Shri Krishna Joshi
Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Shri Krishna Joshi obtained his BSc and MSc (Physics) degrees from Allahabad University. He was appointed as Lecturer in Physics at Allahabad University (1957). He started his research work in measurement of diffuse X-ray scattering from organic crystals for his doctoral degree with K Banerjee and received his DPhil degree (1962). In 1965 he went to USA as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Riverside. Joshi returned in 1967 to join as a Professor of Physics at the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). In 1986, he was appointed as the Director of National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of CSIR, New Delhi and in 1991 as the Director General of CSIR. He received DSc (hc) from Kumaon University (1944); Kanpur University (1995); Banaras Hindu University (1996) and from University of Burdwan (2005).
Research Interest
Solid State Physics
