Predhiman Krishan Kaw
Indian physicist (1948–2017)
Predhiman Krishan Kaw (15 January 1948 – 18 June 2017) was an Indian plasma physicist. He was the founding director of the Institute for Plasma Research and served as the institute's as the director from 1986 to 2012.
Biography
Kaw was born on 15 January 1948 in Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), India. He matriculated from Punjab University (1958) and completed his M.Sc. from Agra University in 1964. He received a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966 under Supervision of Prof. M. S. Sodha, and was the first Ph.D. from the IIT, Delhi. Kaw received his Ph.D. at the age of 18, following which he completed his PostDoc at Princeton University. He was the founding director of the Institute for Plasma Research and served as the institute's as the director from 1986 to 2012. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri award, India's fourth-highest honor, in 1985 and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1986.
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