Anil Bhardwaj

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 June 1967}}

| birth_place = Mursan, Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India

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| field = Space and planetary science

| work_institution = Indian Space Research Organization

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| known_for = {{ubl|Solar System X-rays| SARA/Chandrayaan-1| MENCA/Mangalyaan |Indian Space Program |Planetary exploration | CHACE-2/Chandrayaan-2}}

| doctoral_advisor = Prof. R. P. Singhal

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Anil Bhardwaj (born 1 June 1967) is an Indian astrophysicist. He is the director of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL),{{Cite web|url=https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/director|title=Dr. Anil Bhardwaj- Director of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)}} which is a unit of the Department of Space of Government of India in Ahmedabad, India.

Early life

Bhardwaj graduated in maths, statistics and physics with honours. He earned his Master of Science degree in physics from Lucknow University. He received his Doctorate in applied physics (planetary and space science) in 1992 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Career

Bhardwaj is the recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2007,{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=112|title=Dr. Anil Bhardwaj-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award}} and was awarded NRC Senior Research Associateship by US National Academy of Sciences in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/molecular-astrophysics/editorial-board/anil-bhardwaj|title=Anil Bhardwaj|website=www.journals.elsevier.com|access-date=2018-02-02}} He worked at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, from January 2004 to October 2005. He was awarded a fellowship by the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria, in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Geophysical Union; and Kerala Academy of Sciences.{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/det.php?id=P10-1507 | title=Indian Fellow | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | access-date=May 13, 2016}} He was awarded ISRO Team Excellence Award for Chandrayaan-1 Science and Mission in 2008 and ISRO Merit award in 2012. He is a member of International Academy of Astronautics and International Astronomical Union. He is awarded Nehru Centenary Lecture of Kerala Academy of Sciences (2007),{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} Planetary Science Distinguished Lecture of AOGS, Japan (2014), and the P. R. Pisharoty Memorial Lecture of the Kerala Science Congress (2015){{Cite web|url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php|title=INSA :: Awards Recipients|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916233840/http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php|url-status=dead}} He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) in 2015{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/IIT-BHU-hosts-first-alumni-meet/articleshow/50389844.cms|title=IIT-BHU hosts first alumni meet - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-02-02}} and the international INSA-Vainu Bappu Memorial award in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php|title=INSA :: Awards Recipients|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916233840/http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php|url-status=dead}} He won the Infosys Prize 2016 in the Physical Sciences category{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2016/anil-bhardwaj.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2016 - Dr. Anil Bhardwaj|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|access-date=2017-03-30}} for his contributions in the field of Planetary Science and Exploration.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/VSSC-SPL-director-Anil-Bharadwaj-wins-Infosys-Prize-2016/articleshow/55516595.cms|title=VSSC-SPL director Anil Bharadwaj wins Infosys Prize 2016 - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-30}}

Bhardwaj is the Chairman of INSA-ICSU Committee for COSPAR, SCOSTEP and URSI and vice-chair of COSPAR Commission B.

He is a member of ISRO and national level committees on planetary and space sciences research in India and future planetary missions.

Bhardwaj wrote a chapter for Encyclopedia of the Solar System (2007; revised in 2014), edited 6 books, wrote invited reviews for international journals, including Reviews of Geophysics and has been guest editor of special issues of international journals.

He served as the president of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Planetary Science Section from 2006 to 2010. He was the editor-in-chief of Advances in Geosciences from 2005 to 2012, and a member of editorial board of the European journal Planetary and Space Science from 2007 to 2009, Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India, and Current Science. He serves as the associate editor of Advances in Space Research, and as a member of editorial board of the European journal Space Science Reviews and Molecular Astrophysics.

Research

Bhardwaj's research interests include theoretical and observational studies of planetary surfaces, atmospheres, ionospheres and their coupling with magnetospheric plasma and solar wind.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

= Principal Investigator =

Bhardwaj was the principal investigator on various experiments on multiple space missions. These missions include the Chandrayaan-mission – the first Indian Lunar Mission, the first Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Experiments include the Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) experiment, the MENCA experiment and the CHACE-2 experiment.

He was principal investigator and co-investigator on many observation programs with Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope of NASA; XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory of ESA; and Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) of India).