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'''Waman ''"Dādā"'' Bapuji Metre''' (14 February 1906 – 21 November 1970) was the doyen of Indian petroleum [[geologist]]s. He was awarded India's third-highest civilian award, the [[Padma Bhushan]] in [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)|1968]], for his contribution to petroleum exploration and development in India and for his 'significant contribution to the growth of the oil industry in the country'.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2017) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=21 May 2017|access-date= 6 February 2022|page=17}}</ref><br />
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'''Resident of Kalamb''' <br />
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'''Padmabhushan Wamanrao Bapuji Metre''' is originally a resident of Kalamb and his family still lives in '''[[Kalamb, Yavatmal|Kalamb]], district- Yavatmal, Maharashtra state, Pin code 445401.''' Kalamb is the taluka place and is 21 kilometers from the district headquarters Yavatmal on Nagpur road and 130 kilometers from Nagpur on Yavatmal road. In this same Kalamb village, Padmabhushan Wamanrao Bapuji Metre completed his education up to class VII in the '''Zilla Parishad Kendra School,''' '''Kalamb'''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Metre was born on 14 February 1906, in [[Kalamb, Yavatmal]], [[Maharashtra]], India. He graduated from [[Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad|Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad]] in 1930. He joined Assam Oil Company (AOC) in Digboi, Assam, in 1930 and was the first Indian Geologist to head its exploration activity. After Burmah Oil, the parent of AOC, formed Oil India as a joint venture with the Government of India, he moved to New Delhi in 1961 as its Chief Technical Advisor and was concurrently Member (part-time), Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) <br />
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He was elected to the membership of [[Indian National Science Academy]] (INSA) in 1956.<ref name="INSA"/> He was a fellow of [[Geological Society of London]], and served as the President (Geology section) of the 1961 [[Indian Science Congress Association]].<ref name="INSA">{{cite web |title=INSA: Deceased Fellow Detail |url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N56-0455 |website=www.insaindia.res.in |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[Kshama Metre]], Indian rural development leader and pediatrician, is his daughter.<ref name="Our Inspirations">{{cite web | url=http://www.cordusa.org/index.php/about-us/our-inspiration | title=Our Inspirations | publisher=CORD USA | date=2016 | access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> Since she also won a Padma award, the two represent a very rare case of Padma award conferred to a father and daughter. [[ List_of_parents-children_who_won_Padma_awards]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian geologists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering]]<br />
[[Category:People in the petroleum industry]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists from Nagpur]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:1906 births]]<br />
[[Category:1970 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Yavatmal district]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi people]]<br />
[[Category:Burmah-Castrol]]<br />
[[Category:Indian businesspeople in the oil industry]]<br />
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