Dinabandhu Sahoo a faculty member at the Department of Botany, University of Delhi, was the first Indian student to visit Antarctica during 1987-88 in the
seventh Indian scientific expedition. He has visited all the seven continents
and five oceans within a record time of eighteen months. He was a visiting
fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, INSA-JSPS visiting
fellow, Japan He is the recipient of several awards including the award from
the National Environmental Science Academy, India for his outstanding
contribution in the field of Marine Science.
