Member Since 1988
Anil Bhardwaj
Director, Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad India
Chair, Space Physics and Aeronomy International Basu Early Career Award Committee
Prof. Anil Bhardwaj is a Distinguished Professor and Director of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. He was Director of SPL-VSSC-ISRO during Feb. 2014-2017. Recipient of Bhatnagar Award, INSA-Vainu Bappu Award, Infosys Prize, ISRO Team & Merit awards, Dist. Alumnus Award IIT-BHU and Lucknow University, ISRO Outstanding Award, J.C. Bose Fellow. NRC-SRA at NASA MSFC, Elected Fellow: IASc, INSA, NASI, AOGS; IGU, KASc, GSA, IAeS, Member of IAA, IAU.
Professional Experience
Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad India
Director
2017 - Present
Physical Research Lab
Director
Education
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi
Doctorate
1992
Publications
The Response of the Venusian Upper Atmosphere During the Passage of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejec...

The current study explores the dynamic interaction between Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and the induced magnetosphere of Venus, ut...

September 14, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Volcanism along the rings of the Crisium Basin on the Moon: New Insights
VOLATILES AND VOLCANISM ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM II ORAL
planetary sciences | 13 december 2024
Neha Panwar, Neeraj Srivastava, Ankita Yadav, Megh...
The Crisium Basin (17.0 °N, 59.1 °E) is a lunar multi-ring basin formed at ~4.07 Ga [1]. It hosts an extensive basin-filling volcanic plain known as M...
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Study of the Jupiter system with the Line Emission Mapper probe: Exploring Fundamental Atomic and Plasma Physics in a Natural Laboratory
MAGNETOSPHERES IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM I POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 14 december 2023
Seán McEntee, William Dunn, Vatsal Parmar, Adam Fo...
The Jupiter system produces a cornucopia of X-ray emissions, providing a diverse range of invaluable local analogues for bodies and plasmas across the...
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Structural Controls on Volcanism along the Rings of Crisium Basin on the Moon
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE —GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 12 december 2023
Neha Panwar, Ankita Yadav, Neeraj Srivastava, Megh...
The Crisium Basin (17.0 °N, 59.1 °E) is a ~1100 km multi-ring basin formed at ~4.07 Ga [1] and exhibiting extensive volcanism within its Inn...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Chair
Space Physics and Aeronomy International Basu Early Career Award Committee
2019 - 2025
Chair
Space Physics and Aeronomy International Basu Early Career Award Committee
2019 - 2024
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy International Basu Early Career Award Committee
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