Flashcards: Indian astrophysicists

Rajaram Nityananda (born 1948) is an Indian physicist who works on Astronomical Optics, Image Processing & Gravitational Dynamics.

Ranjan Roy Daniel (also referred to as R. R. Daniel or Rajan Roy) (11 August 1923 – 27 March 2005) was an Indian Nagercoil born physicist who worked in the fields of cosmic rays and space physics, and remained Director Chairman of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Bishun Narain Khare (June 27, 1933 – August 20, 2013) was a scientist who specialized in the chemistry of planetary atmospheres and of molecules relevant to biology.

Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu (August 10, 1927 – August 19, 1982) was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union.

Somak Raychaudhury (Bengali: সোমক রায়চৌধুরী) is an Indian astrophysicist.

Vinod Krishan, a physicist, is a Senior Professor and Dean of Sciences at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

Annapurni finished her schooling from Victoria College, Palakkad, in science.

Prajval Shastri is an astrophysicist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and specializes in the area of phenomenology of active galaxies driven by supermassive blackholes using multi-wavelength observations ranging from radio to X-ray wavelengths.

Arnab Rai Choudhuri is an Indian scientist working in the area of Astrophysical MHD, specially in context of solar magnetic cycle.

Shashikumar Madhusudan Chitre is an Indian mathematician and astrophysicist, known for his research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Somnath Bharadwaj (born 28 October 1964) is an Indian theoretical physicist who works on Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Padma Kant Shukla (CorrFRSE, FInstP, FAPS, AFTWAS) (7 July 1950 – 26 January 2013) was a Distinguished Professor and first International Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department of Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) in Germany.

Chanda Jayant Jog is an Indian Astrophysicist working at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan is a professor in the departments of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University.

Badanaval Venkatasubba Sreekantan (born 30 June 1925) is an Indian high-energy astrophysicist and former associate of Homi J.

Dibyendu Nandi is an Indian scientist acclaimed for his studies related to Solar Magnetic Cycle.

Sandip Chakrabarti is a leading Indian astrophysicist.