Shri Krishna Joshi
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Born | University of California Riverside IIT Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee) National Physical Laboratory CSIR | June 6, 1935
Doctoral advisor | Kedareswar Banerjee |
Prof. Shri Krishna Joshi (6 June 1935 – 15 May 2020) was an Indian physicist. He was born on 6 June 1935 in the village of Anarpa in Kumaun, Uttarakhand, India.[1]
Career
Joshi received his Ph.D. in physics from
Joshi supervised the Ph.D. theses of twenty scholars and has published more than 190 research papers. He was a Professor of Physics at the
Awards
- Padma Shri (1991)[3]
- Padma Bhushan (2003).[4]
- Watumull Memorial Prize (1965)
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizefor Physical Sciences (1972)
- CSIR Silver Jubilee Award in (1973)
- Meghnad Saha Award for Research in Theoretical Sciences (1974)
- Dr. K.S. KrishnanMemorial Lectureship of INSA (1987)
- FICCI Award in Physical Sciences (1990)
- Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar Prize by IACS Calcutta for 1989 (in 1994)
- Goyal Prize in Physics by Goyal Foundation (1993)
- CV Raman Medal of INSA (1999)
- Kamal Kumari National Award (2011)[5]
He was awarded a D.Sc. honoris causa from
He was elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1974. He was the Secretary of the Academy from 1983 to 1986 and its Foreign Secretary from 1989 to 1992. He was elected President of the INSA in 1993. He has been a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences since 1974, and was vice president from 1989 to 1991. Joshi was president of the Indian Physics Association from 1989 to 1990. He was president of the Materials Research Society of India. Joshi is a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[6] In 2019, he inaugurated, with colleagues, the Aryabhatt Auditorium at the “Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research" at the Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University of Jaunpur[7]
• A Science Center has been named after S. K. Joshi in his remembrance at Devasthal, ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute Of Observational Sciences). It was inaugurated by former ISRO Chairman Dr A. S. Kiran Kumar.
References
- ^ "Obituary S. K. Joshi 1935-2020". NABL. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Dr. R.A.Mashelkar Appointed Director General CSIR, Prof. S.K.Joshi Retires". Archived from the original on 21 September 2007.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ The Hindu, "List of Padma awardees", 2003-01-26
- ^ "Kamal Kumari awards presented". Assam Tribune. 25 November 2012.
- ^ "Two-Days Workshop On "Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Application".
- ^ "commemoration plaque at the Aryabhatt Auditorium".