Ashesh Prasad Mitra
| Ashesh Prasad Mitra | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
February 21, 1927 Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Died |
September 3, 2007 (aged 80) New Delhi |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Radio & Space Physics |
| Notable awards | Padma Bhushan, 1987 |
Ashesh Prasad Mitra (21 February 1927 - 3 September 2007), FRS, was the former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) from 26.2.1986 to 16.4.1991.[1] He was recipient of the Padma Bhushan award in the year 1987.[2] He died at New Delhi in September, 2007.[3]
Career
Mitra studied at the Bangabasi College, an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta.
He was a foreign fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences [4]
He was the director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1982 to 1986.
Research
Radio & Space Physics was his area of specialization.
He performed major work in the field of earth's near-space environment, through group based and space techniques. He worked on cosmic radio noise for studying the upper atmosphere led to a series of discoveries in ionosphere, solar physics and cosmic rays.
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