Joyanti Chutia

Joyanti Chutia
Born1948
Sivasagar, Assam, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materCotton University (BSc)

Dibrugarh University (MSc, PhD)

University of Pune

Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsInstitute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology

Joyanti Chutia is an Indian physicist who specializes in solid-state physics and plasma physics. She was among the first women who have headed scientific institutions in India when she became the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology in Guwahati, Assam, which is the first major research institution in North East India.[1][2] She is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences. She is an Emeritus Scientist at the Department of Science & Technology in the Government of India.[3][4][5][6]

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  2. ^ "Indian scientists unearth wound-healing powers of Assam's Muga silk". Gulf News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Science weds art". Harmony India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Zone wise list of Fellows & Honorary Fellows (2015 )" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Women scientists continue to face discrimination'". The Sentinel. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Indian scientists unearth Muga silks wound-healing powers". Free Press Journal. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.