Amita Das
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Amita Das | |
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அமிதா தாசு | |
| Born | 3 August 1965 |
| Education | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Ph.D.) |
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| Fields | Laser physics, Plasma physics |
| Institutions | Institute for Plasma Research, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
| Thesis | (1990) |
Amita Das (Tamil: அமிதா தாசு, born 3 August 1965) is an Indian plasma physicist. She is currently a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.[1] Her research interests are in laser-plasma interactions, nonlinear plasmas, plasma turbulence and the properties of strongly coupled and dusty plasma systems.[2][3]
Das obtained her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1990.[1][4] Upon graduation, she then worked at the Institute for Plasma Research and eventually became a professor in 1998 while serving as its Dean between 2014 and 2017.[5][6] In December 2018, Das moved to the Physics Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.[1][2]
In February 2014, Das was a visiting professor at the University of Calcutta.[7]
Scientific contributions
In February 2020, Das delivered the DAE-C. V. Raman Lecture of the Indian Physics Association held at Indian Institute of Technology Patna.[8]
Das is currently a Fellowship Scrutiny Committee member of the National Academy of Sciences, India[9] and an editor of Physics Letters A.[10]
