Jitendra Nath Goswami

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Jitendra Nath Goswami
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Jitendra Nath Goswami, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 13, 2017.jpg
Jitendra Nath Goswami (left) receiving the Padma Shri award from Pranab Mukherjee, President of India in 2017
Born (1950-11-18) 18 November 1950 (age 70)[1]
Jorhat, Assam, India
Alma materCotton College
Gauhati University
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Gujarat University
Known forChandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-2
AwardsNASA's Public Service Group Achievement Award (1986)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1994)
Kamal Kumari National Award (2003)
Asom Ratna (2015)
Padma Shri (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsPhysical Research Laboratory
Indian Space Research Organization

Jitendranath Goswami (born 18 November 1950) is an Indian scientist from Jorhat, Assam. He was the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-1,[2] and was also the developer of this project.[3] He served as a director of Physical Research Laboratory situated at Ahmadabad, Gujarat. He was also associated with Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan.

Education[]

Goswami started schooling at Jorhat. In 1965, he got 6th position in higher secondary examination conducted by AHSEC. Then he enrolled in Cotton College to study Physics.[citation needed] He got MSc Degree from Gauhati University and joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research for PhD.[3] In this time period he also worked as a post-graduate research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] In 1978, he got PhD degree from Gujarat University.

Research[]

After PhD, he worked as a research scientist in many prestigious institutes, like UC Berkeley, Washington University, Lunar and Planetary Institute and Max Planck Institute. His main subject of research is study of Solar System and Astrophysics. He and his associate scientists have proven that the main resource of energy of Solar System at the time of its origin was 26Al nuclide in its half life. He has also worked on Cosmic Rays, Tectonic Plates and concluded many theories.[3] From Physical Research Laboratory, he was served as Scientist of exploration projects of ISRO at its preliminary state. He was associate scientist of Cosmic Ray experiment and chief scientist of Lunar Samples at spacecraft Spacelab-3.[4] He also served on the Physical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2016 to 2018.[5]

Awards[]

  • Youth Scientist Award by Indian National Science Association (1978)
  • NASA's Public Service Group of Achievement Award (1986)
  • Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (1994)
  • Kamal Kumari National Award for science and technology (2003)
  • Axford award by Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (2014) [6]
  • Asom Ratna (2015), highest civilian award of Government of Assam[7]
  • Padma Shri, 2017 by Government of India.[8]

He was elected as president of Astronomical Society of India in 2007. He is a member of The World Academy of Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, European Association of Geochemistry and many other national and international association of Astronomy.

References[]

  1. ^ "JN Goswami Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Chandrayaan Team". Zee News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "The Principal Scientist of Chandrayaan-1". north east india.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Infosys Prize - Jury 2018". Infosys Science Foundation. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "News publishepubliAmar Asom newspaper". 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Dr Jiten Goswami awarded Asom Ratna". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Padma Awards 2017 announced".

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