Joyanti Chutia

Joyanti Chutia
Born 1948
Sivasagar, Assam, India
Nationality Indian
Citizenship India
Alma mater University of Pune
Scientific career
Fields Physicist
Institutions Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology

Joyanti Chutia is an Indian physicist. She was the among the first women who have headed scientific institutions in India when she became the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology in Guwahati, Assam the first major research institution in North East India.[1][2] She is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences. She is an Emeritus Scientist at the Department of Science & Technology in the Government of India [3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

Joyanti became involved in physics when she was a student in the Cotton College in Assam. After finishing her fellowship given by the Japanese Government in 1988 to work in the Plasma Laboratory of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, in 2005 she became the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology.[7][8][9][10] [11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Indian scientists unearth Assam's Muga silk's wound-healing powers". Zee News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Indian scientists unearth wound-healing powers of Assam's Muga silk". Gulf News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Science weds art". Harmony India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Zone wise list of Fellows & Honorary Fellows (2015 )" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Women scientists continue to face discrimination'". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Indian scientists unearth Muga silks wound-healing powers". Free Press Journal. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "My experience with research" (PDF). www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Prof. Joyanti Chutia". www.ewwomen.in. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "INDIA-AUSTRALIA WORKSHOP ON BIOTECHNOLOGY ORGANISED". Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication Hindustan Times. via HighBeam (subscription required). 22 October 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "KAMAL KUMARI NATIONAL AWARDS PRESENTED". Hindustan Times  – via HighBeam (subscription required) . 2 April 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "IASST CELEBRATES FOUNDATION DAY". Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication Hindustan Times – via HighBeam (subscription required) . 8 November 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "WORKSHOP ON PLANT DIVERSITY HELD". Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication Hindustan Times – via HighBeam (subscription required) . 23 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2015.


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