Abhijit Sen (physicist)

Abhijit Sen is Emeritus Scientist and INSA fellow, Sr. Professor, of the Institute for Plasma Research, Chandrasekhar Chair. Sen has published more than 300 research paper in reputed journals.

Education
Sen received a National Merit Scholarship from the Government of India during his education (1962–66). Sen completed his Bachelor of Science at Gujarat University in Physics in 1963. He later completed both a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at the University of Tennessee in 1971. Following his doctoral studies, Sen became a Postdoctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Award and honours
Sen's awards include:


 * Young Scientist award from Indian National Science Academy
 * Fellow, Gujarat Science Society
 * Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences
 * Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India
 * Fellow of Indian National Science Academy
 * Fellow of American Physical Society
 * Fellow of Institute of Physics
 * Senior Associate of International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Science leadership
Sen is member of many organisations


 * Chairman of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
 * Chairman of board of governors Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
 * Member Editorial board of Plasma Sources Science and Technology ,Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ,Nuclear Fusion (journal) ,Pramana (journal) ,Indian Journal of Physics
 * Member Academic Council Visva-Bharati University Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
 * Member Science and technology advisory committee ITER