Awards & Honors

 Awards

• Visiting Associates (Aug. 2019- July 2025): Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India

• Junior Research Fellowship awarded by Department of Science and Technology New Delhi, from 05/03/2007 to 27/11/2007.

• “Young Scientist in Physics” awarded with Gold Medal in Madhya Kshetriya Vigyan Sammelan Jabalpur by MPCST Bhopal and Vigyan Bharti (M.P.), 21-22 February 2009.

• Prestigious “Buti Young Scientist Award in Physics” by Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) in 24th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA-2009) NIT, Hamirpur (H.P.), 08-11 December 2009.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship at Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar (Gujarat), India from Dec. 2010 to July 2011.

• DST-SERB Young Scientist Award with project amount Rs. 11.76 lakhs from Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in June 2013.

• Science Academics’ Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, March 2013.

• BRICS Young Scientist Award-2017, DST, New Delhi for 2nd BRICS Young Scientist Forum, Hangzhou (China), July 2017.

• AAPPS-DPP Best Research Paper Award (Poster), in 2nd Asia Pacific Plasma Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, 12-17 Nov. 2018.

• Ravinder received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the International Symposium on Promises and Challenges in Plasma Sciences (Avinashfest ), Delhi University,  29-30 April, 2024.

• Pallab Boro received the Buti Young Scientist Award by the Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) at PLASMA-2023 Conference, 4-8 December (2023) UPES Dehradun.

• Vinesh Sangwan received the Best Poster Award by Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI), at PLASMA-2024 Conference, 16-20 December (2024) PDEU, Gandhinagar.

 Fellowship received for attending International Conference/Symposia/Workshop:

• Young Scientist Travel Fellowship Scheme of DST, New Delhi:- To attend SPPT-2010 Symposium at Prague (Czech Republic) in June 2010.

• ICTP/IAEA  Fellowship:- To attend a Workshop at ICTP, Trieste, Italy in Nov. 2010.

• Scholarship:- To attend the International ICPDP-201the 1 conference at Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany in May 2011.

• ITER-ICTP-IAEA Fellowship:- To attend the Workshop at ICTP, Trieste, Italy in Oct. 2011.

• Financial Assistance:- To attend 23rd International Toki Conference, at the National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki City, Japan in Nov. 2013.

• Travel Grant:- To attend 18th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan in June 2016.

• Travel Grant:- To attend COMAC Workshop from 21-25, November 2016 at Chiang Mai, Thailand.

• International Travel Grant:- To attend 13th APPC-AIP Conference at Brisbane, Australia from 4-8 December 2016.

• International Travel Grant:- To attend 2nd AAPPS-DPP Conference at Kanazawa, Japan from 12-17, November 2018.

• DST, New Delhi: To participate in 2nd BRICS Young Scientists Forum at Hangzhou, China, July 2017.

• AAPPS-DPP (Japan): To deliver invited talk in APPC-2019 conference at Malaysia, Nov. 2019.

• IUPAP Travel Grant: Oral paper presentation in 20th ICPP Conference at South Korea. 

• Ravinder received ICPP Travel & Accommodation Grant: Poster presentation in 21th ICPP Conference from 8-13, September, 2024 at Ghent, Belgium 

Research Projects Ongoing/Completed: (Total Grants Rs. 76.08 lakh)

• SERB, New Delhi sponsored research project under Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme entitled “Linear and nonlinear instabilities in dusty and quantum plasmas” [SR/FTP/PS-191/2011] (Rs. 11.67 lakh) 2013-2016. (Status: Completed)

• UGC, New Delhi sponsored research project entitled “Hydromagnetic Instabilities in Strongly Coupled Complex Plasmas” [F.No.-43-514/2014(SR)] (Rs. 15.00 lakh) 2015-2018. (Status: Completed)

• ISRO, Bengaluru sponsored research project under RESPOND Programme entitled “Low Frequency Waves and Fluid Instabilities in Dusty Space Plasmas” [No. ISRO/RES/2/427/21-22] (Rs. 28.5 lakh) 2019-2025. (Status: Ongoing)

• SERB, New Delhi sponsored research project under CRG scheme “Cosmic ray-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and fluid instabilities in plasmas” [No. CRG/2022/000591] (Rs. 25.83 lakh) 2023-2026. (Status: Ongoing)

• Ultra-International Pvt. Ltd. Financial support of Rs. 15.00 lakhs to establish Prof. S. Chandrasekhar Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory in SPS.

• Grant of Rs. 9.0 lakhs received from SERB, BRNS, CSIR, INSA and Sikkim Central University to organize 3rd International Conference on Plasma Theory and Simulations, 21-23 September 2023 at JNU.  

Laboratory established:

• Prof. S. Chandrasekhar Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory with financial support of ~15.00 Lakhs from Ultra-International Pvt. Ltd. Ghaziabad.

 Conferences/Webinar/other events Organized:

• Convener, A Webinar on “Evolution of Quantum Theory” by Prof. Ajoy Ghatak, Organized by Department of Pure and Applied Physics, GGV, Bilaspur 11, September 2020.

• Convener, Two Days International e-Conference on Plasma Theory and Simulations (PTS-2020), Organized by Department of Pure and Applied Physics, GGV, Bilaspur on 14-15, September 2020.

• Convener, One Day Workshop on “National Education Policy-2020: Opportunities in Research and Innovation” School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, March 31, 2021.

• Convener, Two Days National Conference on “Chandra’s Contribution in Plasma Astrophysics” School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, October 19-20, 2021.

• Convener, 3rd International Conference on Plasma Theory and Simulations (PTS-2023)” School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, September 21-23, 2023.

• Coordinator, 10 days capacity building programme for KRPs in single major subject pattern in Physics, UGC-MMTTC, JNU in collaboration with Commissionerate of College Education Govt. of A.P., March 5-16, 2024.

• Coordinator, National Space Day - 2024 School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, September 23, 2024.