Anna Mani, who is also known as the "Weather Woman of India" won the INSA K. R. Ramanathan Medal in 1987 for her contributions to science.
She authored five research papers, but she was not granted a PhD because she did not have a master's degree in physics. Then she moved to Britain to study pursue physics, but she ended up studying meteorological instruments at Imperial College London.
Known as the 'Weather Woman of India', Anna Mani was born on August 23 in 1918 in Kerala. Her life's works as a physicist and meteorologist made it possible for Indian agencies to accurately predict the weather conditions of the country.
She designed an instrument - ozonesonde - to measure atmospheric ozone. She also set up a meteorological observatory at the Thumba rocket launching facility. She is well known for her books on solar thermal systems.
Anna Modayil Mani grew up in a prosperous family in Travancore, a former princely state in the southern part of India, now part of the state of Kerala. Born in 1918, she was the seventh of eight siblings.
The life and career of Anna Mani, a pioneer Indian physicist and meteorologist, is being celebrated on what would have been her 100th birthday. Born on 23 August 1918, Ms Mani, made an invaluable contributions to both her country and the international community.
A meteorologist is an individual with specialized education who uses scientific principles to explain, understand, observe or forecast the earth's atmospheric phenomena and/or how the atmosphere affects the earth and life on the planet.
Anna Mani, born in a Syrian Christian family in Kerala in 1918, made many valuable contributions to the physics and meteorological field. Her study helped India to make accurate weather forecasts and laid the groundwork for the nation to harness renewable energy.
In 1994, Mani suffered a stroke. She died on 16 August 2001 in Thiruvananthapuram, a week before her 83rd birthday.
