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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Dibyendu Nandi<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| field = [[Physics]]<br />
| work_institution = [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research]], [[Kolkata]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]]<br>[[University of Calcutta]]<br>[[Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore|IISc Bangalore]]<br />[[Montana State University]] <br />[[Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = [[Arnab Rai Choudhuri]]<br />
| doctoral_students = <br />
| known_for = Contributions to [[Solar Dynamo theory]]<br />
| prizes = <br />
| website = https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/<br />
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'''Dibyendu Nandi''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[space scientist]] known for his studies related to [[Solar Cycle|Solar Magnetic Cycle]]. He is associated with [[Montana State University|MSU]], [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] and [[IISER Kolkata]] where he carried most of his research work. He currently is the Head and Coordinator of the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (www.cessi.in) which was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India at IISER Kolkata.<br />
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Dibyendu Nandi was the 2012 recipient of the [[Karen Harvey Prize]] of the [[American Astronomical Society]].<ref name="award">{{cite web | url=http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10736 | title=Fourth solar physicist affiliated with MSU wins national prize | publisher=MSU News Service | date=19 January 2012 | accessdate=12 June 2012 | author=Evelyn Boswell}}</ref> This is the first time that a space scientist working in the Asia-Pacific region has received this honour.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
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Dibyendu did his early schooling at the Cossipore English School and St. James School, both in [[Kolkata]]. He then graduated in [[Physics]] from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]] in 1995 and joined [[IISc]] from where he received his [[Master of Science|M.S.]] and [[PhD]] degrees in 1997 and 2003, respectively.<ref name="resume">{{cite web | url=http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/resume.htm | title=Resume | accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Employment and positions==<br />
* Postdoctoral research fellow, Montana State University, 2002–2004 <br />
* Research scientist, Montana State University, 2005–2007 <br />
* Assistant research professor, Montana State University, 2007–2008 <br />
* Visiting faculty, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrews University, 2007 <br />
* Visiting astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2009, 2010 <br />
* Assistant professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, 2008–continuing<br />
He is the project leader in setting up India's first space weather reading centre in Kolkata, which shall be a centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions.<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
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* National scholarship of the [[Government of India]] based on the B.S. exams in 1995.<br />
* "''Brueckner Studentship''" by the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society in 2000.<br />
* Research work regarding the role of meridional flows in the Sun's interior in setting the period of the sunspot cycle.<ref name="nasa">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2003/03-097.html | title=Powerful 'conveyor belts' drive Sun's 11-year cycle, new evidence suggests | publisher=[[NASA]] | date=19 June 2003 | accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref><br />
* "''Martin Forster Gold Medal''" for the best thesis of 2002–2003, by the Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]], Bangalore in 2004<br />
* United Kingdom British Council's "''Researcher Exchange Programme Award''" in 2007.<br />
* American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division's "''Parker Lectureship''" at the AAS-SPD Annual Meeting in 2008.<br />
* "''Ramanujan Fellowship''" by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in 2009.<br />
* Solar cycle (dynamo) simulation selected as an exhibit for EPO purposes at [http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/Series/SolarDynamo.html NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio] and featured in SDO pre-launch outreach [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BthDupBQXpQ videos] in 2010<br />
* News-articles and interviews related to research on the unusual lull in solar activity published in multiple media outlets, including Reuters, ABC, CBC, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', ''Dawn'', ''Times of India'', ''Telegraph'', ''Hindu'', ''Deccan Herald'', ''Hindustan Times'', ''Indian Express'' etc. Also covered in the following magazines: ''Scientific American'', ''Sky and Telescope'' and ''Discovery''. Interviews were aired in: CNN-IBN, Lok Sabha TV, All India Radio (Kolkata) in 2011.<ref name="TOI nw">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/science/28649754_1_airline-operators-sun-indian-led | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103073238/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/science/28649754_1_airline-operators-sun-indian-led | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 January 2013 | title=Indian-led research tells world how Sun lost its spots | date=3 March 2011 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=12 June 2012 | author=Srinivas Laxman, TNN}}</ref><ref name="hindu nw">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article1508729.ece | title=Kolkata scientist clears up mystery of sun spots | date=4 March 2011 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="ibn nw">{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/nasa-india-sponsored-research-explains-missing-sunspots/596011.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126023028/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/nasa-india-sponsored-research-explains-missing-sunspots/596011.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 January 2013 | title=NASA, India sponsored research explains missing sunspots | date=3 March 2011 | agency=IBN Live | accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="kpcltv">{{cite news | url=http://www.kplctv.com/story/14161292/sun-still-pulling-out-of-an-energy-low?clienttype=printable | title=NASA explains sun's record energy low | date=28 October 2011 | agency=KPCL TV News | accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref><br />
* "[[Karen Harvey Prize]]" of the [[American Astronomical Society]]'s [[Solar Physics Division]] in 2012.<ref name="award" /><br />
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After winning his latest award, he said:<br />
{{quote|It feels wonderful and at the same time humbling. I know that there are other outstanding solar physicists around the world to whom this award could also have gone. Given that I am now far from the American shores and in India for the last three years, I also feel grateful to the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division for their magnanimity in opening up this award to the world.}}<br />
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