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Prof. Dibyendu
Chakrabarty
Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +91-79-26314652
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Research Interests
Space-weather
Solar wind: Origin, acceleration and properties
Suprathermal and Energetic particles in the Heliosphere: Origin and Acceleration
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling during Penetration electric field, IMF By, Disturbance Dynamo, Substorm events
Geomagnetic storm, Magnetospheric Substorms - Characteristics and impact
Ionospheric electrodynamics
Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling
Involvement in the Present and upcoming Space missions
Principal Investigator (PI) of a number of experiments on-board Indian space Missions. This includes
ASPEX on-board Aditya-L1 mission (https://www.prl.res.in/ASPEX/ )
PRL payloads of the proposed DISHA mission of ISRO
High Frequency Langmuir Probe (LP) Experiment in the proposed DISHA mission of ISRO
Science PI of Venus Radiation Monitor (VeRad) payload (Primary) on-board Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) of ISRO
PI of Narrow band oxygen Airglow detection in Venusian Atmosphere (NAVA) payload (Secondary) on-board Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) of ISRO
PaRticle Impact on Martian Environment (PRIME) in the Mars Lander Mission (MLM)
Also in the Science team of NIMS being considered for Chandrayaan-4
Other experiments and science motivations
Narrow spectral band, narrow FOV Airglow experiments (Signatures of prompt penetration/overshielding and substorm-induced electric field perturbations)
GPS/GNSS/IRNSS based TEC experiments (Global ionospheric responses to space weather events)
Rocket based Langmuir Probe experiments (Streaming and Gradient drift plasma instabilities in the equatorial ionosphere)
Publications
Papers in peer-reviewed journals: 125
This includes Review articles: 4; Chapter of a book: 1, Editorial: 1
Papers in proceedings: 12
Total Publications: 137
Awards/Honors/Recognitions
Visiting Faculty at the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences (CASS), Utah State
University, USA, 2012
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in Space Sciences, 2015
External subject expert for the recruitment of Assistant professor (Physics) in Indus University, Ahmedabad, 2015
AGU Editor's choice in Space Weather on multiple occasions
Invited member, Review committee (SPL, VSSC) for the VEDA payload, 2018
Certificates in Outstanding contribution in reviewing (JASTP, ASR), Elsevier, 2019
Invited reviewer, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI-2019) Award, 2020
Member, Working Group, Pillar 2, International program PRESTO, 2020
Acknowledgements from JGR space physics (AGU) for reviewing more than 3 papers in multiple years
Member, Aditya-L1 Space Weather Monitoring and Prediction (ASWMP) committee, ISRO, 2020
Member, Aditya Science Working Group (ASWG), ISRO, 2020 -
Invited Reviewer, IIG's Science Programme (Space Weather -- Observations and Modelling, SWOM), 2020
Member, Board of Studies of the Space and Atmospheric Science Course, Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), 2021
Member, Peer Review Committee (Venus Mission payloads), ISRO, 2021
Invited reviewer as part of the Satellite Technology Day Celebration of URSC, 2021
Invited Chair, Panel of Experts on Solar-Terrestrial Physics, IARSc Programme on Science, Technology, Research and Applications (IPSTRA), Institute for Advanced Research in Science (IARSc), 2021
Invited member, Technical Evaluation Committee on scientific instruments towards ionospheric probing (E.g. Radar, Ionosonde, GPS/GNSS, Scintillation and other ionospheric probing instruments) of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, 2021 -
Invited member, Technical Evaluation Committee on scientific instruments towards Geomagnetism, HPC and other scientific experiments of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, 2021 -
Invited Reviewer, 2023 Regular Fondecyt National Projects Competition, National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of the Ministry of Science,
Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile, Gobierno de Chile, 2022
Member, COSPAR Task Group on International Geospace Systems Program (TGIGSP), 2021-2025
Member, AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee (SPAFC), 2022-2024
Invited Guest of Honor at the Education Symposium, themed 'Higher Education & Realization of Sustainable Development: Paving the Way Forward,' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal at The Taj Rajkutir, Swabhumi in Kolkata on November 4, 2023
Member (ISRO), Executive Committee, International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance (IHDEA), 2024
Invited to make a presentation on ASPEX in the Global Space based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) GRWG SWx Sub-group meeting, 2024
Invited reviewer, 2024, NSF (USA) research proposal, 2024
Member, UNOOSA (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs) "Access to space for all'' curriculum Committee, 2022-2023
Moderator, Splinter group-6 (Near-Earth Space Exploration, Aeronomy, Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Magnetosphere) for Future Space Science Roadmap (ISRO), 2024
Lead, RAMBHA-LP review team in the peer review committee for Chandrayaan-3 payload data, ISRO, 2024
Member, Payload Desgn Review Committee of DISHA Project, ISRO, 2024
Chairman, Expert committee for evaluation of scientific equipment/instruments, (Navi Mumbai), 2024
Chair, Prof. R. Raghavarao Memorial Lecture Selection Committee, 2024
Invited reviewer for staff selections/promotions/research proposals/awards for National institutes including IITs/IIG/ARIES etc.
Member, ISRO-IIG, Joint Working Group (JWG) on potential magnetospheric missions, 2025
Chair, IIG (Navi Mumbai) Technical Evaluation Committee -1, 2025
Member, IIG Academic Committee, 2025-2027
Invited evaluator for the best research paper award (for the Foundation day celebration) of IIT-Indore, 2025
Member, PDR/CDR committee, Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), 2025
Invited member, Interview Committee, Promotion to Professor level, IIT-Roorkee, 2025
Invited by IMD (Chaired by the Secretary, MoES) at, MoES, New Delhi, to provide inputs on Space weather research and services in India, 18 August, 2025
Member, Venus Science Working Group (VSWG), ISRO, 2025 -
Member, International working group on science from L1 constellation, 2026
Chair, National Space Weather Prediction Committee (ISRO), 2026
Member, ISRO-START (Space Science and Technology Awarenenss Training) committee to review the training content, 2026
08th PRL-IAPT Dr. Vikram Sarabhai lecture, 2026
Administrative positions at PRL
Professor and Head, Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division, PRL, 2023 -
Member, PRL Management Committee, 2023 -
Other important portfolios
Course Director, "Basic Training on Space Weather and its Impacts" to DSA, PRL, 2025
Chair, ASPEX Configuration Review Committee (ACRC), 2024
Chair, APXS (Chandrayaan-3), Data pipeline software internal Test & Evaluation committee, 2023
Chair, ISRO-STP (Theme: Sun-Planet interactions: A space weather perspective) at PRL, 2023
Chair, ISRO-STP (Theme: Space Science Programme: ISRO & Global Scenario) at PRL, 2018
Chair, XSM and APXS (Chandrayaan-2), Data pipeline software internal Test & Evaluation committee, 2018
Member, RESPOND Review Committee, PRL, 2020 -
Chair/Alt. Chair/Co-Chair of a number of commiittees in PRL from time to time
Member of ISRO team for a number of inter-agency (e.g. NOAA, NASA, ESA) discussions
Member, RAC, IASES, Kolkata, 2023 -
Life Member, Indian Planeatry Science Association (IPSA), 2023 -
Life Member, Indian RAdio Science Society (InRASS), 2022 -
Member, Board of Studies, Space and Atmospheric Science (SAS) Course, UN-CSSTEAP, (Center for Space Science and Teechnology Education in Asia and Pacific), 2021
Chair, IPSTRA panel for Solar-Terresrtrial Physics, Bengaluru, 2021 -
Member, SOC and LOC of various National/International conferences
Chair/Co-Chair, Sessions in National/International conferences and committees
Plenary and invited talks, National/International conferences
Reviwer, National/International, peer reviewed, high impact journals, Doctoral Theses, Projects etc.
Editorial assignments
Guest Editor, Solar Physics (Springer Nature) Special issue "Aditya-L1: A Space-based Observatory to Study the Solar Atmosphere, Solar Wind, Heliosphere and Space Weather", 2025
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (Springer Nature), 2026
Supervision/Mentoring
Doctoral students: 7 (5 Completed, 2 Ongoing)
Completed: 5
--- Diptiranjan Rout (Supervisor, July, 2013 - July, 2017)
--- Kuldeep Pandey (Co-Supervisor, June, 2014 - November, 2018)
--- Ankit Kumar (Supervisor, July, 2018 - August, 2022)
--- Yogesh (Supervisor, October, 2019 - August, 2023)
--- Bijoy Dalal (Supervisor, July, 2020 - July, 2024)
Ongoing: 2
--- Aakash Gupta (Supervisor, Joined in September 2023)
--- Shivam Parashar (Supervisor, Joined in July 2024)
Post-doctoral fellows: 11 (10 Completed, 1 Ongoing)
Completed: 10
--- Dr. Debrup Hui (August, 2015 - September, 2017)
--- Dr. Diptiranjan Rout (August, 2017 - February, 2019)
--- Dr. Kuldeep Pandey (September, 2018 - Seoptember, 2020)
--- Dr. Sandeep Kumar (April, 2018 - November, 2019)
--- Dr. Sivakandan Mani (May, 2018 -May, 2019)
--- Dr. Suman Chakraborty (February, 2020 - October, 2021)
--- Dr. Sumanjit Chakrabarty (September, 2021 - September, 2023)
--- Dr. Yogesh (August, 2023 - December, 2023)
--- Dr. Ankit Kumar (September, 2022 - September 2024)
--- Dr. Richa Naja Jain (December, 2024 - November 2025)
Ongoing: 1
--- Dr. Bijoy Dalal (August, 2024 - )
M. Tech/MS Thesis: 2
--- Ajay Kumar Yadav, IISER, Tirupati, 2024, Presently at Max Planck Institute, Germany
--- Aparupa Apsara Baruah, Dibrugarh University, 2025
Doctoral Study Committees: 21 (Past + Present)
Projects offered for Doctoral students (as part of orientation course
work): 31
Projects offered for Engineering and M.Sc. interns: 16
Group members
Scientists/Engineers
--- Aaditya Sarda (B.Tech., Avionics)
--- Rahul Pathak (B.Tech., ECE)
--- Jacob Sebastian (B. Tech., Engineering Physics; M. Tech., Optical Engineering)
--- Abhishek Kumar (B. Tech., Engineering Physics; M. Tech., Optical Engineering)
--- Maanyash Jain (B. Tech., Aerospace)
--- Tarun Tamrakar (B. E., Electronics and Telecommunications, M. Tech., VLSI Design and Embedded Systems
--- Amrit Shankar Mishra (B. Tech., Engineering Physics; M.Sc in Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Scienific/Technical Assistants
--- Anil Yadav (M.Sc., Physics)
--- Mitesh Bhavsar (Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering)
Post-doctoral fellows (Past and Present)
Dr. Diptiranjan Rout (Ph.D. @PRL) --- PRL; Clemson University (USA); NPDF (DST, availed < 1 yr);
GFZ (Germany, Humboldt
Fellowship); Assistant Professor (ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan), Scientist/Engineer at NARL, Gadanki, Tirupati
Dr. Kuldeep Pandey (Ph.D. @PRL) --- PRL; NPDF (DST, Couldn't avail); Nanabhoy Moos Research Fellowship (IIG, Couldn't avail), University of Saskatchewan (Canada), New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Debrup Hui (Ph.D. @USU, USA) --- PRL; IIG; Associate Professor, GKCIET (West Bengal)
Dr. Sivakandan Mani (Ph.D. @NARL) --- PRL; Nagoya University; IAP (Germany, Humboldt Fellowship)
Dr. Sandeep Kumar (Ph. D. @IIG) --- PRL; Nagoya University (Japan); Nagoya University (Japan, ISEE
Fellowship), Nagoya University (Japan, JSPS Fellowship), NASA CCMC
Dr. Suman Chakraborty (Ph. D. @ICSP) --- PRL; NPDF (DST, Couldn't avail); Northumbria University (UK)
Dr. Sumanjit Chakraborty (Ph.D. @IITi) --- PRL, IIG (Navi Mumbai)
Dr. Yogesh (Ph.D. @PRL) --- PRL, GSFC, NASA
Dr. Ankit Kumar (Ph.D. @PRL) --- PRL, FAPESP (Brazil)
Dr. Bijoy Dalal (Ph.D. @PRL) --- PRL
Dr. Richa Naja Jain (Ph.D. @SPL, VSSC) --- PRL, Princeton University (USA)