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different journals. Under his supervision, several of his students received various awards including IGBP-START Young Scientist Award, Indian science congress Indian Science Congress Young Scientist Award, ISCA Young Scientist Award, ISRS-OPTOMECH Award, Kalpana Chawla Memorial Award and others.

Dr. Badarinath's contributions to science were exemplary. Several of his publications are replete with examples of outstanding contributions to remote sensing and atmospheric science. His research focused on integrating bottom-up ground based measurements with top-down remote sensing methodologies to address scientific questions in atmospheric science. His work produced huge amounts of aerosol and greenhouse gas emissions data over the Indian region that was not previously available such as from instruments – Multi-wavelength Radiometer for Aerosol Optical Depth, MFRSR, UV-MFRSR, MICROTOPS-II, QCM/GRIMM Aerosol particle analyzer, PREDE Skyradiometer, Nephelometer, LIDAR, different gas analyzers-CO/CO2/NOx/O3/SO2, etc.

He was extremely creative, unusually prolific and highly elegant in his choice of research topics. He was fully committed to science. As a mentor, he made things simple with great enthusiasm and caring empathy. He had infinite patience. He was gifted with the ability to recognize and clarify the key concepts that are ambiguous. He was also in constant demand as an invited lecturer and journal article reviewer. Most of his students recognized for undergoing rigorous training in fundamentals under his able guidance, have been sought after by reputed labs and have been pursuing successful careers in academia and industry.
Dr. Badarinath earned wide respect as a great scientist and modest and congenial person. He will be remembered for his deep wisdom, quiet grace and dignity, subtle wit and passion for science. He continued to support his students throughout their careers. He was a source of inspiration to colleagues.

Dr. Badarinath is survived by his wife Mythili, their two daughters Adithi and Aishwarya. Adithi completed her bachelor's degree in Engineering and is currently working as a software Engineer in a private firm. Aishwarya completed her secondary school and currently preparing for competitive exams to enter professional courses.

May his soul rest in peace.
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