CURRICULUM VITAE

MITRA, ASHESH PROSAD

F= ellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) elected in 1988;<= o:p>

Fellow, Indian Acad. Of Sciences, 1974, Fellow, Royal Soc., 1988. President, Natl. Acad. Of Sciences, Allahabad, 1992-1993. Fellow, Indian National<= /st1:PlaceName> Science Academy, Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences; Member, Int= ernational Academy of Astronau= tics.

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E= ducated at Univ. of Calcutta, = India

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D. Phil. Ionospheric Physics, 1955; D.Sc (Honoris Causa): Calcutta, Jadavpur, Manipur, Vidyasagar, Burdwan;

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H= on. Scientist of Eminence, 1997 to date

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PhD in Ionospheric Physics.

P= re-Doctoral Research, Ionospheric Research Centre, 1949-1951; Researcher, Radioastronomy Group, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia; Assoc. Prof., Engg. Research, Ionospheric Research Lab., Pennsylvania State = Univ., USA, 1952-1954;

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S= ecretary, Radio = Research Committee,= CSIR, and Head, Radio Propagation Unit= , 1958; Created World class radio science group at NPL and was a pioneer in S= pace Science.

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Deputy Director, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), 1966-1973), Scientist (Director’s Grade), 1974-1981, Director, NPL, 1982-1986; Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Resear= ch, (CSIR), and Secretary, DSIR, 1986-1991.

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B= hatnagar Fellow, 1991-1996

Homi= Bha= ba Senior Fellow 1996- 1997

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Awarded : Premchand Roychand Awar= d, Mouat Gold Medal, Calcutta Univ., 1955; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Mem= orial Award for Physical Sciences, = 1968; Sir K. S. Krishnan Memor= ial Lectureship, INSA, 1975; Honorary President, URSI, September, 2002; Vasvik Award = on Environment Scie= nce and Technology, 2002

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J= awaharlal Nehru Fellowship 1978-80; Sir C.V. Raman Award 1980; FICCI Awar= d for Physical Sciences, = 1982; Om Prakash Bhasin Award= 1987; Padma Bhushan 1989); C.V. = Raman Medal Birth Centenary Award,= ISCA, 1991; C.V. Raman Medal , INSA, 1991; Meghnad Saha Golden Jubilee Award, IASc., 1991; Modi Science Award, 1992; Asiatic Soc. Meghnad Saha Medal, 1994; S.K.= Mitra Centenary Medal,= ICSA, 1995.

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Research Areas : Atmospheric environm= ent ; radio communications; Ionospheric Physics; atmospheric chemistry and space research; global environment, Current interest Global Change

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