PSSI Poster Awards

From 2006, two awards for posters presented at the Plasma Science & Technology Symposium have been initiated. The awards carry a cash component of Rs. 5000/- each and a certificate of merit. This award is partly sponsored by the industry. Currently there are 4 awards in this category. Depending on the number of sponsors, the number of awards can go up.

There is NO age limit for this award.

All awards are open to poster presentations from R&D institutions/ Universities/Colleges.

There is no need for applying specifically for the award. The awards will be given on the basis of the posters evaluated at the time of the conference.

Only posters presented at the conference will be considered for the award. Please note that unattended posters WILL NOT be considered for the award.

Winner of these awards will have to become a member of PSSI if he/she is not already a member.

PSSI is thankful to the various sponsors who have supported these awards over the years.

Year	Recepient (1st Author)	Affiliation	Topic
2006	H. Singhal	RRCAT	On the use of ionization induced self de-focussing for efficient harmonic generation from plasma plumes
2006	Sudeshna Lahiri	Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bongaon	Numerical analysis of three-dimensional electric field in electrostatic precipitators
2007
2008	H. Singhal	RRCAT	Dependence of high order harmonic intensity on the medium length in laser produced plasma
	A. Nagaraj	BARC	Thermal stability studies of plasma sprayed ittrium oxide coatings deposited on pure titanium
	L M Awasti	IPR	Studies of plasma turbulance inlarge volume plasma device of a conducting aperture
	Ajit Maurya	IIG, Mumbai	Application of lightning discharge generated radio atmospherics/tweeks in lower ionospheric discharge
2009	Jigneshkumar Patel	IPR	Design of a FPGA Based Fuzzy Logic Controller hardware for Plasma Position Control in Aditya Tokamak
	Rajneesh Kumar	IPR	Microplasmas And Applications In Photonic Crystal
	B. S. Rao	RRCAT	Forward Raman Scattering Driven Self-Modulation Of Ultrashort, Intense Laser Pulse And Relativistic Electron Beam Generation From Underdense Plasma
2010	S.J Jadeja	IPR, Gandhinagar	Fabrication and welding of PF # 4,5 superconducting magnet joint boxes in SST-1
	A. K. Srivastava	BIT Jaipur	Observation of self-excited ionization waves in a planar dielcetric barrier discharge system at atmospheric pressure
	H. Singhal	RRCAT, Indore	Higher order harmonic generation in plasma plume of in-situ produced silver nano particles
	Jalaj Jain	BIT Jaipur	Optical effect on photo emissivity coeficients (PECS) of neutral He line emissions and its impact on line ratios
2011	Samit Paul	IIT Kanpur	Physics of capillary guiding of focussed ion beams
	Biswajit Adhikary	BARC-Vishakapatnam	A low impedance 300kV 1.8kJ Marx generator as a test bed for reflex triodes
	N. S. Saini	GNDU, Amritsar	KP equation for electrostatic solitary waves in a plasma containing non-extensive electrons in a plasma
	M. Bhuyan	CPP-Guwahati	Structural and surface morphological changes on tungsten due to ion irradiation
	U. Chakravarty	RRCAT Indore	Hole size effect in hard X-ray emission from intense laser irradiated nano-holes
	Ujjwal Sinha	IPR Gandhinagar	Ion acceleration by circularly polarized laser pulses in thick targets
	M. Kundu	IPR Gandhinagar	Laser interaction with nano-cluster in the few-cycle regime
	K. A. Jadeja	IPR Gandhinagar	Application of RGA as leak detector in Aditya tokamak vacuum system
	Satchi Kumari	IIT-Guwahati	Studies on laser induced Ruby plasma using Langmuir probes
	Sumita K. Sharma	IASST, Guwahati	Dust charge measurement in the sheath of a RF discharge plasma
2012	A. K Sanyasi	IPR, Gandhinagar	Observation of electromagnetic turbulence in the energetic electron belt region of LVPD plasma
	Kshitish Kr Barada	IPR, Gandhinagar	The low magnetic field density peak in a helicon discharge.
	B. S. Rao	R R CAT	Laser wake-field acceleration in a laser produced plasma plume target
	B. Jana	BARC	PIC simulation of finite size transient photo plasma.
	Pawan Kumar	Delhi Univ	Unbalanced Magnetron sputtered SnO2 and SnO2-CuO thin films for trace level H2S gas sensing.
	M. B. Chowdhuri	IPR Gandhinagar	Conceptual design of charge exchange recombination spectroscopic diagnostics on the SST-1 tokomak.
	Shamsuddin Shaikh	IPR Gandhinagar	Parametric study of total radiation power loss from the Aditya Tokomak using Infrared Imaging Video Bolometer
	B. Kakati	CPP, Guwahati	Studies on IAW propogation in low pressure hydrogen plasma in presence of dust.
	Manoj Kumar Deka	IASST, Guwahati	Characteristric of electron free plasma produced by using cusp magnetic filter
	Sham Singh	APS Univ, Rewa	Interaction of solar plasma near earth with reference to geo magnetic storm during 2011.
	Ram Prakash	CEERI, Pilani	Dielectric Barrier discharge based VUV/UV Excimer plasma sources for societal and industrial Applications
	N. Aomoa	CPP, Guwahati	Studies on synthesis of carbon encapsulated Iron Nano Particles by super sonic thermal plasma expansion technique
	Rakesh Tanna	IPR, Gandhiinagar
	P. K. Sharma	IPR, Gandhiinagar
	Manisha Bhandarkar	IPR, Gandhiinagar
	Harsha Macchhar	IPR ITER India
2013	Shared between : Dinesh Kumar Upendra Kushwaha	PRL, Udaipur	Numerical Simulation Of Current Sheet Formation Through Superposition Of Force-Free Magnetic Fields Evidence Of Magnetic Reconnection During The Evolutionary Phases Of A Solar Prominence Eruption
	Roopendra Singh Rajawat	IPR, Gandhinagar	Study Of Linear And Nonlinear Evolution Of Buneman Instability
	Debajyoti Saha	SINP Kolkata	Investigation Of Complexity Dynamics Through The Study OfInverse Homoclinic Bifurcation In The Fluctuations Of Glow Discharge Plasma
	Shail Pandey	IIT Kanpur	Self-excitation And Energy Transfer Of Buneman Instability To Temporally Growing Plasma During A Short-pulse Microwave Discharge
	Sumantra Chaudhuri	IIT Chennai	Effect Of RF Fields On The Debye Sheath Around A Charged Protein
	Abhijit Boruah	IASST, Guwahati	Observation Of Dust Acoustic Waves In A Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma
	Ranjini Menon	VECC, Kolkata	Measurement Of Ionization Efficiency Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Ion Source
	Shared between : S. Gowthamaraju Rashmi S. Joshi	Bharathiyar University IPR, Gandhinagar	Analysis Of Microstructure, Wear And Corrosion Behaviour Of Plasma Sprayed Cr2O3, Al2O3 And TiO2 Composite Coatings Data Acquisition Techniques For Randomly Occurring Arcs On A Dielectric Surface
	Gayatri D. Dhamale	Pune University	Radio Frequency Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nano Crystalline Yttium Oxide
	Jyoshnarani Mohapatra	Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar	Investigation Of Ferromagnetic Behavior In Nanocrystalline ZnO Synthesized By In-flight Thermal Plasma Technique
	Akansha Gupta	IPR, Gandhinagar	Stability And Nonlinear Studies Of Shear Flow In Strongly Coupled Fluids
	Shared between : M. Raja Sudeep Bhattacharya	Karunya University IIT Kanpur	Analysis Of Thermal History And Residual Stress In Plasma Sprayed Coatings Temporal Evolution Of The Electron Energy Distribution During Birth Of A Wave Induced Plasma: Lapse And Relapse Of A Maxwellian
	K. Jayshankar	IMMT, Bhubaneswar	Innovative Thermal Plasma Processing For Treatment Of Mineral Wastes
	Uday Chakravarty	RRCAT, Indore	Oscillator Model For Nano-Tube Plasma Interacting With Intense Few Cycle Laser Pulses
	Shared between : Ajit Upadhyay B. S. Rao	RRCAT, Indore	Monoenergetic Electron Acceleration From 3TW – 45 Fsec Laser Pulse Laser Wake-Field Acceleration In High-Z Gas Jets
	Shared between : Maninder Panesar Chandrashekar Shukla	Delhi University IPR, Gandhinagar	Laser Beat-Wave Acceleration In A Relativistic Collision-Dominated Plasma Guiding Of Relativistic Electron Beams Through Structured Plasma
	Rishi Verma	BARC, Vishakapatanam	Design And Development Of High Flux Pulsed Neutron Source For Applications
	Nilam Ramaiya	IPR, Gandhinagar	A Pmt Array Based Diagnostics To Measure Spatial And Temporal Behavior Of H-alfa emission from Aditya tokamak
	Kanchan Mahavar	IPR, Gandhinagar	Experimental Study Of Thermal Characteristic Of Different Thin Metal Foils For Infrared Imaging Video Bolometer And Comparison With FEM Simulations.
	Sarita Das	IMMT, Bhubaneswar	Study of the H-alfa Line Broadening in Plasma Torch Used for Coating Application
2014	Lavkesh Lachhvani	IPR, Gandhinagar	Resistive Wall Destabilization Of Electron Plasmas In SMARTEX-C
	Privayavandana Rathod		Design Of A Line Type Pulsed Modulator For S-Band Magnetron For SYMPLE
	Prijil Mathew	S.B College, Changanacherry, Kerala	A Novel Approach To The Study Of Hysteresis, And Negative Resistance In Glow Discharge Plasma
	Vinisha Rani	VIT Chennai	Surface Modifications Of Natural Kanchipuram Silk (Pattu) FibersUsing Glow Discharge Plasma
	P.V.Subash	ITER-India, IPR	The Usefulness of Oblique View Electron Cyclotron Emission (ECE) Calculations for ITER
	Sarita Das	CSIR-IMMT	Detection Of Na D Spectral Lines And Their Usage In Monitoring The Reduction Processes Of Iron OxideIn Microwave Hydrogen Plasma
	Pankaj Srivastav	IPR, Gandhinagar	In-Situplane Switching (IPS) Heating Mechanism For High Density Plasma Source In LVPD
	D. Kalita	CPP-IPR, Guwahti	Dust Charging In Presence Of Magnetic Field In Low Pressure Hydrogen Discharge
	Manish K. Shukla	University of Delhi	Effects of Strong Coupling on Dust Acoustic Waves Driven By Ion-Dust Streaming Instability
	R. Shreshtha	Kathmandu University	Surface Modification Of High Density Polyethylene And Polycarbonate By Atmospheric Pressure Cold Argon/Oxygen Plasma Jet
	Akshay Vaid	IPR, Gandhinagar	Development Of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Torch Array For Blood Coagulation
	Aaditya V. Majalee	BARC, Vishakapatnam	Simulation Of Exploding Foil Produced Dense Plasma And Comparison With Preliminary Experimental Results
	Shreekant Barnwal	RRCAT, Indore	Measurement of Gain-Coefficient of 46.9 nm Capillary Discharge Soft X-ray Laser
	Ratan Kumar Bera	IPR, Gandhinagar	Relativistic Electron Beam Driven Wake-Field Excitation in A Cold Plasma
	Mridula Neelkantan	VSSC, Trivandrum	A Case Study On The Occurrence /Non Occurrence Of Equatorial Spread F Over Dip Equator
	Prachi Sharma	IIT, Delhi	Localization And Turbulent Spectrum Of 3-D Inertial Alfvén Wave In Low Betaplasma
	Pravesh Dhyani	IPR, Gandhinagar	Effect On Electrostatic And Magnetic Fluctuations Due To Biased Electrode In ADITYA Tokamak
	R.L. Tanna	IPR, Gandhinagar	High-Current Long-Pulse Plasma Discharges In Aditya Tokamak

2015	Lavkesh Lachhvani	IPR, Gandhinagar	Launching of diocotron mode in toroidal electron plasma experiment: Smartex-c
	Abhijit Ghosh	SINP, Kolkata	Observation of Drift Modes in RF Produced Magnetized Plasmas
	Pallavi Pathak	IASST, Guwahati	Observation of Ion-Acoustic Kuznetsov-Ma Solitons in Multicomponent Plasma with Critical Concentration of Negative Ions
	Shivam Kumar Mishra	IPR, Gandhinagar	Relativistic Motion Of A Charged Particle In A Plane Polarized Light Propagating Along A Constant Magnetic Field
	Mukund Kumar	RRCAT Indore	Shadowgraphy of Plasma Plumes using EUV Radiation Generated Through High Order Harmonic Generation of Ti: Sapphire Laser pulse
	Shikha Binwal	IPR, Gandhinagar	A pin-plane probe method to determine plasma parameters in magnetized discharges
	Surabhi Jaiswal	IPR, Gandhinagar	Neutral drag force measurements in a flowing complex plasma
	Abhijit Boruah	IASST, Guwahati	Observation of Dust Acoustic Shock Waves in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma
	G. Jhala	IPR Gandhinagar	The influence of distance between cathodic cage and the specimens during plasma nitriding of low carbon steel
	Sanghamitro Chatterjee	IIT, Kanpur	Tuning the wettability of materials by microwave plasma generated low energy ion beams
	D. Hazra	RRCAT, Indore	Generation of beyond 100 MeV electrons from laser wakefield acceleration through ionization induced injection
	Ratan Kumar Behera	IPR Gandhinagar	Effect of ion motion on relativistic electron beam driven plasma wakefield phenomena
	Lalit Mohan Joshi	PRL, Udaipur	Reliable measurement of F region vertical plasma drift during the daytime using ionosonde Doppler technique
	Sanjay Kumar	IASST, Guwahati	Formation of flux rope and large-scale contraction of coronal loops by repetitive magnetic reconnections
	Krishna Enni	VSSC, Trivandrum	Optical Emission Spectroscopy: A diagnostic Tool For Understanding Plasma Reactions During Plasma Processing

2017	Akshay Vaid	IPR, Gandhinagar	Interaction of atmospheric pressure plasma jet with lung cancer cell line
	Ram Prakash Lamba	CEERI Pilani	Indigenously developed pseudospark discharge based high current switch
	Prabir Mitra	PRL, Udaipur	Flux Rope Eruption From a Sigmoid Active Region: Triggering Mechanism and Large-scale Magnetic Reconnection
	Hari Prasad M. G.	IPR, Gandhinagar	Experimental Investigation of Crystalline Structures and Phase Transition in DPEx
	Amit Kumar Singh	IPR, Gandhinagar	Zero-dimensional modeling of ECRH-assisted plasma start-up in SST-1
	Kavita Rathore	IIT Kanpur	Application of fractal dimension for the study of tomographic images of a microwave induced compact plasma
	Nandini Yadav	Gujarat University	Identification and simulation of spectral molecular bands of Nitrogen present in RF plasmas
	Tayyab Mohammad	RRCAT, Indore	Proton Acceleration with Chirped Laser Pulses
	Vinod Singh	DAV College, Dehradun	Terahertz radiation generation by two intense COSH Gaussian laser beam in magnetized plasma
	Anshu Verma	IIT, Delhi	Study of Magnetized Plasma Expansion
	Kamalam T.	IIGM, Mumbai	First report of electron acoustic super-solitary wave in a magnetized plasma
	Bharathi P.	IPR Gandhinagar	Characterization Of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Using Optical Emission Spectroscopy
	Prabhakar Srivastav	IPR, Gandhinagar	Inward Turbulent Particle Flux in ETG Dominated Plasma of LVPD
	Kalyani Barman	IIT Kanpur	Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Electrical Modelling of Atmospheric Pressure Micro Plasma Jets

Year	Recepient	Affiliation	Title of abstract
2018	Dipanjana Hazra	RRCAT	Generation of quasi-monoenergetic electron beams through direct laser acceleration using ionization induced injection in high-Z mixed gas target
2018	Rakeshkumar Patel	IPR	DAQ Development for Prototype MgB2 Current Lead Test Facility

Year	Recepient	Affiliation	Title of abstract
2019	Mr. Suman Dolui	IPR, Gandhinagar	Forecasting of Disruption in ADITYA-U Tokamak
2019	Ms. Jayashree Mazumdar	IIT Kanpur	Field Emission Properties of Atomically Heterogeneous Metallic Nanostructures created by Microwave Plasma generated Low Energy Ion Beams

Year	Recepient	Affiliation	Title of abstract
2021	Mr. Siba Prasad Acharya	SINP, Kolkata	Nonlinear dynamic modelling of high frequency electrostatic drift waves in fluid theoretical approach
2021	Mr. Mizanur Rahman	CPP-IPR, Guwahati	Bulk Rate Synthesis Of Metal-Oxide Nanomaterials For Treatment Of Wastewater And Other Biomedical Applications

Year	Recepient	Affiliation	Title of abstract
2022	Mr. Riyaz Ahmed Khan	RRCAT, Indore	Development Of An Optical Delay Line For Probing The High Intensity Laser Foil Interaction Dynamics Using Optical Reflectometry
2022	Mr. Shishir Biswas	IPR, Gandhinagar	Effect of flow shear on the onset of dynamo

Year	Recepient	Affiliation	Title of abstract
2023	Nikhil Mohurle	IPR, Gandhinagar	Charge Collection Diagnostics with Improved SNR to Measure Plasma Charge Content, Density and Temperature in SMARTEX-C
2023	Sarthak Das	IIT Delhi	Uncovering Bacterial Inactivation Mechanism by Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Using Spectroscopic & Imaging Techniques