RS pandey | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Best Researcher Award

Amity Institute of Applied Sciences Amity University UP | India

Prof. Rama Shankar Pandey is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, India. He earned his M.Sc. in Physics from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU), Varanasi, where his doctoral research focused on the “Study of Low Frequency Emissions in Inhomogeneous Magneto Plasma” under the supervision of Prof. K. D. Misra. With over two decades of teaching experience and 26 years of postdoctoral research, Prof. Pandey has made notable contributions to plasma physics, planetary magnetospheres, and solid-state plasma research. He has successfully led and completed several major research projects funded by prestigious national agencies, including ISRO and DRDO, and is currently leading an ongoing project supported by SERB on electromagnetic and electrostatic plasma waves in Jupiter’s magnetosphere. His earlier ISRO-funded studies explored the interaction of electromagnetic waves with high-energy plasma in Uranus and low-frequency plasma waves in Saturn’s magnetosphere, while his DRDO collaboration focused on developing doped barium zirconate titanate ceramics for acoustic emission sensor applications. As Head of the Department, he demonstrated academic leadership and contributed significantly to curriculum development and research enhancement. His primary research interests span instabilities in magneto plasma, ionospheric plasma, planetary atmospheres, semiconductor plasma, and free electron lasers. Prof. Pandey’s extensive experience with space plasma data analysis, particularly through ISRO’s SROSS-C2 program, reflects his deep engagement with experimental and theoretical plasma physics. A recognized scholar with an active publication record indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, Prof. Pandey continues to advance the frontiers of applied physics and space plasma research in India.