Exploring the Universe: From Near Space to Extra-Galactic A Collecti
This Festschrift dedicated to the 60th birth anniversary of Prof. Sandip K. Chakrabarti, a well-known Indian astrophysicist, presents a collection of contributions by about fifty scientists who work on diverse topics in contemporary astrophysics and space
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Banibrata Mukhopadhyay Sudipta Sasmal Editors
Exploring the Universe: From Near Space to Extra-Galactic A Collection of Research Reviews on Contemporary Astrophysics and Space Science
Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Volume 53
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Banibrata Mukhopadhyay • Sudipta Sasmal Editors
Exploring the Universe: From Near Space to Extra-Galactic A Collection of Research Reviews on Contemporary Astrophysics and Space Science
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Editors Banibrata Mukhopadhyay Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Sudipta Sasmal Department of Ionospheric Sciences Indian Centre for Space Physics Kolkata, India
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Foreword
Prof. Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
Sandip Chakrabarti is 60! It is impossible to believe, but the jubilee is coming. Sandip is almost the same as he was 30 years ago, when I first met him: bright, energetic, and open for discussion of new and interesting scientific problems. I am happy to write this introduction to a volume which is contributed by the members of a school established by Sandip, who seem to be the most numerous and v
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active in Indian astrophysical science. During the past 20 years or so, almost forty Ph.D.s were supervised by Prof. Sandip K. Chakrabarti and another ten or so are in the making. The passed out students
