Jitendra Nath Goswami
| Dr. Jitendra Nath Goswami | |
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| Native name | ডঃ জিতেন্দ্ৰনাথ গোস্বামী |
| Born |
18 November 1950 Jorhat, Assam, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
Gauhati University Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Gujarat University |
| Known for |
Chandrayaan-1 Chandrayaan-2 |
| Awards | NASA's Public Service Group Achievement Award (1986) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (1994) Kamal Kumari National Award (2003) Asom Ratna (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions |
Physical Research Laboratory Indian Space Research Organization |
Dr. Jitendranath Goswami (born 18 November 1950) is an Indian scientist from Assam. He was the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-1, and also was developer of this project. He served as a director of Physical Research Laboratory situated at Ahmadabad, Gujarat. He was also associated with Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan. This prominent Assamese Scientist was born in Jorhat, the knowledge city of Assam.
Dr. Goswami started schooling at Jorhat. In 1965, he got 6th position in higher secondary examination conducted by AHSEC from Then he joined prestigious Cotton College to study Physics.। He got MSc Degree from Gauhati University and joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research for PhD. In this time period he also work as a post graduate research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1978, He got PhD degree from Gujarat University.
After PhD, He worked as a research scientist in many prestigious institutes, like UC Berkeley, Washington University, Lunar and Planetary Institute and Max Planck Institute. His main subject of research is study of Solar System and Astrophysics. He and his associate scientists have proven that the main resource of energy of Solar System at the time of its origin was 26Al nuclide in its half life. He has also worked on Cosmic Rays, Tectonic Plates and concluded many theories. From Physical Research Laboratory, He was served as Scientist of exploration projects of ISRO at its preliminary state. He was associate scientist of Cosmic Ray experiment and chief scientist of Lunar Samples at spacecraft Spacelab-3.
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