra, MBBS, MD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Consultant/Gynaecologist, S. Nihal Singh Pahwa Charitable Hospital Campus, Industrial Area-B, Ludhiana-141003, Punjab, India, Phone 00-91-(0)-161-2545945.
Son's Name: Er. Gaurav Singh Sehra, MEng in Civil Engineering & Construction Management (Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA).
Daughter's Name: Dr. Pamela Sehra, BDS from Desh Bhagat Dental College & Hospital, Muktsar, Punjab, India in June 2009.

Primary and Secondary education from the nearby village schools, viz., Government Primary School, Bhana - Mangarh, and Khalsa Higher Secondary School, Garhdiwala in District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.
B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English from the D.A.V. College, Jalandhar, Panjab University, with top position, in 1967.
M.Sc. in Physics with specialisation in Electronics from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P., India in first division and high rank, in 1969.
Ph.D. in Science (Atmospheric & Environmental Physics) from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)/Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, under the kind guidance of Prof. P. R. Pisharoty, Prof. K. R. Ramanathan, Prof. Vikram A. Sarabhai, and Prof. Yash Pal in 1977.

Won the highest National Science Talent Search Scholarship of the Department of Science Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Government of India, in 1964, which continued from the higher Secondary stage upto the completion of his Ph.D. degree.

Throughout first class academic career with high ranks, top positions, and Merit & National Scholarships in the Universities.

1969-1974/1977: Research Scientist, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

1971-1973: Project Scientist, 17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, and the first ever Indian to winter over the South Pole and circumnavigate and explore the Antarctic continent, and the only Indian recipient of the prestigious Soviet Antarctic Medal, Ribbon & Polar Watch, which is a unique historical achievement.

1977: Awarded Ph.D. in Science (Atmospheric Physics & Environmental Science) by the Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, for his Ph.D. thesis/research work entitled 'Atmospheric Structure: Exploration over Antarctica and Interhemispheric Comparison'.

1974-1982: Senior Scientist, Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space (DOS), Government of India, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

1978-1979: Consultant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, USA.

1979-1980: Research Scientist, Academy of Athens, Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Athens, Greece.

1980-1981: Research Scientist, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

1982-1991: Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Environmental Science & Meteorology, and Head, Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Science & Meteorology, Faculty of Science, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya.

1991-1994, and onwards: WMO/UN Expert in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Organization (UNO), Geneva, Switzerland, for conducting an advanced WMO Training Programme at the Department of Meteorological Services in Harare, Zimbabwe, under the Finnish International Development Agency (FINIDA), the Southern African Transport and Communication Commission (SATCC), and the WMO/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Afterwards: Professor of Atmospheric Physics & Environmental Science, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India, from where he got recently retired at superannuation age of 60 years, on 31st March 2007.

2007 onwards: After retirement from the Punjab Agricultural niversity (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab, India, he also worked as Professor & Head of the Department of Physics, Lovely Professional University, Near Chaheru Railway Overbridge, Jalandhar-Ludhiana G.T. Road, Phagwara, Punjab, India.

2009: Principal, Indo Global College of Engineering(IGCE), Indo Global Education Foundation (IGEF), Abhipur-140109, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India.

Since long: Member, New Zealand Antarctic Society (MNZAS), Christchurch, New Zealand.
Member, American Meteorological Society (MAMS), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Member, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (MCMOS), Ottawa, Canada.
Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society (F.R.Met.S.), Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Life Member, Association of Agrometeorologists, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.

Also awarded the prestigious Soviet Antarctic Award, Medal, Ribbon & Polar Watch, and the Government of India Antarctic Award and Certificate of Excellence, and the India International Friendship Society (IIFS) 's coveted Vijay Shree Award and Certificate of Excellence, etc.

Have published about 500 pure scientific & technical papers, and popular extension papers and reports in reputed international scientific journals, and magazines, such as Nature & JGR, with several feature articles in media and radio/TV interviews, etc.

Present Residential & Mailing Address;

Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra, Ph.D. (Science)
c/o Dr. (Mrs.) Bhupider Sehra, MBBS, MD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)
Apartment B-2
Consultant/Gynaecologist
S. Nihal Singh Pahwa Charitable Hospital CampusI
Industrial Area-B
Ludhiana-141003
Punjab, India

Phone: 00-91-(0)161-2545945
E-mail: parmjitsinghsehra@hotmail.com
Websites:
(1) For his short biodata: bit.ly/parmjit
(2) For his South Pole E-Book: drparmjit.blogspot.com
(3) For his South Pole E-Book in Hindi: bit.ly/dharamyug

References:
Several online references including his South Pole E-Book in Punjabi are available under his differently spelt names as "Parmjit Singh Sehra", "Parmjit Singh Sehra & Antarctica", "Paramjit Singh Sehra", and "P. S. Sehra", etc., by Google search