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{{short description|Indian plasma physicist}}
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| name = Amita Das
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| native_name = அமிதா தாசு
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| fields = [[Laser physics]], [[Plasma physics]]
| workplaces = [[Institute for Plasma Research]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]]
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'''Amita Das''' ({{lang-ta|அமிதா தாசு}}, born 3 August 1965) is an [[India]]n [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] [[physicist]]. She is currently a Professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Faculty Profiles - Prof Amita Das|url=https://iitd.irins.org/profile/90527|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Indian Institute of Technology Delhi}}</ref> Her research interests are in [[Laser Plasma Acceleration|laser-plasma interactions]], nonlinear plasmas, plasma [[turbulence]] and the properties of strongly coupled and [[dusty plasma]] systems.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Physics News - Physics of Laser Plasma Interaction|url=https://www.tifr.res.in/~ipa1970/news/2019/A6_PN_Amita_fn.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=THE YEAR BOOK 2021|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Other_Publications/Overview/yearbook2021.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14|website=INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Das obtained her Ph.D. from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] in 1990.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, Fellows' portal - Prof. Amita Das|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011007|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru}}</ref> Upon graduation, she then worked at the [[Institute for Plasma Research]] and eventually became a professor in 1998 while serving as its Dean between 2014–2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=academic-staff-groups-institute-for-plasma-research|url=https://www.yumpu.com/sv/document/view/27094511/academic-staff-groups-institute-for-plasma-research|website=yumpu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=John|first=Paul|date=2016-05-24|title=IPR gives fusion breakthrough to India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ipr-gives-fusion-breakthrough-to-india/articleshow/52409339.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> In December 2018, Das moved to the Physics Department of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

In February 2014, Das was a visiting professor at the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Applied Mathematics|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/department/Apl-Math.html|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.caluniv.ac.in}}</ref>

== Scientific contributions ==
In February 2020, Das delivered the DAE-C. V. Raman Lecture of the Indian Physics Association held at [[Indian Institute of Technology Patna]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Physics Association - DAE - C. V. Raman Lecturers|url=https://www.tifr.res.in/~ipa1970/daelist.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Indian Physics Association}}</ref>

Das is currently a Fellowship Scrutiny Committee member of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fellowship Scrutiny Committees – The National Academy of Sciences, India|url=http://nasi.org.in/fellowship-scrutiny-committees/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}}</ref> and an editor of [[Physics Letters|Physics Letters A]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amita Das|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-letters-a/editorial-board/amita-das|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.journals.elsevier.com}}</ref>

== Honors and awards ==
Das is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (2011),<ref name=":1" /> the [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences, India (2015)]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fellows – The National Academy of Sciences, India|url=http://nasi.org.in/fellow/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P19-1804|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.insaindia.res.in}}</ref> She is also a fellow of the Gujrat Science Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fellow Members|url=https://gujaratscienceacademy.org/fellow-members/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Gujarat Science Academy|language=en-US}}</ref>

Das is the recipient of the J. C. Bose Fellowship.<ref name=":2" />

In March 2015, Das was honored with a women achievers award at a function in [[Ahmedabad, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Piyush|date=2015-03-09|title=Women achievers awarded at a function in Ahmedabad|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Women-achievers-awarded-at-a-function-in-Ahmedabad/articleshow/46502773.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== External links ==
* {{Cite web|title=amita das - Google Scholar Citations|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=m0GFPe8AAAAJ&hl=en|website=scholar.google.co.in}}

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