Guwahati: Bringing pride to Assam and the Northeast, Dr Murchana Khusroo, a native of Danish Nagar, Jorhat, and currently an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM), has been awarded a prestigious research project by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) under its Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S) programme.
The sanctioned project, titled “Multi-Spacecraft Investigation of Solar Wind Dynamics Through Solitary Wave Analysis: Insights from Aditya-L1 Mission”, is the first from Northeast India to utilize scientific data from the ASPEX (Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment) and MAG (Magnetometer) payloads of India’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1.
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Dr Khusroo will serve as the principal investigator (PI), collaborating with Dr Aveek Sarkar, scientist at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, who will act as co-principal investigator (Co-PI). The project aims to investigate solar wind dynamics in the inner heliosphere, focusing on nonlinear plasma structures such as solitary waves, and advance the understanding of solar wind turbulence and space weather phenomena, aligning with Aditya-L1’s core scientific objectives.
This achievement marks a milestone for USTM and a moment of pride for Jorhat and the entire Northeast scientific community, highlighting the region’s growing contribution to India’s expanding space research ecosystem.
