Dibyendu Nandi is an Indian scientist acclaimed for his studies related to Solar Magnetic Cycle.
Education
Dibyendu did his early schooling at the Cossipore English School and Saint James School, both in Kolkata. He then graduated in Physics from Saint Xavier"s College, Kolkata in 1995 and joined Indian Institute of Science from where he received his Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 1997 and 2003, respectively.
Career
He is associated with Moscow State University, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and IISER, Kolkata where he carried most of his research work. This is the first time that a space scientist working in the Asia-Pacific region has received this honour. Dibyendu Nandi"s Harvey Prize Lecture is to be found here: • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Montana State University, 2002-2004 • Research Scientist, Montana State University, 2005-2007 • Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University, 2007-2008 • Visiting Faculty, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Street Andrews University, 2007 • Visiting Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2009, 2010 • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science and Research-Kolkata, 2008-continuing He is the project leader in setting up India’s first space weather reading centre in Kolkata which shall be a centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions.