Name in Full Predhiman Krishan Kaw

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1.	Name in Full	Predhiman Krishan Kaw
2.	Date of Birth, Country & Nationality	15th January 1948, India, Indian
3.	Affiliation and its address	Institute for Plasma Research
		Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428,
		Gujarat State, India.
4.	Home Address	Professor P K Kaw
		No.18, Jayantilal Park
		Ambli-Bopal Road,
		Ahmedabad 380 058
5.	Present Position, including	Director of the Institute
	Honorary position

6. Fellowships, Awards, Prizes etc.

Institution/Academy/Society		Award Year
1.	INSA		Young Scientist	1974
2.	I.A.Sc.		F.A.Sc.	1974
3.	American Physical Society		Fellow	1980
4.	INSA		Fellow	1984
5.	Govt. of India		Padma Shri	1985
6.	CSIR		S.S.Bhatnagar Award	1986
7.	National Academy of Sciences		Fellow	1987
8.	Ghent University, Belgium		Doctor Honoris	1991
9.	IIT,Delhi		Distinguished Alumni Award	1992
10.	Indian Physics Association		R D Birla Award for Excellence in Physics	2002

7. Other Distinctions :

1. 
   Member, International Fusion Research Council, IAEA, Vienna (1986-2000)
   
2. 
   Chairman, International Fusion Research Council, IAEA, Vienna (2000-todate)
   
3. 
   Associate and Corresponding Member, ICTP, Trieste, Italy (Past)
   
4. 
   Associate Editor, Jr. Plasma Physics (Cambridge) (1994-todate)
   
5. 
   Past editorial assignments : Editorial Board, Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion, I.O.P. U.K. (upto 1997). Correspondent, Comments in Plasma Physics, Physics News, Editorial Board, Pramana, Indian, Jr. of Physics
   
6. 
   National Lecturer in India (1973-74)
   
7. 
   Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Visiting Professor (1974)
   

8. Academic History from College Level :

B.S. 1962 Agra University, 1^st Division

M.S. 1964 Agra University, Stood 1^st in University

Ph.D. 1966 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Title of Thesis: Interaction of Electromagnetic

Waves with Plasmas.

9. Professional Career :

	1967-1969		Princeton University		Postdoctoral Fellow
	1969-1971		Princeton University		Research Staff & Lecturer with Rank of Asst.Professor
	1971-74		Physical Research Laboratory		Associate Professor
	1974-75		Physical Research Laboratory		Professor
	1975-1982		Princeton University		Principal Research Physicist Lecturer with Rank of Professor in Astrophysical Sciences
	1982-1986		Plasma Physics Programme, Physical Research Laboratory		Director
	1986-todate		Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428		Director

10. Current Interest : Nonlinear Plasma Theory
11. List of Publications : About 274 papers in referred Journals,

International Conference etc.

12. Citations : Work extensively cited in Books and Journals. About 750 citations in Citation

Index.