Jitendra Nath Goswami

Jitendra Nath Goswami
Jitendra Nath Goswami (left) receiving the Padma Shri award from Pranab Mukherjee, President of India in 2017
Born (1950-11-18) 18 November 1950 (age 74)[1]
Jorhat, Assam, India
Alma materCotton College
Gauhati University
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Gujarat University
Known forChandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-2
AwardsNASA's Public Service Group Achievement Award (1986)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1994)
Kamal Kumari National Award (2003)
Asom Ratna (2015)
Padma Shri (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsPhysical Research Laboratory
Indian Space Research Organization

Jitendranath Goswami (born 18 November 1950) is an Indian scientist from Jorhat, Assam. He was the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-1,[2] and was also the developer of this project.[3] He served as a director of Physical Research Laboratory situated at Ahmadabad, Gujarat. He was also associated with Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan.

  1. ^ "JN Goswami Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Chandrayaan Team". Zee News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2016.