Profiles of the Organizing Committee members - IGAC Project

Dr. Lokesh K. Sahu; PRL Ahmedabad
Lokesh Kumar Sahu, PhD
Reader, Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India.
Tel: +91 (0)79 - 2631 4553, Fax: - 2631 4900
lokesh@prl.res.in
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Sahu did his Bachelor and M.Sc. in Physics from the department of School of
Studies in Physics Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India. He joined Physical
Research Laboratory (PRL) for the Ph.D. program in 1998 and obtained the degree from Mohan
Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India. He was a Research Associate in the Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune during May-October 2006. He was awarded the prestigious
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship to work in the University of
Tokyo during October 2006-October 2008. Later, he was a Special Researcher in the University
of Tokyo during November 2008-July 2010. He has received the Certificate of Appreciation
from the President of the JSPS, Government of Japan, 2007. The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) Group Achievement Award in 2009 for outstanding
accomplishments in the successful Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from
Aircraft and Satellite mission in Alaska and Canada. Dr. Lokesh is an executive member of the
Indian Science Association in Japan (ISAJ). He has been working in the topics of atmospheric
trace gases and aerosols such as ozone, black carbon and reactive species like volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in the troposphere using ground-based, ship-borne and aircraft observations.
Dr. Lokesh has published more than 35 papers in peer reviewed journals. He has been involved
in several research projects of the NASA, Japan Science Technology (JST), Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO), Asia Pacific Network (APN), etc. Presently he is a Reader in the
Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division of PRL, India.
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