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'''Amitabh Ghosh''' is an Indian [[Planetary geology|planetary geologist]]. Ghosh did his schooling at Don Bosco, Park Circus, Kolkata. An IITian from [[Kharagpur]], he was a key member of the team who identified the landing site for ''[[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]]'', the [[Gale (crater)|Gale crater]] location.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} Ghosh has played prominent roles in various other missions by [[NASA]] such as the [[Mars Pathfinder]] Mission and the MER ([[Mars Exploration Rover]]) mission. He was the only Asian in the Pathfinder mission by NASA.<br />
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He has been honoured with NASA Mars Pathfinder Achievement Award in the year 1997 and the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Achievement Award in 2004.<br />
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