Vinod S. Krishan

Background

Krishan, Vinod S. was born on October 14, 1946 in Jullundhar, Punjab, India. Daughter of Om Prakash and Raj Dulari Pabbi.

Education

Vinod Krishan"s academic career includes a Bachelor of Science Degree (1966) and Master of Science(Physics) degree in 1968 from the. She also holds a diploma in German (1968) from the University of Delhi. She did her doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of Tennessee United States of America in 1971 and her thesis was on "Damping of plasmons in a nearly free electron gas" in the field of Solid State Physics, and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (1971-1973).

Career

She is involved in teaching and research in Plasma Physics. She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and a recipient of the Vikram Sarabahi Award for Space Sciences. Vinod Krishan initially worked as Pool Officer at the Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from November 1973 to August 1975 and then worked as a University Grants Commission Research Associate.

She worked in various capacities as Visiting Scientist, a Fellow, Reader, Associate Professor, and Professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, and is currently a senior Professor at the institute since 1998, teaching Plasma Astrophysics in the Joint Astronomy Programme.

Her research activities encompass the fieldss of Modelling of Solar Coronal Loops, Solar Granulation, Extragalactic Plasmas, and Structure Formation Through Hydrodynamics.

Achievements

• Vinod S. Krishan has been listed as a notable research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences. Member: International Astronomical Union (life. Member communications 1985-1990).

Connections

Married Som Krishan, May 11, 1968. 1 child Monika.

Father:

Om Prakash

Mother:

Raj Dulari Pabbi

Spouse:

Som Krishan

child:

Monika Krishan