Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami

Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami
Born	(1945-05-21)21 May 1945 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Died	20 July 2015(2015-07-20) (aged 70)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Kerala Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bombay University Scripps Institution of Oceanography Yale University
Known for	Studies on low temperature geochemistry
Awards	1975 INSA Young Scientist Medal 1981 Krishnan Medal 1984 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Geochemistry
Institutions	BARC Atomic Energy Training School Physical Research Laboratory
Doctoral advisor	Devendra Lal Harmon Craig K. K. Turekian

Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami (21 May 1945 – 20 July 2015), popularly known as Swami, was an Indian geochemist and an honorary scientist at the geosciences division of the Physical Research Laboratory. He was known for his studies on low temperature geochemistry and was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The World Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry (2003). The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary Sciences in 1984.