AWARDS, HONORS & DISTINCTIONS: Padma Kant Shukla

2011:       An APS Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, USA
2009:       Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,  Scotland, UK
2009:       First Laureate of the 22nd  Khwarizmi International Award  from IROST, Iran
2009.       Doctor Honoris Causa degree from  the Technical University of Lisabon, Portugal
2008:      Chairman (2008-2011), IUPAP C.16 Commission on Plasma Physics
2008:      Chairman (2008-2011), Scientific Council of The Emerging Nations Science           Foundation (ENSF), Trieste
2008:      Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
2007:      Associate  Fellow of The  Academy of Sciences  for the Developing World, Trieste
2007:      Honorary Professor, School of Physics at University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
2006:      Foreign Member of Physics Class of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 
2006:      Distinguished Guest (VIP) of the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy
2006:      Honorary Professor, Faculty of Physics & Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum
2006:      Associate Member (2006-2008),  IUPAP C.17 Commission on Quantum Electronics
2006:  Gay-Lussac/Humboldt Prize from the French Ministry for Education and Research
2005:        APS Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach in Physics
2005:     A Cetificate Award from the ESA in recognition of outstanding contributions to Cluster's exploration of geospace
2005:   Secretary (2005-2008), IUPAP C.16 Commission on Plasma Physics
2004:          Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences
2004:           IoP Panel Member, IoP London, UK
2002:                   Member  (2003-2011) of the IUPAP C.16 Commission on  Plasma Physics
2002:                   Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK
2001:                   Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), USA
2000:                   COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Associate
1995:          JSPS Fellowship from the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science
1969 - 1970:       Research Fellowship Award for Ph. D. from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.
1969:           Gold Medal for the best M. Sc. at K. N. Govt Postgraduate Gollege Gyanpur, U. P., India
1967 - 1969:       Agra University  Scholarship in M. Sc.
1967:            Gold Medal for the best B. Sc. at K. N. Govt Postgraduate Gollege Gyanpur, U. P., India
1958 - 1965:        Awarded Merit Scholarship of District Mirzapur from Middle School to Intermediate College


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2011       An APS Outstanding Referee

Each year about 150 (one-half of one percent) of the roughly 45.000 current active
referees of the APS journals are recognized to the status of  an APS Outstanding
Referee. This is a lifetime award. APS Editors select the honorees based on the quality, number and timeliness of their reports, without regard for membership in the APS, country
of origin, or field of research. The honorees come from 30 different countries, with large contingents from the USA, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Spain. Professor Shukla received this honor  in 2011.

2009       Corresponding Fellowship from The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy of Science and Letters

Each new Fellow of the RSE is recognized within his or her peer group as having achieved excellence within their descipline or profession. RSE Fellows contribute to the aims and objectives of the society, including the provision of expert policiy advice to Government and Parliament, outreach education programms for young people, and public engagement events including conferences and discussion forums. The central aim of the Society is the advancement of learning and useful knowledge.

2009      First Laureate of the 22nd Kwarizmi International Award (KIA), Iranian Research Organization of Science and Technology (IROST), Iran

This crowning achievment is the result of your dedication, excellence and sustained hard work
in the field of research.

2009       Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Technical University of Lisabon, Portugal

Padma Kant Shukla is an outstanding plasma physicist, who has published more than one thousand papers, and made several important and decisive advances in plasma theory.

2008  Elected Foreign Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

calls Padma Kant Shukla to be its member.  Election to the Engineering Academy is one of the highest professional honors that can be accorded to a scientist and an engineer who have made fundamental contributions to research and education. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences share responsibility with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
to advise the Government on qustions of policy in science and technology.


2007   Elected Associate Fellow of Physics Class of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Trieste

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to science and its promotion in the developing world. An outstanding  theoretical plasma physicist, Shukla has made numerous remarkable contributions to collective processes in complex plasmas, including the discovery of dust acoustic waves; wakefields for charged dust grain attraction, the theory for large amplitude Langmuir envelope solitons; the theory for dust void; and the generation of magnetic fields
and inhomogeneities due to nonlinear neutrino plasma interactions.

2006  Elected Foreign Member of  Physics Class of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

calls Padma Kant Shukla to be its member for the class of Physics. Being elected a member of the Academy constitutes one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a scientist and exclusive recognition of successful achievements.  The latter could be prominant research in mathematics, natural science, social science, but also outstanding service to science and education. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences advises the Swedish Government on
qustions of policy in science and technology.

2006  Gay-Lussac/Humboldt Prize from the French Ministry of 
Education and Research

For developing successful scientific collaboration between France and Germany.
 
2005  The  APS Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach in Physics

For his prodigeous and successful efforts in encouraging young scientists from underrepresented countries throughout the world, by his regular visits to their universities
and by facilitating their participation in international meetings and workshops.

2005      The Eurpean Space Agency (ESA) Certificate Award

In recognition of his outstanding contribution made to Cluster's exploration of geospace.

2004    Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

The Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow confers "Doctor Honoris Causa" on
Padma Kant Shukla.

2002  Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK)

The IoP confers the status of  Fellow on members with "a very high level of achievment
in physics and outstanding contribution to the profession."

2001 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (USA)

Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the membership of the society
are recognized to the status of Fellow in the APS. Professor Shukla received this
honor "for theoretical investigation of an enormous variety of plasma phenomena
in laboratory and space plasmas, including the prediction and exploration of waves
in dusty plasmas."

Updated 15 December  2010