Amitabha Ghosh (planetary geologist)

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Amitabh Ghosh is an Indian planetary geologist. Ghosh did his schooling at Don Bosco, Park Circus, Kolkata. An IITian from Kharagpur, he was a key member of the team who identified the landing site for Curiosity, the Gale crater location.^{[citation needed]} Ghosh has played prominent roles in various other missions by NASA such as the Mars Pathfinder Mission and the MER (Mars Exploration Rover) mission. He was the only Asian in the Pathfinder mission by NASA.

He has been honoured with NASA Mars Pathfinder Achievement Award in the year 1997 and the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Achievement Award in 2004.

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"'IITians don't rule the world'". Rediff.com. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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