African University of Science & Technology

Prof. Chanchal Uberoi (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Education

  • 1959: B.Sc., Osmania University (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)
  • 1961: M.Sc. - Osmania University, Applied Mathematics
  • 1966: Ph. D. - Indian Institute of Science, Small Amplitude Phenomena in Conducting Fluids and Transport Properties of Plasmas

Selected Awards

  • Technical Communication Award in recognition of Merit in Books by East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication for the Book "The Alfven Wave", 1983.
  • Director of SERC School on Ionospheric Plasma Instabilities, Andhra university, Vishakapatnam, October, 1993.
  • ICTP, Italy, Research Associate 1990-1995.

Selected Publications

  • C. Uberoi, Surface Waves Induced Magnetic Reconnection and Quantification of Space Weather Phenomena, Proceedings of International “Living with the Star” (ILWS) Workshop, Goa ,Feb. 19-23 ,2006.
  • C. Uberoi, The Alfven wave, DOE Critical review series, Technical Information Center, U.S. Department of Energy, USA (in collaboration with A. Hasegawa, Bell Laboratories, USA) (1982).
  • C. Uberoi, Introduction to Unmagnetized Plasma (with problems), (First Basic course in Plasma Physics), Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 1988. Reprinted by Prentice Hall, N.J., USA (1990); Second Edition appeared in 1997.
  • C. Uberoi, Earth's Proximal Space, Interline Publishing, Bangalore, 1994 (This book carries many coloured plates of Earth's magnetospheric features).
  • C. Uberoi, New Edition of Earth's Proximal Space, University Press, Hyderabad, India, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre Monograph Series, 1999.