Nm Bujurke
Department of Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
After earning BSc (Hons) and MSc from Delhi University, Buti studied at the Department of Physics, University of Chicago. There she worked with S Chandrasekhar and obtained her PhD in Plasma Physics in 1962. On her return from USA, she worked at Delhi University as a Post Doc, but decided to go back to USA to work at Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA). She worked at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1968-70). Vikram Sarabhai, the then Director, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), invited her to join PRL, where she worked from 1970 to 1993 as Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Professor and Dean of Faculty.
Research Interest
Plasma Physics