Predhiman Krishan Kaw Scientist

Predhiman Krishan Kaw is an Indian plasma physicist. He has been the founding director of the Institute for Plasma Research and served the institute as the director from 1986 to 2012. He was born on January 15, 1948 in Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), India. He matriculated from Punjab University (1958) and completed his M.Sc. from Agra University in 1964. He received PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966 under Supervision of Prof. M.S. Sodha, and has the honor of being the first Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr. Kaw received his Ph.D. Degree at the age of 18. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri award, India's highest honor, in 1985 and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1986.

Personal facts

Predhiman Krishan Kaw
Birth dateJanuary 15, 1948
Birth place
India , Srinagar
Nationality
India
Residence
India , Gujarat
Education
Princeton University
Physical Research Laboratory
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Known for
Plasma (physics)

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Scientist

awards
Padma Shri
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Field of study
Laser science
Plasma (physics)

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Predhiman Krishan Kaw on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.ipr.res.in
  2. http://www.ipr.res.in/~theory/kaw_sir_home_page/kaw.htm
  3. http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/More_HTML/Artsimovich/PKKawPaper.html