Anil Bhardwaj

Anil Bhardwaj अनिल भारद्वाज
Anil Bhardwaj
Born	1 June 1967 Mursan, Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence	India
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Space and planetary science
Institutions	Indian Space Research Organization
Alma mater	Lucknow University Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Doctoral advisor	Prof. R. P. Singhal
Doctoral students	Marykutty Michael, Sonal Kumar Jain, Susarla Raghuram
Known for	Solar System X-rays SARA/Chandrayaan-1 MENCA/Mangalyaan Indian Space Program Planetary Exploration CHACE-2/Chandrayaan-2
Notable awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 2007; Infosys Prize, 2016

Anil Bhardwaj (born 1 June 1967) is the Director of the Physical Research Laboratory, which is a Unit of the Department of Space of Government of India in Ahmedabad, India.

He is the recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2007, and was awarded NRC Senior Research Associteship by US National Academy of Science in 2003. He worked at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, during January 2004 to October 2005. He was awarded fellowship grant by United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria, in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad; Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad; and Kerala Academy of Sciences, Trivandrum. He was also awarded ISRO Team Excellence Award for Chandrayaan-1 Science and Mission in 2008, and ISRO Merit award in 2012. He is a member of International Academy of Astronautics and International Astronomical Union. He is awarded Nehru Centenary Lecture of Kerala Academy of Sciences (2007), Planetary Science Distinguish Lecture of AOGS, Japan (2014), and Dr. P. R. Pisharoty Memorial Lecture of the Kerala Science Congress (2015). He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) in 2015, and the international INSA-Vainu Bappu Memorial award in 2016. He won the Infosys Prize 2016 in the Physical Sciences category for his stellar contributions in the field of Planetary Science and Exploration.