A. P. Mitra

Ashes Prasad Mitra
Born	February 21, 1927(1927-02-21) Kolkata, West Bengal
Died	September 3, 2007(2007-09-03) (aged 80) New Delhi
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Radio & Space Physics
Notable awards	Padma Bhushan, 1987

Ashes Prasad Mitra (21 February 1927 - 3 September 2007), FRS, was the former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) from 26.2.1986 to 16.4.1991.^[1] He was recipient of the Padma Bhushan award in the year 1987.^[2] He died at New Delhi in September, 2007.^[3]

Career

Mitra studied at the Bangabasi College, an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta.

He was a foreign fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences ^[4]

He was the director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1982 to 1986.

Research

Radio & Space Physics was his area of specialization.

He performed major work in the field of earth's near-space environment, through group based and space techniques. He worked on cosmic radio noise for studying the upper atmosphere led to a series of discoveries in ionosphere, solar physics and cosmic rays.

References

1. ^ About CSIR
2. ^ http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/aboutcsir/dglist/apmitracv.pdf
3. ^ Prof. A. P. Mitra passes away
4. ^ List of Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Persondata
Name	Mitra, A. P.
Alternative names
Short description	Scholar
Date of birth	21 February 1927
Place of birth	Kolkata
Date of death	3 September 2007
Place of death	New Delhi