B. E. Vijayam
Bunyan Edmund Vijayam (1933–2019) was an Indian geologist with major contribution to the field of Geology. A 1958–1959 Technical Report of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research heralded the news that new developments had taken place in scientific matters led by a team of researchers at the Andhra University,
A new technique for the ion-exchange separation of uranium from thorium and rare earths has been developed. A simple chromatographic method for the estimation of thorium (present in very small quantities) has been evolved. This utilizes thenoyl trifluoroacetone (TTA) in benzene as solvent-C. Mahadevan, U. Aswathanarayana, V. V. S. S. Tilak, B. E. Vijayam and D. Purushottam, Department of Geology, Andhra University.....
Professor B. E. Vijayam Ph.D. (Osmania) | |
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Professor Vijayam with his students at Osmania University, Secunderabad (1973) (Courtesy Mennonite Church USA archives) | |
| Born | 20 November 1933 Giddalur under Madras Presidency (present day Andhra Pradesh) |
| Died | 30 January 2019 (aged 85) Secunderabad, Telangana, India |
| Resting place | 17°28′26.1″N 78°42′05.5″E |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Bunyan Edmund Vijayam |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | B. Sc. (Andhra), M. Sc. (Andhra), Ph. D. (Osmania), Postdoctoral researcher (Northwestern) |
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| Known for | Teaching and research in applied Geology |
| Awards | Prof. Bal Dattatreya Tilak Endowment Lecture (1995), Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi |
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| Fields | Sedimentology |
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| Patrons | Fulbright Program |
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| Doctoral advisor | Prof. S. Balakrishna |
| Other academic advisors | Prof. C. Mahadevan, Prof. U. Aswathanarayana |
| Website | http://bevijayam.com/ |
Even as a student of geology at Andhra University, Waltair, Vijayam and his fellow researchers were already carrying out research in the field. During 1954–1958, Vijayam had carried out research on geology in parts of Kurnool district. Vijayam's research articles began appearing in geological and other inter-disciplinary scientific journals for more than three decades and continue to be referred by the present generation of Geologists.
Vijayam stood witness to Christ and inspired many. During the Fifth National Convention of the Christian Businessmen's Committee in 1987 held in Hyderabad, he spoke on the theme You shall be witnesses unto me and shared dais with Archbishop Samineni Arulappa, Member of parliament, Lok Sabha Marjorie Godfrey and Policeman G. Alfred, IPS. Vijayam also led honorary initiatives towards Christian missions by equipping the Laity not only with knowledge of the Gospel, but also a means of livelihood was recognised by Theologians, comprising the Missiologist, Roger Hedlund, SB, and Bishop Ezra Sargunam, ECI. During the 2000s, the Christian artist P. Solomon Raj, AELC made an Empirical research highlighting the new and indigenous missions, and Vijayam's effort falls in such line of indigenous missions to equip the grassroot Evangelists, which even the Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar, CSI appreciated such initiatives.