PSSI Elections 2021

Election of various posts of PSSI Executive Council : 2022-2024

Name of the Post	Candidate	PSSI-Mem. No	Affiliation	Nomination Status
President	Prof. N.P.S. Saini	LM-192	Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab	Elected unopposed
Vice - President	Dr. Ram Prakash	LM-387	IIT - Jodhpur	Candidate 1
Vice - President	Dr. Ram Prasad Prajapati	LM-819	JNU - New Delhi	Candidate 2
General Secretary	Dr. Punit Kumar	LM-333	University of Lucknow, U.P.	Candidate 1
General Secretary	Dr. Ramasubramanian N	LM-528	IPR, Gandhinagar	Candidate 2
Treasurer	Mr. C. K. Gupta	LM-1362	IPR, Gandhinagar	Candidate 1
Treasurer	Dr. D. N. Gupta	LM-836	University of Delhi, Delhi	Candidate 2
Councilor 1	Dr. Sachin Kaothekar	LM-821	Prashanti Institute of Technology and Science, Ujjain	Elected
Councilor 2	Dr. Ritesh Sugandhi	LM-580	IPR, Gandhinagar	Elected
Councilor 3	Ms. Karishma Qureshi	LM-1421	IPR, Gandhinagar	Elected
Councilor 4	Ms. Chhaya Kiran Chavda	LM-505	IPR, Gandhinagar	Elected
Councilor 5	Dr. Gunjan Purohit	LM-699	DAV College, Dehradun	Elected
Councilor 6	Dr. Updesh Verma	LM-703	Manyavar Kanshiram College, U.P.	Elected
Councilor 7	Dr. Bornali Sarma	LM-416	University of Delhi, Delhi	Elected
Councilor 8	Dr. Vikram Singh Dharodi	LM-1041	IPR, Gandhinagar	Elected

E-voting will be open from 8:00 of 1-Dec-2021 to 23:59 of 05-Dec-2021

The link for the on-line voting as well as the pass-code will be emailed to your email ID registered with PSSI.
If you DO NOT receive your voting pass-code from PSSI, please contact <pssielection@ipr.res.in>
The new Executive Committee of PSSI for the term 2022-2024 will be announced during the GBM (also online) to be held during Plasma 2021.

Parvez Guzdar Young Scientist Award 2021

Applications are invited for Parvez Guzdar Award from Young Indian Scientists, below the age of 35 years (as on Jan.1, 2021), who have made significant research contributions in the field of plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research. The Institute for Plasma Research operates this Award from a corpus fund contributed by family and friends of Dr. Parvez Guzdar, whose research contributions spanned a broad spectrum of topics in plasma physics ranging from fundamental studies of plasma instabilities to novel applications and interpretation of experimental phenomena in magnetic fusion devices, laser fusion, space and astrophysical plasmas and various nonlinear systems.

The selected scientist will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 50,000/- and a citation and will be invited to deliver a talk on his work.

The application should include Curriculum Vitae of the candidate and a complete list of publications and it should be sent to

Prof. Abhijit Sen (email: senabhijit@gmail.com)

before 15 October, 2021.

J. S. Sodha PSSI Plasma Award 2021

Applications are invited for Jaidutt Saraswati Sodha PSSI Plasma Award (JSSSPPA-2021) from Indian Scientists, below the age of 50 years (as of Jan.1, 2021), who have made significant research contributions through publications in reputed journals in plasma physics (ranging from fundamental phenomena to novel applications, thermonuclear fusions etc.). The applicants are required to mention the h-value for citations received in the last one year which would be one of the main criteria.

The selected scientists will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 10,000/- and a citation during the Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) National Symposium to be held online at BIT, Jaipur during December 13-15, 2011.

The application should include the Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, a complete list of publications, and h-index citation and should be sent to PSSI <pssi@ipr.res.in>

before 31 October, 2021.

Please mention "JSSSPPA-2021" as the subject in your mail.