Background
Buti, Bimla was born on September 19, 1933 in Multan, India. Daughter of Bodh Raj and Jamuna Devi Buti.
Buti, Bimla was born on September 19, 1933 in Multan, India. Daughter of Bodh Raj and Jamuna Devi Buti.
Buti obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Master of Science degree in Physics from University of Delhi. She was admitted to the for doctoral studies. She worked under the supervision of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and in 1962 she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in plasma physics.
She was the first Indian woman Physicist Fellow of Indian National Science Academy(Institut National des Sciences Appliquées). After earning her doctorate, Buti returned to India and took up a teaching role at Delhi University. Two years later, she went back to the United States of America to work at Goddard Space Flight Center.
In 1968 Buti came back to India and took a job at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
At Parliament, Buti started a new section for the experimental Plasma Physics programme. Shortly thereafter, this group was spun off as a separate institution known as Institute of Plasma Research under the aegist of the Indian Department of Atomic Energy.
Between 1985—2003, Buti was the Director of Plasma Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Buti, in her career, published a large number of research papers and edited four books
She founded Plasma Science Society and worked there as its president between 1992—1993.
Fellow Indian National Science Academy, Third World Academy of Sciences, American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences. Member International Astromonical Union (president commission 49, 1991-1994), Plasma Science Society India (president 1990-1993).