vs code not selecting the right python interpreter - python-3.x

Question

I have been using vs code and its data science module for a long time to create and edit python scripts via SSH. Recently I tried to open a jupyter notebook with it but I am having issues with the python interpreter
The python interpreter selected is the one from the base environment from miniconda
However, when I try to import a module that is installed on conda base I am getting
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ModuleNotFoundError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-094d2d97d2ef> in <module>
1 # imports
2 import pandas as pd
----> 3 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'matplotlib'
I am sure that matplotlib is installed on the base environment. If, on a terminal window, on VS code itself, I
open the same python interpreter (/home/user/miniconda3/bin/python)
call the same import (import matplotlib.pyplot as plt)
I get no error:
(base) user#Brightcore-testsrv:~$ which python
/home/user/miniconda3/bin/python
(base) user#Brightcore-testsrv:~$ /home/user/miniconda3/bin/python
Python 3.7.3 (default, Mar 27 2019, 22:11:17)
[GCC 7.3.0] :: Anaconda, Inc. on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>>

Answer 1

Your VS Code Jupyter notebook may be running with a different interpreter as its kernel. You can execute this code to check:
import sys
print(sys.executable)
If the result of running the code above is not /home/user/miniconda3/bin/python, you can use the kernel selector to switch kernels to your desired environment.