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{{short description|Indian physicist}}
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'''Vinod Krishan''' (born 14 October 1946<ref name=":0">''[https://nbtindia.gov.in/writereaddata/freebooks/pdf/Women%20Scientists%20in%20India.pdf Women Scientists in India]''. National Book Trust, India. p. 209.</ref>), is an Indian [[physicist]], a Senior Professor and dean of sciences at the [[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]], [[Bangalore]].<ref name=":2" /> She is involved in teaching and research in [[Plasma Physics]]. She is a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name=":0" /> and the 1991 recipient of the Vikram Sarabhai Award for Space Sciences.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award Awardees List|url=https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/list_awards_hoa|access-date=14 March 2021|website=Physical Research Laboratory of the Department of Space|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624023031/https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/list_awards_hoa|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Rohini Godbole (editor)|first=Ram Ramaswamy (editor)|url=http://archive.org/details/A0560IASLeelavathisDaughterFullBook|title=Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India|date=31 October 2008|pages=163–165, 359}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Krishan lived with her grandparents until she was in fourth grade, when she moved to [[Delhi]] to live with her parents, Om Prakash and Raj Dulari Pabbi.<ref name=":2" /> She traces her first interest in science to trying to replicate an electronic bell from her physics textbook and shorting out the electrical circuits in her home, much to her father's delight.<ref name=":2" />

==Education==
Vinod Krishan's post-secondary academic career began with earning a BSc Degree (Physics, Chemistry & Maths) in 1966 and M.Sc.(Physics) degree in 1968 from the [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]].<ref name=":0" /> She also holds a diploma in German (1968) from the University of Delhi.<ref name=":0" /> She did her doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from the [[University of Tennessee]], United States in 1971<ref name=":2" /> and her thesis was on "Damping of plasmons in a nearly free electron gas" in the field of [[Solid State Physics]], and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the [[University of Alberta]], [[Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada (1971–73).<ref name=Astro>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/personnel/vinod/manisha.html|title=Vinod Krishan|accessdate=16 March 2014|publisher=Indian Institute of Astrophysics}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Career==
Vinod Krishan initially worked as Pool Officer at the Centre for Theoretical Studies, [[Indian Institute of Science]], Bangalore from November 1973 to August 1975 and then worked as a [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] Research Associate.<ref name=":0" /> She worked in various capacities as Visiting Scientist (1977–78), a Fellow (1978–81), Reader (1981-1986), Associate Professor (1986-1991), and Professor (1991-1998) at the [[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]], Bangalore, and was a senior Professor at the institute since 1998, teaching Plasma Astrophysics in the Joint Astronomy Programme.<ref name=":0" /> She retired from the IIA in 2008.<ref name=Astro/> Her research activities encompass the fields of Modeling of [[Solar Coronal Loops]], [[Solar Granulation]], [[Extragalactic Plasmas]], and [[Structure Formation Through Hydrodynamics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/personnel/vinod/resprof.html|title= Professor Vinod Krishan-Research Profile|accessdate=16 March 2014|publisher= Indian Institute of Astrophysics}}</ref>

==Awards==
Vinod Krishan is recipient of the Dr. [[Vikram Sarabhai Research Award]] for Space Sciences for the year 1991.<ref name=":1" /> Apart from membership of various scientific institutions connected with her specialization, she is also a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences India]], 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/personnel/vinod/mem.html |title=Professor Vinod Krishan-Memberships & Awards|accessdate=16 March 2014| publisher= Indian Institute of Astrophysics}}</ref> For many years she was also an active member of the International Astronomical Union, including hosting the 142nd Symposium in Bangalore, India, 1–5 December 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5280/|access-date=14 March 2021|website=www.iau.org|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616081047/https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5280/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">[https://books.google.com/books?id=gHEUmF7Hz_oC Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun: Proceedings of the 142nd Symposium] of the [[International Astronomical Union]] Held in Bangalore, India, December 1–5, 1989. Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 1990.</ref>

==Publications and books==
She has an over one hundred peer-reviewed papers to her credit in the fields of [[Laboratory Plasmas]], [[Plasma Processes in Extragalactic Sources]], [[Solar Physics]], [[comet tail|cometary plasmas]], Structure Formation Through Hydrodynamics and many miscellaneous subjects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/personnel/vinod/pubs.html|title=Professor Vinod Krishan-List of Publications|accessdate=16 March 2014|publisher= Indian Institute of Astrophysics}}</ref>

She edited proceedings of many conferences on solar and plasma physics including the IAU symposium (1989)<ref name=":3" /> in addition to being the chief Editor of the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society Of India for several years. She has published three books: 1. Astrophysical Plasmas and Fluids, Kluwer Academic Press, 1998; 2. Plasmas the First State of Matter, Cambridge University Press, 2014 and 3. Physics of Partially ionized Plasmas, Cambridge University Press, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/personnel/vinod/edit.html|title=Professor Vinod Krishan-Editorial Work|accessdate=16 March 2015|publisher= Indian Institute of Astrophysics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=inauthor:"Vinod Krishan" - Google Books Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inauthor:%22Vinod+Krishan%22&tbm=bks|access-date=14 March 2021|website=www.google.com}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Krishan married Som Krishan in 1968, the same year she completed her master's degree.<ref name=":2" /> They completed their doctoral work and grappled with both finding work that would allow them to live in the same place.<ref name=":2" /> They have one child.<ref name=":2" />

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