Ajay Kumar Sood becomes Principal Scientific Adviser to Indian Government

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: April 23 2022

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Physicist Ajay Kumar Sood of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has been appointed as new Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the government.
Seventy-year-old Sood is currently an honorary professor at IISc Bangalore.
He is also serving as a member of the Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
He was honoured with 'Padma Shri' in 2013.

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Ajay Kumar Sood becomes Principal Scientific Adviser to Indian Government