Prof. Dr. Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsAstrophysics,History of Science
KeywordsPhysics in colonial India, Solar Magnetohyrodynamics
Honours and awards

2022: Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics from Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies

2016: Elected Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

2012: Rustom Chokshi Award for Excellence in Research in Science from Indian Institute of Science

2011: Elected Fellow, Indian National Science Academy

2010: Awarded J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2010-2020) by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

2008: Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences of India

2005: Elected Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences

1981: Valentine Telegdi Prize for topping Physics Candidacy Examination, University of Chicago

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityBengaluru
InstitutionIndian Institute of Science (IISC)
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael StixLeibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS), Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Sami SolankiMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau
Dr. Oskar SteinerResearch Group Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
Dr. Alexander BlumResearch Group Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/1994

Program(s)

1994Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme