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(Dr. Anil Bhardwaj)

Dr. Anil Bhardwaj has been elected as Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. The fellowship is effective from Jan 01, 2010. He is currently Head, Planetary Sciences Branch, Space Physics Laboratory at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695022, India.

Dr. Anil Bhardwaj can be contacted at: Anil_Bhardwaj@vssc.gov.in;  Bhardwaj_spl@yahoo.com

http://insaindia.org/ref.htm

The announcement reads:

“Anil Bhardwaj (b. 01.06.1967), PhD, Head, Planetary Science Branch, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695 022.

Anil Bhardwaj has made significant contributions in the field of planetary atmospheres and solar system x-rays. He discovered soft-x-ray emissions from the aurorae and x-ray flares from Jupiter and Saturn.”

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About Dr. Anil Bhardwaj:

Dr. Anil Bhardwaj joined ISRO in 1993, after completing Ph.D. in Applied Physics (Space and Planetary Science) from the IT-BHU, as a research scientist at Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), Trivandrum. Dr. Bhardwaj is currently a Senior Research Scientist and Head of the Planetary Sciences Branch of SPL, VSSC.

Dr. Bhardwaj is a recipient of 2007 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for his outstanding achievements in the area of Planetary Sciences. He also received the ISRO Team Achievement award for year 2008 for his work in the Chandrayaan-1 mission. He was awarded NRC Senior Fellowship by US National Academy of Science, and worked at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for ~2 year during 2004-2005. He was also awarded fellowship grant by United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA), Vienna, Austria, in 1996. Dr. Bhardwaj is also a Fellow of of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; and Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad.

His primary field of research is observational and theoretical studies of planetary surfaces, atmospheres, ionospheres, and their coupling with magnetosphere and solar wind. His current research interests include aurora and airglow emissions, chemistry of planetary atmospheres-ionospheres, lunar-solar wind interactions, ENA imaging, multi-wavelength (X-ray, ultraviolet, visible, radio) study of planetary emissions, and comparative planetology. The planetary bodies that he has worked on include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Triton, Titan, Rings of Saturn, Io plasma Torus, Mars, Earth, and Comets.

Dr. Bhardwaj is the Principal Investigator of the SARA experiment on Chandrayaan-1 – the first Indian Lunar Mission. He has been the Principal- and Co-Investigator on many observation programs with Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope of NASA; XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory of ESA; and Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) of India.

Dr. Bhardwaj has over 75 refereed publications, 5 chapters in books including a Chapter in the Encyclopedia of the Solar System (2007), and has edited 4 books.  His collaborative research programs span over 30 research institutes in USA, Europe, and Asia.

He is currently the President of Planetary Science Section of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS); the Editor-in-chief of Advances in Geosciences (Planetary Science volume); a Member of the Board of Advisory Editors of European Journal Space Science Reviews (Springer Publication) and had been a Member of the Editorial Board of journal Planetary and Space Science (Elsevier journal) for 2007-2009. He has convened several special sessions at conferences in India and aboard on topics related to planetary sciences. He is a life member of Astronomical Society of India, Kerala Academy of Sciences, Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Plasma Science Society of India, Indian Physics Association, Indian Science Congress Association, and a member of American Geophysical Union. He is a member of several ISRO and national level committees related to Planetary and Space Sciences research programs in India.

Dr. Bhardwaj’s research findings have led to several Press Releases by NASA and ESA and made the cover pages of journals as well as “American Geophysical Union Journal Highlights”. He has discovered X-rays from rings of Saturn, soft X-rays from Earth’s aurora, and made the first detection of “X-ray flares” from Jupiter and Saturn. Several special news report on his research have appeared in New Scientist, Science News, Space Now, etc. and several national and international daily.

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Additional Links:

* Dr. Anil Bhardwaj [APP '92] awarded Bhatnagar Award for 2007

http://www.itbhuglobal.org/archives/2007/09/dr_anil_bhardwaj_app_92_awarde.html

*Interview with Dr. Anil Bhardwaj in Chronicle Sept. 2007 issue:

http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2007/09/

* Saturn reflects X-rays from Sun....Ringed Protector of Earth

http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20050525105244793

* Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (quite old version!)

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2007/docs/cv_bhardwaj.pdf

Hydrogen offers a new way to study the Moon

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM8TBYRA0G_index_0.html

Talking to NDTV

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=41961

*Indian National Science Academy

http://insaindia.org/index.php

 

 

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